The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-15
EXPORTS or MANUFACTURES.

<actures from the United States In the
fiscal year just ended were the largest
In the history of our commerce, and
that during the last three months they
have actually exceeded the value OF
agricultural products exported, lends
interest to some figures just compiled
bv the Department of Commerce and
Labor through it's Bureau Of Stats
tics. showing the growth in the ex-
ports of principal manufactured artl-
eles from 1870 to 1904. and the increase
in inouortatfons of materials for use IN
manufacturing during the same period.
The statement divides the manu-
facfures into ten great groups, which
form. it says, about SO per cent OF the
total value of the manufactures ex-
ported. These ten groups are iron
and steel, mineral oils, copper, agri-
cultural implements, wood manu1ac-
lures: chemicals, drugs and dyes,
leather and manufactures thereof, cot
ton manufactures, paraffin. and paper
and manufactures thereof. Iron ana
steel shows the largest total. being IN
round terms liz million dollars: min
eral oils, " millions; copper, 81 mil
Hons; leather, "a millions; agricultural
Supplements, % millions; chemicals, IL
millions; wood manufactures, nearly IL
millions: parafin, over millions, and
paper. over million dollars.
Iron and steel and copper show the
most remarkable growth during the
period of thirty-four years, the growth
in iron and steel having been from
l3 million dollars in 1870 to SILL
szs, $50 in 1904; and copper, from
a half million dollars in 1870 to
81 millions in 1904. Mineral oils in
creased from 80 millions to Y millions
during the same period; leather, from
less than l million to over 80 millions;
cotton manufactures, from less than 4
millions to % millions; agricultural i'm
elements. from million to over p mil
lions.
These 10 articles or groups of articles
form about so per cent of the total
ma nufactures exported. In 1870 their
total amounted to less than go million
dollars, and in 1904 amounted to about
aga millions Copper shows remarka-
BILE growth, especially during the last
decade From 1870 to 1898 the exporta-
TONS of copper were small, seldom ex-
ceeding 5 million dollars. In 1894, how
ever. there was an increase to prac-
tically 20 million dollars; by 1898 the
total exceeded 80 millions; by 1900 1t
was over so millions. and in the fscal
year 1904 was over 81 million dollars,
as compared with $5O4,7A in, 1870.
Leather manufactures also show a
marked gain, having been but S61S,S5l
In 1870, and $sS.ssO.615 in 1904.
Equally interesting with the growth
in expectation of manufactures is the
growth in importation of foreign mate
rial required for use in manufactu1'-
ing. .Curiously, manufacturers mate-
rails imported in 1904 are almost iden-
tical in value with finished manufac-
lures exported. The raw materials i'm
ported for use in manufacturing in
1904 amounted to 321 million dollars,
and the partially manufactured mate
rials for use in manufacturing amount
ed to 136 million dollars, making total
of 457 millions of manufacturers mate
rails imported, as against 452 million
dollars worth of finished manufac-
lures exported. These manufacturers
materials include raw silk, ffbers, in
d;a rubber hides and skins, furs and
fur skins: chemicals, drugs and dyes,
wool. cotton, wood, tin, and iron and
steel, and sundry other articles in a
partially manufactured state.
A table showing the ten groups OF
manufacturers materials, which form
about 80 per cent of the raw material
imported for use in manufacturing, is
published by the Bureau of Statistics.
IT shows that the importations of fibers
have increased from million dollars
in 1870 to sS millions in 1904; silk, from
millions to 46 millions; india rubber,
from 31k millions to AZ millions; hides,
from IA millions to 80 millions; chem
icaIs. from 2o1k millions to 60 millions;
wool. from 6ls millions to 241s millions
cotton, from less than a half million
dollars in value to over millions;
wood, from little over half million
dollars to over 20 million dollars. and
tin. from less than 2 millions to ovei
21 millions of dollars in the period from
1870 to 1904.
The Chinese voters have Endorsed
While Crawford for the Legislature il
recognition, no doubt. Of his services