The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-12
WHERE THEY GO.

The frequently asked question,
What becomes of the United States
exports Of manufactures? is now de-
finitely answered by the Treasury Blu
reau of Statistics. While it has been
practicable TO show the countries 70
which any given article is sent in any
given year the figures Of the Bureau
have not formerly been so adjusted as
to render it practicable to determine
what share of the total exports of
manufactures was sent to a given
country or grand division of the world;
or, in other words, the location of the
principal markets for American manu-
features. These facts are now shown
by a series of tables compiled by the
Bureau. They show that during the
year 1901 So per cent of the manufac-
lures exported went to Europe, % per
cent to North America, sc per cent to
South America, so per cent to Asia
per cent to Oceania, and a little less
than per cent to Africa. The total
value of manufactures exported to Eu-
rope was $215,O 900; to North America,
other than the United States, $96,OOO-
900; to South America, $27OOO,OOO; to
Asia, 1913, 700, 900; to Oceanic, 1923, 900, 600,
and to Africa $10,500,00O.
We are naturally interested in what
the manufactures to Oceania are and
for Oceania we can read Hawaii. Iron
and steel, as in all the other lists,
stand first. OF these the value was
SSH ,6O2; oils, refined $3O19, 661 paper
and manufactures, $2,279,6O1; and leath-
er and manufactures, $2,11S,1O1. OF ag-
ricultural implements $1,010101 came to
Oceania, of cotton $S47,7S4. Since the
total estimated exports to the Terri
tory are $25,OOO,OOO, it follows that our
trade is by no means to be despised.
In conjunction with the tables show
ing the distribution of manufactures
by countries and grand divisions, the
Bureau has prepared a statement
which shows for the first time the ex-
portation Of manufactures in each
year from 1890 to the present time. In
1890 the total amounted to a little over
I,OOO,O0O and formed 6 per cent Of the
total exports; in the decade from 1871
to 1900 exports of manufactures aver
aged about $2,OOO,OOO per annum; in the
decades ending with 1910 and 1920, re-
spectively, they averaged about SO OOO,-
600 per annum and formed about Z
per cent of the total exports; in the
decade 1S21-SO they averaged about
$6OOO,OOO, and never reached as much
as $lO,0O0,0OO prior to 1910. BY 1850 the
exports of manufactures had reached
$lI5OO,O0O, and in 1860 for the first time
touched the 100000 mark but did
not cross the $4,000, 900 line until 1870.
when they amounted to 6S,279, 764. In
| 1877 they for the first time crossed the
$lOO,OOOOOO line, the total for that year
being $l22,51I652. In 1896 they crossed
The $20OO0O,O0O line, the total for that
year being $22S,57I,17S; in 1899 the total
was 1899, 592, 146, and since 1900 the ex-
portation of manufactures has con-
stantly exceeded $500, 1000 per annum.
For a country to have advanced
from $l,OOO,OOO of manufactures export
Cd to $lOO,OOOOOO in one hundred a ten
years the record is more than phenom-
email it is gigantic. And the expansion
may hardly be regarded as much more
than initiated. The vista of Webster
was bounded at the widest possibility
by the Rocky Mountains and mayhap
the Pacific coast. The vista of the
modern statesman sees possibilities
reaching commercial supremacy of
the whole civilized, partially civilized
and uncivilized world.