The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-08
AEROPLANES IN
FOREIGN TRADE
AlRsHIPs WORTH s25o,ooo M
PORTED AND EXPORTED By
v. S. MANY AUTOS
AND FILMS.

articles forming the foreign trade OF
! the United States for the current iis
cal year. The number of aeroplanes
imported and exported during the fls-
cal year which ends 80 days hence
viii aggregate a half hundred valued
at approximately a quarter of a mill
Hon dollars. The number of automo-
biles imported and exported will ag-
gregate approximately 20 thousand,
valued at about 20 million dollars.
| The motion picture film imported and
exported will amount to 70 million
feet in length, or sufficient to reach
more than half way round the world.
The large proportion of this trade
as to aeroplanes, automobiles, and mo-
ton picture films. occurs in exports.
The figures for the s months ending
with February show the number OF
aeroplancs imported as 13, valued at
S4S,6S3, the number exported &C. val
ned at $99, 100, of which 49, valued at
l$11,1t5, were Of domestic manufacture.
lAotomobies imported in the s months
III, value at sl.527.37c. this figure
being exclusive Of automobile parts,
SZ12,l92. The automobiles exported
aggregate 12,3i7. valued at S12,0G4, 3S3,
TO which should be added automobile
tires. valued at S1.G41,373. and other
automobile parts, $2,i26,2e4. OF mo-
ton picture film the imports in the 3
: vol
ued at S5l6.4O7. while the exports ag-
gregated 49,672,7s1 feet. valued al
$3,927 ,097.
Increase is Rapid.
The growth in exports Of aeroplanes
! automobiles, and motion picture films
has been especially rapid. The record
of exports of aeroplanes and motion
picture films only began with the pre-
sent fiscal year, and comparisons by
years are not, therefore, possible. OF
automobiles. however. the record eX-
tends back TO the fiscal year 1907
During that period the exports have
grown from s94S,52S in 1902 to ST.
594 326, in 1911 inclusive Of automo
\ bile tires For the fiscal year nov
al proachng It's close the total exports
o fautomobiles and parts, will approx
mate. il not exceed 25 million dollar
i'm value. In the. meantime import
of automobiles have grown at les
: rapid pace, from S550oo0 in the. isca
year 1902 10 $22SO.75s IT, 1911, and a
indicated total of approximately 81.
100000 I'm tine fiscal year 1912 TIL
| sol
less than that of the fiscal year 1907
when the total was nearly ; million
dollars. thus Indicating marked de
cline in recent years i'm importation'
though the growth In expectation
during the game period has been yer
large.
Many Autos From France.
The countries supplying the import
Of automobiles into'the United State
are chiefly France. the United King
dom, Italy and Germany. From Franc
the months imports aggregated 20.
valued at $647 .992; from the Unite
Kingdom, l5l valued at sS37.S54; fror
y Germany, iO7. valued AZ $l57,46L an
&c from Italy, 90. valued at $20S.0S6. TIL
. automobiles exported from the coun
. try are sent to various countries j
:" Europe. North America, South Ameri
ca. Asia and Oceanla; Great Britai
and her colonies being by f;,r the lar
gost customers. To tho United State
the months exports aggregated 3.
T6S, valued at $2.9SS146; to Canad;
2.T04. valued at S3,249,S3S: to Aus
lralia and other British Oceanic, ,.
j3G. valued at $2,253,54,. while ther
were also exported IN the same perio
24S machines TO France, 50 to Ger
many. SO to Italy, so To Mexico, "a
to the West Indies and Bermud;
1860 to South America, and GIL
various parts in Asia. and othe
Oceania.
Distribution Points.
: The distribution Of exports an
sources of imports of aeroplanes an
motion picture films are only avaiiaol
for the months ending with Deccn
Der. 1911. OF the i6 aeroplanes OK
ported in that period. 9 were sent
Canada. 3 to Brazil to Cuba and
each To Jamaica and Australia. {
the ~ aeroplanes imported uurn
that time, ~ were from france. an
from England. OF the AZ millio
linear feet of motion picture film eN
ported in the months eading wit
December. 81 million were sent 20 Ems
land million to Canada. half millio
each to France and Brazil. and small
err quantities to the Philippine lsland
Australia. Japan. Newfoundland, Pan
anna, Bermuda and other ocuntrie
largo proportion of the motion pie
iure film exported more especial
that to European countries. goes
form ready for exposure. the Unite
states being now the principal fill
manufacturing company of the work.
THAT imported Is chiefly film who
has been exposed. developed and read
-, ,xbihitfnn nf tho 6in million fec