Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-02
EXPORTS Or j. S.
OVER A BILLION
Remarkable Increase in Foreign
Trade Marked Year just
Passed.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 2'-Mofe
.ar q million dollars worth Oh mahu
fractures passed out Of contlneh'ai
,aa states III 1911. The bureau u ~
.istics of the department OF coini
.na Ia bor gives as the total Value %
manusactures sent to foreign eoui'i
soea -7s ae8: TO Porto Rico, S2l'ooi'i''
~ r-1oyvaii s15.SS7, f5s. making a
total of $1,ooi, 972,se9.
OF manufactures ready tor use -
3otal expectation was s64o, oOe'ooo' ana u
he used as materials in other industries
ssoa 600. o0o. Exports of ~nufa
qron, the United States have more mai
doubled in ten years, and quintupied III
+vpentv wears. Four leading articles OF
doroastic manufacture (iron and steel
conner mineral oil and 15ood), supply
ever half the entire expectation OF
manufactures from this country, ana 70
them the gain of over $ooo'ooV'ooo II 70"
years is largely due.
r,xnorts of iron and steel nur
lures gained S72, GOO, 900 in the ten years
from 1891 to 1901, and $147,0oO,Uoo III the
ten years from 1901 TO l9ll, copper
manufactures, chiefly in the forms OF
pigs, bars and ingots, gained s1o'ooo'VoV
in tie ten years from 1891 to lSol, ana
s69. 900. 900 IN the period of 19ol-lsll, re-
tlred mineral oil gained s26,ooo,ooo from
1891 10 1901, and $4,000, 600 from l5ol 10
1911: and WOOD manufactures gained
So. 600. 900 in the period 1S91-19ol, and
s4J. 900, 600 in the 190l-191f period
Other large gains are agricultural
implements, from 3 1-3 million dollars
in 1891 10 $sC. 900. 900 in III; leather and
manufactures thereof from 13 l-S to
So. 400, 500. cars and carriages, from
$. 1850. coo 70 $50, 600 ,o0G: cotton manufac-
1ares, From SD, 600, eco to $4,000, 600;
chemicals. drugs and medicines, from
s5,o0o,p6oste s2l.oca. GEO; paper and manu-
features the,eof. from $4,000, 600 to 49,
00c,. 600; naval stores, from s 1-S to s27,-
900, 900. and scientific instruments, from
81, 800, 900 to SIS, 000, 600.
American manufactures are sold in
all parts OF the civilized world. Last
year The exports of agricultural imple-
mepts from the United States to Rus
sia saggregated $7,373.203; to Canada and
Argentina. each. about 5000, 900; to
Germany, Ss.3TS, $685., and to France,
So, 0SS, 298. About 8 1-3 million dollars
worth of automobiles went to the Uni
ted Kingdom last year. and nearly
double that sum to Canada. Mexico,
Cuba and Argentina, as well as Can
ada. are taking large amounts of rail-
way equipment, the value of freight
and passenger cars alone sent to each
Of those countries last year ranging
from 81, 900, 900 to 81 500, 600. Europe took
nearly S 1,250,00 worth of American
clocks and watches in 1911, and Canada
equal amount. Our growing
exports of copper pigs are mostly sem
to the Industrial countries of Europe.
All grand divisions and practically all
countries are represented in
our high record exports of iron and
in thAr numerous forms-rails,
typewriters. structural forms. cash reg
adding machines, locomotives,
machines. windmills. printing
PRESSES, etc. Cuba. Canada and Great
Britain offer large and growing mar
for our boots and shoes.