Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-08-10
LAST YEARS EXPORTS.

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fiscal year just ended more than jus
tilted the estimate of the bureau OF
statistics, department OF commerce
and labor that the total value would
in 1912 fer the FIRST time cross the bill
lion dollar line, That bureau. which
has just completed Its figures show,
ing the expectation OF manufactures,
states the total value OF manufactures
exported In the fiscal year at Sl.021,-
Tss,alS. of which S67a,so2, a0a was the
value Of manufactures ready for con.
sumption and ss47, 4Sl.ol5 that of man
ufactures for further use in manufao
turing.
This does not include foodstuffs
which have undergone process OF
preparation or manufacture since the
bureau groups articles OF that class
under the general heading OF food
stuffs" exported This one thousand
and twenty-five million dollars worth
of manufactures exported In the fiscal
year 1912 Is more than double that OF
1908, three times that OF 1898, four
times that OF 1896, five times as great
az In 1894, practically six times as
great as in 1890, and ten times as
great as In 1876, the value OF manufac-
lures exported in a single year never
having reached as much as one hun
drod million dollars until the year
1873. Comparing 1912 with 1902
decade earlier the toals are Manufac
lures ready for consumption. in 1912,
six hundred and seventy.four million
dollars, against three hundred and
twenty-five million In 1902; manufae-
lures for further use In manufacturing
dollars. against one hundred and thir-
ty-two million In 1902: total manufae-
lures exported. In 1912. one thousand
and twenty-five million dollars. against
four hundred and ffty.four million In
| 1902, having thus increased about 125
per cent during the decade.
| This growth In the exports of manu-.
/ features is more rapid than that OF
the other Glasses OF merchandise. Man
lufactures formed AZ per cent OF the
exports of 1912, against 33 10 per
cent In 1902 and Is per cent In 1892.
This increasing share which manufac.
lures form of the exports occurs chief
| ly at the expense of food stuffs, which
/ formed but about 20 per cent of the
exports OF 1912, against approximate
| " Ss per cent in 1902 and so per cent
4 In 1892.
The principal articles forming this
billion dollars worth of manufactures
exported are: Iron and steel. copper,
mineral oil, manufactures of wood,
/ leather and manufactures thereof, cot
ton manufactures, cars and carriages,
automobiles and paper and manufact-
ures thereof The total value Of iron
and steel manufactures exported In
the year was two hundred and sixty
eight million dollars, against ninety
nine million in 1902. decade earlier,
and twenty-nine million In 1892, two
decades earlier. The chief growth in
the exports of iron and steel manufac-
| lures has occurred since 1899, the to-
tai value OF the exports OF iron and
steel never, having touched the one
hundred million dollarline until the
year 1900, and only crossed the two
hundred million dollar-line in the year
1911, when the total was two hundred
thirty-one million, against two hun
dfed sixty-eight million in the year
just ended. Machinery alone amount
ed in 1912 to one hundred and fifteen
million dollars value. and this does
not include agricultural implements,
of which the years exports amounted
to thirty-five and half million dol
lars, or automobiles and parts there
! of, which amounted to practically
twenty-eight million dollars. Automo-
biles show perhaps the most rapid
growth in the list OF manufactures ex-
ported, having been. as above indi
Gated. twenty-eight million dollars In
1912, against less than one million In
1902, decade earlier. The total val
ue OF complete automobiles exported
in the year Is twenty-one and half
million dollars, and to this must be
added about four million dollars worth
OF parts of automobiles and two and
half million for tires, making the
total for automobiles and parts there
OF, including tires, about twenty-eight
million dollars, against Ave and one
fourth million In 1908 and less than
one million In 1902.