The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-19
during the year have surpassed in value
those Of any proceeding year in the his
for1, of The c/.,nx.,, = At. ~ :,

Ss.e.sAS nay ySAI AdVS SuIpdSSSO IN value l
those Of any proceeding year in the his
tory Of the country, and thus attracted
universal attention, the expectation of
manufactures is, when considered in de-
tail, equally interesting in its bearing up
on the general commerce and prosperity,
both present andsfuture, of the nation.
The expectation of domestic manu-
factures in the fiscal year 1898 is set
down by the records of the Beaureau of
Statistics fthe Treasury Department at
$2sS, 81 ,449, which is nearly twelve mil
lions of dollars greater than any preced-
ing year in the history of the country.
This is especially interesting in view of
the fact that the imports OF manufactures
during the year were abnormally small.
In addition to this it is reasonable to sup
pose that the purchase of manufactures
by the people of this country in the pros
porous year just ended were unusually
great, both by reason of their increased
earnings and the further fact that during
several proceeding years their purchases
in these lines had, because of the finan.
cial depression, been light. For these
two reasons the smallness of importa-
tions of manufactures and the probable
increased consumption of manufactures
by own people, it is reasonable to Sup
pose that the home demand upon our
own manufacturers was unusually great,
thus reducing, to some extent, the atten-
ton which they had formerly been able
to give to an invasion of foreign markets.
In addition to this it had been feared by
some that the increased customs rates
adopted a year ago would result in a
reduction of the purchases of our goods
by citizens of other nations, but this ex-
pectation was not realized.
In view of these fae.s the large. expor-
tation Of manufactures in the year lust
ended is, to say the least, very notable
feature of the commerce of this remark
able year. The total expectation of
manufactures for the year, as already in
dicated, is $2ss, ,s7l ,449, which is more
than double that of decade ago, almost
three times as much as in 1870, and
seven times as much as in 1860. In 1876
the expectation of manufactures for the
first time touched the 1OO-million dollar
line, and since that time has gone steadi-
ly forward until in 1898 it reached $685.
81 ,449, or nearly twelve million dollars
more than in any preceding year.
! What are the manufactured articles
which we have SO freely exported, and
who haye been their purchasers? To
answer these in detail would occupy
much space, for they include almost
every variety Of article that could be inn
agined and go to every part ofthe world.
OF agricultural implements the expor-
tations of the fiscal year of 1898 were
$1,000, 732, against ss,645, 1877 in 1888.
They went to Great Britain, France,
Germany, British North America, Cent
raj and South America, British East
Indies and Australasia, other parts of
Asia and Oceanica, and even to Africa,
while the great grain fields of Russia also
drew largely upon our manufacturers in
this line.
Our cars for street and steam railways
went to all parts of Europe, China, Japan
and the East Indies, to Brazil, to Cuba,
to Central America, Hawaii, Mexico and
Africa, the value of this class of exporta-
tions for the year amounting to So, 424, ,419.
Our cotton goods went to every part
of the world, China, British North Ameri-
ca, South America and Oceanica being
the largest purchasers, the total exports
of cotton manufactures for the year be-
ing SIT .024 ,O92, against So, 999, 277 in 1890.
People in Africa and China and British
East Indies, and Cuba and British Aus
tralasia, and Japan and Mexico, as well
as all parts OF Europe, are riding our BIZ
cycles, the expectation for the year being
So, SAG, ,529, against less than s., OOO 600 in
the fiscal year 1895.
Our expectation of copper and manu-
features thereof has increasedenormous-
ly in the past few years, being $3s, $780,
s72 in the fiscal year just ended, against
So, ,812, 79S in 1883.
Ofrefined mineral oils the expectation
during the year amounted to s51, 49,, BIG
in value, against 47,t4 400 in 1883. The
value of the years expectation of oil is
slightly less than that of the preceding
year, which was S56, 463, 1856, but this is
due altogether to a reduction in price.
the number of gallons exported being
65, 900, ,Oc0 greater than in the preceding
year. Every part of the world accepted
and used our Illuminating oil, more than
1900, 600 gallons going to Africa, co.
0sO,0tO to British Australasia, 44,0oO. 600
to China, and So, ,OOO, 900 to Japan.
The largest article or class of articles
included in the lief nf exnorfc of mann,