Arizona republican., 1906-03-05
THE WORLDS
 SHOEMAKER
The COuntry'S Export Of Leather and Manufactures
A Business Which Has Grown From SlO,OOO, ,OOO to Nearly $4O,OOO,OOO in Twenty Years.

Washington. D. C., March 4.-Ez- ports of leather and leather manufac- lures from the United states during the calendar year 1905 were the lars- est on record. being valued at $85,- 946 .422. against $35.S24.492 in 1904, $27I69.614 'n 1900 and $l2,275.47O in 1890. The growth in this feature of the foreign commerce has occurred chiefly during the past decade. especially -1e last half of that period. As far back as 1885 the exports under this head had reached a total of practically the million dollars, and they ranged be- tween that amount and nineteen mill lions up to about 1897. since which date they have more than doubled.
 The eNportations of leather and lea ther manufactures. as classified by re- ports issued by the department Of commerce and labor, through its bu- reau of statistics. fall under three principal heads: Sole leather, upper leather and boots and shoes. About one half the total is in the form of upper leather" for use in the mluu- fracture of boots and shoes, and about one fourth is represented by boots and shoes and sole leather, respectively.
 
 little over a half million dollars and other leather manufactures one and q half million dollars.
 Exports of boots and shoes have in creased about four million dollars since 1900. There has been meantime, however. a noticeable change as to the destination of this class of our ez- ports Tn 1900 British Australasia led all other countries asa market for American boots and shoes, while the United Kingdom was the only other country to which we sent a value in | excess of one million dollars. h 1905 ] four countries showed total of more than one million dollars. To the West Indies and Bermuda the exports in , 1905 were S2.O6O.324 in value. against ] S1.5S5, ,9O9 in 1904 and S572.906 in 1900; to the United Kingdom. S1,S92.515, i against S1.09A672 in 1900. to Mexico SI434902. against S35O. .964- in 1900; tC British North America, S1059S21 against S4OO,021 iu 1900: while 70 Brit ish Australasia. which 1ed all other . countries in 1900, with S1.33S.416, the . total exportation last year was but ! S3S5.652 other countries to which we
 exported boots and shoes to the value
 of s100,CO0 or more in 1905 were
 France $10O.357, Germany $393,3 | Central America S31S.S59. Philippine
 Islands S212,435 and British Africa
 S1S6.5O7. The total eXportatiOn oI
 boots and shoes In 1905 was $S.650. .012
 compared with $7.3I9,575 III 1904 -aao
 $4.626.256 in 1900.
 Sole leather exported from the Un- itcds States goes principally to the Un-
 ited Kingdom and Japan, while Bel
 gium. Netherlands. Denmark and Can
 aGa are also important markets. There has been a general decrease in export!
 of sole leather 10 Europe, but the gair
 in exports to Japan has been suficien
 to bring the total above that of any
 preceding year. In the calendar veal
 1905 Japan is credited with S3,4O6.774
 against $2,227577 in 1904 and $3S6,T4, in 1900; the United Kingdom with $4,.
 455.372, against $5,622475 in the pre-
 ceding year and S4,960,37S in 1900; anC all other Europe with S531180 in 1905 compared with $558.2S4 in 1904 anC $7S4,732 in 1900. To British Nortl America in 1905 we exported $142,
 961 worth of sole leather; to unspeci fled countries of Asia, S6S,S79, and t' British Africa. $49.7OS
 Upper leather. as above indicated supplies more than half Of the toCa
 corporations of leather and leathe
 manufa ctures. Under this head thu largest value appears in the class de signated as splits. buff, grain" fo which the total in 1905 was SIG, 1S5. SO5. against S14.S3S,259 in the preced ing year and $11,75O,615 in 1900. GlazcC
 kid showed in the calendar year jus
 ended a total of $1,402, ,7S6, the loves point touCIed since 1899.
 While the United States is now eE
 porting leather and leather manurac
 lures to the value of nearly forty mil lion dollars annually, it is still import ] ing leather and manufactures thereo
 in no iuconsiderable quantities. In tn year which ended December, 1905. ou
 total imports under the above neaC
 aggregated SIP, .519, against $1O.870,
 214 in 1904 and $13.297,796 in 1900. Tn,
 principal articles under this class wert
 gloves of various grades. S5.424,437
 about two million dollars value eacl coming from France and Germany anC
 a little over one million dollars iron , other Europe. skins for morocco. S2