Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-14
DlG JUMf In EAIUAlO
More Manufactured Products Sold Abroad
Than in Any Year Of History.
HUNDRED MILLION MORE THAN LAST YEAR
Greater Than Exports of All Kinds in the
Centennial Year.
IRON AND STEEL LEADER mt : ST
Notable Feature Is the Number Of 1 no.
tiVes Sen to Japan.
GREAT SHOW NG MADE IN C0TT q obs
More Than Double Amount rted
in 1908 Than in p ~
Year, orient Being
Consumer.
IRON AND STEEL LEADER mt
Notable Feature Is the Number Of 1
tiVes Sen to Japan. I"
GREAT SHOW NG MADE IN coli q obs T

. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13-Statistics COM
.Aued BY the bureau Of statistics of the
Department of Commerce and Labor show
that the exports of manufactures in the
fiscal year just ended amounted to $b40,-
$40 2g7, as against $452 AIS, ,9H in the preceding
year, S433, ,s5l ,75s in 1900 and $ls3, 74S in
1895 The exports for the past fiscal year
we're not only the largest on record, but
are in excess of the combined exports of all
articles in the centennial year, 1876, and
nearly S14O,OOOOOO more than the total I'M
ports and exports of the country at the
close of the civil war.
The growth in the expectation Of manu-
factures is shown to have largely exceeded
the growth in population. Out OF thirty
leading articles only seven show falling
of for the year as compared with 1904. Iron
and steel manufactures supply about one
fourth OF the total exports having been
S134 727 921 as against sill 94s, ,5S6 in the pre-
ceding VI =. Steel rails showed an increase
OF Sc 100000 chiefly in shipments to Canada,
South America, Mexico, the West Indies
Japan and other oriental countries. Machin-
cry also showed an increase in 1905 OF more
than 100000 over 1904. A conspicuous fea-
ture is the large increase in exports of loco
motives to Japan, 151 engines having been
sent thlther in 1905, as against "A In the
previous year. Mexico and Argentina in
creased their purchases Of machines, while
Japan increased it's purchases Of electrical
machinery and builders material in a sub
stantial degree.
Copper manufactures take second rank
with a total valuation of $s6,22 Ss1 in 1905,
as compared with $57,142.Osl. There was
an increase of $1OOOO,OOO in the copper ex-
ports to China.
There was an increase in the expectation
OF mineral oils--the third article of i'm
rortance OF over 10O0OO,0O0 gallons, but
owing tn a falling in the price. the value
remained practically stationary. The oil
export for 1905 was 951. 900 gallons as
against si7,OOOOOO gallons. The value for
1906 was 81. .sss.317 and for 1904 was Sl,-
75S,652 To Great Britain and Ireland
221, 100000 gallons were sent, Germany lf-
10000 and, to, the Netherlands n7,oOa 600.
Only 66,O00.0O0 gallons were exported to
South America.
Big jump In Cotton Goods.
Cotton manufactures present one OF the
striking features of the years export, hav-
ing advanced from s22 4OS,71s in 1904 to
$4s, $685. $50 in the year just ended. The
growth occurred chiefly in cotton cloth
exports, $l4696,l9s being the total in 1901
and So, ,s2O542 the figure for 1905, To China
there was an increase OF about 100000, COX
yards over last years export of 10000, ,OOO
and the value of cotton cloth exports to
that country increased from 100000 in
1904 70 S27.76O,OOO in 1906. Japan was the
only other country to show a considerable
increaae, the total being 100000 yards
as against 440OOO,OOo yards in 1904,
Leather and its manufactures, fourth In
import lnce in the list of manufactured
articles exported, showed an increase OF
S40OO0OO, the total in 1905 having beer
SSS 100000 as compared with SSe.OOOO0o in the
preceding year. In this class also Japar
is credited with the chief increase.
other important articles exported were
agricultural implements 9O.75oOOO; chem
icals. drugs, dyes etc, nearly S16.O0o0OO
wood manufactures. $125OO,OOo cars, car
riages and vehicles S1O,667. 900; scientific
instruments. 100000; paper and manu-
Iactures, ss.5OOOOO; paraffine and paraffin
wax, 81, 10000 fber manufactures, 81, T0,O 900
tobacco manufactures, $5,66IvOO; books
maps. ETC., nearly 100000 and india rub
ber manufactures. A15O.OOo.