The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-28
AMERICAN COMMERCE.
An Increased Demand for Our Goods
From All over the World.

From All over the World.
New York. Aug. 27.-A special to the
Tribune from Washington says: No
greater compliment to American mann
facturers and American w"orkinRmen
can bc imagined than that expressed
I'm the increasing demand upon them
by the world for ~high-grade instru-
ments and machinery. Coarse. heavy
goods. which show their quality upon
their face, and which are not subjected
to special strain or ~breakage, are pur-
chased in any market, but those who
purchase complicated and ~delicatelN
constructed machinery. which must be
handled and operated by persons thou
sands of miles from the place of con
struction. show "A confidence i'm the quail
itv Of the material and the faithfulness
of construction which IL a marked tes-
timoniaI to their makers and to those
who sell such articles.
That the people Of the world have
confidence in American goods of this
character and therefore I'm the people
who make and sell them, is shown by
the large order received in the fiscal
year Just ended. Telephones, telegraph
instruments. typewriters, BICYCLES,
steam engines. fire engines. ordinary
engines. machinery, electrical machin-
cry. sewing machines. printing presses.
scientific instruments. clocks, watches,
pianos and similar articles Of delicate
construction amounting In value to
$50. 900. 900 have been sent by this coun-
try to other parts Of the world in the
fiscal year lS97-9S.
From the forests Of Africa and the
islands Of Oceanica. from Turkey. Per-
sin. Siam. Corea. Alden, the Azores, FIJI.
Tonga. Samoa. Madagascar, Tripoli.
German Africa, Spanish Oceanica, Brit
Ish Australasia. the Dutch East Indies,
French Guiana. Portuguese Africa, Ash
attic Russia and the countries Of Central
and South America orders nave come
for these products OF American FAC
tories. Japanese fingers manipulate
American typewriters, Chinese feet ana
hands give motion to American sewing
machines. operators I'm the European
ccnters communicate with others in dis
tant parts of the world with American
telegraph instruments and the natives
Of Africa. India and OCeanica disport
themselves on American bicycles.
Fol years this country has exported
! sewing machines to the value of $1,000,
. 600 oreS3. 900. 900. out the figures for the
last year range far above the average
/ OF the decade. From the time tina type
writer's and bicycles came into use there
has beer "A steady demand upon Amer
| lea for them, and now their expectation
ranges into the millions in value ano
their are found in every par
Of the globe.
The following table shows the value
Of the expectation Of typewriters, hi
cycles. sewing machines and Instrument
for scientific purposes from the United
states during the last year, by coun
tries represented in the official figure
Of the treasury bureau Of statistics:
Exports during the yea ending Jun
30. 1895: Typewriting machines-Unit
ed Kingdom. $685.. 575: France, Ssi,4oS
Germany. Si2S.6i4: Central America
s.. $50. West Indies. $5.S37; South Amer
lea. Si2.Ole: Asia and oceanica, SN5 900
Africa. So. sac: total. Sl.9o2.l5S. Bicy
cles - United Kingdom, S.S32.ls6
France. SiS2. $50: Germany, I.12l.i04
other European countries, S9A9.5e2
British America. s614.OSS: Mexico. $6S,
Og2. Central America. &e65: West In
dies. sqS137: South America, S253.26l
Asia and OCeanica. 1886 .9l2: Africa
SigT. 26s. other countries. $l.'l0; tots
81 $500. Sewing machiues-Gnttc
kingdom, SS59.650: France, slo2,S24
Germany. SS6i. $50: other Europea
countries. S2li.6iS: British America
Si4l.2 90: Mexico. $isI,642, Central Amer
lea. S30.Sl2: West indies. S24.65S. Sout
America. 1856 $50; Asia and Oceanic.
S3I9. 2O9. Africa. SiO.556. Scientific an
electrical instruments. etc.-Unite
kingdom. S5SS. 293. France. H74.2lt
Germany. SEAS a2: other Europea