The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14
SEWING MACHINES FOR The
WORLD MADE BY THE U. 5.
EXPORTS THIS YEAR WILL AG-
GREGATE S10,000,o0o.
Great Growth Of Industry is Shown
by Federal Report.

Sewing machine exports in the cur
rent fiscal year will make their high
est record and viii probably agsre-
gate 10 million dollars. over 100 mil .
/ lion dollars worth have been export
cd from the United States during the
! their commercial movement bcgan. OF
/ which sum SO million dollars worth, or
one half of the total were exported IN
the brief period since 1900.
Figures compiled by the Bureau of
Statistics, Department Of Commerce
and Labor, indicate that sowing ma
chimes have for many years been an
important factor OF the export trade.
In 1864. the earliest year for whlt h
record is available, the exports
amounted tc sl,062,T in 1872. ST.
4S6.0S5; in 1852, s2.647,j1j; in 1892.
$SISS,s92; in 1902 $i.O22,6a7; and in
1912 viii probably show a total D.
$4,000 OO0 The steady and substar-
tial character of the growth is even
more apparent from study of the
movement by decades In the period
iron. 1864 TO $50 the exports of sewing
machines aggregated a little over 10
million dollars; I'm the decade 1S11-SO,
IS million; IN the decade 1SSl-90. 20
million; In the decade 1S9l-1900 over
90 million: in the decade l901-l0. more
than 81 million. the average yearly eN-
ports having thus increased from Ia
million dollars in the 1S64-70 period 10
over million dollars in the decade
ending with 1910, with indications that
the current Year will record a total of
approximately Sl0,0O0.OOO.
The countries to which these in
creasing exports OF sewing machines
are distributed represent every grand
division of the world. Europe leads all
thereto having aggregated S4O6S.679 in
value, as compared with $2,23O,227 to|
South America, S1,6G2, $50 to North
America. S1,O24.951 to Asia end Oce-
ania. and S53,301 to Africa. Consider
ing the exports to individual countries
Scotland heads the list as a market for
American sewing machines. the eN-
ports thereto in the fiscal year 1911
having been valued at S1,436,291. Ger
many ranks second. with total Of
$l,335,l The next largest last year
were S92950 TO Brazil, S6l0,7S9 to Ar
gentina. $55i,Sl5 to. Mexico. s455,520
to Australia and Tasmania, $i36,O59 TO
Canada, $SS9,4O6 to England. s2e4,O30
To Cuba, $362737 to Netherlands. SEAL
;37 TO European Russia. and $240,O72
Ia Japan. In addition To the foregoing.
scores of other countries are represent
ed in various amounts from 100000
downward among them Chile, Colom-
bia- Ecuador. Uruguay. Peru. Venezuela
and the Guianas. in, South America;
Central America and the Yves. indies
In North America; China, Korea. Siam
and Turkey, i'm Asia, the Philippine Is
lands and certain British, French, and
German possessions. In Oceania, and
Egypt. British Africa, Liberia. and
various French, German, Spanish and
Portuguese colonies in Africa. And
while in some of these cases the eY-
ports are relatively small. the growth
from year to year is evidence that
American sewing machines are prov
ing satisfactory, this being true
not only of Europe and Amer
lea but in numerous 9TH
er parts of the world where customs
Of dress and habits OF industry, es-
pecially as regards the use OF ma
chinery, are different from those which
,l,t LOT In, h, mi
The growth in exports of American
sewing machines reflects the develop
ment of the domestic industry, the
value of its product having Increased
from S4,403.206 in 1860 to over $685.
100000 i'm 1905.