Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-14
DECREASE IN EXPORTS
IRON AND STEEL MANUFAC-
TUREs FALL OFF.
Large Increase in Shipments of Cotton
to china-An Encouraging
Presentation.

The report Of the treaslfs Ebureau of
statistics showing the detailed e3ports from
the United States by articles Muring the
month of April and during the sn months
ending with April is an encouraging state
ment. The exports Of manufactures for the
month of April, 1902, are four. and a half
millions greater than those of April of the
preceding year, being $3S,961 301, against
$34, 416, 279 in April, 1901, and forming 36.5
per cent of the total exports in April, 1902
against 29.1 per cent in April, 1901 1t is
true that for the ten months ending with
April the exports of manufactures were
1898 $40, 500, against $3.50 ,30t,62 for the cor
responding ten months Of the preceding
fiscal year, showing reduction of about
$5,5O0,OO9 for the ten months.
Reduction in Iron and Steel.
An examination of the details of the ex-
ports shows that the small reduction of
iron and steel, the exports of which are
So, s,463, against 500, 22s, 22s, comparing
the figures for ten months of this year with
those for the same months of the preceding
year. Thus the reduction in exports of iron
and steel manufactures alone is much
greater than the net reduction in total ex-
ports of manufactures, indicating marked
in iron and steel the ngures for the month
of April show a marked Improvement over
those for earlier months of the year, being
$3.50 633. against $9,0S1 223 in April, 1901.
In iron and steel exports the principal re-
auctions in the ten months occur in pig
iron, a decrease of nearly $1,000 600; steel
rails, nearly $5,000OO0, and metal working
machinery nearly $1,OO0,OOO.
Increase in Other Exports.
In other articles of manufacture, which
some months ago showed a marked reduc-
tion there has been a decided reaction and
a return of normal conditions. In manufac-
lures of copper, which during the early
part of the year showed a very great re-
duction, the figures for ten months fall but
So, 0OO,O00 below those of the corresponding
months OF last year, while those for the
month of April are nearly 100000 greater
than those for April. 1901. Exports of min
eral oil, which also showed a decreaser dur
ing the earlier part of the year in COMPARE
son with the same months or the preceding
year, are for the ten months ending with
April, 1902, nearly 100000 greater than
those of the same months of 1901, while the
quantity exported is about S0OO,O00 gallons
greater than in the corresponding months
of the preceding year Exports of paraffin.
which showed a material reduction in the
early months of the present fiscal year,
are for the ten months ending with April
81 500 600 in excess of those of the same
months of the preceding year
Cotton Exports.
The largest increase, however, is in exports
of cotton goods, which for the ten months
ending with April are s26, 436,319, against
s15,115.561 in the corresponding months of
last year and $40 202, 272 in the correspond
ing months of the fiscal year 1900. This
increase in the exports of cotton goods is
chiefly to China, to which the exports were
10 rtpaly cd in
disturbances then existing In that country,
but are also much larger than those Of any
earlier year. The total exports of cotton
cloths alone to China from the United States
in the ten months ending with April, 1902
are 272, 4:s9, 800 yards, valued at s13,314, 261
against 1900 12 yards, valued at 81, 434 247,
in ten months of 1901 and 1914 334,S55 yards,
valued at s7,S10,S23, in ten months of 1900.