The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-09

III, ooo. 700. By So, ooo, 900 IN 1890, and
by ~, ooo. 900. in round numbers, m 1887.
is agreeable to note In his conncc.
ton that the growth I'm sales Of ( our
manufactured products to no w9rid q.
large does not lreprseent any particular
branch Of industry alone, but shas near.
~ every branch mas shared In the snow.
ing. a summary OF the report OF IN.
bureau OF statistics now being com
pleted contains these Significant figures.
Nearly every branch OF great man.
ufacturing industries has shared in this
growth W our GALES 10 other parts OF the
world. The exports OF agricultural I'm
plenents, for instance, which In 1888
were about $4,000. 900, will In the year
1898 be-, In round numbers, sc, o00, 900.
Locomotive engines, whose expectation
In 1888 was less than $500, 900, win In 1898
reach probably. y, 900 900. Bar iron, OF
which we exported 4, 800. 900 pounds an
1883, will amount to 10000, 900 pounds OF
exports In 1888, 4 Builders hardware,
the exports of which In 1888 were valued
Mt 81 2.636, were last fiscal year $4,152,-
$3.50 In value \ Z, J. s'
The total value OF the exports Of man
ufactures OF iron and steel, witch In 1883
amounted to 81, 763, 034, will, 10 1898 ex-
coed $500 900. The exports Of leather
ind manufactures thereof, which In 1883
amounted to less than SIC, 00o, 900, will In
1898 exceed $4,000. 900 in value. Soap
increases from IL. 00o, 900 pounds In 1858
to $1,000. 900 in 1898: glass and glassware
from 1851, 6eS In 1883 to 1,20S, 1877 in 1897;
manufactures OF rubber from 1866, S67 IN
1855 u. $. s07. 145 in 1897. Manufactures of
cotton show IN increase OF 60 per cent
In the value OF their exports In the last
ten years; exports Of chemicals have
also increased so per cent In value IN the
same time. Manufactures OF brass
have Increased from $30S.1 In 1898 to
sl.40o. 900 in 1898, while manufactures Of
copper, including ingots and bars, which
in 1883 were s3,S12, 79S, were last year
so. 62i.l25, and seem likely to exceed that
sum In 1898. 8,,si < {, n :, 'i7
y The total expectation OF manufactures
IN 1883 amounted &c: $3.50. 800, 0S7, and In
1898 seem likely to reach nearly or quite
$500, 000. 900. n
The figures carry with them their own
eloquent comment They show what IT
Is that is exciting jealousy Of the United
States in some quarters OF Europe and
what II is that Is attracting propositions
for friendly alliances from other quar-,
tiers. The triumph Of this country, COM
mercially and industry ally IS assured,
and the commercial and Industrial inter-
eets of Europe are the first to feel the
influence and the power Of the great
competitor OF the western hemisphere.
It's victories inSthis material way are
greater and will continue greater than
the trlumphs Of war can possibly be.
8 Such a showing as the country IS
making in extending tts markets repre-
sents no famished condition OF Europe,
no failure Of foreign crops, nothing but
the steady march and increased demand
for the! products lot; American skill.
American invention and American en-
terprise, all fostered by policies that
were opposed by half our own. people,
but which have prevailed in spite OF oil.
Our greatness as a commercial and IN
duserial nation is only begun.