Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-30
WORLDS MANUFACTURES.
Value Is About $4,000 100000 Each
Year.

M. increase in the share which they
form of the total exports has led the
Drpartment of Commerce and Labor.
through its Bureau of Statistics, to a
cnrnIaris0n Of the growth of the manu-
featuring industry in the United
states with that of other countries en-
gagged in supplying the worlds inter-
national markets with manufactured
,roducts Four countries-the United
Kingdom, Germany, France and the
United States-are the worlds chief
purveyors Of the manufactures which
enter into international commerce.
Tn. value Of manufactures entering
the. International markets Of the world
amounts to about four billions of dol
lars annually, and Of this sum about
three billions In value Is supplied BY
The United Kingdom, Germany, France
and the United States. 1t is interest
ing and important, therefore. to study
both the share which these four coun-
tries are at present supplying Of the
manufactures entering the worlds in
trrnational markets and especially 10
t.,erlnne the relative growth in their
production Of manufactures.
studies Of production or manulac-
lures az a whole are extremely diflcuit
because no country other than the
United States makes any measure
ru.nt. by census or otherwise, of the
value. Of it's manufactures as Il Whol".
Estimates have. been made by Mulhall
and other siatisticihns of the value OF
The manufactures produced III the
IrinciI,al countries Of The world at va
Iinua dates.
Thes. figures are in all cases eSti
mates except those of the census OF
1900 If approximately accurate the
COMPARISON of conditions in the United
states and the European countries at
the two periods named would indi-
cate. that thu. increaS. in the production
Of manufactures in the United States is
much greater than that of the Euro
lean countries in question. During
th, Period 1883 to 1868 the growth Of
PRODUCTION of manufactures in the
United States is estimated at S1,932,-
o1O. 900. and in the three European
countries combined. $500. 100000. and
the percentage of increase for the
United States eighty-five per cent.
and for the three European countries
combined forty-twO per cent.
The fact, however. that the above
figures are necessarily estimates, made
by different persons and presumably
under circumstances differing widely,
suggests that a much more satisfac-
tory evidence of the actual growth in
The great manufacturing industries III
the four counties in question may be-
obtained by an examination of official
statistics OF consumption Of few of
Mt l.
featuring and Industrial activity.
Fortunately the actual figures OF con
sdmption Of three of the most impor-
tant articles utilized in manufacturing
are available for each of the countries
IN question for a considerable term al
Years. These figures arr, those of tn,
consumption of cotton. pig iron ana
coal. These three articles-cotton. PIG
iron and cual-supply In their con-
.nnItion !, better measurement of in
dustrial and manufacturing activity
than any other data available in c"un-
tines which take no census OF manu-
factur,s While, the figures Of pro
ductiun as .scll as consumption ar
available in each ease. thos" of actuA
consumption are. Of course" NOR" a.
.urnt. measurement Of mdustriH
related and are thus utilized in tn" at
TEMPT to measure industrial growth II
tn. countries under consideration.
The tables which follow. presented i
IL. annual report of tn" chief Of tn
lureau Of statistics. show tn" con
.,I,uption of cotton pig iron and Goa
I'm the United Kinkdom. Germany
France, and the United States in 1SN
AMI 1?03. III the cas-" 81 coal ana iron
figures for Russia are also included.
In cotton CONSUMPTION tn" aCtua
incrras. in the United States in 1907
~ compared with 1850. is l.026.9li. =
pounds. ~ against IN increasr of Ssh,
ga ole pounds in tn" United Kingdom
Germany and Franc. combined, tn
| percentage, of increase in the United
States being 100 per cont. rs againS
50 per cent. in the three European
Il countries combined.
In rig-irou consumption the aetna
ncrras. IN tn" United states in 1870
compared with 1850 is 5..G:. i1i tons. a!
against an increase Of II .5lSOo0 tons il
TN" four countries. the United
Kingdom Germany France AMI Russi.
combined; whilr the percentage o
in' as' in ~" United States is AZ ne
II cent. ~ against an increase OF lO2 Pc
cent. in the four European countries
.'mhin"d.
In the coal consumed. the aetna
inci 'aS" in the United States in 1870
compared with lS>1 il 2l1.31i 200 tons
II AZ against IN increase of lGj.30l 90
toms in thu four countries. tn" Unite
III Kingdom. Germany France an
RUSSIA combined; and the u"rCenta g
"f Increase in the United States is 80
l"r cent. as against an increase Of
PER cent. in the four European ccuntrie
combined.
Considering tn" actual quantities g
these three great articles ronStn"'
the figures for 1903 are: cotton con
sumption. 1874 966. 33l pounds in tn
United States. as against 1.4SS, i39, :.
POUNDS in the United Kingdom. SlalH4
IN pounds In Germany, and Al .22S.W
pounds in France, the total amour
consumed in the United States thu
II exceeding by thirty-three per cent. tha
OF the United Kingdom. and far in o,
cess of that of Germany and Franc
combined. OF pig iron. the total cor
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