Arizona republican., 1905-01-09
Exports of Manufactures by This Country Last Year
IHE HIGH WATER MARK
An Increase in Ten Years Of 800 per Cent There Was a Slight Gain in Imports as Compared With The Preceding Year.

Washington. Jan S-Exports os manufactures in the calendar year Iss4 rrobably exceeded S500. .0o0 o8e il, ,-,- lue. Details Of eleven months evno-t. Just completed by the deparrnerr az
 commerce and labor. through it's bsrr-
 eau or statistics. show for the eleven ! months of the present year a total or S4oS,o t9,OZ5 of manufactures exno-t-l ana Tor thS month Of November alone
 Si6,6oS, ,SS6; so that. unless The h. ceinoer exports should prove much less than those of November. the total --x
 ports of manufactures for the ,-sier.i,r year must exceed 500 million douars-
 In the calendar year 1903. the ev- ports Of manufactures were bun ssf
 millions; in 1900. in which year th. hlghest export record in mauufactures occurred. the total for the calan.lsr year was Al millions: in ISsS fes millions; in 1896. 353 millions. and la 1894. IFS millions Thus the extaa-ts of manufactures in 1904 seem likely t. De nearly three times as great as thaze Tn 1894. The increase in the exports- tion of manufactures has been susRs cient to nearly offset the phenoneass reduction in exports of agricultural products.
 lls our own wheat supply. coupled ,vftR the unusual demand in the home ulaF. ket and the unusually large surplus ia, other countries from which our forvnsr customers were able Ia draw frs-.1v- have caused the exports of breadstufrs from the United States. and especilu~ those of wheat and flour ta fan org greatly I1 the last year. so that az-rf- cultural products which. in the eleven months ending with November. 1sae amounted to 7S9 million dollars f- ,., iCe, were but 704 millions in the cor responding months of I904. a fan of S- millions; while manufactures sh0v- an increase Of - millions. the fiEures fe- the eleven months of 1908 having been SS2 millions. and in eleven months of lyO4, 45S millions. Tn addition to thIz products of the mines show an fn crease of about 9 millions. products or the forests 8 millions. and products of the fisheries 1 million dollars while th. miscellaneous group shows decressa or about l million dollars and fo-eien merchandise exported a decreaSe or nearly 2 millions. bringing the total exports for the eleven months of 1904 up to SIS06.11S.2S2- against SI-3gs. sss. 5l4 in the corresponding months os 1903
 On the import side the total irnuo~- tations for eleven months are Ss2s. sg1- 65y, against $917.735. .693 in the ,,orr-- spending months Of last year The Tact that the imports for the single month of November. ISO4. were sss- zVS'I'2 seems to justify the statement mat the total imports for the caIendar year VIII be over one billion doIlarS- The greatest increase in imports o..- faF
 and coffee, which divide honors ab,ur equally in the increase in fnno-ts or Ioodstuffs- The other group showins- an increase is articles in a crude com dltlon for use in manufacturinss which for the eleven months eadfne- with November. 1904. showed a rn--1 or $S09,SSS. 549. against S2sS. .4Ss. .44c fn the corresponding period Of last year. me other groups. articles wholly ar partially manufactured. for use in manufacturing, articles rnanufactur- ed ready for consumption and -a ucies of voluntary use. Iuxuries. etc DO snow Tn each case a slight decrease as compared with last year. the neurss oelnS; Articles wholly or partially manufactured for use in manufactur- Ing, $122.l22,1S7, against S140.Sf5 4sa in the eleven months period of rasr year; manufactured articles ready for consumption. SI45.1I0.IS3. against S159S72.O17 in the same period Of last year; and articles of voluntary use luxuries. etc. SI22.IS4.Ss7. against S1SO,e52,1S5 in the eleven months of 1903.
 The following table shows the ex- ports of manufactures in each calen- dar year from 1894 to 1904. December. 1904, being estimated: