The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31
MANUFACTURES
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Increase 81 Exports frol,l the
United States III Last
Six Years.
SOUTH is LARGE EXPORTER
Greater Growth in Manufactures
in 'i'Wsnty.Fivs Years Than
IN Hundred Be{ors.
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WASHINGTON, Is. u, March so'-. 81 lsx s.
Uor,. " Manufactures ffbnt tio tnltcd
sta{es ara thcir bstrlbutl6h, ~ A AZ
ana e.3AhtFi6s 1905 ID iS0e,'' ~ the title
81 a {nohBEraph 5Ast isstica w Tho Burea u
81 Statistics 81 tie Department. 81 COM
;neree ana LaBof. 1t SHOWS mat ex-
Bofts 81 manufactures ff6ni tho United
States nov extced $685. Oto per anhuit'
ard iav6 doubea Iii value II, 4 sins 'l.e
ietaae. Not 5hiy his the sxport'lrtito',l 10 OF
manufactures aoubied Ill a deehde, But
tha share which pr6dntts 81 the f;tctory
forth 81 the to expo,rtA y steadily lls,,, IN
crcAsihg iii 1881 hanufactarees iorlne 9.
But Is pr csR 81 ths it, t9sall s sxp9 9as q
q per, teht,y Iii, 1901 IS per cent, and III
1865 40 per cetit.. Il u. .,. ,f,i,,l ,,.,3
with the rapid Increase q ponni.al tio ~
III ths United states aha tlierefo,re 81 Of
the coi,suifiptioh or natuial Products. tho
auaitty ii fooa ana INV materials u n. 3 re-
ttiaininE f6r distribttloti q 6tller parts
81 the w6rld has not; ifcfeasea proper
ti0iintely; ana With the devslopnieiit OF
manufacturing liabilities and the trend nt OF
populuton to tic notwithstanding centres
production Of manufacturers has ra .prltNy
Increased, ana ,tha surplus 81 these 1n ~
i;faet,ires Wich may be SPARED foy. for
eign markets has also Increased. Food
st1ffs; Thlcli III 1896 for,ned AZ per cent
81 thn totai bxports 81 aoiicstic pro-,
diets, FORMED III 1905 But 81 PET cent; OF
TIE total; irtlelcs i'll a crude ,cbnditlon
for Use III Manufacturing, whicf IN 1892
fbriiicd SO per cent. of the total, fcriied
III 1905 But 20 per ceiit;; while lrianuf FAC
lures; as already idll cated \, lnc I.
cent. ii 1886 is 10 pr, cent In 1905.
Decades Work.
III the decade ending With 1905 ex.
ports 81 manufactures from the United in lied
thoss From Germany Increased IS per
cent; those frot1i the United Kingdom
ID psr ceit., ana those from France 25
Der cent. THIS rapid increase IN the
exports 81 rnaiiifa ctures from the United
/ States has brought her to the third rank
iii the list 81 the worlds exporters OF
manufactures. The. four. greatest pro-
| ducers Of manufactures for expectation
and the value of manufactures exported
| by ench Of them in 1906 are as follows:
! The United Kingdom, s1,40O,OOO,o00; Ger
many, $1,000, 900, 900: the United States
s7oo, 900, 900, ana France. 100000, ooo
i These figures however, are approximate
only, since the figures Of the exports OF
the European countries are not yet at
hand iii sufficient detail to render posi-
1 bic an exact tntetnent Of the value OF
manufactures exported IN that yea
The growth OF the manufacturing m
l ldustry in the Unitnd States has occurred
1 chiefly in the last twenty-five years.
i Suited III round terms, the census fig-
ures Of the gross value OF nanufa ctures
in tho United states are: For 1850,
81, ooO, 100000; 1860, $4,000, oDo,ooo 1870,
i 81, oOooOO.o 900; 1880, s5,333ooo. 900; 1890,
Sc, 1873 100000; 1900, $4,000, 100000; 1905,
100000. the figures for 1905 being ilg.
exclusive Of neighbori,ood Industries and
hand trades included In previous years.
Seeking Foreign Markets.
Tho increase in the production OF manu-
factures III the United States, far in ex-
cess Of home requirements, has forced
our manufacturers to secl; markets II
other parts OF the world for their sur
plus product The result has been ;
rapid Increase In the expectation OF man
ufactures. The total value of manufac
.. lures exported from the United States
: has grown from less than SS,Oog,0OD u
2 1920 Is se3,Ooo,UuU III 1850, s4s5oO, 900 \
2 1860, s7O,0O0,0O0 in 1870. $l22,000,O00 & II
! 1880, 10000 in 1890, and s4S5,oO0,0o
$ in 1900, since which time the annual tota
q hos not fallen below the s4OOODd 900 lns
while ii. Inc 5cilendar year 1905 the tota
exceeded S7OOOOO,0O0 In the fiscal yea
1906, the latest period for which detaile
4 figures of The exports BY Countries ar
. available, tho exports Of manufacture
Il we're Vailed at s6s6,oOUooo, Of whic
s3lSO00, 200 WORTH went to Europe. s1So
q 900, 900 to North America. 4,5oo. 600 !
South America, and s7s,75o, 900 to ASH
r. While tho Remainder was divided betwee
Y, Oceniica and Africa.
! That this growth has, been especial
: marked III recent years IS shown by II
y fact that the actual increase by decade
III exports Of manufactures has been
= follows: During tile decade ending Wi
1890, s1SOO,0Oo; 1870, ,s5,So0oO0;- 1S5
$7,S00,0OD 1860, s25,2OO 900; 1870, s21,G0o
900; 1880, s5l,s0O,ooO; 1890, s57,2oo,0o
D 1900, $685. 900 ,00O, and during the six yea
y ending with 1906, $2ol,5oO,oo0. Thus u
growth Of exports Of manufactures in Il
sixteen years following 1890 was pra
ticaly three times as great as that of 7
entire seventy years preceding that yea
4. FARMERS GROWING RICE