The Republican journal., 1911-06-08
u, W. Instruments in the Foreign
"" Trade of the United States.


,aiion dollars have passed through |
,,,r+s of the United States during
,.st % wears, of which value 25 mil
collars represented imports and AZ
,,o exports. Imports during the 20
..srjoA show decline, the value for
1,..- about 20 per cent less than in
white exports show a marked in
-h4 figures for 1910 being nearly
..nes as great as those 20 years
This statement epitomiZes the
s. f q compilation regarding i'm
,. .,.. sports of musical instruments
made by the Bureau of Stats
0.partment of Commerce and La
....ru wears ago our foreign trade IN
Instruments was characterized
.arge excess of imports over ex-
If present exports largely exceed
..s The total importation of must
numents in the fiscal year 1890
~ -o5. 129, against exports of ST.
!he excess of imports being thus
900. By 1900 imports had de-
o 81, 090, 54l, while exports had
~ 95S, 779, making an excess Of
Yer imports of nearly 5000, 900.
imports had increased to 81 347,
exports had advanced in even
rroportion to So, 1872, 343, the eX-
Sports being thus nearly 81, 000,-
ar 10 months ending with April,
r which figures are available
uorts of musical Instruments
.. .. S1.34S, 545 and exports of like
valued at 50, 823, All, indica-
The complete fiscal year which
next month will record a total
200 on the import side and of
on the export side, an excess
~ Of 81, 700, 600. If this estimate
actually realized it would still
imports of musical Instruments
tss than the figures of 1890,
xports under that head would
1O above the total of 20 years
!. 100000 above that of 1900.
organs. and piano-players are
r.gs%es Of musical instruments
enumerated in the export rec
oe Bureau of Statistics. Of
orts Of pianos are increasing,
rEans are decreasing, and those
layers are barely holding their
1890 the domestic exports Of
mounted TO S213, 1863; in 1900
in 1905. $513, 725, and in 1910,
while d record of 81, 066, 337
sde by the 10 months ending
~l. 1911, indicates that the total
ar viii be about 81, 300, 600
III organs. OF the other hand,
ancing from $3.50, $50 in 1890 to
Nh 1900, nave since declined to
n lql0, while the figures for the
Of 1911, 1874, al. are consider
ow those for the like period of
lggesting that the total for the
ar 1871 will be but little over
'. or 20 per cent below the figures
-... Of piano players the export
aegan with the fiscal year 1904,
for that year, $3.50, 951, being
est yet shown. In 1905 the total
SIT; in 1907, $5S5, 763, in 1909,
Z. and in 1910, $739, 265; while the
total to April 80, 1911, $685.,
feiently in advance of the cor
9 1910 figures to justify an esti-
- $500, 600 for the complete fiscal
eh ends with next month.
grand divisions and practically
-ivilized communities are repre-
the list of countries to which
rgans and other musical instru-
American manufacture are ex-
Of the /, $3.50 pianos exported
r. l,690, or one third of the total
vent to Canada, 1873 to England,
Mexico, 305 to Australia. 300 to
to Argentina, 1871 to Germany,
ally, and 81 to France. Of the
n merican-made organs exported in
~. or one third of the total eX-
# mt to England, 1,602 to Australia,
\etherlands, 791 to British Africa,
Germany. 327 to Scotland, 322 to
"a d. 1899 to the British West Indies,
-o New Zealand, $50 to Mexico, 122
'a- hinese Empire, l03 to Norway,
-au 10 Denmark. Of the 2, 1876 piano
sers exported last year, England is
-2te with !, 407, or more than one
i the entire number, compared
' ~ exported to Germany, PAP to
@tgla, 1863 to Canada, 126 to Argen-
IA, and 121 to Brazil. In addition to
+ luorts above enumerated, ship
+t # greater or less Importance
a7 4de to many remote sections of
sadd, such as the Philippine Islands,
IT, British India, Ecuador, Siam,
.-a Hongkong, and the islands of
/ sl.
Of the musical instruments i'm
IL INTO the United States come from
.y. OF the total importations in
5lued at 81, BAT, 1862, Germany is
',i with S940, $50, against 1924, 795
rance, $99,345 from Austria
rg2ry, $28, ia from England, and