The St. Louis Republic., 1904-10-02
Growth of Production Muck
Greater in This Than in 9th
er Countries.
THE COMPARATIVE STATISTICS
Consumption of Pig Iron, Cotton
and Coal in the | nited States
England, Russia and
Germany.

Washington. Oct. 1.-The rapid growth
IN the expectation of manufactures from
the Cnited States and the Increase in the
share which they form of the total cN-
ports have led the Department of Com
merce and Labor through its Bureau Of
Statistics TO a comparison of the growth
OF tho manufacturing industry i'll the
United States with that of other countries
engaged in supplying the worlds interna-
tional markets with manufactured prod
ucts.
-Four countrics-the United Kingdom.
Germany. France and the United States
are the worlds chief purvcyors of the
1nanufacturcs which cnie! into inteIna-
tIonal commerce The value Of manu-
factures entering the international mar
kcts of the world amounts to about four
billions of dollars annually. and Of this
sum about three billions in value is sup
Piled by the United Kingdom. Germany,
France and the United States.
Studies Of production of manufactures
as n whole are extremely difficult be-.
cause no country other than the. Emitted
States makes any measurement, 10y cen
sus or otherwise, OF the r1ige Of its
manufactures whole. Estimates
lave been made by M,llhali and other
stat!sticians OF the value OF the manu-
factures produced in the principal coun-
tries of the world NJ various dates.
These figures are in all cases estimates,
except those of the census of 1900. II APP
proaimately accurate, the comparison of
conditions in the United States and the
European countries at the two periods
,lamed would indicate that the increase in
The production of manufactures in the
United States Is much greater than that
Of the EuroDean countries in question.
During the period 1SsS TO 1906 the growth
of production of manufactures in the
1Iutted SfafeS ia estimated al s, GA. ca,
and In the three European countries COM
bincd. 50, S63, cQo.Oo0 and the percentage of
.increase for the United States s. per cent.
and for the three European countries
combined 4. per cent
MOST IMPORTANT ARTICLES.
The actual figures OF consumption of
three OF the most important articles util-
lied In manufacturing arc available for
each of the countries in question for a
considerable term of years. These fig
urcs are those of the consumption OF cot
ten, pig iron and coal. These three arti- |
cles-cotton pig iron and coal-supply in |
their consumption Il better measurement |
OF Industrial data available in countries |
which take no census of manufactures. |
The figures presented in the annual re- |
port of the Chief of the Bureau of Sta |
tistics show the consumption OF cotton. |
pig iron and coal in the United Kingdom, |
Germany, France and the United States |
In 1880 and 1903. In the case of coal and |
iIOli, likuItS lOI bbSSld dLt dlSO
in cotton consumption the actual in |
crease in the United States in 1883. as |
compared with 1882. is l.o2G.917 226 pounds. |
as agains. an increase of Ss3 G53 0is pounds |
in the United Kingdom. Germany and |
France combined. the percentage of in
crease In the United States being 1g7 per
cent. as against 46 per cent In the three
European countries combined.
INCREASE SINCE 1893.
In pig iron consumption the actual in
crease in the United States in 1!e, com
pared with 1880, IS 15,263, 4Ji tons. as
against an increase of II $4,000 tons in
The four countries, the United Kingdom
Germany, France and Russia combined;
while the percentage of increase In the
United States is 437 per cent. as against
an increase of 10s per cent in tho four
European countries combined.
In coal consumed, the actual increase in
the United States iii 1908, compared with
1880 is 2i7,214 O00 tons, as against an in
crease of 175S01 600 tons In the four coun-
tries. the United Kingdom, Germany,
France and Russia, combined: and the
percentage OF increase in the United
States liz 36i per cent. as against an in
pcan countries combined.
Considering the actual quantities Of
these three great erticlcs consumed. the
Cotton consumption, 1879 9GG.S3l pounds
IN the United States, as against i,lSs 49,
39 pounds In the United Kingdom, Sl5.-
ls1NUv pOunu5 4Si.sZo,tpJ
pounds in France. the total amount con-
sumed In the United States thus exceed
ing by S per cent that of the United
Kingdom and being far in excess of that
Of Germany and France combined.
OF pig iron, the total consumption in
the United States in 1903 was 1S757357
tons, against 9.75S,0oo tons in Germany =
$4,000 tons in the United Kingdom. 2,T4g-
005 tons In France and 2.i61,0G9 tons in |
Russia, the consumption OF tho United
States being thus nearly double that of |
IL lay--v my 1yt6 ~n1 idot- ~ Al, |
double that IL the United Kingdom.
OF coal consumption, the figures for the
United States in 1906 are 316,069 900 tons. |
as against J65.isS30y0 tons for the United
Kingdom, 15G2 236 900 tons for Germany, A.
2f6.000 tons for France and 1S,S4SODo tons
for Russia, the consumption OF coal in the
United States being thus nearly double
that Of the United Kingdom and fully
double that OF Germany
The one country of Europe In which, the
figures OF growth approximate those of
tho United States Is Germany, which
shows in tho case Of coal consumption an
Increase of ia per cent, against 364 per |
cent in the United states: in pig iron con-
sumption 4T per cent in the United States
and In cotton consumption an increase OF |
10 per cent. as against 1N per cent in
the United States.
In actual consumption, however Ger
many shows an increase in coal of but
y. .2S4.0Q0 tons. as compared with N72l4-
900 tons In the United States; in pig iron.
an Increase OF T.095.0Oo tons IA against
IL, ,163 ,4a tons In the United States. and in
cotton an increase of 5ls.67GOOo pounds.
as against 1.G26. .917 ,226 pounds In the United
States.