Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-02
MORE THAN MILLION A DAY.
Contribution of American Work me n
to the Export Trade.


The American workman is contributing
mere than d million dollars a day to the
export trade of the United States The
products of American workshops exported
during the nine months ending with Sep
TENDER 1900, amount in value to 1895, 67S,-
243 or considerably more than an average
of one million dollars a day for each day.
including Sundays and holidays. Counting
only working days, the contribution of
American workshops and workmen to the
export trade of the United States averages
million and a half dollars daily. This
grand total of s:SIS,orO.o0 of exports of
manufa ctureS in the nine months ending
with September, 1900 is three times as
great in the corresponding months of
1890. and nearly two ard half times as
great i'll the same months of 1895. In
1890 the exports of manufactures In the
nine months ending with September
amounted to S113. s99 554; in 1895 they
amounted in the corresponding months to
S145. 1913, SS4. and in the same months of 1900
they were s33S 67s2 Dab. This shows a gain
of SO. OO1.O in the five years from 1890
TO 1888. and of s192, 100000 in the five years
from 1895 to 1900. Thus the increase in
exports of manufactures in the fve-year
period of 1S@5-1900 is six times as great as
during the period 1sgN-95.
Every industry contributes TO this vast
aggregation of American manufactures,
which bring into the United States from
other parts of the world more than mil
lion dollars daily The various manufac
lures of iron and steel exported in the nine
months ending with September last brought
to me United States s97 81, 900; the refined
mineral oil exported during the same pc
Rod brought s52 046 1874: copper and manu-
features thereof, $i6, 2s9,39 wood and
manufactures of. $40 S55,54I; leather and
manufactures of, including boots and shoes,
1850. col; manufactures of cotton s16.614,
900: agricultural Implements S14. 1895, 7S1;
chemicals. drugs and dyes s10.214 .414: car
"a VI Gf bar vehicles
paraffin and paraffin wax. S,o24 l31: paper
and manufactures of. $5.155,915, and manu-
features of tobacco. 81 ,34S .3u6: while hun
dreds of other articles contribute in Sans
ranging from a million dollars downward
The following table shows the exporta
tons of principal manufactures In nine
months ending with September, 1900, com
pared with the corresponding nine months
of 1895 and 1890:
Articles 1890 1895 1900
Iron steel $40 2o7. 400 $24 $50 62s s97 3lS go
fncd d. ... 90 se6,oo7 s22s 7aI 5ls22 500
Copper and
fractures Of 1.O56.o2s 1o,196l26 46 2ss, 1893
leather &
ufactures of 1921 2as IS SIS $40 1880 col
features Of 1891 256 10 8O7, $50 1864 COG
PIGMENTS . os57 200 4762 $50 IA, 39e7s7
Chemicals drugs
and dyes. 4ss5.sJ6 81ss.116 10.214 Ala
wocd -. 465os57 4,s51,15s s,soso75
attn wax..... 2o2se21 2esso42 s.o24 1871
Fertilizers ...... 1901 325 4,a2s, 20s 455s, 6s5
Scientific q cleo
trical inst IN is | ,O34 4OS 1925, 1S 4,S49, ISS
Paper and
fractures Of go Alb 1,711,131 5l55 Sl5
p Tobacco manu-
factureS...-.. 2.HS1 OBS 3tS2, 100 4,34S, 6ot
Ffters. manufac-
lures Of ....... 1896 407 1412.495 $3.50. 593
Cycles not stated 2, I4S, 43S z, 641. SS
Books maps. &c. 1.3i65l9 16SI,3IS 2,323, 800
India rubber
ufactures .... s19SlO 1,aD0671 1881, O41
Spirits distilled. 1,21l 1879 l347 ,93S 2,O25, 9St
Cars and
riagas ...... ss76O23 1898, ss9 1851. POS
Starch ........ 22I 939 BAL 4O2 ,714. 95S
Clocks & watches 1l6%a52 94l.436 LASS 10
Musical inst'mts SSs, 245 76554S 1,31s, 24i
Glass and glass
ware.......... 627 923 729 O52 1,4S3 S4t
Paints & colOTs. 5Ol, O02 ISL 1876 .b6I, Pcs
GunI-uwder and
other explosives 5S5 ACT 9SS. I65 1883, 49,
Brass. manufac-
lures Of. 319.sI3 1857 ,3Is loss, S2f
Marble l. stone
manufactures. 12S.Ol3 I2I2I1 1,162, oil
Wool uianuf rs. Bl4, 100 b31I46 1,U26,3l