The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-19
EXPORTS FOR LAST YEAR.
4 Slight Decrease shown, With Ha-
wall and Porto Rico Omitted.

waii and Porto Rico Omitted.
Exports Of manufactures from the Uni
ted States appear to be slightly less in
! the fiscal year Just ended than in the
preceding year, the figures for the eleven
months ending with May showing an ap-
parent reduction II SI4565, G3o- This state
ment, it is claimed. however, is mislead-
ing, because the figures Of the year 1901
do not include the exports TO Porto Rico
and Hawaii which were included in for
mer years, and which are largely manu-
features, and which viii aggregate So
0o9.oQ0 for the fiscal year
Were it possible for the Treasury Bu-
Teau of Statistics to include in its fig
ures Of exports of manufactures those
sent II Hawaii and Porto Rico the figures
Of 1901 would differ little from those Of
1900
An analysis q the general export fig
urcs of manufl ctures for the eleven
months now available shows in most
cases an increase over 1900. and that the
decrease is confined to a few articles. and
is due, in some cases at least. to a fail in
price rather than a reduction in quantity
In illuminating oils. for instance. the ex-
port figures for the eleven months ending
with May 1901 show a decrease Of $500 900
IN value but an increase Of nearly $1,000
600 gallons. the accurate figures being:
Fer eleven months ending with May, 1850.
SIS. 554.52S gallons value Sol, T55-797. and for
the eleven months of 1901 II, S42,2-6 gal
Ions. value 81, 22S. fS3.
TWO other great articles of exports Of
manufacture show a reduction in 1891 as
compared with 1909, EameIy. copper and
cotton manufactures, and these, indeed,
form the chief reduction in the grand to-
tails for the year 1901 as compared with
1900 In the latter, cotton manufactures.
the reduction is due entirely to temporary
conditions in China. The total exports Of
cotton manufactures in the eleven
months ending with May, 1901, are ST.
275,-S5. against 81, CS0,5S3 in the CORE
spending months of last year, : reduction
Of S4S05.2S4, while an examination of the
figures Of the exports of cotton cloth to
China shows that they fell from SS,2SS 946
n the eleven months of 1900 to g 00f, ~ in
the same months of 1900. a reduction Of
$5.zSfr219 in this item alone Thus the re-
ductiou in the expectation Of cotton man
ufactures is entirely accounted for in this
single item of cotton cloths to China
where the reduction Is, Of course, but
temporary. due tc the disturbances in
that country during the first half of the
fiscal year.
The only remaining item in the list Of
exported manufactures which shows
material reduction is copper. which shows
a fall Of IS. 7Z1.Sf0 pounds in quantity, ans
81, S4s,5 SIS in value, during the eleven
months ending May. 1901. as compared
with the same period Of 1909. though the
value Of copper exports in 1871 is more
than S6.090.0Oo in excess of the CORES
bonding months Of 1899.
ticIes of our exports Of manufactures. the
figures Of 1901 show a marked growth over
those of the preceding year and Of any
preceding year In steel rails. for in
stance, the exports during eleven months
Of 1901 are more than 8, 000,0g9 in excess
Of the same months Of last year; in pig
iron there is an increase of a million dol
lars; in bars and rods of steel. an in
crease Of a million and half: IN eIectri-
cial machinery. a million and half, in
boots and shoes, over a million dollars; IN
cotton seed oil, nearly two millions; in
carriages and cars, two millions. in
chemicals, more than a million: in scien-
,ific Instruments million dollars while.
- already indicated, in some cases where
the values have decreased there is still an
increase in quantities. the apparent re
ductioE being due to the fan in price and
AoJ 10 z reduction IN the quantity eA-
ported.
American manufacturers have, there
fore, no occasion for anxiety regarding
the slight apparent decrease in the export
figures Of manufactures III 1901 which is
due: First to the fact that shipments
Of goods to Porto Rico and Hawaii aggre-
eating more than S20Og0.000 In the year
just ended, are no longer included IN the
list OF exports as was formerly the case:
second, that the reduction of over 5000
co in exports Of cotton cloth and mineral
oils to China may be looked upon as due
entirely to temporary causes, third. that
in numerous instances the reduction Is
due to a fall in price while there has been
an actual increase in quantity fourth.
that IN the principal item Of decrease
copper, the figures exceed those Of any
preceding year except 1866. in which year
the demand abroad for electrical work
was far beyond that Of any preceding
year.