The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-01-26
COME AND LOOK THEM OVER.
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produced In 1910 cannot now be
stated, but the Bureau of Statistics
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor shows exports OF practicaiiy
l billion gallons a year OF the refin-
cd illuminating oil, and approXi-
nately one and half billion gal
lbns of oil OF all classes, including
In this term Illuminating oil. lub-
ficatlng oil, naphthas. and certain
quantities In the crude or unrefin-
ed state.
What Is the value of this more
than eight billion gallons Of miner
al oil produced in the United States
last year? Probably 175 million dol
lars, though this Is necessarily an
estimate. What is the value of the
finished article, the illuminating
oil, the naphthas, the gasoline. the
lubricating oil, the paraffin and 9th
er grades manufactured from the
raw product? This can only be
estimated, though the Census Of
ll9gb shows the value OF the pro
ducts of petroleum refining" in
1904 to be 175 million dollars.
What Is the value of the mineral
oil exported? The Bureau of sta
tistics shows that the total value
Of the mineral oil exported in 1904
was so million dollars, and in l90t
was 109 million, OF which 76 mil
lion was illuminating oil; 10 million
lubricating oil; four and one-hali
million naphthas, and other lighte.
products of distillation; six and one
half million dollars crude oil ant
about three million dollars resi-
diuum. In 1903 and 1910 the
value of the exports was slight.
less than In 1908, due chiefly to
fall in export prices, though tht
quantity also showed slight de
cline In 1910 when compared VIII
1908.
What becomes of this billion AM
a half gallons of our petroleum
passing out of the country? 1t goes
as already indicated, to a hundred
different countries, colonies and If
lands. Scarcely a country In tht
world can be named to whom 1t y
not sent. Even Russia. which wa
for years our chief rival In tn
worlds petroleum markets, nov
takes considerable quantities
American lubrioating oil made iron
petroleum, and her Asiatic posses
slons take also certain quantltlei
Of our illuminating oil. The large
customer for our illuminating oil
England, to which the exports o.
1910 amounted to about $50 milllol
gallons, valued at more than eigh
million dollars. Germany RANK
second, the quantity sent TO tina
country in 1910 being about l0s
million gallons; to Netherlands
about 100 million gallons; Chin;
about so million; Japan about A.
million; and even British lndli
about S2 million gallons. In rae
practically every country In the
world receives greater or less quan
titles Of our petroleum. the iis
OF countries to which 1t Is sent IN
cludes Greenland, Iceland, Malta,
and other OF the Mediterranean Is
! lands; the Azores and Madeira ls
lands, Turkey In Europe and Asia
Egypt, Siam, Korea, Hongkong, the
l Straits Settlements, Dutch East IN
dies, French East Indies, French
German, and British 0ceania, tht
Philippine Islands. Madagascar, lta
Ian, German. French, Portuguese
British, and Spanish Africa: Brillsi
Danish, and Dutch West Indies ma
Il. santo Domingo. the Centra
American States. and every country
Of South America.
Not only is our kerosene popular
in the homes OF all parts Of thl
world, but American gasoline expori
ed under the general title OF naph
tina, Is furnishing power for motor
boats, automobiles and flying ma
chimes in various sections OF I'M
world, while lubricating oil export
ed goes TO more than eighty. coun
tries, and ia valued at more than ~
million dollars yer.