New-York tribune., 1900-08-25
MACHINERY EXPORTS.
- sHR1xKAGE IN VOLUME AS REPORTED
WHERE THE MARKET is FOUND.

- szRrNKAGE IN VOLUME AS REPORTED
WHERE THE MARKET is FOUND.
r-.sbiugton. AUS. - CspeciaD.-ExpOrts Of Amer
: .oo,s and machinery DO not show the shrink
ioaH l,r,e which recent reports would indicate.
- - concern has been expressed by leading export
50. So b1 reason Of q falling or IN foreign orders,
- - The high prices Of iron and steel. In this
- .-.ion Il VIII be interesting 70 note that the
-,s of builders hardware. saws ana tools dur
- .hs ssoaI year 1890 were the largest in the his
Ae - American export trade, being s. 60lT,
,t s. sZ 81 1853, Sc 466 in 1887 and s55os lss
e - --tor 10 which year the exports IN this line
- never aggregated much as S5,oOoo@ In ex-
=. n sewing machines. typewriters. electrical
- other intricate machinery there are also graft
- Increases Comparing the export figures OF
- es,sI wear Just ended with those OF 1855 and
so q Is found that sewing machines increased
- e rs ss n 1885 and 26= s44 in 1888 70 $3.50 81
: -ss- electrical rnachlnery from s. 56i in 1855
- e 6Il0 n 1893 10 Sass 81 in 1909, locomotive
r4nes ron s. ss37ls IN 1885 70 S55s2+s IN 1900.
sv-tters. from s, ,So2155 in 1925 10 &es7.544 in
o., metal working machinery, from st6lS6Ss in
so 70 EIs3 81 IN 300 and all other machinery
f-o-s ys ss6 So in 1885 70 S2l.sl8.2G
yT-bile The chief market for machinery Is stiA TO
- eoun5 IN European countries. al increasing pro
--s,- Is being sold in the Far East especially II
p-,-ish Australasia, Japan and India. IN 1sse
,-,s-tos- expo--s Of builders hardware and tools
= -sr.sr austria sia amounted 70 sS77635; n 1870
rev aggregated S 7s2 In 1885 exports in this line
= 80 were s-6500 while in 1890 they were $0625i
.-,-a- e,no-rs q rypewriters 70 British Aus
.4szss g, -ses amounted 10 s6e.o3s. while in the
go v-es- 800 they sol.ol2; to Japan the e1-
-. - -v7ew-irsrs in 1ssS amounted 10 but $4-220'
=. -sas -rAv had increased 10 S7.262 and in 1890 70
-sge ~ vhicn sum s2.2L were exported during
80 -,o7tb Of June alone thus forecasting IN some
- -,,a possibilities ot future development IN
- s--,rle o< export Commenting upon the IN
~-ssss II exports o. ryPewriters, prominent
American manufacturer IS quoted BY The New
York Commercial" as saying
TIE demand for American rypsW-iteTs vas never
s--er+e- s-5 our machines are pretty good globe-
S-C--ers We have Just made shipment 10 : lIltaS
s-ErsE on The Strait 0< Magellan. Al the extreme
l-,-he-- point OF South America, srG 23olIleI tol
4 tvpewr-eCs has been sent Llor-- ll -. -a
fr- me OF the Imperial GOV NeEIIIsIlL
Wsr- o@ the missionaries and foreign business men
ir ChIra use our machines ana neaTty 5Eely
rh-ee 70 I've machines. and as BUSINESS 80
- Ns-a under American auspices L--eIe - ~ o q
80 Ee-narG for Iypewrire-s. The IEpeHEtsleE Aes
Nerr--e vel nigh universal II It's use al-- : -Ol
= IN --s large business houses Il tne pElLc-pa!
ri-tes q the world. and is ksyDoarc E-ess-Ls
rea-lv al languages Tie exceptions are lhe : ap-
snese and Chinese As thelT 90 s-ae - - si-
su6 composed c< many hu1crecs o. lE-es - SLs4ls
seems practically impossible 10 PrOCNce leIA Oh
Ire typevriters keyboard
7-bs following table shows the exports OF builders
tools and hardware. sewing machines and type
writer's s-o-n the United States II each fiscal year
from 1851 70 800 The exports Of rypewTtters can
not be separately shown for the years prior 10 1887,
rs p-lor 70 1897 typewriters were published IN the
reports ot the Treasury Bureau Of Statistics under
the general head Machinery Not Elsewhere speci-
fed