Arizona republican., 1905-04-10
IRON AND STEEL
Exports of Manufactures
 From Them
EARLIER RECORDS GONE
The Volume for Right Months Of This Year, Eishty-livs and a HaIS dillIon DOllArs-CompariSOn of Movements in Certain Articles

Washington. April s.-Exports or iron and steel manufactures from the United States in the first eight months Of the present fiscal year exceed those in the corresoonding months of any earlier year, being S5 million dollars in value. compared with SIis millions. the high record made in the first eIght months of the fiscal year 1901.
 A statement just issued by the de- partment Of commerce and labor through its bureau of statistics com pares the imports and exports Of iron and steel manufactures during the nrst eight months were less than hrlf the value of imports of iron and steel manufactures during the first eight months of. each fiscal year from 1Sss to Iso5- In 1885 exports of Iron and steel manufactures during the h.St eight months were less than half the value of imports of iron and steel manufactures. being I1N million doi- lars. as against a millions Of imports In 1905, during the same months. ths. exports of iron and steel are about six times as much as the imports of iraa and steel, being S5ie millions as against l4 millions of imports. Inns the Salance of trade in iron and steel which in 1885 showed a total of Ig tnil- lion dollars iR favor of imports. shows in 1903 10 date a total of n mflIa- dollars ia favor of exports
 The growth in iron and steel exports from the United States Is even mon, clearly shown by a comparison of tl,.- movement in certain articles. In rSSs there were but 25 classes of sufficient importance to warrant their pr.senta ton in the monthly records of s.xr,a~r movements. In 1905 about 45 separat.. items of iron and steel Tnant.far ttlr..s are shown in the monthly summary os commerce and finance and the uz- steadily grows from year to year. in response to the request euanatinr from those interested i2 the iron and steel industry. while in addition to this. many of the articles are SD presented as 10 show their destination by ceuu- tries-a distinct improvement ur.,-i tn.. methods pursued twenty years earlier
 Machinery the leading item of ev- port in the iron and steel schedule. has Increased from S5.fS7.s4O in the nrsr eight months of 1885 Co S29asc0-e ia the corresponding months Of tn. pre4- ent hscalt year Under the head of machinery are included Locomotive sn which the growth was from Ss55. ess rrt 1885 to s1.94s.42o fin 1905. printire- presses. from Sl16.142 10 SS7s.I1s. sew ing machines. from S1ssS4sI Co sa.- SOs,6S4; and in addition many other articles which were not enumerated in lSS5 such as cash registers. electrical machinery laundry working nachlu- cry. typewriters and other items r-pr,- sentins lines of industry which hav-. only developed in recent years Steel rails have also increased In exuarts from Sl94465 in the first eight months of 1885 to SS.0O0.6 .64s In 1905 to date. and over half of the latter value repre- sents shipments to the rapidly develop ing sections of Canada. while Jarlan af- most equals Europe as a market for American rails. being credited sFIth S4Sl.3O4 worth as against S5ss. .S5s for Europe as whole. Locks. hinges and other builders hardware iucrcnsed from S1.4S7.31S in 1SS5 to ST.Ios.Sss in 1905. though the latter sum is slightly less than the totals for the correspond- ing periods of 1908 and 1904. the sr1u- parisons in each case being for tis first eight months of the fiscal years named.
 Pig Iron production In the Irmitesf States showed but little growth In th.- twenty years from 1885 to ISS5. bein.- about one million tons and four mil- lions, respectively. at the two dateG named In the twenty years from ISss to 1905 the growth has been nearIy l4 million dollars. and the increase has occurred chiefly In the last ten years. having almost doubled in 1905 as cum pared with the production of lSs5- A study of the figures prepared by che bureau Of statistics indicates tll a ra- Did expansion in the production of uir iron, beginning with the year lS9f. t.l a decrease in the imports of iron and steel manufactures. which have stead fly decreased since ISSe. and in bus tusl years, 1891 and 1908 have touched Ie- vel reached in the year named. fl1 a corresponding increase in the exporta- tton of iron and steel manufacture especially since 1Ss5; and (4l a dislr- pearanee of the net inward movement of iron and steel and the substitution of net export movement. heEinuiuss with the wear 1894. increasing iu Va- lEme until the year 1900. slightly rs- cedinE until 1908. and again adgau-- ing. with every indication that the sx- cess of exports over imports of irn1 and steel in the present fiscal year ulIi be considerably mo-e than leo million dollars.