New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-06
EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES
A WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT IN THE
LAST THIRTYEIGHT YEARS.
.,,rrrcAS MANUFACTURERS GRADUALLY GET
TING THEIR PROPHETS INTO ALL TIE
MARKETS OF THE WORLD.
rer TELEGRAPH To THE rn,rrSEl

IBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE
washington. Aug. 5.-While the United states
.xnortations Of agricultural produces during tne
,aar have been wonderful. surprising IN Vaiue
.nose Of any preceding year in the history OF '"e
rtrv and thus attracting universal attention.
49, exnortation Of manufactures is. when consid-
cred in detail. equally Interesting IN us bearing
,nn the general commerce and prosperity oo'h
esent AMI future Of the Nation.
~ axnortotion OF domestic manufactures in the
a., year 1925 IS Sc, down by the records or the
Ioau Of Statistics Of the Treasury Department
- CO.'S 81 40 which Is nearly S21ooW0 greater than
=, ,v preceding year in the history Of the country
w., ,s ssnecally interesting. in view OF the iaSt
-, the imports of manufactures during the year
~. Anomaly small In addition 10 this II -
orohe TO suppose that the purchases OF manu.
-os nv the people Of this country in the pros
,s year lust ended were unusually large. aoth
~ reason Of the increased earnings ana the tur-
y D., that during severa preceding years their
.boses n these lines had. because OF the imam
~, ao,ress,on been light. For these two rea-
~. tho smallness ~ impor'ations Of manufac'-
W. - tho rrohab'e increased consumption OF
,toc,ures by the people CT this country. it Ia
..aaoraba 10 suppose that the home demand upon
.,,tac,urers WAS unusually great. thus re-
-, ., some extent the attention which they
-. ,o-,oer,v been able to give 10 an invasion Of
,o,a,rr markets In addition TO this. ii he'd been
ed hv some that the Increased custom rates
-. purchases of American goods by citizens Of
- nations but this expectation was not real
tied.
WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT.
.,. ~ these facts the large expectation Of
arrfac,rres in the year just ended is. To say the
least a very notable feature OF the commerce o!
This remarkable year. The total exportanon q
manufactures for the year. as already indicated Is
soss g, .a which is more than double that Of dec
,,,Ch hat ~
1880 more than four times as much as in '"o ana
sove, times as much as in 1890. How much the
Ca,,ennial Fx Inhibition had to 90 with awakening a
,as,e throughout the world for American manu-
fac,ures and products. which were there exhibited
would be difficult TO say, but II is an interesting
fact at least that IN that year OS'0 the eNpor'a-
ton OF manufactures for the FIRST time touched the
too 900 900 line and since that time mas gone stead
uv forward until IN 1895 II reached s2SS.S7l. 40
What are the manufactured articles which have
been so freely exported, and who nave oeen their
nu-chasers? To answer these In detail would oc-
cury much space for they include almost every
variety OF article that coud be imagined ana 20 10
.verv part Of the world.
a. agricultural implements the expectations OF the
nscal wear 1893 were s7s0s7S2. against :2s45lT in
1895 They went to Great Britain. France. Ger
many British North America Central ard South
America British East Indies, Australasia Ocean
lea and even to Africa. while the great grain folds
facturers in this line Cars for street and tram
railways went 10 all parts of Europe. China. Japan
and the East Indies. TO Brazil TO Cuba. to central
America Hawaii Mexico ard Africa. the value
OF this class Of expectations for the year amount
ing 10 s. 4.i.4ie American cotton goods went 70
ever part Of the world. China. Eritish Norm
America South America and Oceanica being the
larges, purchasers. the total exports OF cotton
manufac lures for The year being $I1t2fC2. against
E&a2n in 1890 People in Africa. china, bilt!sh
Eas, Indies Cuba. British Australasia. Japan and
Mexico as well as In all parts OF europe are rulns
American bicycles. the exportation Tor the year
being &sfsi3 against less than s-oy'"" III '"e
fiscal year 1896. ..,.ros
The exploration Of copper and manufac'ures
thereof has Increased enormously in the lasl IL"
years being S2ls0.s72 In The fiscal year Just enHeu
against SN29S 1885. or refined mnera 9i 1o t ~
sxporaiion during the year amounted TO 81 sz'Sle
The years exportat ton of oil is slightly less tnan
that OF the preceding year. which was $o'ie5l@ ouL
this Is due altogether 10 reduction IN ptlce, IN.
number of gallons exported being eoov1Vj Grsatea
than IN the preceding year Every part OF ti IN
world accepted and used American illurnna .ng OIL
20 British Australasia, 100000 to China and
Sc to Japan The largest article or class o ari-
cles included in the list OF exports OF manufactures
Is manufactures Of iron and steel The value 81 nus
Jingle class Of exports In lSS was sO35Io?' dsalhsi
Ken IC6 asp in 1898 and N7s30Si in lSs. thus SNOW
ng an Increase of 30 per cent In ten years. WINE
.uriously there has been corresponding Gecieas e
n the importatiors of manufactures OF iron a M
steel which fell from sis9s2,151 in 1855 TO sl2eloo'S
IN 1895
GROWTH IN SOME LINES.