New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-28
RIG TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA.
REMARKABLE GAINS MADE BY AMERICAN
MANUFACTURERS.

vvasbnrton ApriI 81 (SpeciaD.-An evidence or
the gains which American manufacturers ana pro-
ducers are making In their export TRACE III u'ree'
oomne,ition with those OF European nations. Is
"a In coma recent figures on the trade OF South
Africa "The British and South African Gazette
which has Just reached the Bureau or STATISTICS
nubl,shes A. series Of articles on the imports ih'o
South Africa In which Il shows that American
imports are making a greater proportion Oh ea'iis
than those from Great Britain. The exports OF
,,1.,.s .aorfac,ures from the United Kingdom
20 south Africa in February 1900. are SHOWN 10
he $40 ZOO IN excess Of those for the same month
OF 1896 while American export heures 10 Dr'is"
Africa show an increase In FEBRUARY Oh Tue p'eS
ent year OF s3s2041 over February OF last year,
tho eeneraI increase IN exports to Africa during
49, ,.ht r,or+be ending with February being
shou, 81 600 600 as compared with the corresponding
months Of the preceding year. the report Oh
"Tbe Exnort Gazette" further shows that the eN-
norts OF British manufactures from tne oH'e
Kingdom 10 South Africa in February' 1879 arc
cor s5s or s4eo $50. below the amount TOT ioe''
while the figures Of American export uape ioi
1,ohr,arv 1850 show exports TO Africa OF ABOUT
s2,o 900 in excess of those for February, 1871
No feature Of the remarkable deveiopment ol
foreign commerce has been more Striking thah t"e
Increase Of late in exports 10 Atrlca' winch ne
now five times as much annually as they "eio
decade ago. and nearly three times "na' meg w..
IN tso5 In 1889 the total exports from the uniteo
N Africa were So 496 sos in 1898 they were
en- kb 7sn and IN 1889 they are. mp to the present
rr,o anproximately. 81 100000 in excess OF last
years figures. , s a.
The variety and quantity OF American soous ue
manded IN Africa are interesting ana III many
caees surnrisinR OF books. maps and engraVlnes'
for instance the exports 70 Africa In the elgnt
roortbs ending with February. 1899. were s4oSfo
IN value against $23.s64 in the Corresponding
months of the preceding year and S2o'Z4S IN the
corresponding months Of 1897. showing a rapid
for hOOLc
metter OF bicycles the exports TO Africa IN me
aIebt months ending with February were Sl2o,oeJI
eSSainst S75 100 in the corresponding monlhs vi
1897 Exports Of builders hardware WINCH III .ie
eight months ending with February, ls9s, WI
Sl7 704 in value. were In the coIIesponIhie ios 10
Africa in the eight months ending with tepruaIy
1900 were S24 G63 in value, against SiS3tV IN ne
correenonding months of 1898. and Sl3.lol IN tne
CORRESPONDING months of 1891 American ooo.s ana
,bs y-al,e If the exports of these articles IN the
eight months ending with February 1883. oei ih
s6i 702 against So 262 in the corresponding oHShs
of last year. American cottonseed OIL has tap,Jiy
The exports 10 Africa in the eight months enqlIs
with February 1929. being 1858 iOl gallons asalns,
54T Q22 in the corresponding months OF the nscdl
year 1895 and $780, s7 gallons IN me c9rrespo99us
months of 1897 Explorations OF lard to Africa
which in the eight months ending WIN epi uaayS
1897 were sos JS4 pounds increased 70 aa4e,Z+S
Mounds In the corresponding months OF 1875, ana
| o2tTs2 pounds in the corresponding months end
Africa Increased from s27,647 in the eight months
ending with February 1898. TO S95.042 in the cor
responding months OF 1s9s'99. .,. ..
The rapid growth of export trade 70 Attca Is
value of exports from the United states 10 AFRICA
In each year from 1888 TO 1898: -