The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-29
IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS
Amount of Exports From the United
states Rapidly Increasing.


Exports of iron and steel manufactures
from the United States continue to in
crease. An analysis of the February export
figures has just been completed by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics, and 1t
shows that the total for the eight months
ending with February. 1901. is S6,50o000 in
excess of the unparalleled figure Of last
year. and nearly three times the total for
the eight months ending with February,
1891. an increase of 10 per cent in q single
year eand 1873 per cent in the decade. In
the eight months ending with February,
1891, iron and steel formed but per cent
of the total domestic exports from the
United States; in the eight months just
ended they form per cent. being ISL
$50. 1872 against $75. 055. 7eS in the correspond
ing months OF the fiscal year 1900, and
SIS. So 3S4 in the same months OF 1891
Not only Is the total larger in the ag-
gregate, but it covers a greater diversity
of products, thus showing that the manu-
facturers of the United States are not
only increasing their output, but each
wear fabricating a larger proportion of
their product and thereby securing for
themselves and the labor employed there
on a greater share of the profits accrulng
from such manufacture
A decade ago such articles as type
writer's, bicycles, electrical machinery
cash registers. laundry machinery, pumps
and pumping machinery, shoe machinery,
and other articles, involving high de-
gree of manufacture, had no piece in the
export schedules Of the United States
Now they constitute an important part OF
our annual expectations OF iron and steel
and are steadily Increasing both in volume
and in the number OF foreign markets IN
which they find profitable sales
In 1891 no exports of electrical machinery
were recorded. but by 1900 the figures cor
eight months transactions had reached
about g. so, csc, and for the eight months
ending with February this year amounted
20 S377Z673 an increase of 81 345, 600 If q
single year. Exports OF steel rails in
creased from S3e5 4S4 in the eight ronths
ending with February, 1891 10 S4Sl5,Z26 in
the corresponding months of the fiscal
year 1900 and Sc, .079 in the same
months of the fiscal year 1901.
Exports of sewing machines have
increased in value from s., SS7,9 500 in
the eight months ending with February,
1891, to 81 902. I39 IN the same months OF
1890, while the figures for this year are
slightly below those Of last year, being
s., SOS 165. Exports OF typewriters were
not separately shown in 1881 but by 1901
the exports for eight months had reached
81, G65,Szl. an increase OF SVy,plt over tiIS
preceding year. Scales and balances have
Increased in export value over 50 per cent
during the decade; locomotives over 300
per cent. printing presses over 80 per
cent and builders hardware over 800 per
cent. Every item in the entire iron sched-
ule shows a substantial increase IN 1901
as compared with 1891, but in q few IN
stances there are decreases as compared
with 1890. presumably due 20 the advanced
prices consequentupOn the increased cost
of ma eriai.
The area Of distribution steadily and
rap idly enlarges. In builders hardware,
for instance. the exports now go not only
TO the principal countries Of Europe. but
to Mex co. Central and South America,
ana the West Indie. British East Indies.
Chit a, Japan. Australasia, Africa, ana the
islands of Oceanic. Sewing machines and
typeWriters find a market in the most
distant islands and the demand from
European and the other leading countries
is increasing. while the demand for cleo
tricaI machinery IS growing in every di-
rectiOn.