Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-20
BREAKS THE RECORD.
rnormous Increase in Exports of
Manufactures.
,.I for past Ten Months Largest
rxer known-For the First Time
our Foreign sales Exceed
our Purchases.

The classified returns of American ex-
,or,s for April show a very gratifying
,rrrease in the movement of American
manufacturers, indicating. as has been
,,t,d In commeats upon the returns for
nr,,ious months. that our manufactur-
,rs continue 10 hold the trade which
they have been recently seeking. and
hat there has been no material inter
rnption 10 this movement by reason Of
ne war. Indeed. there is very con-
6dent feeling that as the result of the
var and Of the opening up of new fields
of trade. our manufacturing exports
will be greatly increased.
The returns for April show that ex-
por,s OF manufactures were So. o92. 552.
against Se4.O14.i26 in April. 1897. an in
crease OF Si.07s.i26. The exports for
ten months to April 80 were Sss4. ss7.-
oos. against SeSs.o23.li for the CORE
spending period last year. being a gain
of SiO.7lS,SSs. Though the total for
Aprfl was smaller 10y s.. POI SOS than for
March this fact is not surprising. con
sidering all the circumstances. Ii
should be noted. also, that manufacture
Ing exports were abnormally large in
March. being S2S.2i4.450. increasing 81
i65.sl9 compared with February. and
greater than for any month on record
since the movement began TO be inn
portuut. That this Improvement In our
export trade has been and continues 10
be progressive is shown by the fact that
for four months OF the calendar year the
total was S9S.23s.5s2. against 500. 76l ,37i
for the same time last year. gain OF 81
477.lsi, aud, moreover, with the eNcep-
ton Of March above noted, the total
for April is larger than for any month
since May, 1897. when IL was $26.45s.-
900. and this total was the largest pre-
yiously recorded. The returns for four
months would seem 20 indicate a gain
Of about S2i.0OO.00o for the calendar
year, and If this estimate should prove
correct the unprecedented total of about
S3O0000,0O0 of manufactured exports
would be recorded.
The most remarkable and gratifying
feature OF the ease, however, il TO be
noted IN the facts set forth In the
Economists Washington correspond
ence on another page of the current
tNNhNf Aaht AOi tnt DINl A4tHc
the history of the United States our
exports of manufactured commodities
exceed in value our importations of
goods produced in foreign factories.
The figures for ten months ending with
April show that this excess has reached
Che enormous figure OF $4,000, 900, and
indicate that for the full fiscal year our
trade balance in manufactured goods
alone will amount to at least $50 ,0OO,-
600.
With the strong position now occupied
by American producers there Is a basis
for almost unlimited expansion of our
exports OF manufactured goods, and the
ending of the war should give a won
derful impetus to this branch of the
export trade. 1t is becoming more and
more evident that the control of the
home market and the extension OF
American trade into foreign fields prog
ress and prosper side by side under the
American policy OF protection. The
record for the full year will show an
enormous Increase of our sales abroad
Of agricultural and manufactured prod
ucis. together with decrease In our
purchases Of foreign manufactures. i,
IS wonderful record throughout. and
one which, taken as q whole, has never
been equaied in the history of inter
national commerce.