New-York tribune., 1906-07-02
FLOOD TIDE OF EXPORTS
extraordinary ActiUity Of Manu-
factories This Year.
- e Tsisune BuEeau.l

vv.~hingcon. July Exports OF manufactures
-, re United States in May, 1906 were larger
-, n any preceding month in the history OF the
.--ort .7ads. aggregatng more than Sss,coo.Ooo an
-.-,ae Of more than s2.0O0O00 for each business
- ~ me month. FoF the eleven months ending
-5fb Nay expoEas Of manufactures aggregated
O. o0oo sn average OF nearly 100000 for each
s,-s,ess day Of the eleven months For the month
~ Nay q the preceding year. and for the eleven
,rnths aggregate S5So00.0O0 more than in the cor-
-,.nonang months OF the preceding year Thesa
s-ss seem 20 justify the prediction that the total
exports OF manufactures for the fiscal year just
,sea VIII aggregate about $780, O0O000 against sS9
al ao n Is0 sss4c00OoO in 1890 and s9 GOO O,1 in
~ having thus increased about 160 per cent during
- decade while other domestic exports we're in
,raslng only abcue 75 peg cent This is the showing
made ny the returns recei=ed in the Bureau OF
satisfies OF the Department OF Conuerie ana La
boT
comparison of she exports OF manufactures In
ne fiscal year 1906 with those OF earlier years
SLOWS .hat the growth in the last decade has been
much greater than that Of any earlier decenniaI
-o5od The total value Of manufactures exported
= lEs SCI 10000. and in 1856. 100000 an in
rass OF SS000Ooo. In 1876 the total was oe Oo0oOO
.r increase during the decade Of s5SOO0O0O; in 1886
sbs total COO. increase of S3a 1900
during the decade; in 1895 the total was 100000
!, increase OF Ss2.OOo00O during the decade, and
shoud the estimate Of $500 0Oo0 for 1906 prove rea-
eonshly accurate the increase during the decade
e.dsd Nth the present year would approximate
.-nN0000 the gain IN the last decade having been
sour tiues as great that in any earlier decenniaI
ss.-n The relative share which manufactures form
= tie exports also shows marked gain. having
nssn IN 1856 lis per cent in 1866. 106 per cent In
, IL Per cent; in 1855 2o5 per cent; IN 1885, 2S5
rsr cent and in 1906. approximately, 81 per cent.
TIE increase in the expectation OF manufactures
during the year. which has amounted to something
more than S500oa000 occurs IN large proportion OF
ne articles forming this large total Of sSOoO0OOOO
nut chiefly in manufactures Of iron and steel, man
utactures OF cotton. leather and manufactures
,bereof cars and carriages, agricultural iulple-
vents mineral oils, furniture paper, parafan, sci
rnr6c instruments. manufactures of india rubber
Sanufactures Of hhres and other less important
A which the increase during the ten months ended
9Th AprsI amounted about S2O.GO0O0O, locomo-
ewes snow an increase of S25O0O00; metal working
machinery. nearly SzoqG0o; builders hardware,
q -aGN: sewing machines. about 81 l.00oOOo cleo
arirarv hO.sf sT50 on r,ynovvrfrers nearly
saa nai pies and fittings than $50 GO; wire,
srT Sc d0a and structrraI iron and steel little
5nors thar 81 JSl0 30 Agricultural implements show
Al increase during the same period OF about
1mnorts OF manufacturers materials also show
a marked growth during the year They aggre-
gated s53Gn05o for the month Of May, 1906 against
EGr00l for Nay Of last year. and during the
elevcn months ended with May, 1906 S54l.
0n against S4s30oo000 in the corresponding period
oi the preceding year, This growth in the i'm
partation Of manufacturers materials Is quite as
strongly marked that IN exports Of uanufact-
urss For the twelve months ended with June the
total value Of manufacturers materials imported
seems likely 70 aggregate approximately $3.50
urss exported A comparison Of this figure OF
nanufacturers' materials imported in 1896 with
sar consumption during earlier years shows for
lgS s9l 006 for 1885 $S go O00; for 1876 S1l1,
Nanrfaeturers' materials formed in lS5S IS per
cent es the total imports for consumption; IN 1865,
Z rs ar y cenG and in fsa5 viii onuTokimate 81
Per cent of the total imports.