The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-02
CEMENT AIDING
IN EXPORT TRADE
INCREASED HOME CONSUMPTION
ALSO HELPS IN ANOTHER
DIRECTION.

WASHINGTON u. G.. June .
Cement OF domestic production is sup
plying a rapidly increasing share Of
the growing consumption of that ar
fiele In the United States, and is at
the same tima becoming an important
feature of the export trade. Figures
compiled by the bureau Of statistics
department of commerce and labor,
show that the production of cement,
as reported by the geological survey.
has increased from 76o million
pounds in 1880 TO 5000 million in
1890 6.b55 million in 1900 and "a
iS27 IN 1909
The Increased production of cement
In the United States has been accom-
panied by decreasing imports of the
article from foreign countries In
the calendar wear 1898 the imports
or Roman, Portland and hydraulic
cement exceeded one billion pounds,
the figures, for that yesr being ll9
million pounds, BY 1900 the total
importation had fallen to 955 mill
lion pounds. by 1906 it had further
declined to 3S9 million pounds. and
In 1910 was but III million. Mean
time exports of domestic cement were
increasing. the total having advanced
from 81 million pounds in 1896 to
So million In 1900. $50 million in
1905, and a41 million in 1910. Thus
| inports IN. lal0 m@E@ h4at es7ae .seessss,
as much SO in 1895, while exports OF
domestic cement In 1910 were thirty
times as much as in 1895. The Off
cial figures Of imports and experts
for the first four months OF the cal
endar year 1911 reveal continuation
and, indeed. an acceieration of the
tendencies above noted with respect
to earlier years Imports OF cement
during the four months, January 10
April, inclusive. decreased from So
million pounds In 1910 to Is million
In 1911. and the value of the same,
from $4,000 TO $780, Exports
OF domestic cement. on the other
hand, Increased In the four months
named from 254 million pounds in
1910 TO 3a4 million in 1911, and the
value from $4,000 to 81, 49, 900, or
about ten times the quantity and six
times the value OF the exports in the
full calendar year 1900.
Germany Chief Source.
Germany is the chief source OF ce-
ment imported into the United States
OF the 1873 million pounds of Roman
Portland and other hydraulic cement
imported in the fiscal year 1910, a
ited to Germany. compared with As
million pounds imported from Bel
GUM, s million pounds from Can
ada, IL million pounds from England
and II million pounds from France,
while small quantities Were reported
from Scotland, Japan, Austria Hun
gary. Italy and Netherlands The
other classes OF cement have not yet
become important factors In the inn
port trade. their total value never
having reached as much as 5000 600
in a single year
Practically all the exported cement
of domestic production goes to Amer
lean countries and 10 the Philippine
Islands. OF the l715,169 barrels ex-
ported In the last fiscal year, all Eu-
rope took less than 1000 barrels. Asia
bat 100 barrels Africa s5 barrels,
tAa ..PhhI4p 49, 50, A. lsaFra}ss ara
Oceauia exclusive OF the Philippines,
s1s barrels The remainder having
gone ~ Various, countries OF. North,
Central %ind South America. The
largest shipment was To Panama. pre-
sumabiy tor use In the construction
If the canal a3s, 34s barrels. ~He
next largest shipment was TO Ouos.
$685. barrels. against Sc, 33S barrels
To Mexico. e4.l42 10 Chile. So. 1858
pAl fFGS ~ 'hlihuht ana 90, -ol bafTelS
To Newfoundland and Labrador The
remaining countries to which exports
IN excess Of 10000 barrels each were
sent during the year included Peru.
2S,21o barrels the British West In
dies. 2i.27s barrels, Haiti. ls.42s bar
rels; Santo Domingo. 1879 barrels;
Colombia. 1928 barrels, Venezuela.
1880 barrels, and Costa Rica. H.
o5s barrels