The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-24
TOoLS.ANn MACHINERY.
Steady rncsease in the Experts of
Americau-aade GeoEis.

Experts CT American tools and machin-
cry do not show the shrinkage In volume
which recent reports would indicate. Some
concern has BEEN expressed by leading ex-
port houses by reason of a falling off in
foreign orders due to the high prices Of
iron and steel. In this connection 1t will
be interestingEto note that the exports Of
builders hardware, saws and tools during
the fiscal year I9e0 were the largest in the
history of the eountry's export trade, be-
ing IS, 6I6017. against 81. 842, 372 In 1899, S.,
62l,i66 in 1897 and SIS, sos. 1SS in 1855, prior
TO which year tie exports in this line
had never aggregated so much as $1,000
COO
In exports of sewing machines. type
writers, electrical, and other intricate ma
chlneTy there are also gratifying increases.
Comparing the export figures of the fiscal
year Just ended with those of 1898 and
1899, II is found tibet sewing machines in
creased from So, 1876, 264 In 1898, and s., 26I,
34i IN 1889 to 81 $40 S42 in 1900; electrical
machinery, from s.. 052 564 in 1898, and So
1910 in 1889 to 81 32S. 917 in 1860; loco
motive engines, from 50, SS3,7 in 1898, to
so.39Z, 4G3 in 1900; typeWriteTs. from 81
902, 1o3 in 1885. TO 81 697 544 in 1900: metal
working machinery, from 81, els $50 in 1898,
to S7193, $50 in 1900; and all other ma
9i3, 2e2
While the chief market for machinery
Is still 10 be found in European countries,
an increasing proportion is being sold in
the Far East, especially in British Aus
traiasia, Japan, and India. In 1888 the eX-
ports CT builders hardware and tools 10
British Australasia amounted to s877 G35;
in 1900 they aggregated 81 1926, 1913: in 1898
the exports in this line to Japan were $16,-
800, while in 1900 they were S106. Z5I- The
exports OF typewTiters to British Austria
lasia in 1898 amounted 10 500, 639. while
in the fiscal year 1900 they were $I0l co.,
to Japan the exports of typewriters IN 1893
amounted TO but 81 ,220; in 1893 they had
increased TO s. 262 and in 1900 TO SI6,579,
of which sum s., 211 were exported during
the month of June alone thus forec2sting
in some degree the possibilities OF future
development in this article OF export. Com
menting upon the increase in exports OF
typewriters, prominent American manu-
facturer is quoted by the New York Com
mercial' as saying.
The demand for American typewTiters
was never greater and our machines are
pretty good gIobe-trotters- We have just
made a shipment to Puntas Arenas. on the
Straits of Magellan, at the extreme south
ern point of South America, and another lot
CT typewrlters has been sent north 10
Viadfvostock, Russia, for the use Of the
Imperial Government Many of the mis-
sionaries and foreign business men in Chi
IA use our machines, and nearly every
American regiment in the Philippines has
from three TO FIVE machines; and as
business increases at Manila under Aneri-
can auspices, there will be d big demand
for typewriters. The typewriter has be-
come well-nigh universal in its use. and is
found in all the large business houses in
the principal cities OF the world and its
keyboard represents nearly all languages.
The exceptions are the japanese and Chi
nese. As their characters are upright and
composed of many hundred figures or signs
it seems practically impossible 10 produce
them on the typewriter's keyboard.
The following table shows the exports of
builders tools and hardware sewing ma
chimes. and typewriters from the United
States in each fiscal year from 1880 10 1860.
The exports OF typewriters cannot be sep
arateiy shown for the years prior to 1897
as prior to 1897 typewriters were publish
ed in the reports of the Treasury Bureau
Of Statistics under the general head, Ma
chinery, not elsewhere specified