Arizona republican., 1911-05-22
MANUFAC TUREs FIGURE
Higher Price of Cotton Is Also Contributory to In crease, Though in Many Lines There Has Been a Falling Off of Exports.

 the United States in the fiscal year 1911 will probably exceed by about S3OO. OOO. 900 the figures of last year. and cross the two billion dollar line. The figures of exports of the bureau of sta stistics. department of commerce and labor for the ten months ending with April. show an excess of s26SOO0.000 over those in the corresponding months of last year. and for the single month of April. an excess of S25.000.0oe oyer April of last year, thus indicating that the growth in exports in 1911 will approximate $500. 100000. and the total exports of the year probably exceed s2 .00O. .O00.0O0
 What are the principal causes in this enormous growth in exports in 1911 when compared with 19102 tt is well known that in certain articles such as wheat. flour. cattle. meats. and others of this class. exports of 1911 are less than those of earlier years. Yet despite this falling off in these important sta ples. of which the United States has in the past been such a large exporter. the total value Of merchandise exported seems likely to show a larger growth in 1911 than shown by any earlier year in the history of the foreign trade. EX- ports of cattle in he ten months end ing with April show an actual falling off of over S2.50O. .O00 in value when compared with the corresponding months of 1910. Wheat shows falling off of about $23.000.00O in valJe in the ten months in question. compared with the corresponding period of ths earlier year: canned beef. fresh beef. Oleo oil and tallOW all show a decline in the quantity exported in the ten months ending with April when compared with the corresponding months of the pre- ceding year. vet in that same ten months the total value of all exports from the United States is S26SO0O 900 greater than in the corresponding months of the preceding year. What is the Cause2
 The cause of so large a growth in certain articles as to overcome the loss in certain other articles and still ere ate a gain of S26S. 900 over the fig ures Of last year is chiefly the high price of cotton and the increased out ward movement of manufactures. Ex- ports of cotton for the ten months end- ing with April show alone an increase of S143,00OO 900 over the corresponding months of last year. the total value of cotton exported in the ten months end- ing with April being S549 00O. 900, against $4O6. 100000 in the same months of last year. The average export price per pound during the ten months end ing with April was higher than the av- craze in any full fiscal year during the last quarter of century. Corn also shows a gain. the value of exports in the ten months ending with April be- ing nearly $2S.0OO.OOO against a little more than $21.O0OOOO in the same months of last year. while meat and dair., products show an increase of about s4.OO0 900 in 1911 over the 1910 period. Copper for the nine months ending with March shows an increase of about S6.0O0, 900: automobiles. an in- crease from s6.333,OOO to s9750OOO; cotton manufacturers. S29.O00 against s2S, ,O00. .OO0 in the same months of last war. IIull. N-l-VVO,VVN dSdiu%l SIo.o3os- 900 in the same months of last year: machinery. s73,750. 900 against S57.250. OO0 in the same months of the prior year: while in many less important articles of manufacture a marked in crease in total value and a marked per centage in gain is shown. Manufac- lures for use in manufacturing show a gain in exports from S20O000000 in the nine months ending with March, 1910. to S225. .00O,0OO in the correspond ing months of 1911; and manufactures ready for consumption. from S361.000. = 900 in the nine months of 1910. to s431.- O00. 900 in the corresponding months Of 1911. Manufactures ready for con- sumptOi show an increase Of nearly s70.OOO.0O0 in the nine months ending with March; and manufactures for furtLer use in manufacturing. an in-