The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-18
Manufactures of United States 10
Per Cent of Product in In
ternational Commerce.
WORLDS TOTAL FOUR BILLIONS
Treasury Bureau of Statistics Is
Preparing History of the
Country's Foreign Traf-
fio Since 1890.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. May 17.-Four billions OF dol
lars is the estimated value Of the manufac-
tures which enter into the international
commerce of the world.
OF this sum the United States furnishes
100000 900. or 10 per cent OF the total. This
is the conclusion of the Treasury Bureau OF
Statistics from an analysis of the interna-
t,onal commerce Of the principal countries
Of the world, an analysis which II has made
for use in conjunction with its forthcoming
volume on our commerce in manufactures.
The rapid growth in the expectation Of
manufactures from the United States, an
increase of more than 100 per cent since 1895.
has led the Bureau of Statistics to the prep
aration of an elaborate statement of the
distribution of manufactures showing the
value Of every important manufastTred n art ,r5s
and every country to which each article was
sent during the period from 1872 to 1sZ; also
the total value of American manufactures
sent to each country of the world in each
year during that term.
In considering the question of the distri-
button of our manufactures. the consuming
power of the various countries and the pro-
duction and exports OF the other manufac-
turing countries of the world are subjects
fherefore presents in conjunction with MS
statement of our Own. expectations OF man
nroSuction and distribution of manufactures
by the principal countries Of the world.
The imports and exports of manufactures
the world are given. and. estimating the
remaining countries. the bureau states the
grand total of manufactures entering into
International commerce at about HOoo.op.ooo
OF this the United States supplies slG0o,. :
100000. or Is per cent; Germany supplies ~
per. cent. France, about u per cent, the
United Kingdom 10 per cent, and Neither
lands about per cent
curiously. the nations which are the the
the largest importers of manufactures. this
being due. in part. to the fact that much
featuring ia d T is produced in other countries
and imported in the first stage of manufac-
ture. while other manufactures imported
are composed OF articles produced In other
parts of the world. and not produced in
the countries in question.
In the case Of the United Kingdom. for
of manufactures annually. SS6,0O0.0t0 repre-
sents the value of copper. chiefly imported
from the United States in the form Of pigs
and bars, the first process of manufacture;
SIS .0oo.oo0 manufactures of silk, of which
The material is not produced In the United
kiESdem; ssoeo - eTs wool much n Of which
ture: $S1.OO0,000 food and drinks, chiefly in
the first stage. Of manufacture, and s52,-
100000 leather. which. after importation. be-
comes a material for use in manufacturing.
Expectation, of manufactures exceeds i'm
portation of manufactures in the United
States. Austria Hungary, Belgium and
Switzerland. respectively: while in all other
countries of the world. importation of man.
ufactures exceeds expectation of manufac-
lures.
Manufactures form so per cent of the
exports of Switzerland. Is per cent of the
exports of the United Kingdom and Ger
many. respectively; 62 per cent of those of
France: so per cent OF those of Belgium
Is per cent of those of Austria Hungary;
I a per cent of those of Japan; Il per cent
of those of Sweden. and 30 per cent of
those of the United States.
Turning to the import side 1t is found
that manufactures form IS per cent of the
importations into Australia: Ss per cent of
those into Argentina; 81 per cent Of the
imports Of Canada; 80 per cent of those
of Japan: IS per cent of those of the United
States. and Is per cent of those of the
United Kingdom and Germany, respec-
lively 49,.