The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
goW OUR MANUFACTURES GO.
treasury STATISTICS GIVEN AS
TO OUR EXPORT TRADE.

rvrope Is Our Greatest Customer,
TakIng So Per Cent, While the
Rest of North America Takes 23
PER Cent.-sOuth America Only
takes 60 Per Cent. and Africa ,
Per Cent-Immense Growth of our
Export Trade in Recent Years, the
total Figures Now Being Over
Eour Hundred Million Dollars An
nualIy.
washington, July 27.-The frequently
asked question, What becomes of our
EXPORTS Of manufactures is now
dehnitely answered by the Treasury
pnreau of Statistics. While it has been
practicable to show the countries TO
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
manufactures was sent to given
country or grand division of the world;
or in other words, the location or the
principal markets for American manu-
lectures.
These facts are now shown by a Sc
ries of tables compiled by the bureau.
They show that during the year 1901,
81 per cent. of the manufactures ex-
uerted went to Europe, % per cent. to
North America, SIS per cent to South
America, SO per cent. to Asia, per
cent. to Oceania, and little less than
per cent. to Africa. The total value
of manufactures exported to Europe
was $215,000, 900; to North America, 9TH
er than the United States, SOC, 000, 900;
to South America, $27, 900 900; to Asia.
S35, 100000; to Oceania, S29, DOC, 00O and
TO Africa, $10,500 900. OF the total ex-
ports of manufactures to Europe,
amounting to $215,0o0,O0O, the largest
item was iron and steel manufactures,
to the value of $43,S12,323, the next
items in order of magnitude being cop
per manufactures, $41,454,074 oil re-
fired or manufactured, $40, 735, 548;
leather and manufactures thereof $21,-
H1,0SS; agricultural implements, $10,-
494, $50; chemicals, drugs and dyes, So
74l06S; paraffin, $5,934,471 wood man
ufactures, S5,5S5.256 scientific instru-
ments $3,S40,763; cars and carriages
$5,I1S,3S1; cotton manufactures, $2,737,-
S96; india rubber manufactures, $751;
45b; paper and manufactures thereof,
s2,2SO,04S; and musical instruments, ST.
991,092. To North America the largest
item in the exports of manufactures
was iron and steel, $1S,51S, 293; other
important items being cotton manu-
features, $6,62S, 1886; cars and carriages,
$3,5II,765; leather and manufactures of.
$S,SS6,S21; wood manufactures SO 279, 527.
To South America. iron and steel ex-
ports were $S,754,S00; oils, refined, 81,
S36, lO6, and cotton manufactures, 3d.
S21,494. To ASIA oils refined or manu-
featured formed the largest item, $12,-
443,l26, the next largest items being
iron and steel manufactures, 1892, 1867,
cotton manufactures, $6,355,3S1; and
tobacco manufactures, 81, 000S5 To
Oceania the principal manufactures ex-
ported v0re iron and steel manufac-
lures, $6,yI 602; oils. refined, $3,Ol9, GEL;
paper and manufactures, $2,279, sol; and
leather and manufactures, $2,11S, 1O1.
To Africa iron and steel manufactures
formed the largest item, 81, 36S 635, next
in order being oils refined, 81, SOC, 957;
spirits wood manufactures, $3.50, 1851; dis
tiled, $1,38S, SOL; and cars and carriages,
S543674.
Of the agricultural implements ex-
ported. amounting to 1898, 034. the
shipments to Europe were $40, 494 $50;
TO North America. $2,60s,S62; to South
America. N,726s73, and to Oceania,
$l,0lOl0l. OF the $20,272 ,41S worth of
cotton manufactures exported, $685.
935 went to North America, $685., 3S1
to Asia, $S,321, 494 to South America.
S2,787,6SS to Europe, and $S47, 1884 to
Oceania. OF the $117, 319,32O worth of
iron and steel manufactures exported,
S4S,Sl2, 1913 went to Europe, $43 1888 to
North America, $S,992,967 to Asia, So
S71,602 to Oceania, $S,754,S00 to South
America, and $2,35S,635 to Africa.
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
expectation of manufactures in each
year from 1890 to the present time. In
1890 the total amounted to a little over
$1,000 900 and formed per cent. of the
total exports; in the decade from 1871
TO 1900 exports of manufactures aver
aged about $2,0O0,0 900 per annum; in
the decades ending with 1910 and 1920
respectively, they averaged about 49,
100000 per annum and formed about I
per cent. of the total exports; in the
decade 1920 they averaged about So,
100000, and never reached as much
as sl0,000,000 prior to 1910. BY 1850
the exports of manufactures had
reached ST, 500, 900 and in 1860 for the
first time touched the $40, 900, 900 mark,
but did not cross the $50, 100000 line
until 1870, when they amounted to $685.
279,T64. In 1877 they for the first time
crossed the 500, 900 line, the total
for that year being 1922, 572, 652. In
1895 they crossed the $780, 900, 900 line,
the total for that year being $22S, ST.
49, in 1899 the total was $339,592, 746,
and since 1900 the expectation of man
ufactures has constantly exceeded
100000 900 per annum.