The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-24
JERSEY LEADS
IN Sc W IN G
MACHINES
900 Iron and Steel
Manufactures Exported
Last Year.

WASHINGTON, Jan. A.-Sewing ma
chimes, in which New Jersey leads. con-
stitute a consistent and steadily charging
FACTOR in the schedule of iron and steel
manufactures exported from the United
States, having been 81, 1881 GA in 1887: 81. $685.
453 in 1897, and $7,S14.91 II for the eleven
months available in 1907.
Iron and steel manufactures exported
made their highest record in the calendar
year 1907. the total being Approximately
200 million dollars. against 63 millions in
1897, and 1914 millions In 1887. The value
of iron and steel manufactures exported
has increased more than ECO per cent. dur
ing the last decade, while that of other
merchandise exported has increased less
than 100 per cent.
While the exact figures for 1907 have not
yet been received by the bureau of statis-
tics of the Department of Commerce and
Labor, the figures for eleven months iusti-
~ the statement that the total value of
iron and steel exports will approximate.
if not exceed 200 million dollars. In 1897
iron and steel manufactures exported
formed but So per cent. of the total ex-
ports of domestic merchandise, and in 1907.
1913 per cent.
Machinery of the various kinds forms
about one-half of this total Of 200 mil
lions of exports, the total for 1907 approXi-
mating 800 million dollars. The exact fig
ures for the eleven months for which
statistics are available are: Total ex-
ports of iron and steel, not including ore,
1S2 million dollars; machinery, S71s mil
lions. This S7b million dollars worth of
machinery exported in the eleven months
includes metal working machinery, nearly
10 millions; electrical machinery, nearly
3 millions; sewing machines, about s mil
lions; locomotives, So millions: tyne
writers, over 8 millions; mining machin-
cry, nearly 6 millions; stationary engines
and boilers, over 5 millions; wood working
machinery, IA millions; pumps aud pump
ing machinery, 3h millions; cash registers,
2 1-3 millions; printing presses, % mil
lions; shoe machinery, over l million, and
laundry machinery, over a half million
dollars.
Many of the articles appearing in the
list of iron and steel manufactures ex-
ported in 1907 are of recent development
in our export trade.
The distribution of the iron and steel ex-
ports of the United States is chiefly to the
industrial centres of Europe, and to the
comparatively undeveloped sections of
Canada, the Orient and Central and South
America.
To Japan. where internal development
mas been especially marked in recent years,
our exports of iron and steel included for
the period under review steel rails to the
value of one million dollars; electrical
machinery one and ~one-ouarter millions;
pipes and fittings, over ono million; loco
motives. nearly one-hslf million; structural
iron and steel. over one-half million dol
lars, and numerous articles not sepa-
rately shown In the monthly statements
Of the bureau of statistics.
To South America were sent large guam
titles of iron and steel manufactures from
the United States. including railway rails
OF steel, 2A millions; wire. over 2 millions;
builders hardware, . millions; electrical
machinery. ia mfllions; sewing machines,
11-3 millions; locomotives, millions; and
typewrlters, nearly one-half million dol
lars worth.