Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-11
MANUFACTURES GROW.
Exports $58,0o0,o0o Greater Than Last
Year.

Washington, Dec. 10.-The manufac-
| turers Of the country continue to in
| crease their share in both the imports
! and the exports Of the United States.
In the ten months ending with October
| 1905, their importations of materials for
| use in manufacturing formed 47.S per
cent. of the imports of the country,
against i5.8 per cent. in the correspond
| ing period of last year, and their ex-
ports of manufactures formed 3S.2 per
cent. of the total domestic expectations.
against 35.7 per cent in the correspond
| ing months of 1904. Manufacturers
materials show "a greater Increase III
| the imports than all the other classes
of imports combined, and manufac
lures show a greater gain liz exports
than all the other classes combined.
| The increase in the importation of
manufacturers materials in the ten
months ending with October, 1905.
amounts to $S1, 100000 an increase of Il
per cent. over the corresponding period
of last year, while the increase in all
other imports amounts to but $4,000
| 00O an increase of II per cent. over the
corresponding months of last year. In
exports the increase of manufactures is
| SIS, 900, 900, or IA per cent. while the gain
of all other exports is but $4,000 900,
an increase of per cent. over the cor
responding months of 1904.
The most important articles classed
as manufacturers materials are chemi-
| Gals, raw cotton, fibers, hides and
skins. india rubber, raw silk, tin, leaf
| tobacco and wool: and each of these
i i..Ia cbn
| increase over last year. Chemicals, of
| which a large proportion are for use OF
| manufacturers, amount in the ten
| months ending with October, 1908, to
| $50, 900 00O against So 100000 in the cor
| responding months of last year; raw
| cotton amounts to $S,500,6o0, against
| S. ,0O0 600 in the corresponding period of
last year; tibers amount to nearly S33,-
| 0G0,0 900, as against little less than S3o,-
| 900. 900 in the corresponding months ol
| 1861; hides and skins amount to prac-
| tically $G2, 900 GOO, as against $fS,oOo,O0O
| in the corresponding months of last
| year; india rubber $40,000,000, against
| $34. .O0o0 000 in the corresponding months
| of last year; raw silk, practically $4S,-
| OO0. 6O1 against $i3, 100000 in the same
| months of 1904; tin, SO 100000, against
| $40 125 900 in the corresponding period
| of last year; leaf tobacco SIS, 0,0O0,
against $13 500 600 in the same months
| OF last year; and wool, Sl2. 900.
| against S23, 500 900 in the same months
| OF last year: these nine articles aggre-
| eating 1928 900. 900 in value out OF
| total Of s4e9, 900. .0CO of manufacturers
| materials of all kinds imported.
| The large proportion of the remainder IS
| of the class designated as partially man
| ufactured for use as materials in the
| manufactured for use as materials in the
| each of the classes of manufacturers ma
| teriaIs whether articles in a crude condl-
| ton or articles partially manufactured
| there is Il marked increase III the ten
! months ending with October, 1913, as com
| pared with the corresponding months oi
! 1901 articles il Il crude condition DelhS
! s333S 000C coo in the ter months of the pres
| Cnt year. as against S27L000,00o in the cor
| RESPONDING months OF last wear. ana tnoSe
partially manufactured. $13o,00,o00 in the
| ten months of 1875, as against $1t",WWEo IN
| the same months OF 1904. OF the various
| classes grouped under the general head oil
| manufacturers materials wool shows the
| larger gain, impOrtatjOns under that head
| having nearly doubled in value as com
| pared with the ten months of last year.
| Ry far the largest increase in wool occurs
| in the class designated as clothing wool,
| of which the value imported in the ten
| months, cnuing with October 1863,
| amcurts to $ei, 100000. rs against S9,Joo0O1
lin tie corresponding months of 1901. while
| CoIrbinS wool shows an Increase OF Il lit
| tie more than $l.0C0.Oo0 and carpet woods Il
| little less than S3.Oo0oO0 gain.
on the export side the largest increases
| are in cotton cloths, copper, marufac-
! lures of iron and steel. and leather and
| its manufactures. OF cotton cloths the
| exports during the first ten months OF
| 1905 are s39,C00.O00 in value, against little
| less than 0C,0c0 in the same months Of
| last year; of copper $12.0n.o00 i'll value
| against little less than SCI. 1.000. 600 in the
| corresponding months of last year; iron
| and steel, S115,000o0O, against $l05,ed0.GN0 III
! the same months of last year; and leath-
| or, 10000, against So. 900 in the
| same months Of last year. Mineral oil
| shows Il decrease of about $1.5G0100 in
| value of exports during the ten months
| ending with October 1905, as compared
| with the same months of last year,
! Though there is Il marked increase in the
| quantity exported meantime. The total
value of mineral Oil exported during the
| first 10 months Of the present year is
given at sec 500,000 against S6S 000.o00 il til j.,
| corresponding months of 1904, while the
| quantity exported in tho 10 months of 1895
| is 1.0aa,000U gallons against 1000 OO0
| IL the corresponding months Of last wear
| The S2O,NNOW gain in exports of cotton
| cloths occurs almost exclusively in the cx-
| ports to China. which in the 10 months
| ending with October. 1905. amount TO ST.
| 3nA.0o against 9.50G.o 900 in the correspcnd-
| he nf