The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-02-06
BY This Country III Sending
Our Manufact Across
the Water.

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tribution to the world. OF the billion
dollars worth Of manufacturers ex-
ported in the year Just ended is the
subject Of much inquiry among the
manufacturers Of the United States,
The Bureau Of Statistics OF the De
partment Of Commerce and Labor re-
Gently announced that the value Of
manufacturers sent out Of the country
had for the first time crossed the. bill
lion dollar line, the total for the cal
endar year 1911 Of merchandise sent
to foreign countries and to Hawaii
and Porto Rico having been 1902
million dollars and that this total is
practically double that Of a decade
ago.
These inquiries as to the destination
Of the billion dollars worth OF manu-
factures sent out Of the country and
the various parts Of the world in
which this increase has occurred has
led the Bureau of Statistics to the
preparation of statement showing
the distribution, article by article, to
the various sections Of the world,
grouping these for convenience Of
the study according to grand divi-
sions showing the value Of exports to
Europe, North America, South Amer
lea, Asia, Africa, and Oceanic respect
lively in 1911 and at the earlier per-
iod in which the total was but half
that Of today. ia
Comparing the exports Of manufac-
lures in 1911 with those of earlier
years, the bureau finds that they have
increased 100 per cent, or doubled
In value since 1902, and therefore
compares in detail the figures Of 1911
with those Of that year. 1t finds that
in this nine years period in which the
value of manufactures exported
doubled, the increase, measured by
percentage, is: to Asia thirty-six per
cent to Africa sixty-four per cent,
| to Europe seventy per cent, to North
America 1853 per cent, and to South
America 24S per cent. The actual
gains are as follows: to Africa in
1902, eleven million dollars, in 1911,
eighteen million, an increase of seven
million dollars; to Asia, in 1902,
twenty-nlne million, in 1911, fifty
seven million, an increase of twenty
eight million dollars; to Asia, in 1902,
forty-four million dollars, in 1911,
sixty million, an increase of sixteen
million; to oceanla. in 1902, twenty
nine million, in 1911, fifty-seven mil
lion, an increase of twenty-elght mil
lion dollars; to South America, in
1902; twenty-seven million, in 1911,
ninenty-four million, an increase Of
sixty-seven million dollars; and to
North America, in 1902, 1O9 Million.
in 1911, 2S1 million, an increase OF
l72 million dollars.
The share which manufactures
formed of the total exports of do
nestle merchandise to the various
grand divisions at the two periods
named was as follows. To Europe,
in 1902, twenty-three per cent, in 1911,
thirty per cent; to North America,
in 1902, ftfty-three per cent, in 1911,
slxty-one per cent; to South Amer
lea, in 1902, seventy-one per cent, in
1911, eighty-six per cent; to Asia, in
1902, sixty-ntne per cent, in 1911,
seventy-one per cent; to Africa, in
1902, thirty-three per cent in 1911,
seventy-fve per cent; and to oceania,
in 1902. eighty-fve per cent, in 1911,
eighty-six per cent OF the manu-
features exported in the last fiscal
year, forty-three per cent went to
Europe, thirty-one per cent to North
America, eleven per cent to South
America, seven per cent to Asia, six
per cent to .OceOnia, and two per cent
to Africa.
The growth and changes in, distrl-
button of our exports of manufac-
lures during the last decade are we'll
illustrated by comparative figures
covering a few OF the more important
articles. OF iron and steel manufac-
lures. for example, the exports to
Europe in the fiscal year 1901 were
forty-four million, in 1911, tffty-one
million dollars; to North America, in
1901, forty-four million, in 1911, 167
million dollars, the growth in exports
to Europe being slight, while those
to North America more than doubled,
To South America the figures for 1901
were nine million, those for 1911.
thirty million dollars; to Asia, nine
million in 1901, eighteen million in
1911; to oceania, nine million in 1901.
nineteen million in 1911; and to
Africa. three and one-third million in