The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-16
Growth OF EXPORTS
COMMERCE REPORTS SHOW s,o
INCREASE SINCE 1880.
Total Value Of Manufactures Shipped
During Fiscal Year Ending sep. !,
tember 80, 1907, $74o, 900 ,ooo--
Imports on the Jump.

Washington. - Manufactures are
forming a larger share of the exports
of the United States than ever before,
and a larger share of the imports than
at any time since 1890. They formed
practically Al per cent. of the exports
during the nine months ending with
September. 1907, while they had but
once reached 40 per cent. in any fiscal
year covered by the records of our
export trade. Manufactures formed in
the fiscal year 1880 14.7S per cent. Of
the exports OF domestic products; in
1880. Pills per cent; in 1900, 35.3 per
cent; IN the fiscal year 1907. 1894 per
cent, and in the nine months ending
with September, 1888 per cent. of the
total exports OF domestic products.
The total value CT manufactures ex.
ported was, as shown by the official
figures OF tho bureau of statistics of
the department of commerce and la.
Dor, in rouutl terms, in 1880, 1922 ,0O0,.
600; in 1890, $4,000 900; in 1900,
s4S4,0o0,0O0; in the fiscal year 1907,
$4,000, 900; ohd in the nine months
ending with September, s574, 100000;
the average PC. month being. in 1880,
$1O,000,00O; in 1890, $15,00O,O00;
in 1900, sio,OOO,OO0; in 1907,
$62,000,000 and in the nine
months ending with September, $685..
100000. In 1880 the average value per
day of manufactures exported was
s333,333; in 1890, $500,0O0; in 1900,
$1,S33,333; in 1907. $2,OO00OO, and in
the nine months ending with Septem.
Der. So, 100000.
Iron and steel manufactures, Of
course, continue to form by far the
largest feature of this large exporta-
tlon of manufactures, and their total
promises to reach nearly on quite
5000 100000 in value in the present
calendar year. The total value Of
iron and steel manufactures exported
in the nine months ending with Sep.
tember was '$146,000, 900. against $127.
100000 in the same months of the i'm.
'medlately preceding year. thus indcat.
ing that the total will In ME calendar
year 1907 be nearly or quite $200,000..
900, while the total exports of iron and
steel manufactures never reached, as
much as si00,000,OO0 prior to 1899.
and never as much as $50, ,OOO, 900 prior
to 1897.
Practically all the principal articles
forming the general group--manu.
factures--show an increase in the nine
months ending With September, 1907,
when compared with the correspond.
ing months OF the preceding year, cop.
per being $6s.00O, 900. against s65 5,Oo0..
600 in the corresponding period Of
1906 mineral oils. $1,000 900, against
$64, 100000 in the corresponding
months of the preceding year; wood
manufactures, $67, 100000. against $50.
100000 in the same months of last
year; agricultural implements. s22,.
10000. against $2O,50O.OO0 in the
corresponding months of the preced
ing year, and naval stores, SIT 900, 900.
against $15,000,000 in the correspond.
ing months of 1906. though leather
and manufactures thereof show a de.
cline of little less than $1,000, 900,
and cotton manufactures decline Of
nearly s14,000,000. y
On the import side manufactures are
also showing large increase Dur.
ing the nine months ending with Sep.
tember, 1907. the total value of manu-
factures imported was S49S,O0O0O0,
forming 44.95 per cent. of the total,
against 44.47 per cent in the fiscal
year 1907 and of 1905 per cent. in the
fiscal year 1897. OF this importation
Of S49S,0O0.000 in the nine months
ending with September, $2l1, 900, ,000
was manufactures for further use IN
manufacturing and $2S7 100000 man
'afactures ready for consumption
while on the export side manufactures
for. further use in manufacturing were
s196 800, 900 and manufactures ready
for consumption $377 100000.