Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12
AN ESSAY IN MILLIONS
Annual Report of the Bureau of
Statistics.
EXPORT OF MANUFACTURES
Total for 1908 Aggregated Three
Quarters of a Billion.
LARGER THAN FORMER YEARS
Share Which Europe Has Taken
Has Been Apparently
Increasing.
EXPORT OF MANUFACTURES
LARGER THAN FORMER YEARS

Manufactures exported from the United
States in the fiscal year 1903 aggregated
three-quarters OF a billion dollars. a larger
total than in any preceding year. OF
this grand total practically one-half went
to Europe, the share sent TO that part
OF the world being unusually large and
the total value larger than ever before.
The annual report OF the chief of the
bureau CT statistics. Department of Com
merce and Labor. just made public.
SHOWS that the value OF American man
ufactures exported to Europe in the iis-
cal year 1908 was. in round terms, SB.SS.-
! 0O0.GtO, against $780,. OOC 800 I'm 1897; S3ls.-
W,o.ttU in 1905: SIS. 100000 in 1905: ST.
10000 in 1900. and l,OOo,ON I'm 1899.
Rapid as is the growth IN exports of
manu-. actures the share which Europe
! takes thereof has been in recent years APP
parently increasing. OF the manufactures
exported from the Cnitel States during
the past four years 46.3 per cent went
20 Europe IN l.-o. i6.+ per cent in l!kG.
i1.9 per cent In 1907 and - per cent in
1905.
Naturally the most important OF the
manufactures exported to Europe were
those for further use in manufacturing.
such as copper, chiefly pigs, ingots and
bars, S97 ,UUu.OO0: leather and manufac-
lures thereof, $16,Ouu. 900: wood ind
manufactures, chiefly lumber, S3S.Wo,-
900, and manufactures OF iron and steel.
of which bars and rods of steel and
other partly manufactured materials
form considerable percentage, S4,-
10000.
Other important manufactures eN-
ported to Europe include refined miner
| al oils. $55,UuouO0: naval stores. ST.
100000: agricultural implements, Sl4.-
0u0.OUU; cneIulcaIs, drugs ana u,es, 49,
100000; paraffin, S6,OO0.o00: manufac-
and cars. S4.0O0.0oo: manufactures OF
India rubber, S4,O",Oo0 and instru-
ments and apparatus for scientific pur-
poses, nearly $i.noO,00o.
North America Second.
| North America came second in the
| order of magnitude of exports of mau-
ufactures to the grand divisions. the
! value of manufactures exported to all
North America being S1s9.o0o,oOo. OF
which the principal items were manu-
features Of iron and steel. $4,000 900.
| manufactures of wood (includin2 lum-
| Der in this term. S21 600, 900; manufar-
| lures of leather, x9,5@Oo0: manufac-
| lures of cotton, S1o.oo0.Oh; carriages
and cars, IS. 900: chemicals. drugs
and dyes. S6.OOO.000: refined mineral
oils. $4,0OO,OO0: paper and manufac-
lures thereof, S4.UU0.0oo: instruments
and apparatus for scientific purposes,
!
800 900: manufactures of tibers. s.. 500
600. and manufactures of india rubber,
s.. 100000
To South America the exports Of man
| ufactures for the year were. I'm round
terms, $7o.000.0 900 of which Sc2.000,0oO
| was in manufactures of iron and steel.
! SO. 900, 900 refined mineral OIL s2.130.eoO
cotton manufactures, $4.50O.OOO carriages
and cars $3.50. 1000 agricultural imple-
ments and $10,OO0.00O wood manufac.
lures.
Trade With Asia.
| To Asia the total value IF manufac.
lures exported during the year was ST.
coo. 900, s23,O00.OO0 being the value OF
refined mineral oils. $25.000,000 manu-.
features of iron and steel, $5,000.000 cot.
ton manufactures, s3.50O,00O copper. 3d.
100000 carriages. cars, etc; 100000
| tobacco manufactures and $1,750,00
wood manufactures.
| OF the s40,000,0O0 worth of manufsc-
! lures exported to Oceanic, Sl4,00O.o0
was the value of iron and steel manu-
| features. 100000 mineral oils. refined:
| 81. 100000 manufactures of wood, S.
000.0 900 leather and manufactures there
of and $2.250.0O0 cot son manufactures.
OF the $4,000. 900 of exports of manu-
features to Africa. iron and steel showed
a total of nearly 100000. refined min
| eral oils s2.500.000 'and lumber $685.
| 1913. the remainder being miscellaneous
articles
Manufactures formed in the fiscal year
| 1908 2S.95 per cent of the Ia. al exports
! to Europe. SOS per cent of those to
North America. S642 per cent of those
| to South America, 70.S2 per cent ot those
| to Asia, $3.50 per cent of those to
Oceania and 1924 per cent of those to
! Africa.