Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-29
MANUFACTURES EXPORTED
FOREIGN SHIPMENT OF $40. 200. 600
IN APRIL.
Near District Line.

An expectation of forty million dollars
| worth of manufactures in thirty days is
| record unparalleled for American manu-
| facturers. That is the record for the month
! of April, 1900. The details of the April ex-
| portations, just completed by the treasury
bureau of statistics show that the exporta-
! ton of manufactures during that month
| were by far the greatest of any month in
| our history and within a fraction of $40
| oW.oW. This gives assurance that the ex-
| ports of the fiscal year which ends with
June will considerably exceed SIoo.oo0, 900
| and be nearly three times as much as a
! decade ago.
| This phenomenal increase in expectation
| of manufactures is especially striking when
| compared with the progress made by Eu-
| r0pean nations. our rivals in the attempt
| to supply the worlds market with manu-
| featured goods. Great Britain's exports of
| manufactures show but slight increase
| since 1870. and an examination of the ex-
| port record of the principal European coun-
| tries fails to disclose an instance in which
| the increase has been much as - per
| cent. while that of the United States mean
| while has been more than 100 per cent.
Exports of Metals.
| An examination of the details Of our own
| expectation of manufactures shows that it
| is in the production, manufacture and
portation of metals that seem to excel.
|
that great groups of people frequently ex-
| Gel IN certain industries, and the growth OF
our expectation, Well as domestic
| production of manufactures. seems to point
| to metals as our most successful line of
| work, especially at the present time
| In iSs9 manufactures of metals formed
| less than 20 per cent of our total exporta-
| ton of manufactures. and in 1900 will be
| features The Increase In exportation of
| metals and manufactures thereof in the
| decade lSSg-1s.,s was :s3o per cent while the
| increase in the expectation of all manufac-
| lures in that time was but 10 per cent,
and the increase in manufactures other
| than those of metal during that time was
4 but - per cent. In this statement of the
| exportation of manufactures of metals only
| those articles composed exclusively of met
ais are included; those made up in part of
| metals such as railway cars agricultural
machinery, etc, being included in the other
| niIi an acti .f :. a., ---.,
| manufactures of metals is shown by the
| fact that the exports of brass and man.
| ufactures thereof in 1883 We're but S:S2l. l'',
anu IN Low" VIZ 81, ,
| 81 033 gas IN 50 20 s03 and in the Year
| about to end will reach nearly S60OO,OD0;
| copper and its manufactures. which
amounted IN 1888 10 SS.5fS''oi, VIII De more
| than S10oO.Wn in 1900; iron and steel in
| creased from 81 l.6o'' IN 1883, to So
| 406.SSJ in lSs: while in the fiscal year
Markets in EurOpe
| ..,o ;.,,..;,ur 60. ,,,.,,,o, l., ~,
| NNo''tei NY. ''i-9 -"e' ~ nc
| examination OF the hsures Is that the Flu
rcpean countries in which manufactures
have been long established furnish as sat
| ;ee,o+or,, , ,,,.rLa. for o,r manufactured
| -. -.
scoos as uo 'ne ie7 where mann
turing has not yet been largely developed.
III reapers and mowers, clocks and watches.
sewing machines. bicycles, and the various
manufactures of iron and Steel, and many
other articles of the higher grades OF manu-
facture. the European countries In which
manufacturing plants and machinery and
| skilled workmen abound. furnish market
| for large share of our exports, thus fail
| ing to justify the expressed fear that
| development of manufactures in countries
where we are now seeking a foothold for
our commerce would destroy their value rs
a permanent market.
y., ~ Good, u.. Co,,o
T, .bt. .tt.n,n+ 70 sbon- tho e,row,b of tho
exnortotton of each ar,icIs in every direc.
t,on n has only hean practicable tn meas
ura the Growth nv values "a the varvip,
valua of tho ,pits Of ouaptitv d.si,p,taJ
INV a commop name would nrove confusing
~ .
am, anu Hsisleauhs. "A s,atenient Oh me iiuiIi-
per oi Watches, IloIhs, ssWils iiiaSnll'es,
ana reapers carriages, articIes Oh glass ana
| chlha"are. puliuefs harowaIe anu INSECT
laneous articles OF cotton ana WOODEN goods,
Tor instance IN Whicn the Vaiue OF UNITS
ranges from rev oolldrs 10 huhureu5 IN
single class Wouiu convey no Information
lor comparative PURPOSES anu does not sup
ply any 1aciitv LOT measuring tHe real
CROWN OF the INDUSTRY OF the commerce IN
H. as uoes Tue sinple statement Oh totai
Naiues py classes oh tle other haia, the
~eli-hho~n iaes thae prices Vi nealiy an
GLASSES Vi ihaiuiactufeu soous nave St.aly
decreased by reason OF cheapened and I'M
proved methods o! prooucuoh' rehuers
mere statement Oh values someWnat nus
ieadlng IN an attempt 10 determine the ac-
tual increase IN the expectation Oh NUMBERS