The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-13
IN EVERY LAND
AMERICAN SHOES ARE NOW BE
 ING WORN.
How the Trade Has Growr-United States Now Second as Shoe Exporter-Worn in Sixty
 Countries.

Exports of boots and shoes from the United States show a steady gowth. and will for the calendar year about to end aggregate more than s7.O0O.c0O in value. In 1893 they were less than three-quarters of a million dollars in values, says The Washington Star.
 Few of the important articles enter ing into our export trade show a more rapid growth in exports or a wider dis tribution than boots and shoes. More than sixty countries and colonies are named by the Department of Commerce and Labor through Its Bureau of Statis- tics as the destination of the boots and in the year about to end. England. Ger many, France, Belgium, Denmark and Netherlands, in the order named, are the chief European. customers, and to Flu rope are sent more than one-third of our total exports of boots and shoes.
 In North America, Canada, Mexico, Gu ba and the British West Indies are the largest consumers of our boots and shoes while the South and Central American countries also take greater or less quantities, though not in proportion to the amounts taken by the West Indian Isl- ands, Mexico and Canada To Asia the exports of boots and shoes from the Unit ed States are small, the British East In- dies and China being the chief points of destination for the exports to that conti- nent. Australia is a large importer of boots and shoes from the United States, nearly one-siXth of our exports in that line being to British Australia. Africa is also a considerable importer of boots and shoes from the United States, espe- cially British Africa.
 Exports Exceed $7,oOo,ooo.
 The United States now holds second rank among the worlds exporters of boots and shoes. and is making gains at such rapid rate as to justify the belief that 1t will soon stand at the head of the list. A decade ago, as already indicated our total exports of boots and shoes were but three-quarters of a million dollars in value, while in the calendar year about to end they will exceed $7000,000 in value. A comparison of this growth with that of Great Britain, which has until recently been the principal boot and shoe export ing country of the word. seems to justi- fy the conclusion that the United States is making a rapid approach toward the highest rank as an exporter of boots and shoes. From Germany, exports of boots and shoes average a little less than $-,UOU,UGU per annum, rom france, about S,0O0,000; from Spain, about s, ,OOO, GOO; from the United Kingdom, about S9,O00,O00 and from the United States. as already indi- cated at the present time, about $7,OOO.- OO0
 The United States now stands easily second in the list of the worlds export CTS of boots and shoes, while an exami- nation of the relative growth of exports of thls class of merchandise from the United Kingdom and the United States justifies the conclusion that we shall soon overtake that friendly ri- val in the race for this contribution to the worlds wants and consumption. The value of boots and shoes exported from the United Kingdom in 1893 was $S, ,25O,OCO and in 1902 was $9,250OCO. while from the United States the growth in exports has been from $59O,754 in the fiscal year 1895 to $6, ,1S2. .098 in the fiscal year 1902 which years figures are used for comparison with the 1902 figures of the United King dom. Thus, while the exports of boots and shoes from the United Kingdom have increased a little less than $1.000.0O0 those from the United States have increased more than $5,5OO,COO.