Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-01-04
GHhlAr is AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
The WOrld-Widc Distribution of
Nnrm and Factory Products.


, pie ~ the United States are making
&c The comforts and requirements Of
the daily life Of those in other parts
of the world are scarcely realized
even by those supplying the articles
SO contributed. How little does the
girl or woman employed in the fac
tory realize that the cotton cloth be-
ing manufactured with her co-opera-
ton is to become a holiday dress for
some other girl or woman in China,
Africa, or the islands Of the East or
| West indies! How little does the
boy or man who engages in the daily
round of farm life realize that the
! bacon to be made from the pigs
| which he feeds is to go into. the
! homes OF Liberia. and Portuguese
Africa. and French Oceania, and Ash
attic Russia. or that the eggs which
he collects may be exported to Brit
! ish Guiana, or Peru, or Cuba, or
! Central America, or the various
countries OF Europe. Yet these and
many other curious and interesting
incidents OF the ncighborly inter
! changes between our own people and
those Of other and distant parts OF
the world are shown rs part OF the
I cvcry-ycar, all-the-ycar-round rou-
tine OF trade recorded by the Bureau
OF Statistics OF the Department OF
Commerce and Labor.
It's a mual volume, Commerce
, and Navigation OF the United
States which is supplied free OF
charge to those desiring it for study
many curious things about our trade
! with the various parts Of the world.
1t is interesting, for example. to
! see that
The American mule goes TO Africa,
Australia, the islands OF Occania,
British. Dutch and French Guiana,
Ecuador, Brazil, Haiti. Costa Rica.
and British Honduras for service on
| the roads and plantations.
! American candles. Of which the
| expectations amount TO from , to
! million pounds year, are lighting
! homes in Japan, Korea. Siberia, Tas-
! mania, Venezuela, the Dutch West
! Indies. Salvador, the Philippine and
! French possessions in Africa.
American brooms and brushes are
! making clean the floors and dustins
! the garments Of dwellcrs in Turkey,
| Roumania, Malta, the Azores Is
! lands, Egypt. Spanish possessions in
! Africa. German islands in the Pa
cilic, Hongkong, and Santo Domin-
! go.
American peanuts. OF which the
expectations range from to 7
million pounds year. go to British
! India, the GuianaS in South Ameri-
ca, the Danish West indies, Guate-
mala, Labrador, the islands Of Ber-
muda, and the Belgian Kongo in Af-
RIGA.
American boots and shoes, Of
which the exports range above $l0,-
ooO,ooO year, go in increasing
quantities TO every part OF the
world-kongkong, Slam, Japanese
territory in China Java and Sumat-
IA, the Straits Settlements, Australia
and New Zealand, German posses
sions in Africa, Liberia, Brazil, Par
aguay, Mexico, Canada, and practi-
cally every country of Europe
American wind mills, of which
| more than a million dollars worth
are c';nIr,,u every year, are seen in
South Africa, the Canary Islands,
Turkey in Asia French China. Haiti,
Santo Domingo. Turkey in Europc.
Switzerland, Roumania 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 other
| parts OF the world, and these arti-
cles would include sewing machines,
typewriters. motor boats, organs,
pianos, pianolaS, soap, perfumery,
oranges, raisins, prunes, chewing
gum, toys and many other equally
curious and interesting articles, to
say nothing OF the great classes maxi
| ing up the grand total Of more than
$7G7. 900 worth OF manufac-
lures. $5G5,0C 600 worth Of raw
materials. and $370,000.0OO worth
| of foodStuffs. or raw cotton alone