The evening times., 1898-08-12

hC PuCHoihchdi SAO"th Oh our ll8uu-
featuring industries. both in supplying
our own markets and those of other
parts of the world. is illustrated by some
figures just compiled by the Treasury Bu-
reau of Statistics regarding the imports
and exports of manufactures Of iron and
steel. These tables show that the ex-
ports OF manufactures of iron and steel
in the fiscal year 1893 were five times as
great as in 1880. more than double those
in any year prior to 1896, and % per cent
greater than in 1897. On the other hand
the imports of the manufacture of iron
and steel in 1898 were in value but one
sixth those of 1850. one-fourth those Of
1855 and one-half those of 1896. To quote
the official figures the exports from the
United States of all articles classified as
manufactures of iron and steel" amount
ed in 1850 to s14.7l6,a24, in 1880 to $s5.-
542 POS. in 1895 to ST. I60 81. in 1897 to $751;
494.Sl2 and in 1898 to SO. 3S7, 527. Mean
time the imports of manufactures of iron
and steel which in 1850 were 81. 256.f99 fell
by 1890 to Al. .679, sol. by 1896 to 81. .33S. lG3
and in 1895 to sl2 ,9l3. Thus. while the
exports of manufactures of iron and steel
are in 1898 five times those of 1850. the i'm
in 1898 less than one-fif,h those of 1850.
In 1880 our imports Of manufactures of
iron and steel were five times as much
as our exports. while in 1898 our exports
of iron and steel were more than five
times as much as our imports.
American manufacturers have. since
1880. taken possession of fve-sixths
of that portion of the home market which
was held by foreign manufacturers of
troy nd s-a and have a yhe time
Increased their sales in foreign markets
400 per cent. While the imports of iron
and steel were falling from Il. 900. 900 to
81. oc0 oD0 the exports of the same class of
articles increased from $4,000 600 to $10.-
100000.
While the list of articles of iron and
steel Is an elaborate one and decrease
in imports has occurred in nearly all ar
ticles. 1t is practicable to point out few
of the more important. Under the classi-
fication of "Ingots. Blooms. Slabs. Bill
lets and Bars of Steel" the importations
of 1855 were ili is9 .69s pounds and In ls9s
only 30 s2I .I5T pounds. Wire rods. which
in 1883 were go 939. SO pounds were in 1898
39soI.s $50 pounds. Chains. which in 1888
were 2.065. .7s7 pounds were in 1898 l76. 3is
pounds. Imports of tin plate terne-plates
and taggers tin which in 1850 amounted
10 65i 9if. .9i5 pounds were in 1sSS III. .662, Si5
pounds. On the other hand the increase
in exports of the leading articles of this
character have been equally striking. The
exports of bar iron in lSSS were but sos.
AS pounds and in 1898 were 12.3S6l5
pounds an increase of about 100 per cent;
of cut nails our exports in lsSS were H.
963, ,6s4 pounds and in 1895 were 32 80 393
pounds. while wire nails which in 1883
were l.5i7.01s pounds were in 1898 ., ssi O39
ppnpds Of inrnnnfiya engines W
ported in 1858 J'.0l4 worth and in 1895
s.. .SS3. 719 worth. OF wire our exports in
1883 were u. 734. 195 pounds and in 1898 1885,
81, ,92i pounds
The people of all parts of the world
seem to have developed a liking for our
manufactures of iron and steel; our sew
ing machines hum in Africa. the East In
dies. Colombia Cuba. Central America
and the islands Of Oceania. Our tele-
graph instruments click in Japan, China.
Australia. Russia. and in all Parts of
Europe. Our wire nails go to all Euro
pesn countries. to Canada, British Hon.
duras, all the Central American states
Mexico. British West Indies. Cuba Por-
to Rico. the South American states, Chi
ma, British East Indies. Hongkong. ia
pan, French Oceanfa, British Austral-
asia British Africa and Liberia; orr
steel rails and locomotives go to Aus
tralia, China, Japan. Hawaii. Central
and South America, Africa and Russia.
Our electrical machinery Is attracting
the attention of the world. and during
the past year Austria-Hungary. France
Germany. Italy. the United Kingdom,
Argentina Brazil, Mexico. Japan, Brit
ish Australasia, British Africa and
French Africa have been among its
purchasers. In every country IN the
world. and in practically every inhab-
tied island. where articles of civilized or
semi-civilized use are required. Ameri-
can manufactures of iron and steel find
purchasers. and as shown by the figures
which follow. the demand for them is
rapidly increasing
The following table shows the value of
imports and exports of manufactures of
iron and steel into and from the United
States since 1880: