Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-20


detailed export tables of the Bureau
OF Statistics. OF the Department OF
Commerce and Labor. just published
as part of its volume. Commerce
and Navigation of the United States.
These tables sbow the principal ar
tieies exported and in detail the va
riCus countries to which they are
sent
In the case OF mowers and reap
ers, for example. IL is interesting TO
ncte that no less than IS countries
and colonies are named as the desti-
nations Of this class Of manufactures
exported. Russia in Europe is the
largest purchaser CT mowers and
reapers, the value thereof exported
direct to that country in 1908 being
ever. 3 million dollars. TO France
ga millions, to Germany ! l-2 mil
lions, to Argentina over / million. TO
the United Kingdom "a million. and
to Australia and New zealand approx
imately ga million. Even to Asiatic
Russia the value is nearly 12 mill
lion dollars. and to Chile more than
leo thousand dollars: while TO Brit
ish South Africa the total is over
100 thousand dollars. to French Afri-
ca 1928 thousand, to India about 7
thousand, to Turkey in Asia nearly
10 thousand. to the philippine Islands
over 3 thousand. and to the Dutch
East Indies little more than 1
thousand dollars.
American plows and cultivatOrs
are turning up the soil In more than
40 countries and colonies of the world
i'm Japan in 1908. % thousand dol
lars worth in Asiatic Turkey IA
thousand dollars, in New Zealand so
thousand dollars, in British South
Africa % thousand dollars. in Portu-
guese Africa 81 thousand dollars. in
Cuba So thousand dollars worth;
while Argetina took in 1908 7SU,
Thousand dollars worth, Canada 474
thousand dollars. Russia in Europe
259 thousand, and Asiatic Russia z
thousand dollars worth.
American billiard balls, which one
would scarcely expect to see an ar
ticle Of export. went to Panama.
thousond dollars worth in 1908. toI
France over 3 thousand dollars worth,
to the United Kingdom about 10 hun
dred dollars worth. to Mexico near
ly 2 Thousand dollars worth. to Cuba
nearly a like value. to Columbia a
similar value; while other countries
named in the list of those to which
this article of American manufac-
ture was sent are Costa Rica. Mic
aragua. Salvador. Danish West Indies.
Dutch West Indies, Hayti. Venezuela,
Ecuador. New Zealand, and Dutch
East Indies.
American candles light homes in
mere than 40 countries of the world.
including in 1908. Cuba 1888 thousand
dollars worth Canada 35 thousand
dcllars' worth. and Mexico 35 thous-
and dollars worth: while other coun-
tries named as the destinations of
American manufactures OF this article
are Korea. Japan. China, Hongkong,
Asiatic Russia. British and Dutch
Guiana, and Panama.
American automobiles were sent in
1908 (nearly million dollards' WORTH
to so countries and ccIcnies. includ-
ing, first, the United Kingdom l 1-2l
million dollars worth. Canada "a
million. France ] 1-2 million, Mexico
1-3 million. Italy IA million, Cuba
1G7 thousand dollors' worth, and the
Dutch East Indies 80 thousand del
lors; while ether countries 20 when
they were sent included Turkey in
Europe, Egypt, the Canary Islands
British South Africa. Siam, Hongkong,
Japan, Straits Settlements, British
India, Australia and New Zealand,
and the Philippine Islands.
American streetrailway cars la
million dollars worth of them) went
to more than so countries, including
Belgium, France. Germany. Neither
lands. and the United Kingdom. in
Europe: Canada. the Central Ameri-
can States, Mexico, Cuba. British
West Indies. Argentina, Brazil Chile.
Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay,
and yenevula, in Amedica, China,
japan, Korea. Siam, Dutch East In
dies, Straits Settlements. and Brit
ish India. in Asia; Australia. New
Zealand. and Africa, British West AT
RIGA, French Africa, and Portuguese
Africa. in Africa.
American bicycles went to more
than 50 countries and colonies Of the
world in 1908. including practically
all Of the European countries; the
principal countries of north and
South America: China India, Straits
Settlements. Dutch East indies. Hong
kong. Japanu, Korea, Asiatic Russia,
and Siam. in Asia: Australia, New
Zealand. French Oceania, German
Oceania, and the Philippine Islands,
in Oceana: and practically all OF the
European possessions in Africa. {,
American baking powder goes 10
two score countries, many OF them
far distant. including. in 1908 United
Kingdom. Norway. italy, Germany.
France. the Azores. British West
Indies. Hayti, Santo Domingo, Straits
Settlements. British India. Korea,
Asiatic Russia. siam. French Oceania.
German OceaEia. British South Afri-
ca. and Portuguese Africa.