The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-13
AMrnrcAv WAr&Hrs sEyr ABROAD.
And Some Trace IN Our Growing Exporta-
tions of American-MRdo Clocks M Well.


And Some Trace IN Our Growing ENporta-
tions of American-MRdo Clocks M Well.
There are fifty watch andclock manufactures
in tho United States. the gross output OF whlch
in a year is about s12.O00.000, the materials in
use representing S2,5O0.O00 and the item OF
labor. superlntendence, clerical work and adj
vertising the balance. In clockmaking Con-
necticut is at the head OF all the States. and
this particular industry gives employment TO
nearly 5000 persons, In Matchmaking Illinois
Ia at the head. with employees to the number
OF nearly 1000. while New York comes second
to Illinois in matchmaking and third In clock
making. Massachusetts, holding the second
place In the latter branch.
There is now a considerable foreign trade in
American-made watches and clocks. a trade
which seems certain to be extended by the adj
dition 10 territory under American sovereignty.
According to the Treasury reports last year.
clocks and watches to the value OF 81. O 900
We're exported % fore % countries, but to
watch. industries OF their own. The distin.
gushing features of American cocks and
meas ana I tSe fae Accuracy Gnssgn as ti SneiF speT,seG foe.
Switzerland. France aud Germany, are noted
Tor their ornate character, embellishments and
fine castings. and IN one particular they may be
said still to excel American watches-that is.
American watches and clocks were exported
last year to two countries chiefly. che United
Kingdom and Canada, Then followed Japan.
to which American clocks and watches to the
value OF Sl63,0OO were sent, followed by Aus
traii9; with exports of S152,O0O; south Amer
iea LBraAil and Areenti9e excepted, $4,000;
Indies. $4,000; .Asia, S2Q.0p0' exclusive Of
India. China and Japan: Mexico. S20O00. and
China. $4,000. To some Of the minor coun-
tries OF Europe cheap watches were sent. but
not IN large AMOUNT. and the EXPORT trade to
the Wes' Indies amounted to $12.OO0..
BY degrees, through modern methods Of
manufacture, through inventions and by SUI
perior Workmanship. the. American watches
have practically forced all Others out OF the
market in this country except watches worn
for ornament, clocks used for purposes of en-
Enlistment end especially made watches for
nautical and engineering uses. For these there
continues to. be considerable demand and an
OF SWISS watches and those made In England
and France, but the importation OF foreign
watches and clocks was 30 per cent. less In
1891 than in 1898. and recent figures show that
the decline is continuous, the total lin portation
OF foreign clocks aud watches into the United
states being considerably less than the eXpor-
tat'on OF American watches and clocks to
other countries, and the disparity seems to be
increasing all the time.
II Is likely to increase. still more In the future
when new foreign markets are opened. up to
American manufacturers in this particular, for
1t is noticeable that in those countries in which
American watches have been introduced there
Is no falling oil in the demand. but. on the con-
trary. AT. enlarged one, though tariff conditions
extensive sale in other countries Of such Amer
lean pro iucts, q majority OF the countries hay
ing local tariff regulations which practically
against tho United States.