Arizona republican., 1908-12-14
AMERICAN
 PRODUCTS Manufactured Exports Great er ThdnEVer Before
EUROPEAN MARKET DEMANDS
The Old World Consumed About Half the Surplus in This Country, Chiefly Materials for Further Manufacture.

1 Washington. Dec 5-Manufaetures exported from the United States in the fiscal year 1908 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 un- usually large, and the total value | larger than ever before. The annual report of the chief of the bureau of statistics, department of commerce and labor. just made public, shows that the value of American manufac- lures exported to Europe in the fiscal year 1908 was, in round terms, $36S,- 900 900. against $355, 100000 in 1907, $31S, 100000 in 1906, S2S3, ,0O0. 900 in l 1905. s272 LOGO, ,000 in 1900, and $111,- 100000 in 1895. Rapid as is the growth in exports of manufactures, the share which Europe takes thereof has been in recent years apparently increasing. Of the manufactures ex- ported from the United States during the past four years. 46.3 per cent went to Europe in 1905, 46.4 per cent in 1906, 47.9 per cent in 1907, and 49 per cent in 1908. 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. $97 100000: leather and manufactures thereof. s26,0OO,0UO; wood and manu- factures, chiefly lumber $3s. 900. 900. and manufactures of iron and steel. of which bars and rods of steel and oth- ol- form a considerable percentage. $47,- 000.000. Other important manufac- lures exported to Europe include re- fined mineral, oils, s55.OOO. 900; naval stores, $17.e0O. 900; agricultural imple- ments. $l4.0OO,OOO; chemicals. drugs and dyes. s7.OOO,OOO; paraffin. s6.OOO. GOO; manufactures of cotton, $4,500,- 900; carriages and cars. $400O, 900; manufactures of india rubber. $4,000,- coo, and instruments and apparatus for scientific purposes, nearly $4000. 900.
 North America came second in the order of magnitude of exports of manufactures to the grand divisions. the value of manufactures exported to all North America being S1S9,00O,- 0G0, of which the principal items were manufactures of iron and steel, $72, 900, ,000; manufactures of wood Gn- cluding lumber in this term). s21,000,- 900; manufactures of leather, $9,5OO, 900; manufactures of cotton, S1O.OOO.- 900; carriages and cars. $S,500.00O; chemicals drugs and dyes. s6.000,000; refined mineral oils, $4,00O,000; paper and manufactures thereof, $4,O0O,OOO; instruments and apparatus for scien- tific purposes, $350O000; agricultural implements, $2,500,000; manufactures of fibers, $2,50O,OOO and manufactures of india rubber, $2,000,000.
 To South America the exports of manufactures for the year were, in round terms, $72,00O,O00, of which $22, 100000 was in manufactures of iron and steel, s9OOO,OO0 refined min eral oil, $2,75OOOO cotton manufac- lures. $4 100000 carriages and cars, S5,250, 900 agricultural implements, and $1O, ,OOO. 900 wood manufactures.
 To Asia the total value of manu factures exported during the year was SIP 2,O00,OO0, $23,000.000 being the value of refined mineral oils, S25.000.- GOO manufactures of iron and steel, $5,O00 O00 of cotton manufactures, $3, 800, ,OOO copper. $3,OOO.OOO carriages, cars, etc; $2,OOO.O tobacco manufac- lures, and $1,75O,OOO wood manufac lures.
 Of the S40,000,000 worth of manu- factures exported to Oceania, s14,OOO,- 900 was the value of iron and steel