The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-16
RIDDEN N EVERY LAIO.
ANERICAN-MANE RICYCLES AM
Found ALL OVEN TINE WORLD.
We.t-POpular Even IN Nanafae-
tasinw Censer. 81 Esr~De-rraAe
81 e1o,oo0,0OO In Foas YeaUos

Special Dspafrh 70 tne Pr~s-snscalaGsnc~r.
WASHINGTON. May sA--The opening
az the wheeling season gives especial IA.
terest TO some isares lust prepared ~
the treasury bureau Of statistics. These
.ahies. which present the statistics ot ~.
cycle experts during the past fsW years.
show that American waeeAs arc nov being
ridden ID al paris o1 the xux10- In the
siiis &. Mckee and Central America. UNI
Ger the hlaKing skies CT Cuba Porto RCD
and c.ser West imam islands. across tho
psmpas e Argentina. Braxii and oshAr
South American states. amid the denseay
populated areas Of Caina. British East
Indies and japan. and in the tunglea oS
Africa. she American wheel 10 making III
way. Even tn the great manufacturers
countries Of Europe. where wcrksaopa ao4
skilled workmeR abound, millions OF Oh
lars worth OF American bicycles are 80
each year. Duriisg the four fiscal years
1874. 1857. ISse ard 1893. the expectations Of
American bicycles amour. in round num-
beers to So oulool.
ThA, such large numbers Of machine
requiring such high grades Of Workman.
ship in Its production should be conttHu-
ousiy and successfully exporter In compe-
tition with the workshops Of the most asDe~
eessful Misunderstanding countries OF IL
world II a fact Of which American wora9~
men and Americans generally may justly
feel proud. Four million dollars wosth
OF American bicycles will. during the nscaA
year about TO end, SO to European eosn.
tries. countries In which the manufActur.
ing Industries aniedAte by generations
these OF the United States. To France.
with all her skilled workmen and ingenlf-
iiy. expectations OF American bicycles II
the fiscal year 1899 we'll hn more than dua.
BILE In value those OF 1897, while the fxbe
that there has heen a general lowering oe
prices indicates that in numbers the In
crease has been very much greater 10
Germany the expectations OF bicycles In
iSe Will be ~ per cent. in excess OF those
OF 1897. though something less than those
Of 1855 To other countries on the cont.
nent OF Europe the bicycle exports Of I'D
are 80 per cent. in excesS OF those Of Last
year or the year before To the UnitoA
Kingdom the bicycle exports Of the year
are materially less than those Of ix6. -
measured by values. though the fall Ia
prices probably accounts for mitch Of tho
apparent reduction. m shown by the fe-
ures which give values exclusively ana
DO not indicate the number OF machines
exported.
One curious and interesting fact In re-
gard To the exports Of bicycles illustrates
the general tendency OF our export trado
In manufactures. This Is the fact that 3
very large proportion Of our exports u
manufactures so 10 manufacturing coun-
tries. Two-thirds OF our bicycles 90 %
countries which make speciality Of manu-
featuring, and this export TO manufactur.
ing countries increases. rather than 9th.
erwise. II will be remembered that pre-
dtctions were made year or fwu ago that
tho exports Of bicycles 10 Japan would
decrease AS soon a. the Japanese had a.
tanned sufficient numbers an models ~
their own factories and established theeIS-
selves In the manufacture OF wheels.
This prediction however. has not proven
true. The exports Of bicycles to Japan.
which. In the fiscal year 1897 amounted 20
So liz. werc In lsss. SIS so6, and In tho ns-
cal year which ends next month WIN rench
fully u300p.
The islands which have been brought
into closer relations with us by the events
OF the past year evidently appreciate BIZ
cycles as among tho good things Of the
United States. Cubs. which In the mise
months Of 1880 bought but 80 worth, has
bought In the nine months Of the preaent
fiscal year ss.icl worth Of bicycles. r.
exports OF bicycles for the full fiscal year
1888 amour, 10 S.2l4. TO Porto Rico 11xsAL
10 the Hawaiian islands t2s1c. though TO
the Philippines there seems TO have been
no direct exportatiou Of BICYCLES
The largest single buyer Of vur bicycles
in tho nscal year 1898 was the United
Kingdom. which took 1851 1855 though, a
already Indicated. the figures a. 10 valusa
for the current fiscal year will not be ~
large as those Of Las: year. GermAny'o
purchases ~ bicycles from us last wear
amounted to 81. ia -. Canada came next
In amount Of purchases I'm this iinc tho
total being SSH Rc, while France was NEXT
with purchases amounting 10 tSsz $50; Brit.
ish Australasia nex. x3s 500; Sesaerlanda
s-si SIS. Denmark s21s 80. British Africa.
tis.sss. British East Indies $50 sss, Japan.
t-s*5. China, ~ AZ Dutch East Indies.
N5.As and Africa. sit.sfT. To many Oe
these distant places the exports OF h.
cycles Ia the present fiscal year will exc
eeed these of last year. To Japan. NJ u.
ready Indicated. the present years az.
ports are nearly 81 per cent In excesa OF
these os last year. 10 Argentina they have
mote than dogb'es. ard 10 the british East
indies tire increase sr more than $50 per
cent.