Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-23
JANUARY 20, 1911

interesting incidents of the neighbour
ly interchanges between our own peo-
pie and those of other and distant
parts of the world are shown as part
of the every-year, all-the-y ear-round
routine of trade recorded by the Blu
reau of Statistics of the Department
of Commerce and Labor.
Its annual volume, Commerce and
Navigation of the United States"
which is supplied free of charge to
those desiring it for study of our for
eign commerce. shows many curious
things about our trade with the vari-
Gus parts of the world. 1t is inter-
esting, for example, to see that the
American mule goes to Africa, Au
stralia, the islands of Oceania Brit
ish, Dutch, and French Guiana, Ecua-
dor, Brazil, Haiti, Costa Rica, and
British Honduras for service on the
roads and plantations. American can
dies, of which the expectations amount
to from 8 to s million pounds year,
are lighting homes in Japan, Korea,
Siberia, Tasmania. Venezuela, the
Dutch West Indies, Salvador, the Phil
ppines and French possessions in
Africa. American brooms and
brushes are making clean the floors
and busting the garments of dwellers
in Turkey, Roumania, Malta, the
Azores Islands, Egypt, Spanish pos
sessions in Africa, German islands in
the Pacific, Hongkong, and Santo Do
mingo. American peanuts, of which
the expectations range from to Z
million pounds year, go to British
India, the Guianas in South Amer
lea, the Danish West Indies, Guate-
mala, Labrador, the island of Ber-
muda, and the Belgian Kongo in AT
RIGA. American boots and shoes, of
which the exports range above 10
million dollars year, go in increas-
ing quantities to every part of the
world-Hongkong, Siam, Japanese
territory in China, Java and Sumatra,
the Straits Settlements, Australia and
New Zealand, German possessions in
Africa, Liberia, Brazil, Paraguay,
Mexico, Canada, and practically ev-
cry country in Europe. American
windmills, of which more than mil
lion dollars worth are exported every
year, are Seen in South Africa, the
Canary Islands, Turkey in Asia,
French China, Haiti, Santo Domingo,
Turkey in Europe, Switzerland, Rou-
mania, Greece, and Greenland
And so we might go on extending
the list indefinitely, enumerating
products of the American farm and
factory which are being sent to 9TH
err parts of the world, and these ar
ticles would include sewing machines,
typewriters, motor boats, organs, pi-
amos, pianolas, Soap, perfumery, or
anges, raisins, prunes, chewing gum,
toys, and many other equally curious
and interesting articles, to say moth
ing of the great classes making up
the grand total of more than 767
million dollars worth of manufac
cures, 565 million dollars worth of
raw materials, and $40 million dol
| lars worth of foodstuffs. OF raw
cotton alone the years exports am
ounted to $50 million dollars; of meat
and dairy products, 1870 million; of
wheat and corn, partly in the grain
and partly in the form of flour and
meal, nearly 125 million; of iron and
steel manufactures, 1870 million; of
petroleum and other mineral oils, 100
million; and of copper manufactures,
nearly 80 million dollars, and so on
down the list. The countries, col
onies and other territorial divisions
to which these articles go, as shown
J in the valume, Commerce and Nav
| igation of the United States" above
alluded to, are over 100 in number,
| and it would be difficult to find in
any part of the world country in
which some article or articles of
American production are not being
sold