Arizona republican., 1904-01-04
YEAR
Growth in the Exports of
Manufactures
The Total Commerce for the Year Ex-
ceeds That Of any Previous Year in
the Country's History.

Washington, Jan. "Details of the
eleven months commerce of the year
1903 are just made public by the de-
partment of commerce and labor
through its bureau of statistics. They
show an increase in practically all of
the great groups into which the bu-
reau of statistics divides the exports
and in all Of the groups into which
it divides the imports. Agricultural
products. as a whole. show an increase
of "A million dollars; products of the
forest, 10 millions; products of the
mines, millions; manufactures, > mil
lions, and miscellaneous articles, , mil
lions. In the single group, fisheries, is
shown a slight decrease of a little more
than $1.OOO,OOO.
The figures for the month of No
vember show a marked growth in ex-
ports Of manufactures, the total for
the month being S34;G93639. against
$50 513,512 in November of last year.
Agricultural products, also. show a
marked increase for the month, the fig
ures for November, 1903, being S114.-
172, ,255, against $50, ,O35, $50 in the same
month of last year. The increase in
agricultural exports occurs chiefly in
cotton, of which the value of the
months exports is unusually high.
The increase in exports of manufact-
ures is distributed through many ar
ticles, but does NOT occur, as had been
expected. in iron and steel. Discus
sions in trade circles and in the press
during the past few weeks have pre-
dicted a revival in the export trade of
iron and steel manufactures, but the
November figures of exports of this
class of merchandise do not Justify
this prediction. The total value of iron
and steel manufactures exported in
November, 1903 was $7,9SS,41 against
SS, 119.924 in November of 1902, $780,
1913 in November. 1901, and So 112, ,721 in
November 1900. For the eleven months
ending with November the total ex-
ports CT iron and steel manufa ctures
are 1855. POI in value, against $50, 1856
124 in the corresponding months of
1902, and S94, 112, 1872 in the corresponding
months of 1901 notwithstanding the
slight decrease in exports of iron and
steel, the total of all manufacture ex-
ported during the eleven months end
ing with November, 1903, is 1882, ,76S, =
127, against $377,155,576 in the cores
ponding months of last year.
Imports for the month show a de-
crease of over $4,000, coo compared with
November of the preceding year. This
decrease is divided between manufact-
urers' materials, food stuffs, and the
group designated as articles Of vol
untary use, luXuries, etc" The largest
decrease occurs in the group articles
wholly or partially manufactured for
use In manufacturing" the reduction
in this class being about $1,000 600, as
compared with the corresponding
month Of the preceding year. This re-
duction occurs largely in iron and
steel. of which the importations for
the month are less than half those
OF the corresponding month of last
year, the figures for November, 1903.
being $2,309,233, against $4,179 093 in No
vember, 1902. For the eleven months
ending with November articles wholly
or partially manufactured for use IN
manufacturing show an increase Of
S15,000,000 over the corresponding
months of last year, while articles in
a crude condition for use in manufact-
uring show an increase of 81, ,OO0, 900 in
1903, as compared with the correspond
ing months of 1902.
Summarizing the story told by the
figures for the month of November and
the eleven months ending with Novem-
Der, it may be said that they indicate
growth of exports of manufactures
but that the expected increase in ex-
ports of iron and steel manufactures
has not developed. Imports of iron and
steel manufactures, however, show a
decrease in November, 1898, as compar-
ed with November 1902, though for the
entire eleven months the figures of iron
and steel imports are slightly in excess
Of those of last year. Importation of
other manufacturers materials also
show a slight decrease in November
as compared with November of last
year. but a marked increase when the
eleven months ending with November
are considered in comparison with the
corresponding months of last wear.
These figures of the commerce of the
eleven months would seem to indicate
that the total commerce of the United
States during the year about to end
will be greater than in any preceding
year, but that the total exports viii
fall few millions below those of 1900
and be about equal to those of 1901.
while the total imports will exceed
those Of any preceding year. and COM
bined with the exports make the grand
total of commerce more than in any
earlier year; also that the exports of
manufactures will exceed these of 1902
by several millions, but be somewhat
below those Of the record year 1900. and
perhaps 1901.