The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-13
OUR TRADE IN
STEEL AND IRON
Remarkable Growth Of Exports Of All
the Products.
The DECREASE IN IMPORTS.
j. Exactly in Proportion TO the ship
ments-Great and Increasing De-
msnd for American Manutac-
lures All over the World.
The DECREASE IN IMPORTS.

WASHINGTON Aug Especial The
yhenomeaal growth Of our manufacturing
.nGusiries both In supplying our own
markets ana those or other parts OF the
world. is illustrated by some figures just
complied hy the Treasury Burcdn on sta
1isucs regarding tho imports ana exports
Of manufacture of iron and steel These
tables show thar the exports Of manu-
dactures OF iron and steel in tho fiscal
year 1898 were lye times as great as tn
$50 more fnfn double those I'm any year
prior 90 900 and 2} per cent greater than
g. 1897. on tho other hand tho imports
OF the manufacture of iron and steel in
Js9s were in value but one-sixth those Of
800 ouc-f0urth those of ISIS and one
half those o. 1895
10 quote the oHc8l figures tho exports
from tho United States N an articles
CLASSIFIED as Manufactures Of Iron and
steel" amounted in 1850 10 {li7l6.524. in
1880 10 &25.5422ls. ln 1895 70 NllG0s1L in
1897 70 &574eis72. and in ls9s 10 S7o.36l521
Meantime the imports Of manufactures 81
iron and steel which In 1850 were ST. 26f-
go fell by 800 20 81 go SOL by 1896 20 So
S5s.lo3. and IN 1893 10 Sl26l59l3. Thus.
while the exports Of manufactures OF
iron and steel are in lS9s five times those
Of $50 the imports OF the same class Of
erticles were in l,9s less than one-hfih
sbose ~ 1850
IRON AND STEEL,
r., 1esn or- ip,no-te ~ manufactures Of
iron and sto.l were five times as much as
our exports while in 1905 our exports Of
iron and steel were more than five times
as much a our imports. American man
ufacturers have since 1850 taken possess
eion OF five-sixths OF thar portion OF the
home market which was held bv foreign
manufacturers OF iron and steel and have
ut the same time Increased their sales in
foreign markets 400 per cont While tho
imports OF iron and steel were falling
from Il millions 10 10 millions The exports
Of The same class Of articles increased
from u millions 10 90 millions.
While the list az articles of iron and
steel IS an elaborate ono and q decrease
IN imports has occurred in nearly ah ar-
ficles 30 is practicable 20 point out %
few Of the more important Under the
classification Of "Ingots. Blooms Slabs
pliefs and Bars of steel the importa-
lions Of 1858 were A44H.6qs pounds and
a. is9s onfv a0s2fls7 pounds Wire rods.
which in le.e were 27oqq $50 pounds were
81, fNaS 90 C0l G39 mounds Chains which in
1855 voero o 05- -S7 hounds were in 1905 lle-
4is nopnfs Imports Of tim plates tornc-
mates ana tsQeers Tin which in 1850
amounted 10 Gs43Ne5 pounds were in
rsas IN ef2 2i5 mounds
urANry EXPORTS
~. .,a o,ber hand the Increase in ex-
-. - ,he leading articles of this char
r.,ss - 49,, eou,i'v striking.
80 "'....,. - Nan. iro, i, 1S,9 were but
-. ~, ~. 49, o,d ir 1eQs wore f230S.G5
1900 -. NJ about Zoo per cent.
pounds '. ''.' ..,.,,,rte I'm ISIS were IT,
on Guy Ha,.' - i, 1Nos were c2SlOG3
"'''D'i .,..fl ,.irc mills which iu 1SsS
poui'', A. as bounds were I'm 1905 % S9i.-
W. 49, a. locomotive engines we eN-
-.,o. d, 1sSs Si0- 0l4 worth. and in 1898
y, ss, 20 u.o,th or wire our exports in
80 - 10 -,i lQ, mounds and in lSeS 1885,.
a., 30, 100
'' ~ i,,+io ~ all rarts of the world
-. do,eioncd a liking for our
80. wv 49, ~ iron and steel. our sew
nc ~ -.--,,t,o. bun i'm Africa the East
~ C,Iar,tia cuba central America
i"u'0. -. Of Ooesuicl our tole-
on" '"o ...- -i,ot, b, l.nan China.