Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-01-11
FARM AND FACTORY.
Worldwide Distribution of Amen.
can Products.

| can Products.
The contributions which the people Of
the United States are making to the COM
forts and requirements Of the daily life Of
those in other parts OF the world are
scarcely realized even by those supplying
the articles so contributed.
How little does the girl or woman en-
pioyed In the factory realize that the cot
ton cloth being manufactured with her
cooperation is to become O holiday dress
for some other girl or woman in China, or
India, or the Philippines, or South Africa,
or the islands Of the East or West Indiesi
How little does the boy or man who en-
cages in the daily round Of farm life real
ize that the bacon to be made from the
pigs which he feed is to 20 into the
homes Of Liberia, and Portuguese Africa,
and French Oceania, and Asiatic Russia,
| or that the eggs which he collects may be
exported to British Guiana, or Peru, or
Cuba, or Central America, or the various
countries Of Europel
Yet these and many other curious and
interesting incidents of the neighborly
interchanges between our own people and
those OF other and distant parts of the
world are shown as part Of the every
year, all-the- year-round routine Of trade
recorded by the bureau OF statistics Of the
department OF commerce and labor.
Its annual volume, "Commerce and
Navigation Of the United States" which
Is supplied free OF charge to those desiring
it for study OF our foreign commerce,
shows many curious things about our
trade with the various parts of the world.
1t is interesting, for example, to see that
the American mule goes to Africa,
Australia, the islands Of Oceana, British,
Dutch, and French Guiana, Ecuador,
Brazil, Haiti, Costa Rica, and British
Honduras for service on the roads and
plantations.
American candles, OF which exporta-
tons amount to from three to eight mil
lion pounds year, are lighting homes in
Japan, Korea, Siberia, Tasmania, Vene-
zuels, the Dutch West Indies, Salvador,
the Philippines and French possessions in
Africa. American brooms and brushes
are making clean the floors and busting
the garments of jewellers in Turkey,
Roumanis, Malta, the Azores, Egypt,
Spanish possessions in Africa, German
islands in the Pacific, Hongkong and
Santo Domingo.
American peanuts, of which the ex-
portations range from five to seven
million pounds year, go to British India,
the Guisnas in South America, the Danish
West Indies, Guatemala, Labrador, the
island OF Bermuda and the Belgian
Kongo in Africa. American boots and
shoes, Of which the exports range above
go, 0O0, 900 a year, 20 in increasing quanti-
ties to every part Of the world - Hong
kong, Siam, Japanese territory in China,
Java and Sumatra, the Straits Settlements,
Australia and New Zealand, German
possessions in Africa, Liberia, Brazil,
Paraguay, Mexico, Canada and practically
every country Of Europe.
American windmills, Of which more
that 100000 worth are exported every
year, are seen in South Africa, the Canary
Islands, Turkey in Asia, French China,
Haiti, Santa Domingo, Turkey in Europe,
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