Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-02-15

Mineral products, crude and manu-
factured. have become in recent years
very important feature of the domes-
tic exports of the United States. OF
the $1,565, ,22S, COG exports of domestic
products, including gold and silver, in
the year 1900. $436.227, All in value
were composed Of mineral products.
Thus % per cent Of the total domestic
exports originated beneath the surface
Of the earth. though, Of course, much
of their selling value was added by
the labor which turned them into form
required for the use Of man. The ex-
ports Of iron and steel, for instance,
amounted in 1900 in round terms to
$780, 600 GOO; mineral oils Of all classes,
to $4,000, 600; copper to nearly $780,
OOO, 600; coal and coke. over $22, 900. 600;
parafin. more than $S,OOO.OOO; phos-
pilates, more than $5.OOO,OOO, while the
gold production exported amounted to
$52, ,7S7,523 and the silver to $59,272,-
G6o.
A comparison of these enormous ex-
ports Of metals and minerals and their
products with those of a decade ago
shows the remarkable progress which
has been made in this branch of Amer
ican industry-the production and man.
ufacture of the mineral wealth which
nature has SO lavishly supplied the
United States. In iron and steel man.
ufactures, for instance, the exporta.
tiOns of 1890 amounted to but $27 600,
1874, and in 1900 they were. exclusive
of iron ore. S129. G3333, ,4SO, or nearly five
times as much in 1900 as decade ear
lier. OF copper the expectations Of
1890 were $5.91S.305 and in 1900 $685.
SS1,529, or nearly ten times as much as
in 1890. a decade earlier. OF mineral
oils the expectations of 1890 were $52,-
2TO.9A3 and in 1900 $74 ,493. 7O7, an IN
crease of about so per cent. OF coal
and coke the exports of 1890 were ST.
277,692 and in 1900 S22,SS3.O47, or
about three times as much as in 1890.
and of phosphates the exports of 1890
were $1,91S,439 and in 1900 $5,217, ,5G0,
or about three times as much as a
AGSttoC SilklSl. tllC C1tllC
of minerals. metals alsl the manufac.
lures thereof. exclusive of gold and
silver. the total for 1890 was $1O3, ,693..
955 and in 1900 1924 .167 .2S6. or more
than three times as much as in 1890, a
decade earlier, while Of gold the domes
tic product exported in 1890 amounted
to $2O.G54,9GO and in 1900 to $50, 49,.
523, and of silver the exports of 1890
were $16,09S. $50 and those of 1900
$59272,66S.
The value of metals, minerals and the
products thereof exported in 1900, en-
elusive of gold and silver, shows an in
crease of 21S per cent over 1890. and,
including gold and silver, an increase
of 21O per cent, while the total domes-
tic exports. including gold and silver,
showed during the same time an i'll
crease of but a per cent.
Meantime imports of this character
have materially decreased, except in
case of natural products not obtained
from the mines of the United States,
but required for use in manufacturing.
Imports of manufactures of iron and
steel, for instance, fell from $41 ,679. sol
in 1890 to $50, ,443. .90S in 1900, while pig
tin. used i'll the manufacture of tin
plate. has increased from $6,5OO.OOO in
1880 to $19.45S.5S6 in 1900.
The following table. compiled by the
treasury bureau of statistics, showing
the expectations in 1890 and 1900 of the
principal products of minerals, metals
and the more important manufactures
thereof, illustrates the great develop.
ment during the decade of this branch
| of our domestic industries:
| Articles exported 1890. 1900.
| Iron and steel and manu.
facturcs ............... s27,ooo.1s4 $780, .2sc
Mineral oil ............... 52,27O.e4s 74,493.7O1
| Copper and manufactures. 5,9ls,395 6s,ss1, ,52t
| Coal and coke. 7,277,602 22,ss3, ,041
ParafRn .................. 2,92o.262 s.1s5,51s
| Scientific instruments go. 1,5OO,369 6,7ss,93s
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