New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-13
INUI STRIiL PROGRENS.
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Sometimes the facts which show the indus
trial development Of the Nation grow upon one
until they appear almost incredible. 1t is I'M
fortunate that the Bureau Of Statistics ever
since 1898 has included as manufactures all
the PRODUCTS then classcd. and in conse-
ouencc the statements of manufactured exports
have received comparatively little attention, be-
cause they include articles which are not in the
Industrial sense manufactures, such as rcf1ncd
oil, which counts for considerable part OF the
reported aggregate Yet the trade in some
manufactured products has undergone change
which few fully appreciate Beginning with
the iron manufacture, Of which the imported
products were formerly many times the ex-
ports. but are now barely tenth of the eX-
ports in value, the change in not few OF the
branches of trade has Indicated complete
revolution in the worlds business.
In ten months OF this year, according to the
report just issued by the Bureau Of Statistics,
exports of iron and It's products have been IN
value $67 2DO5CO against S10,361,52I in the en-
tire fiscal year ending with last June But
there should be included also the exports OF rail-
way and other cars and carriages. and also of
cycles the latte amounting to almost S6.H",-
600 in value. and of scientific and other inStru-
mcnts and Of agricultural implements. All
these exports amount in value to SS'G4i''O
for the ten months Of this year or ut the rate
Of SlO2 900 900 yearly only ten years ago the
exports of all these products amounted in value
TO less than a quarter as much, S233j6l?l and
thirty years ago they amounted to less than
n tenth rs much. S1Ol2N43N. The imports
Of all these products were thirty years ago
So331S4 40 in value. and mounted to S4S,9'2.-
7j7 I'm ISIS but have since declined so that
for the last fiscal year the value was only
S1261j913 and for the ten months ending with
October only SlO.531 90 in value The change
in leather has not been So great on the side OF
imports for they are slightly larger than they
were ten years or thirty years ago. but rcla-
tlvoly greater In exports, which are nearly
thirteen times as large a In 1865. SO in cop
Der and It's manufactured products, the imports
have indeed increased but the increase in ex
ports has been more than fifty-fold. The fol-
lowing statement shows the exports and i'm
ports of each Of these classes of products for
the ten months ending with October, for the
last full fiscal year and for the fiscal years
1855 and 1s6S:
VALUE OF EXPORTS
10 months Year 1895. Year 1883. Year isGs
proiucts ss7e445aG saolaoIo 500 s4oi siol2s9 as
'I nr",r,s q osao44 s2isos72 asl279s 47o+ss
Totals sl3s 72 l4a sIa4aI322 s36 762 700 s12o22 7os
VALUE OF IMPORTS.
SO ssl o7o si26i59Is s4s 1892 1871 s2337s4io
nr,dncts o7iSsa4 nH41Is 6s7oo32 7ss33ss
COPPER "A ,o- -,n
products. 33i2fZv 1i-o'''- ii"''' ''
Total. s2s. 5eae 42 s27 1870 s5,o7a,s. sai5s5'4a
In these three CLASSES the domestic exports are
now ot n rate exceeding the total imports OF all
kinds OF goods In the year 1855, or In any fiscal
vcar prlor to 1851 The outgO In ten months
has been at the rate Of S1660O0,0O yearly
which Is nearly fourteen times the amount
thirty Years ago and more than four times the
amount ten years ago. That imports have. on
the whole. somewhat diminished Is relatively
n small matter. The great fact Is that this
country has found foreign markets for prod
ucts of these three classes in value exceeding
the entire cost Of living for more than mill
ion Americans Surprising that the workers IN
those thrcc industries now average about the
wages they received in 1890. nearly three hun
drcd thousand Of them are required 10 earn the
money received in a year for iron, leather and
copper products only.