The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-07

on whose figures the estimate is based
has at present detailed figures cover
ing but 10 months They show. how.
ever. nearly 1900 automobiles export.
! ed to foreign countries in the 10 months
ending with April. valued at 1872 mil
lion dollars; parts therof 81 million
dollars; tires, sent separately from ma
chimes under the head of exports II
rubber manufactures, over . million.
and automobile engines two-thirds Of
million dollars, making a total cor
the 10 months of practically % million
dollars and fully justifying the asser.
tion that for the full - months pe
total will approximate and probably
exceed $27.OOO,O0O. This figure IN.
cludes only the exports to foreign
countries and is exclusive of the 900
machines sent to our non-eontieuous
territory, valued at about $1,500,00O.
This total of $27.OOO,OO0 worth cf
automobiles sent out of the country in
1912 is in marked contrast with the
figures of decade ago, 1902, which,
by the way, was the first year in which
the bureau of statistics found the ex-
ports of automobiles of sufficient I'M
portance to justify a separate record,
the total for that year being little
less than $1,000,000, as against $27.-
100000 ten years later.
The growth in exports of automobiles
from the United States has been e5-
pecially marked during the period
since 1905, this growth being coinci-
dent with the expansion of the domes-
tic industry and a corresponding de.
crease in imports Of automobiles Thus
in the period from 1899 to 1901 the
value of domestic manufactures Of this
class of articles increased about %
million dollars, from million dollars
in 1899 to 30 million in 1904, an in
crease of 25 million dollars; while in
the period from 1904 to 1909 the value
of the output increased practically 220
million dollars, from 80 million dollars
in 1904 to 249 million in 1909. Accom-
panying this notable growth in pro-
duction, the imports OF automobiles de-
creased from 4A million dollars in
1906 and Az million in 1907 to approxi-
mately 21s million dollars in 1912.
While France still leads the world
in exports of automobiles, the United
States surpasses that and all other
countries in rapidity of growth of pro-
ductio nand expectation. For example,
our own exports of that class of ar
ticles have increased from $5,000,000 in
the calendar year 1908 to nearly $780,
100000 in 1911; while in the same
period those of France increased from
$4,000, 600 to $31, 100000; those of the
United Kingdom, from $7,600000 to
$15,500,00O those of Germany, from
$3,000,000 to $11, ,00O,00O and those of
Italy, from $5,500,OOO to $6,lOO,OOO.
Thus in the brief three-year reriod
from 1908 to 1911 there was an abso-
lutte gain of about $15,0O0,000, or 300
per cent in exports fro mthe United
States; of $4,000 or over 100 per
cent in those from the United King
dom; of $S,000,000, or 266 per cent in
those from Germany; and of 100000,
or slightly more than 10 per cent In
those from Italy
approximately % per cent of the au-
tom1obiles exported from the United
States are shipped to Canada; about
40 per cent to Europe, chiefly Great
Britain; about 20 per cent to British
Australia, about per cent to South
America; and smaller proportions to
Mexico, the West Indies, and various
countries in Asia Oceania, and Africa.
During the 10 months ending with
April, the latest period for which fig
ures of distribution are available in
the bureau of statistics, 4,716 automo-
{ DlieS were eApOiISu 70 luS OHlbeu hlHS-
dom, 4,424 to Canada, 1904 to British
Oceania. 1882 to South America, S49
to Asia, and other Oceania; and 1902
to al other foreign countries. There
were also shipped. during the same
period, 41O automobiles to Hawaii, 342
to Porto Rico, all Il to Alaska,
OF the automobiles imported into
the United Etates, France supplies
about one-half OF the S45 machines
imported during the 10 months ending
with April, SS9 were from France, l7C
from the United Kingdom. 115 from
Italy, 10S from Germany and 113 from
all other countries.
The fall in export price Of automo
biles is an especially striking feature
of the bureau of statistics figures
They show an average valuation for
all automobiles exported in 1909 OF
| 81 S00 each and in 1910 of g920 the