The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-08-17
new RECON Il
FOR U. 8
Growth Of the vaIN
featured Articles n
Is Remarkable
YEAR is UNPRECEDENTED

Total Volume Of Exports Excsls That
Of 1901 for First Time. Due
largely ~ increase 4
Manufactured Exports.
Washington, e. c., Aug. 16.-Exporta Of
manufactures from the United States In
the fiscal year 1906 were not only the larg-
est on record, but are In excess OF the
combined exports OF all articles In the CEN
tennial year, 1876, and nearly $140.000.00O
more than the total imports and exports
of t~heseountry attheTcioseoft The civil war s.
Statistics just compiled by the bureau OF
statistics of the department OF
and labor show that the exports of manu-
features In the year just ended amounted
to $54S, $40, 297, as against S452, Ali, a21 in the
preceding year, s4ss. s51,756 In 1900. and
$1Ss, sos ,74s in 1895. The growth in exports
population or the growth in commerce as
q whole.
An examination of the statistics Of ex-
ports Of domestic manufactures, especially
In recent years, by articles and countries
Of destination, shows that about thirty
manufactured articles were exported dur
ing 1905 with value in excess of $1,OVO,OO0,
600 each, and that of these articles all ex-
cept seven showed an increase as COM
pared with exports of 1904.
Iron and steel manufactures supply
about one-fourtll Of the manufactured ar
ticles exported from the United States, b
total in 1905 having been $1s4, ri, 1921. az
against Sill, 1856 in the preceding year.
an increase of nearly S2S, 100000. Steel rails
showed ali increase of $4,000, 900, chiefly In
shipments to Canada, South America,
Mexico, the West Indies, Japan, and other
oriental countries, in several OF which rail-
way development is proceeding at a rapid
rate. Machinery also showed an increase
in 1905 of more than $4,000, 900 over 1904. "A
conspicuous feature however, Is the large
Increase In exports of locomotives to Ja-c
pan ISL engines having been sent thtther
in 1905, as against "a in the previous year.
Mexico and Argentina increased their pur-
chase Of American sewing machines.
while Japan increased her purchases OF
electrical machinery and builders hard
ware, each in a substantial degree.
Copper manufactures, consisting largely
OF pigs and bars, form the ite1n8o Of second
Importance in our exports OF manufact-
ures, the total being $50, 225, 291 in 1905, as
compared with $57, 142, 0S1 in the preceding
year. This growth Of practically $40, 0O0.-
600 in a single year is accounted for by
an increase Of nearly $10,000,0 o. in exports
to China, So, 900, coo to the United Kingdom,
81, $780, 900 to France, 5000, 600 to Germany,
81, 100000 to Netherlands, 81, 25O,o00 to Russia,
and nearly $2,ooo,00 to other countries. /
Where Rockefeller Comes in.
Refined mineral oil ranks third In the ex-'
ports of manufactures, the total being
$71,1sS, 317, as against 81, 752, $50 in the pre-
ceding year. Owing to the fall in price the
value remained practically stationary, des-'
pite the fact that the quantity increased
from SAT. 100000 gallons in 1904 to 951, 000,0 600
in 1905. The countries to which the largest
expectations were made were United
Kingdom, 221, 100000 gallons; Germany, 142,-
100000; Netherlands, 117,000,000; China. 3d.
100000: Belgium, 4G, 100000; British East In
dies and Japan, each about 30,000,0 600; Italy,
nearly $4,000, 900, and France 27,G0O,00.
South America, as a whole, took about 55,-
100000 gallons.
Cotton manufactures present one of the
striking features of the years export rec
ord, having advanced from $22, 400, 713 in
1904 to S49,66G,0 $50 in the year just ended.
The growth occurred chiefly in cotton
cloth exports, $14, SOC, 1879 being the total
in 1904 and Sal, 800, 542 the figure for 1905
To China there was an increase of about
400, G0O,N 900 yards over last years exporta-
ton of $I6.09O.0 90 and the value of our
cotton-cloth exports to that country in
creased from $4,000, 600 In 1904 to $27, $780, coo
in 1905. Japan was the only other country
to show a considerable increase in takings
from us, the total being 10000, 900 yards,
valued at 81, $4,000, as against less than
49, 600 yards in 1904, valued at $4,000.
Leather and manufactures of, fourth in
Importance in the list of manufactured
articles exported, showed an increase Of
1000, 900, the total in 1905 having been $685.
900, 900, as compared with $34, 100000 in the
preceding year. In this class, also, Japan
should be credited with the chief increase.
| rTo r n ,a,, tY-r ~ ~t 4 n nll ,,,,xl -
sole leather, valued at "a, LAG, 42s, as against
2,000, 900 pounds, with a valuation of about
$500, 900, in the preceding year. The in
crease in boots and shoes is principally IN
exports to the West Indies and Mexico,
each of those countries being credited with
about 100000 in excess of the 1904 figures,
while the total increase in boot and shoe
exports to all countries was but little over
$S18, 900.
Other Export Products.
Other important articles exported were:
Agricultural implements, $24, $50, 600; chem
icals. drugs, dyes, etc, nearly $l6,0 o 900:
wood manufactures, SIP, 500, 600; cars, car
riases and vehicles, lo,675,OO0 scien-
tific instruments, $4,000 COO; paper and
manufactures o. IS. 600; paraffn
and parafnn wax, $780, 600: fiber
manufactures Sc, 1901 900; tobacco man
ufactures, five and two-thirds million
dollars; books, maps, etc, nearly s., 900, 600;
and lndla-rubbef manufactures S4,i5O,OO0,
The following table shows the exports
of domestic manufactures and the total
exports from the United States decennially
from 1900 to 1900, and annually since that
year to date:
exports of
domestic Total exports
manufac- OF merchan-
Year. lures. disc.
1900. 2,493. 755 S 1897, 7SC
1871 ~3,9o1,154 sc, 757,97t
1926. 3,945, 1873 SO, 691, 6G
1890 ............. 6,641, DIG 1870 10;