Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-23
MANUFACTURES LEAD.
A Gain of Over 339 Per Cent. Since
1890.

| Washington, Sept. 22-The increaSe
in exports Of manufactures from the
United States during the past year.
and especially in recent months, has
suggested the preparation of some
data by the Department of Commerce
and Labor through its Bureau Of sta
tistics regarding the expectation Of
manufactures from the various coun-
tries of the world, and the relative
growth in such exports. The value of
manufactures exported from the
United States in the year just ended
exceeds that of any previous year, and
during the months of May, June and
July manufactures for the first time in
the history of the country exceeded
agricultural products in the export
trade of the country.
This fact has led the Bureau Of Sta
tistics to this study of the relative
growth Of manufactures in the princi-
pal countries of the world which sup
ply the four billion dollars worth of
manufactures which enter into the in
ternational commerce of the world.
The chief countries exporting manu-
features at the present time are the
United Kingdom, Germany, France
and the United States. These four
countries supply about three fOurt rs
OF the manufactures entering the in
ternational markets of the world, the
total exports of manufactures from
these countries being, in round terms,
three billion dollars, and the total
value of manufactures entering the
worlds international markets being
about four billion dollars. A study
however, of the relative growth of
nufactures and of expectation of
manufactures in these four countries
indicates that the United States is
making more rapid gains than any
other of the group.
The relative growth in the eXporta-
ton Of manufactures is equally strik-
ing in its showing Of the relative gains
made by these four principal manu-
featuring countries in their supply Of
the worlds market for manufactures.
The accompanying table shows the
value of manufactures exported from
the United Kingdom, Germany, France
and the United States, respectively, in
1850 and the latest available year. 1t
will be seen that the exports of manu-
facturcs from the United Kingdom
SI,t4
J95, 900 in 1903, an increase of 1916 Der
cent; France. growth from $339 1856
600 in 1850 to Si05, 194. 900 in 1903. gain
of 1864 per cent: Germany, an in
crease from $3.50 600 in 1880 to $3.50
226.U00 in 1903. an increase of 6966 Der
cent; while the United States shows a
growth from $10a, S5G. 015 in 1850 to s452,-
443.629 in 1904, an increase of 339S5 per
increase by the United States been
greater than any of the other countries
named. but the actual gain has also
been greater. The increase in ex-
ports of manufactures from France
during the period named has been
S6o,6OS 600: from the United Kingdom,
s1IS.055,000; from Germany. s320.647.-
600; and from the United States s349.-
5S9,614.
EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MANUFAC-
TTRES
FROM the United Kingdom. the United ;
States, Germany and France, Respec-
lively, 1880 to 1903.
Per |
1880. 1903 Total. Cent |
United Kingdom
s9si3.o,oo' SIZE. 5000 s17S,O55,cOO 1916 |
oaS5s,o15 1852, 4s5,e29 .e14 $685.
4'N27e,ooo 7so,9osooo 800. 600 50 .es
France
500 1885, 900 4o5, $4,000 6,soS,No 1876.
'Fiscal year 1904