The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-02-02
EXPORTS OF HIGH-GRADE AM
ERICAN MANUFACTURES.

I No greater tribute TO the faithful
nsss and efficiency OF the American
workman and American manufactul
er could be found In CONDENSED
space than the records OF the Bur
et.>- OF Statistics. Department ol
Commerce and Labor, which shos
the expectations OF what may pro
perly be termed "high-grade" manu-
factures from the United States
People In all parts Of the world ar,
purchasing every month and prac.
tically every day OF the year tn,
most complex products Of the Amer,
lean workshop. such as typewriters
sewing machines. cash registers
scientific instruments. telegraph anC
telephone apparatus, musical instru
ments, automobiles, and other &.
cles requiring superior skill IN then
manufacture. Articles OF this clas.
are transported TO the most distan,
and out-of-the-way places OF tho
world--the islands of the ocean an1
the distant interiors OF the grea
continents--with the calm conf
dence that they will not only rende
tho service for which they wert
manufactured but continue that ser.
vice for such length OF time as t,
justify their transfer from the place
OF manufacture to distant communi
ties not provided with experts ant
facilities Tor repsirs, That this con
fidenoe Ia tho pro1ucts OF the Amei
lean worksbob 70 Justified by exper
ispce II Indicated BY the continuet
and. 10 most cases, growing expoi
trade In these articles.
7, Take sewing machines as an EEK
ample. A hundred million dollai
worth OF these machines have bee
exported from the United States II
the last quarter OF century, &c
Ing to every part Of the world. Ii
the single year 1909, for example
liie countries. colonies and Islands
to which sewing machines were se..,
Included Madagascar, Belgian Kon
go. the Canary Islands. French Oce
anita. Asiatic Russia. Persia. AdeL
Hongkong. Dutch East Indies. Para
quay. Peru. Dutch Guiana. Haiti
Santo Domingo, Dutch West Indies
Egypt, Turkey In Asia and Europe
Siam, Korea. and Liberia.
Typewriters are another example
OF complicated machines exported Il
diP.ant parts OF the world with con
iidence that they can there be sue
cessfully operated without return t,
the manufacturer for frequent re
pair. The value OF typewriters ex
ported from the United States sine,
the fiscal year 1897, when they wer,
first shown In the statement OF ex
ports OF the Bureau OF Statistics Of
the Department OF Commerce ant
Labor, liz over so million dollars
and in 1903 they went to no les
than 80 different countries. color
les and islands, including Greenland
1t the far north. New Zealand al
the far south. Morocco in Nortl
Africa. Siam In the extreme Orient
Ecuador and Bolivia In South Amer
lea. the Azores and Madeira Islands
In the Atlantic. Dutch East Indies
and French Oceania In the Pacific
Bulgaria. Servia and Roumania u
Europe, and Persia. the Straits Set
Elements, and Korea In Asia.
Cash registers are still more
recently developed item In our lis
Of expectations. yet they were Sent
In 1909 to more than so differen
including nearly a score
il Europe, practically all parts OF
North and South America, to China
Japan. Asiatic Russia and Strait
In Asia; to Australia
New Zealand and Philippine Islands
Ia the Pacific; aud to various sec
tions OF Africa.
The automobile. which seems Il
require careful and expert after
tion even In the country In which
goes In large mum
bers 10 all the grand divisions ane
many OF the principal colonies ant
Islands OF the world. The 1905
figures show exports OF automobile
TO II different countries OF Europe
10 practically all OF the countrie
and larger islands OF North Ameri
ca, to every country OF South Amer
lea; 10 China, India. Straits Settle
Dutch East Indies. Hong
kong, Japan. Asiastic Russia. AM
Siam In Asia; and TO Egypt, Pol-
tngueee Africa. Canary Islands
French Africa and British East ant
south Africa In that grand division;
he valuation OF this class OF ex
ports having rapidly Increased until
The figures OF the calendar yea
1910 alone show total OF II mil
lion dollars.
Musical instruments OF American |
including organs, pia
nos and pianoias. are evidently popt |
AR. the countries TO which plano |
lpd organs are seni being approx.
75. and even OF pianolas the
Exports are numbered BY thousands
and the countries TO which they ~
.pproximstely half hundred 10 /
.Iuding Chins. Japan. Siam, Ne~
the West Indian Islands
he countries OF Central and South
america. and dozen or more Of
he COUNTRIES OF Europe
Thus one might 90 on Indefinite
j enumersting the products OF ths
American workshop Of high quality
md complex character. such as elec'
ricai appliances Photographs. metal 4
working machinery. sho. machinery
sood worksng machinery. dental
Foods. Photographic goods. mowers
md reapers, and many other hfii-
.le~ Of this class. forming yerg
percentage Of the SOC
million dollars worth of mhnuiae.
.urws export~c from the pniiee
3tateo last yoar.