The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-23
Manufacturers IRE BUSY
ALL BRANCHES or INDUSTRY
WORKING ON ADVANCE ORDERS.
Meet the Demand for 6oOas-Al
Over the Country the same Re-
DoFt 10 Naae-Many Need Labor.

| Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Intsllsgencer
| WASHINGTON. Oct 1-The manufac-
1 turers, in the opinion Of the chief Of the
bureau OF statistics. are about the busiest
/ people In the United States a. the present
I time MI. Austin. the chief OF the bureau
mas Just returned from a visit 10 the man
ufacturtng centers OF New England ana
the Middle states. and II their condition is
an example o. that Of the manufacturers
Of the country generally. az II presumably
II, there can be no occasion Tor com paint
that mills and men are lacking employ
nent- Mr.. Austin visited the cotton, wool
en-, worsted. silk. fiber. carpet. print goods.
rubber. boot and shoe. hat. pottery and
watch and clock manufacturing establish
ments and In no case did he find lack OF
orders for the manufacturers or Of en-
ployment for men and women desiring en-
pioymen.. On the contrary the great cot
, ton. wooden, silk ana other textile mills
are running on full time and overtime.
while the manufacturers OF rubber goods
boots and shoes, clothing and pottery re-
ported their orders far In excess OF their
capacity TO fill with promptness-
Hard to Meet Orders.
Our chief difficuity," said the manager
OF great mandatory OF rubber clothing.
rs TO get a sufficient number Of employees
ard sufficient machinery to meet our or
ders. The crude rubber We can get. though
the !mportationS OF that are increasing
rapidly and the price advancing because
Of the Increased demand: but the costly
machinery and the skilled labor which
are to do the work are not so easily had
We maintain. constantly. a school for the
instruction Of young men and women in
the lines OF work required in our factory.
and yet with the constant reduction of our
force by the demands upon II from other
mills of this character we are short OF
hands and unable to keep up with our
orders"
Similar statements were made by the
managers OF other manufacturing estab-
lishments. The cotton mills, wooden mills.
and silk manufacturing establishments
were reported weeks behind with their
orders. which come from all parts of the
United States and OF the world
Products Are Exported.
During the last eight months, between
&. 600 900 and $3.0O0O worth OF boots and
shoes. the product Of American factories.
have been sent out OF the country. the
total for the eight months being double
that OF the corresponding months Of 1888.
OF this large expectation of this single
product Of our factories the exports to the
United Kingdom alone were $417. 73i, against
e2s3. 10 In the corresponding months Of last
w
sls7, 40 in the corresponding months OF last
year: TO British Australasia. 1852, 49, against
SOS. 7S3 In the corresponding mon tbs of last
year: TO Mexico, ses. $50 against $66. SIC In
the corresponding months Of last year: TO
Africa. $94 d5. against $54 $50 In the CORE
spending months of last year. while ship
ments were also made TO Asia, Oceanica,
Central and South America, as well as TO
the great Industrial and manufacturing
countries OF France, Germany and the
United Kingdom
Activity Of Manufa cturers.
An illustration of the activity of the
manufacturers In other lines Il found In
statement made by DR.. Wilson. the
head OF the Philadelphia commercial
museum. and also the director Of the ex-
port exposition. Our chief difficulty in
| the preliminary work OF the exposition. -
| said he was In the fact that the manu-
| facturers OF the country were so busy
that many ~ them could not find time
| and the necessary force % employees with
| which to prepare exhibits satisfactory
| 20 Themselves. while In many other cases
| our requests for exhibits were met with
| the statement that, since they are now
| months behind with their orders. the
| display of their products would merely
| add to their temporary embarrassment
| by bringing them a stu greater excess
| Of orders over their capacity for pro-
| duction. In the great iron and steel
! manufacturing industries We found that
| many Of the establishments had from
six months 10 eighteen months orders
| ahead. and that they were working 10
| their fullest capacity and unable 10 In
| crease their produc. without an increase
! In machinery. which. 81 course. cannot
| be made In moment"
| Iron and steel.
In the iron md steel industry the fig
! ures of our exports show that the ex-
| trene activity OF manufacturers extends
| rot alone to the home market. but 20
| that % other parts Of the world The
| expectation OF manufactures Of iron and
| steel in the eight months ending with
| August 1899 amount 10 sss.9soTi agains,
| S. aaS. os2 In the corresponding months 81
| lsse, $40. 7ST se0 In the corresponding
| months Of 1897. and 81 60 go in the cor
| responding months OF 1895 A stiil fur
| .her evidence which our foreign COM
| rnerce figures show ~ the activity OF our
| manufacturers - found in the rapid IN
| crease IN the importation o. materials
| used nv manufacturers, The importa-
| tions Of fhers for Use In the u1anufac-
| turing industries in the eight months
| ending with August. lsaa. amounted to
| $4.s7-. r5s. against 81 $50, 1876 IN the CORE
| spending months Of Is9N and s. Ssl SIS In
| the corresponding months 81 isa7: hides
| ard skins 81. 500 against s27-ss 0s& i'm
| the corresponding months 81 is1>. and
/ So ~. ~ in the corresponding months az
| 1885,. india rubber. 81 SO Sis against ST.
/ irS sns In the eight months Of fSas. and
sfa tAa ga ~. the c0rresr0usfirg months NJ