Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-23
ENGLAND, GERMANY
AND AMERICA BIG
EXPORTERS
United States Ranks Third in
Shipping Out Iron and
Steel; Progress in This Line
Has Been Rapid.


dar year 1911. and OF over IA bill
lion dollars worth IN the decade end.
| ing with that year. has led the bu-
r au Of stotistics, department OF conn
| mcrce and labor 10 prepare "a state
ment showing the relative rank of the
| leading nations iu the expectation of
that important factor OF International
commerce.
Tho wurld's leading exporters of
IRON and stool according a. official
trarcs covering Tho utest period for
uHi.u .'.ri.t.su.. Hr. .l.Ilahle are
l. .I.u Kingdom. GtrnUny and
| thu United states. with totgls ranging
| from C. ltu. less than f0O million
! dollars down Co about 25O million dol
| lars each. 20 these might be- added
q second group of countries with
smaller totals. which would include
Belgium. Netherlands. France Switz-
crlond and sweden. These eight
countries had tn 1910 total eXporta-
ton Of iron and steel of over one bill
ION dollars. ur about ger cent OF % @
entire value of all merchandise enter.
ing the international markets of "a.
world Al the head ~ the list OF ex.
purters OF iron and steel Is tho.tinited
Kingdom, with total of 3Gt million
dollars. exclusive of 10 ninuih dol
lars worth of agricultural machin-
cry. manufactured IN pHrt from iron
and steel ana by certain countries In
eluded under that title. Germany is
second Ga exports ei irop ard steel
with total VI $3.50 million dollars. Boz
addition To- which exports of agricul-
tural machinery aggregated % million
dollars Tho United States rs third.
the 1910 figures being 2Ol million
dollars for iron and steel and "a mill
ION FOR agricultural implements. Rel
eium shows IS million dollars worth
OF iron and steel, including agricul.
tural machinery. exported lu 1910.
and France a total OF A. million doll
lars. exclusive OF / "a million dol
lars worth OF agricultural machin-
cry. From switzerland and sweden
the exports Of iron and steel were, in
the latest available year. about IS.
million dollars each. exclusive of ag-
ricultural machinery. amounting To-
nearly one million dollars In the case
pf sweden and about Si50.0OO in that
Of Switzerland
While the United states thus ranksl
only third as an exporter of iron and
steel her progress in that brunch OIL
commerce has been rapid the total
exports o. mat class OF articles hay.
INt increased ffNin 1Na mUunl dd'
uw IN ty1 o. nGily ar uuife 2tp|
million Oh 1911 nud ur narleultufu
implemon'H from IL million Co SOL
million dollars during the same per-
Tod. Taking the period l9O0-t910,
the latest period for which figures are
available in the case Of foreign coun-
tries. the growth In exports OF iron
and steel has been as follows. TheI
United Kingdom. from 27i TO sea-
million dollars; Germany, from III
to 339 million, United states. from
1870 90 pol million; France, from
10 a. million; Belgium. from ~ 20 g.
million, and switzerland. from II tol
rs million dollars. In exports OF ag-
ricultural machinery the United
States leads all other countries. with
a total In 1910 OF 81 million dollars
against i6 million for the United
Kingdom, 9 million for Germany and
8-l million for France.
The $50 million dollars worth 81
iron and steel ard 30 million dollars
worth OF agricultural implements ex-
ported from thc United States last
year found markets In practically
every part OF the civilized world
Steam locomotives and steel rails went
largely 20 Canada. Mexico, Brazil.
Argentina aud Japan. where the rap
ia development of railways enabled
an increased absorption OF those ma
fcrials from this country structural
iron ana steel of Amorcau muuuao
care iE being utilized in tncfc1uRb
quantities by most of the leading
countries Of North America, as well
as IN Australia and Japan The farms |
of Canada, Argentina, Brazil. Aus
tralia and New Zealand are roquir |
ing increasing quantities of American |
wire. our saios of electrical much.o-
RS show healthy expansion in uch /
important markets as the United /
Kingdom and other European coun-
tries, as well as the newer commune
ties of the western hemisphere. The |
same might Doc said of sewing MAJ
chimes ana metal working macnin
cry American cash registers ana /
tyepwfiteFs are facilitating business |
IN offices scattered Ia every part of
the world in France. the United
Kingdom and Germany. la Canada |
Brazil, In india and Australia. and /
in many other countries. nearly an
90; thom showing larger totals In 1911
han in any earlier year
The principal articles forming The
quarter billion dollars worth n iron
aud steel products exported from ihe
United states in the calendar year
1871. with the approximate value OF
each based upon eleven months fiE-
urcs already at hand. are. sheets and
plates, rs million dollars. builders
hardware. saws and tools. g Million
locomotives and other engines, n 4
million; steel rails. ~ million; pipes
and fittings, az million; wire. a.
million: structural iron and steel, Al =
million; sewing machines million I
electrical machinery. 5 miliioni mln-
ing machinery. million; bars and
rods. 3 million. cash registers, 4 mile
ion, pumps and pumping machinery
Z million; printing presses, 3 million
sugar mill machinery 3 million, ana
tln and terne plates, nearly million
dollars, or five times as much az in
the preceding year while stoves ana
ranHtf shoe ma hinHrN launlIv wn
.l.Nly arl and nalal casting
and tVirn untlH anrn pNrHnufu one