The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-28
AMERICAN GOODS
in GREAT DEMAND
All the Nations Of the World Eager to
Secure Them.
WORTHY OF EVERY CONFIDENCE.
This Is One Reason for the Demand. as
Experience Has Fully Justified
This Confidcncc-A Table show
ing Various Exportations-

WASHINGTON. August Z.-speoial.-
No greater compliment 70 American
manufactures and American Worknsh
can be found than that e1presseo W
Che demand being made upon them oy
sba world for high grade instruments
ana machinery. Coarse heavy goods.
which show their quality upon their race
and which are not subjected 10 spe-
cial strain or breaEage or their parts
are purchased in any market but those
who purchase complicated and delicate
lv constrlcted machinery which must be
handled and operated by persons thou
sands Of miles from the place Of con-
ftruction and unfamiliar with its de-
fails. show a confidence In the quality
OF material and faithfulness I'm construc-
zion which is a compliment 10 those who
mako and to those who sell these ari-
cles.
WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE.
That the people OF tho world have con
fdence I'm American goods OF this char
ecter and therefore IN the people who
make and sell them IL shown by tho
large orders which our manufacturers Of
fine and complicated machinery have re-
ceived In the fiscal year Just ended.
Telephones. telegraph Instruments. type
writers. bicycle steam engines, fire en-
ginos. railway engines. metal working
machinery. shoe manufacturing machln-
cry. electrical machinery. sewing ma
chimes, printing presses. instruments for
scientific purposes, clocks, watches, pi-
amos, organs. and other articles Of this
delicate and complicated character tho
production OF American workmen and
American manufacturers. amounting In
value 10 20 million dollars have been
purchased from us by other parts Of tho
world In the year just ended. A million
dollars worth a week has been taken
from tho people Of tho United States by
The people OF distant nations az q practi-
cal evidence OF their admiration for and
confidence in tho American workman and
The American manufacturer. From the
great manufacturing countries Of Eng
land, Germany. and France. from ia
pan. China. and India. where genera
lions of shlfui men lived, fourished.
and passed away before wheel was
furned or n factory established IN Amer
fca. from the forests Of Africa and tho
Islands OF Oceanica, from Turkey, from
Persia, from Siam. from Korea. from
Alden. the Azores. Auckland, Fiji. Tonga,
Samoa Madagascar. Tripoli. German AZ
RIGA Spanish Ocoanlco. British Austria
lasia, Dutch East Indies. French CUT
ana. Portuguese Africa, Asiatic Russia.
and countries Of Central and South
America como orders for the product Of
American wOrkmcn and American fac
tories japanese fingers manipulate our
tvpewriters; Chinese feet and hands give
motion and life 70 our sewing machines,
skilled operators IN tho great European
centres communicate with others In dis
tant parts n the world with our telc-
graph Instruments. and tho natives Of
Africa, india. and Occanica dienort
themselves on our bicycles Complicated
instruments from our workshops are
carried 70 the opposite side Of the globe
and 70 Inaccessible and sparsely popu-
lated parts Of the earth in calm con-
fdence that IN inexperienced hands they
VIII perform end continue to perform the
duties for which thcy are constructed.
DEMAND FOR MACHINERY.
ihat this confidence is fully justified by
experience IS shown by tho steadily In
croasing demond for orr machinery. For
years we have exported from two TO
three million dollars worth per annum Of
sewing machincs sending them 20 an
parts OF the earth, and The figures for the
past year range far above the average
OF The decade. From the time that tyne
writer's and bicycles came into use there
has been demand unon us for them.
and now their expectation ranges into
the millions. ana their purchasers are
FOUND IN every part Of The globe.
Tho following table shows the expor-
Fation Of typcwriicrs. bicycles. sewing
machines, and Instruments FOR scientific
purposes from tho United States durin,
the past year by countries as reported
in the official figures Of the Treasurv
Bureau OF Statistics.