The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-28
EXPORTS OF MACHINERY.
Demand for the Products of the
American Factories Is In
erea.fuu

Special Dispatch TO the Post fnteliigencer
WASHINGTON. Aug. as.-Exports ~
American tools and machinery do not
show the shrinkace In volume which re-
cent reports would indicate. Some con-
Germ has been expressed by leading ex-
port houses. by reason Of falling of In
foreign orders due TO the high prices OF
iron and steel In this connection IL will
De Interesting to note that the exports Of
builders hardware saws and tools during
the fiscal year 1900 were the largest in the
history OF our export trade, being sacie,-
~ gl asainst g,ssSsla IN iss9 1897. $50 in
year the exports in this line had never az
gregated so much as S0On 90
In exports 81 sewing machines type
chinery there are also gratifying Increases.
Comparing the export figures Of the fiscal
year lust ended with those Of 1905 and
lss, y I. found !, t ,ss sewing machines IN
sit IN 1893 to s454osi2 in 1900; electrical
machinery. from S2.o52. 56i In 1895 and So
Iss.ilo In 1893 20 A92s.s l7 In 1900; locono-
tive engines, from 81. sSs7is in 1895 to IS
$50, ioe in 1900: typev riters. from 81. 500 iss
in lS'S TO s. .se7. 5A In 1900; metal working
machinery, from .stelssss In 1893 10 s7.iaa.-
sls.SS6.sso in 1895 TO s?i ai2ao2
Increase In the Far East.
While our chief market for machinery
is sim to be found In European countries,
an increasing proportion is being sold in
the far East, especially in British Aus
tralasia. Japan and India. In 1885 our ex-
ports OF builders hardware and tools to
British Australasia amounted 20 sSiI.6s5;
In 1900 they aggregated 81. 22S 1873: in 1885
our exports In this line 10 japan were y76.-
800, while in 1900 they were si0s.2sl.
our exports OF ,ypewriters 10 British
Australasia in 1895 amounted 10 SEQ 07a
while in the fiscal year 1900 they were
sl0l,m2: TO Japan the exports OF typewrit-
ers In ises amounted TO but y22o In 1899
slsb7s. OF which sum s,.2ii were exported
during the month of June alone, thus
forecasting In some degree the possibiii-
ties OF future development, in this article
of export Commenting upon the increase
in exports ! OF typewriters a prominent
American manufacturer is quoted by the
New York Commercial as saying:
The demand for American typewriters
was never greater and our machines
are pretty good globe-trotters We have
just made shipment TO Puntas Arenas
on the Straits 81 Magellan AT the ex-
treme southern point OF South America.
and another lot OF typewriters has been
sent north TO Vladivostok. Russia. for
the use OF the imperial government
Many OF the missionaries and foreign
business men IN China use our machines
and nearly every American regiment In
the Philippines has from three TO Ave
machines; and as business increases at
Manila under American auspices. there
will be n big demand for typawrIters.
The typewriter has become we'll nigh
universal in Its use, and Is found IN
all the large business houses in the
principal cities OF the world. and its key
board represents nearly all languages
The exceptions are the Japanese and
Chinese. AZ their characters are up-
right and composed OF many hundred hE-
ures or signs II seems practically Inn
possible TO produce them on IN. type
writer's keyboard"
The following table shows the exports
Of builders tools and hardware. sewing
machines and typewrlters from tho
United States In each fiscal year from
1890 to 1900. The exports OF typewriters
cannot be separately shown for the
years prior TO 1897, as prior 20 1897 type
writer's were published In the reports Of
the treasury bureau 81 statistics under
the general head, Machinery, not else
where specified.