Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-14
YEARS EXPORTS
BREAK RECORDS
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ISSUES STATISTICS
REMARKABLY GOOD SHOWING
Increase In Sale of Manufactured
Goods Abroad Largely Exceeds
the Growth in Popu-
lation
REMARKABLY GOOD SHOWING
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Statistics
compiled by the bureau of statistics
of the department of commerce and
labor show that the export Of man
Utactures in the fiscal year just end
ed amounted to $543, 1890, ,297, as against
$452. ,921 in the preceding year, $433,-
S51,796 in 1900 and $1S3, 595, 743 in 1885
of manufactures.
The exports for the past fiscal year
We're not only the largest on record.
but are in excess of the combined ex-
ports of all articles in the centennial
year, 1876, and nearly $14O 900 more
than the total imports and exports of
the country at the close of the Civil
War.
Growth in the expectation of man
ufactures is shown to have largely ex-
ceeded the growth in population. Out
of thirty leading articles only seven
show a falling off for the year as COM
pared with 1904. Iron and steel man
ufactures supply about one-fourth of
the total exports, having been $134,-
727,921, as against Sill, 1,94S,5S6 in the
preceding year.
Steel rails showed an increase of
$6 900 chiefly in shipments to Can
ada, South America, Mexico, the West
Indies, Japan and other Oriental coun-
tries.
Machinery also showed an increase
in 1905 of more than $6,0OO,0O0 over
1904. A curious feature is the large
increase in exports of locomotives to
Japan, 151 engines having been sent
thither in 1905, as against IA in the
previous year.
Mexico and Argentina increased
their purchases of American sewing
machines, while Japan increased her
purchases of electrical machinery and
builders material, each in a substan-
tial degree. Copper manufactures take
second rank, with total valuation of
$50 225 291 in 1905, as compared with
$571420S1 There was an increase of
$1OOOO,OOO in the copper exports to
China.
There was an increase in the ex-
portation of mineral oils-the third ar
ticle in importance-of over 100000, 900
gallons, but owing to the fall in price
the amount is only stationary. The
oil export for 1906 was 951, 600 gal
Ions, as against S47, 900, 900 gallons. The
value for 1905 was $71,SSSS17 and for
1904 was $71, ,753, ,552.
To Great Britain and Ireland 271,-
100000 gallons were sent, Germany
147, 100000 and to The Netherlands Ill.,
100000. Only 55OOO,OOO gallons were
exported to South America.
Cotton manufactures present one of
the striking features of the years ex-
ports, having advanced from $22, ,403, :
71S in 1904 to $40, 6660SO in the year just
ended The growth occurred chiefly
in cotton cloth exports, S14696,199 be-
ing the total in 1904 and $41, 32O,542 the
figure for 1905. To China there was an
increase Of about 4OO,OOO,O0O yards over
last years expectation of 769. 900
and the value of other cotton cloth
exported to that country increased
from $4,000, 900 in 1904 to $27, $780, 900 in
1905. Japan was the only other coun-
try to show considerable increase,
the total being 100000 yards, as
against 100000 yards in 1904
Leather and its manufactures, fourth
in Importance in the list of manufac-
tured articles exported, showed an in
crease of s4,OOO,OOO the total in 1905
having been sSS,OOOOOO. as compared
with $4,000 900 in the preceding year.
In this class also Japan is credited
with the chief increase.