The San Francisco call., 1905-08-14
FOREIGN TRADE
CROWS RAP IDLY
Statistics Compiled by De-
partment of Commerce Re-
veal Increase in Exports
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
American Manufactures Are
Now Being Sent Abroad
in Enormous Quantities

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Statistics
compiled by the Bureau of Statistics OF
the Department of Commerce and Labor
show that the export manufactures IN
the fiscal year just ended amounted 10
S543620,297 as against s452,415,921 In
the preceding year, $433, 3,S51,756 In 1900
and s1S3.595,743 in 1895.
The exports for the past fiscal year
were 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 S140,000.000 more
than the total imports and exports OF
the country at the close of the civil
War.
The growth in the expectation of
manufactures is shown TO have largely
exceeded the growth in population out
of thirty leading articles only seven
show falling off for the year as COM
pared with 1904 Iron and steel manu-
factures supply about one-fourth of the
total exports, having been S134,72I.92l,
as against $111.94S,5S6 in the preceding
year. Steel rails showed an increase or
Sc, 100000, chiefly in shipments TO
Canada, South America, Mexico. the
West Indies, Japan and other Oriental
countries. Machinery also showed an
increase in 905 of more than S6,0OO,OO0
over 1904. A curious feature is the
large increase in exports of locomotives
to Japan, ISL having been sent thfther
in 1905, as against seventy-four in the
previous year.
Mexico and Argentina increased their
purchases of American sewing ma
chimes, while Japan increased her pur-
chases OF electrical machinery and
builders material, each in substantial
degree. Copper manufactures take sec
ond rank with a total valuation OF
SS6,a25.291 in 1905 as compared with
$57142.0S1. There was an increase OF
81 Q. .o00. 900 in the copper exports to
China. There was an increase in the
expectation of mineral oils-the third
article in importance-of more than
100, 600, 900 gallons. but owing to the
fall in price the amount is only sta
tionary The oil export for 1905 was
951, 100000 gallons, as against $4,000
600 gallons. The value for 1905 was
$71, ,SSS,317 and for 1904 was s71.753,552.
To Great Britain and Ireland 2I1,-
100000 gallons were sent, Germany
$4,000, 900 and to the Netherlands H.
600, ,000 Only 100000 gallons were
exported to South America.
Cotton manufactures present one OF
the striking features OF the years eX-
ports. having advanced from So, ,403.I13
in 1904 to s49,666,0S0 in the year just
ended. The growth occurred chiefly in
cotton cloth exports, sl4.696,i99 being
the total in 1904 and S41.20,542 the
figure for 1905. To China there was
an increase of about 400,000.O0O yards
over last years expectation of 10000
600 and the value of other cotton cloth
exported to that country increased from
81, 00o, 900 in 1904 to s.1750, 900 i'll 1905.
Japan was the only other country TO
show a considerable increase, the total
being 100000 yards as against 440.-
600 yards in 1904
Leather and its manufactures, fourth
in Importance in the list of manufac-
tured articles exported, showed an in
crease of S40oO060, the total in 1905
having been s3S.000,00O as compared
with S34.o00,o00 in the preceding year.
In this class, also, Japan is credited
with the chief increase.