Arizona republican., 1904-09-05
JULY EXPORTS
Nearly Half Of Them Con.
 sisted of Manufactures
PASSING OF AGRICULTURE
A Fact Following the Movement, as Shown by the Last Census, Of the Population From Rural Sections to Manufacturing ceuters

Washington, Sept. 4.-Nznufactzfss formed nearly oRe-haIf of tSs eNpsyts from the UHited staLes ia tkz nssath sF July. Speaking with statistical ac- curacy, they formed ts.sS eSs cent sS the total domestic experts. FOr the first time in the history oS ths {rated States manufactures are szc@sdiaS az ricultural products ta ths' exPoxtatIon Of domestic products. Figures tsst is- sued by the dspsFtaAer3 of commerce and labor, through jtS sHreaU of sta ustics, show thst tn tAe EzssBth of July manufactures exported sIzsaanted 10 4o million dollars, against sf millions or agricultural pSSiUC.E; and in ths month of June manufactures amounted 10 nearly q millions, against s7L. mil
 lions of agricultural pSoduc4x SR form CT years ssrieuliEFzl products Aavc greatly exceeded s.SApf%ckayeS Ia d. exports of the country aad s6 Sz ezsy Tn recent months tAst zansfsssts szes have equaled OV exceeded szS7c@ltuSsf products in the sxpe<t ESsss=as~Fs %
 Even in the seven InaezsAs sE152Eg with July, 1S0s, agricultural zsrysSSE< exceed manufactures by Erssty ICs ls5a. lion dollars, bat iH the EaczsA e< EaF. 1904, manufactures for tRs Sirst tAzas in the history of the coS=SIy sSc-,=ss ed agricultural products ia Che sszls- ment of domestic exports, and sssS +oaS again the csSe in June and i= lzsF gR the month of May. BsaA, sspu4tE ef manufactures exceeded =zFbczisural products bY about l IniJliea do3s=rs: in June the excess Of HlzHEfzcszrSE over agricultural products Esz Sssv mH- lion dollars; and in July ths sEcsSs of manufactures over agricultural pro- ducts vas nearly millioz S0llars. In
 the three months of May. SUBe and
 July, 1$aa, the tO4sl value Of asricul- tural products exported Ezs slts.505- 133, while the total value os nsszEfac- lures exported in teS same p<TAo.a =As S12O, ,7Ss, ,7eS
 That there iz . marked s+oxsA t=
 the expeTtatjon oS Faza@f@esprSR x shown by a CeSnPsYisaa ef aks fizxsssz of 1904 with those ef eaS$AsF E.sRFs. Tlss
 total value of rasnufscsssssa szpssENsz5 in the months ending v4ss JsaE. ksSa
 is S2s5, ,495, 72S, or an average e Ecre than 40 million dollars psF Ha63EA. ta
 the months ending xith JulY. 2szs
 te total was s2st, ,S91. .s5s. sH average ea 8 millions per Hoath- At this FaEe ss increase the exports os mahafaEE=rS,s during the calendar year tSs4 Jxusaa sNs ceed those of 1901 by about @ Fs1lyios dollars, and bring the grand tpsai fsT
 the year far in excess O< RRF pFseesziEE year.
 ; While it is true, as above sSAts1S. Es.t
 the exports of InanuGacsus~S ss th=
 months of May June and xoiy Have exceeded the exports pE SgrScxltarai products, it should Elos De tand<E-ta-sf
 that the total manufzetuS~7S sSKngte4 during the entire year Wtll sGCV~S the total value of agricultural trsusaScts eN- ported. It is quite sppaFsnG h0Wever.
 that the proportion Nhich lnanufac- | lures form of the total expects aS stead- | fly increasing and that tsSs pESF~Etion which agricultural PretScts EOSua Of the total exports is steadily 1eer~astng. In the fiscal year just ended s~ggbcul- tural products formed 2 srsAzssSrg per | centage of the total expo~ts tAsH ever before, falling for the first tks1sr bciOw
 60 per cent. In 1888 sEFtcatsxsa4 pro- | ducts formed s per ceSs4 aF thss total exports; in 1890, "A Der cesf, and in
 1901, 59.4 per cent. ksnTtACeuFes in 1880 formed 12.4 per cent ol ths. totsl cN-
 ports; in 1890. IFS per cent. ana in 1904. 31.52 per cent. The total value oC agricultural products sxpOCtest 3a lSS0
 was 6S6 million dollars: in iS9sa Ss9 mill | lions, and in 1904. S5s millions. an in-
 crease in 1904 of 2s per cent ever 1880.
 Manufactures exported in 1880 amount
 ed to 103 millions; in 1880. i5i millions.
 and in 1904. 452 millions. ar increase | in 1904 of 340 per cent oVsE tSSA
 That this change in tSe ChasSrter of | the exports of the couatsy-s tnzTr-
 ment from agricultural ps~jaess G. | ward manufactures-is due rssscF EG Sts l increase in the home pFejuc.tsa vs manufactures than to any aEgna1 G. | crease in the home productISa rE as- ricultural products is sppzreas sEon h | study of the statistical tabIrz or the | census bureau and bureau of EtaJistiCs. ! which show the home production in | these two great classes.
 The census tables show a rapid
 movement of population from the agri- cultural sections toward the manufsr-
 turing centers, and as a result a small- CT proportion of the total pOpulatiou | is engaged in the production of food. while a larger proportion is producing manufactures instead of food supplies.
 thus diminishing the surplus available I