Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-15
STEEL EXPORTS ARE GROWING
Quarter Billion Iron and Steel Manu-
factures Sent Abroad.
UNITED STATES THIRD IN LIST
Agricultural Implements, steel
Rails. Wire, Tools and Structural
Beams sent TO All Parts
of the World.

OF the world.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l5-The high
record expectation OF practically s2joco.-
GO worth Of iron and steel manufactures
from the United States in the calendar
year 1911 and OF over N.5eooeo.eo worth
in the decade ending with that year has
led the bureau Of statistics. Department
OF Commerce and Labor. TO prepare a
statement showing the relative rank OF
the leading nations In the expectation OF
thai important factor OF international
eommsree.
The worlds leading exporters Of iron
and steel. according 10 official figures
covering the latest period for which sta
tlstics are available. are the United King
dom. Germany and the United States.
with totals ranging from little less than
500 900 down TO about s25oeo.oo each.
To these might be added second group
OF countries with smaller totals. which
would include Belgium, Netherlands,
France. Switzerland and sweden. These
eight countries had IN 1910 total ex-
portation OF iron and steel Of over $780,
oee.ooo. or about 5 per cent Of the entire
value OF all merchandise entering the in
ternational markets OF the world. At the
head OF the list OF exporters OF iron and
steel ia the United Kingdom. with total
Of s5sl .ooeooo. exclusive Of sl6,ooo.ooo worth
OF agricultural machinery. manufactured
In part from iron and steel. and by GER
tain countries included under that title.
Germany is second in exports of iron and
steel. with a total OF s9.ococoo, In add
ton TO which exports OF agricultural ma
chinery aggregated s9OOo.0co The United
States Is third, the 1910 figures being ssoi.-
000.0oo for iron and steel and $5i.00o0oo
for agricultural implements. Belgium
shows tsS.ooo.ooo worth Of iron and steel.
including agricultural machinery, ex-
ported in 1910. and France n total Of ssS,-
ooa.noa exclusive Of t1.In@o worth Of
agricultural machinery. From switxer-
land and Sweden the exports OF iron and
steel were. in the latest available year,
about sls,ooo.ooo each. exclusive Of agri-
cultural machinery. amounting TO nearly
100000 In the case Of Sweden and about
$4,000 In that OF Switzerland.
Exports Grow Rapidly.
While the United States thus ranks only
third as an exporter OF iron and steel, its
progress in that branch OF commerce has
been RAPID. the total exports Of that class
OF articles having increased from sioo,eoo,-
900 In 1901 TO nearly or quite s25o.oooooo in
1871, and OF agricultural implements from
si1.eooooo to sS5.coo.oo during the same pc
Rod Taking the period ieo-islo. the
able In the case OF foreign countries, the
growth In exports OF iron and steel has
been as follows; The United Kingdom,
from sgIi.cW.coo TO sasi.ooo0o; Germany.
from si7i.coo,ocD 10 saaa.cooooo; United
States from siso,ooocDo 10 1901 .ooo,oao:
France. from sg7.oooooo to AS.ooo.oo: Bel
GUM. from Ai.ooo,ooo to teS.ooe.0oo. and
Switzerland. from sii.ooooo to sis.ooc.oo.
In exports OF agricultural machinery the
United States leads all other countries.
with a total In 1910 OF sSi.ocooIo. against
efsooo.ooo for the United Kingdom. sooo.-
600 for Germany and sl.l5o.ooc for France.
Machinery aud Wire.
The sa6o.ooo.ooo worth Of iron and steel
and tS 900 worth Of agricultural imple-
ments exported from the United States
last year found markets In practically
every part Of the civilized world. Steam
locomotives and steel rails went largely
to Canada, Mexico. Brazil. Argentina and
Japan. where the rapid development Of
railways enabled an increased absorp-
tlon Of those materials from this coun-
try. Structural iron and steel Of Amer
lean manufacture Is being utilized In In
ereasing quantities by most OF the lead
Ing countries Of North America, as well
as in Australia and Japan. The farms
Of Canada, Argentina. Brazil. Australia
and New Zealand are requiring increas-
Ing quantities Of American wire. Our
sales OF electrical machinery show
healthy expansion In such important
markets as the United Kingdom and
other European countries. as well as the
newer communities Of the western hem.
ispherc. The same might be said Of sew
Ing machines and metal-working ma
ehinery. American cash registers and
typewriters are facilitating business in
offices scattered in every part of the
world--in France. the United Kingdom
and Germany. In Canada. Mexico and
Cuba. In Argentina and Brazil in India
and Australia. and in many other coun-
tries. nearly all OF them showing larger
totals in isii thsn In any earlier year.
Exports Classified.