Arizona republican., 1913-07-27
CHARACTER OF OUR
 EXPORTS

The changing character of the eX- port of trade of the United States is illustrated by comparison of the eX- ports of certain important articles in 1913 with those of a decade earlier 1903 The total exports of 1913, ac- .cording to the latest figures of the bureau of foreign and domestic com merce, department of commerce, are approximately $2,45O,00O, against $1.- 392,000 in 1903, having thus nearly doubled in the decade; but the details show that the growth in manufactur- ed articles has been much greater than that in sfoodstuffs and consider ably greater than in raw materials
 Foodstuffs as whole show exports in 1913 almost identical with those of e3-approXimately $510,000,OO0 in each of the years named. and this equality in values indicates a reduc- tion in quantity, in view of the ad- vance in prices meantime Manu- facturers' materials show a growth from $4O9,0OO,00O in 1903 to approxi- mately $74O,OO0,OOO in 1913. Manu- lecturers show a much larger growth, having been, in 1903, $46S,0OO. 900. and in 1913 approximately $1,200, ,000,0 GOO. In the above figures foodstuffs in the manufactured state are included in the general group of 'foodstuffs," and are not included in the general group of manufactures.
 It is in the detailed consideration of the exports that the contrast with conditions a decade ago is more strik- ing. Fresh beef exports. for example. have fallen from 255, ,000,0 900 pounds in 1903 to 7.O0O,000 in 1913; beef cattle, from $30,000,000 value in 1903 to $1,- 0OO,00O in 1913 and canned beef from 76, ,OOO, 900 pounds in 1903 to 7,O00,000 in 1913. Exports of pork products show a much less fall than those of beef. though the total value of all meat products, except cattle, has fallen $50 COG, 900 in 1913.
 It is in manufactured articles that the most striking increases in exports occur Iron and steel manufactures, as a whole, show an increase from S97 00O 900 in 1903 to d little over $500 O0O, 900 in 1913; copper manufac- lures, including pigs and bars in this general term, increased from S4Q,000,- 0O0 in 1903 to $140,000,000 in 1915 Mineral oils, little more than dou- bled from S61, 100000 value in 1903 to S13O.00O, ,0OO in 1913, and coal in creased from $21,O0O,000 value in 1903 to S65, 100000 in 1913 Cotton manufactures increased about 70 per per cent. their total exports having been $32. 100000 in 1903, and approXi- mately $54 100000 in 1913. Machin- cry as whole, increased from $51,- 100000 in 1903 to approximately $130,- OOO,00O in 1913; metal working ma chinery, from $3,00O,000, to $16,OOO,- 900: agricultural implements, from
 
 from $6.0OO.OO to $26,O0O.OOO; type writers from $4,O00,OOO to $11,000.- 900. and sewing machines, from S5,- 900 OOO to $1200O,O00 during the dec ade. Of wire, the exports increased from S5.O00OOO in 1903 to $12,5O0,00O in 1913; while iron and steel sheets and plates increased from $1,0Oo,OOO to $240OO,O00 tin plates, from l,5OO,ooo hounds to 165,00O, 900; and automo- piles from S10OO,000 value in 1903 to S32 .OOO, ,OOO in the fiscal year just ended.
 Other articles which show striking increases during the decade are pat ent medicines, of which the exports advanced from $3. 3.5O0,0OO to $7,000,000; furs and fur skins, from $6,000,OOo to s19 0OO. GOO; boots and shoes from $b,- 500 900 to S1S,000,000; India rubber manufactures (produced from mate rial brought from other parts or the world) from S4,5OO,000 to $14ooOooo' and silk manufactures (also produc- od from imported materiaD. from $500 900 to s2,5OO,0OO, Exports of ergs despite the advance in prices in the domestic markets. increased from 800 900 dozen in 1903 to 21,OO0o0O dozen in 1913.