The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-04-07
,,,o,ts " Hlgh-G Grade American MANI
ufactures.

uuoo+ar tribute to the faithful
no Sd efficiency OF the American
ness on and American manufacturer
Wol ~ found in "a condensed space
couu. III records of the Bureau OF Sta
tnan Danartment of Commerce and
nsuos' which show the expectations
bapJ ho+ NAV properly be termed'h high
Oh VIZ VIZ manufactures from the United
giata people in an parts OF the
oIa1d are purchasing every month
VIZ nractically every day Of the year
~ most complex products Of the
Lne o-iran workshop, such as tyLe-
A L.tnrs sewing machines, cash regis
scientific Instruments, telegraph
+eIanhone apparatus, musical in
I'll automobiles, and other ar
s ~ reouiring superior skill in their
uonfacflIre. Articles Of this class
no transported to the most distant
az out-of-the-way places OF the world
~ islands of the ocean and the
,,atan+ interiors of the great CONT
unlntc-with the calm confidence That
H.. will not only render the service
~ which they were manufactured
~ continue that service for such
ianeth Of time as to justify their trans
~ from the place of manufacture to
d;stant communities not provided with
aTnnrts and facilities for repairs.
that this confidence in the products
~ the American workshop Is justi-
Sed ~ experience il indicated by the
continued and, in most cases, grow
mo pxport trade in these articles.
Take sewing machines as an ex-
annie A hundred million dollars
worth of these machines have been
evnorted from the United States in
mi last quarter of a century, going to
evarv part of the world. In the single
wear 1909, for example, the countries,
colonies and islands to which sewing
machines were sent included NADIA
gascar, Belgian Kongo, the Canary
Islands, French Oceania, Asiatic Rus
STA, Persia, Alden, Hongkong, Dutch
East Indies, Paraguay, Peru, Dutch
Guina, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Dutch
West Indies, Egypt, Turkey in Asia
and Europe, Siam, Korea, and Liberia.
TypeWriters are another example
of complicated machines exported to
distant parts of the world with conf
dence that they can there be success
fully operated without return to the
manufacturer for frequent repair. The
value of typeWriters exported from
the United States since the fiscal year
1897, when they were first shown in
the statement of exports Of the Blu
reau of Statistics Of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, is over go
million dollars, and In 1909 they went
to no less than 80 different countries,
colonies and islands, including Green
land at the far north, New Zealand
at the far south, Morocco in North At
RIGA, Siam in the extreme Orient, Ecu
ador and Bolivia in South America the
Azores and Madeira Islands in the
Atlantic; Dutch East Indies, and
French Oceania in the Pacific; Bull
garia, Servia and Roumania in Eu-
rope; and Persia, the Straits Settle
ments, and Korea in Asia.
Cash registers are a still more re-
Gently developed item in our list Of
expectations, vet they were sent in
1909 to more than so different coun-
tries, including nearly a score in Eu-
rope, practically all parts Of North
and South America, to China, Japan,
Asiatic Russia and Straits Settlements
in Asia; to Australia, New Zealand
and Philippine Islands in the Pacific;
and to various sections OF Africa.
The automobile, which seems to re-
Quire careful and expert attention
even in the country in which manu-
featured, goes in large numbers to
all the grand divisions and many Of
the principal colonies and islands OF
the world. The 1909 figures show ex-
ports of automobiles to IL different
countries of Europe, to practically all
of the countries and larger islands Of
North America, to every country Of
South America; to China, India,
Straits Settlements, Dutch East In
dies, Hongkong, Japan, Asiatfc Rus
STA, and Siam i'm Asia; and to Egypt,
Portuguese Africa, Canary Islands,
French Africa and British East and
South Africa In that grand division !;
the valuation OF this class Of exports
having rapidly increased until the fig
ures Of the calendar year 1910 alone
show a total of IL million dollars.
Musical instruments of American
manufacture, including organs, pianos
and pianolas, are evidently popular,
the countries to which pianos and or
gans are sent being approximately rs,
and even of pianolas the exports are
numbered by thousands, and the
countries to which they 60 approx
mately half a hundred, including
China, Japan, Siam, New Zealand, the
West Indian Islands, the countries
of Central and South America, and a
dozen or more of the countries Of Eu-
rope.
Thus one might 60 On indefinitely
enumerating the products of the
American workshop of high quality
and complex character, such as cleo
trical appliances, monographs, metal
working machinery, shoe machinery,
woodworking machinery, dental
goods, Photographic goods, mowers
and reapers, and many other articles
of this class, forming a very consid-
cradle PERCENTAGE of the 500 million