The Washington herald., 1912-01-15
STEEL AND IRON
EXPORTS EXPAND
United States Ranks Third, Accord
ing to Official Figures, Germany
: and England ExcelIing.

] The high record expectation of prac-
ticaIly $50. 900 worth Of iron and steel
manufactures from the United States in
the calendar year 1911, and of more than
8, 500, 900 900 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 that important fac
tor Of international commerce.
The worlds leading exporter Of iron
and steel, according to officIaI figures
covering the latest period for which sta
tistics are available, are the United King
dom. Germany, end the United States,
with totals ranging from a little less
than 800, 900 down to about $3.50 OO0, 900
each.
While the United States ranks only
third as an exporter OF iron and steel,
her progress in that branch Of commerce
has been rapid. The total exports Of
that class OF articles have increased from
0O0. 900 in 1911. and Of agricultural imple-
ments from 81. 10000 to Oo0 during
the same period.
In exports If agricultural machinery
the United States leads all other coun-
tries, with total in 1910 Of Sl,oOO.Oo0
against Sl6 900 for the United King
dom, 100000 for Germany. and H,lJo.oOO
for France.
The $50. .OOO 900 worth OF iron and steel
and SS5.0OO,OOO worth OF agricultural i'm
plements exported from the United
States last year found markets in prac-
ticaIly every port OF the civilized world
Steam locomotives and steel rails went
largely to Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Ar
gentina, and Japan. where the rapid de-
velopment Of railways enabled an IN
creased absorption Of those materials
from this country.
Structural iron and steel manufacture
is being utilized in increasing quantities
in North America, as well as in Aus
tralia and Japan. The farms Of Canada,
Argentina, Brazil, Australia, and New
Zealand are requiring increasing guam
titles OF American wire Our sales OF
electrical machinery show a healthy ex-
pansion in such important markets as
the United Kingdom and other European
countries as well as the newer communi-
ties Of the Western Hemisphere. The
same might be said Of sewing machines
and metal working machinery. Amerl-
can cash registers and typewriters are
facilitating business in offices scattered
in every port OF the world and showing
larger totals in 1911 than in any earlier
year.
Leading Products Manufactured.
The principal articles forming the
quarter billion dollars worth OF iron and
steel products exported from the United
States in the calendar year 1911, with the
approximate value of each, based upon
eleven months figures already at hand.
are sheets and plates, SIS 000, 900: builders
hardware, saws, and tools, 81. 900;
locomotives and other engines, 81. .0Oo.O 900;
steel rails. 900; pipes and fittings,
81 900; wire, 81. .O0O, 900; structural iron
aud steel, Sl1O00, 900: sewing machines,
-, 10000: electrical machinery, 100000:
mining machinery, E.00J.OO0: bars and
rods, S,0o0 900; cash registers. 81. Ooo 900;
pumps and pumping machinery. "a, 900 600;
printing presses, 5000, 600: sugar mill ma
chinery, 100000. and TIN and terne
plates, nearly $780, .00o or five times as
much as In the preceding year, while
stoves and ranges, shoe machinery. laun-
dry machinery, scales and balances, cast
ings, and wire nails each exceeded s., ,000.-
900 IN the value OF the years exports.
representing for the most part increases
when compared with earlier years.