The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-25
These Figures Represent
Yearly Value Of Manu-
factures in the u. S.
EXPORT TRADE
GROWING FAST.
Foreign Purchasers, However,
Complain Bitterly Of the Slow
ness Of Delivery - Mer-
chants Demand Esten-
tionof Parcel Post to
Foreign Countries.

WASHINGTON. D.. c.. November "a.
Fifteen billions OF dollars represent
the value OF the annual production OF
manufacturers in the United States.
After careful estimates were made by
experts, Colonel John NJ. Carson. chief
OF the Bureau of Manufactures. was
able to make this statement in the
annual report OF the operations OF his
bureau, made public to-day.
The figures do not represent finished
products entirely, but include products
in various stages OF progress. Last
year the aggregate value OF domestic
merchandise exported was s1.s54, 900 900.
an increase OF nearly s136.0o0.000 over
the preceding year. In this classidca-
tion manufactures ready for consump-
tion" are credited with 4s00oo,000,
and these figures are generally accepted
as the extent OF the exports OF manu-
lectures.
The report of the bureau. however.
groups this classification with those
OF "foodstuffs partly or wholly manu-
factured." and manufactures for
further use In manufacturing. the ag-
gregatc exports of which last year
were Sso6.ooo.oo0. and this amount.
added to to manufactures ready for
consumption. make the aggregate
value Of manufactures exported in the
year ended June 80 sl,os6.oocOoo or
more than IS per cent. of the entire
exports for that year.
Incrense Twenty Millions.
Special Significance Is attached to
the increase of nearly 10000, 900 in
the exports OF completed manufactures
n ,,is r.f ftn f..<, -. r.
cotton cloths declined more shan S21.-
100000. this loss being entirely In the
cotton trade with China The popular
feeling aroused In that country, grow
irg out OF alleged outrages against
Chinese residents in the United States.
assigned. as contributors cause for
this decline.
Cotton Seed PrOducts,
The cotton seed product exports for
the year We're upwards of s4O.500, 900.
an increase OF se.50O,Ooo over 1905.
In commenting on these figures, the
report says. ASIDE from Its intrinsic
value. this relatively new Industry has
an economic value and Importance to
the country the beneficial results of
which are especially felt In the several
states in which cotton is indigenous
and In which the cotton seed industry
is naturally located.
Want Better Transportation.
The success attending investigation
by experts sent abroad has led to the
adoption OF the policy or specializing
investigation Of trade conditions In
foreign markets. One of the obstacles
to the enlargement or export trade is
the uncertainty of transit between
places of production and the sea-
board.
Merchants in the Orient especially
complain that calculation cannot be
made as to when goods ordered in the
United States will be delivered, and
in consequence orders go to European
houses that should come to those OF
this country. The bureau has been in
correspondence with managers of rail-
road and ocean steamship companies,
with a view to securing more reliable
and rapid transit for merchandise des-
tined to foreign countries.
Demands made by business men for
the extension of the parcels post to for
eign countries is discussed. 1t Is
claimed that this extension would open
the markets now closed to American
business men for lack of transportation
facilities but which are open to their
competitors, who have advantages of
the parcels post system.