New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
j. s. EXPORT TRADE
CHANGING CHARACTER
Striking Contrasts Found IN
Comparing Business OF 1913
with That of 1903.
VOLUME is NEARLY DOUBLE
Growth in Manufactured Artl-
cles Much Greater than In
Foodstuffs, Which Are Re-
duced in Quantity;

Washington. July 2O.-The changing
character o. the export trade OF tl'
United States Is illustrated by COM
harrison Of the exports of certain I'M
portant articles I'm 1913 with those OF
decade earler-l9O3. The total exports o'
1919. according to the latest figures or tht
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic com
n,erce DaDartment Of Commerce, are ap'
proxlmately 60, 40, $4,000, against N,SsZ'V"'-
90 I'm 1903. having thus nearly doubled '
the decade. but the details show that the
gro,cth I'm manufactured articles has been
much greater than that IN foodstuhs ana
considerably greater than In raw ma
terials.
Foodstuffs as a whole show exports III
1913 almost Identical with those OF NV
$5lOOO,0oo in each OF the
years named-and this equality IN values
indicates a reduction IN quantity. N We"
az the advance in prices meantime. Manu-
racturers' materials show Il growth from
1909 10000 in 1905 to approximately Wv
uOO. 90 in 1919
Manufactures show a much larger
growth. having been in 1903 Sto.OW'VD ana
in 1913 approximately N,20.WoCoO. In these
figures foodstuns in the manufactured
state are included I'm the general group OF
"fooJstuns" and arc not included In the
general group Of manufactures
II f. i'm the detailed consideration OF the
exports that the contrast with conditions
a Gecade ago IS more striking. Fresh neet
cxports. Tor example. have fallen from
255 ,oD 60 pounds I'm 1903 TO ,.Oo.00 In 1919
hoo, cattle from ,30.OJOOo0 value in 1903 10
q n0o0D m 1913. and canned beef from
- 0.,o Oco hounds in 1893, to 10000 In 1913
Exports Of pork products show Il hio''
less fau than those Of beef. though 'he
total value OF all meat products eAceP'
cattle has fallen from Si'G,o0.CD In !'v5 10
about 100000 in 1913.
T, Is I'm manufactured articles that the
most striking increases In exports occur
Iron and steel manufactures as whole
show an increase from $1,000" In 1915
10 little over $500 900 90 in l9l3 copper
manufactures. including pigs and bars IN
this general term. increased from siO'Uo %
o1o I'm lqO3 10 100000 in 1918. Mineral
oils a little more than doubled from
s6i .0Oo.ooo value I'm 1913 to sl2oo@Do In 1873
and coal increased from &l.c)1.@ value
In 1875 to 100000 I'm 1912.
Cotton manufactures increased about
10 per cent. their total exports having
been y2OooClI In 1913, and approximately
81 10000 I'm 1913
Machinery as whole increased from
s5I. .c0.on in 1903 10 approximately $50
o,l.ooD I'm 1913. metal working machinery
from 10000 TO $4,000 agricultural
implements from s2l000,cco to S2.ODWo
engines from 100000 TO S26.OOpo. type
writer's from 100000 TO tn.o0.OO and
sewing machines from 100000 TO $1,000
000 during the decade.
OF wire. the exports Increased from
$4,000 I'm 1903 to N20Oc,oo In 1913: while
iron and steel sheets and plates Increased
from 100000 to 100000. tin plates from
81 10000 to Sl5j.GOco. and automobiles
from 10000 value In 1915 10 S2.m."" In
the fiscal year just ended.
other articles which show striking In
creases during the decade are patent
medicines. OF which the exports advanced
from 10000 10 $4,000. furs and fur
skins from S6.DoCo TO 100000. boots
and shoes from ;6.50o00 TO 3ls.ooCO
india rubber manufactures (produced
from material brought from other parts
OF the world from s. 10000 20 Nt0)O 600.
AMI silk manufactures talso from import
ed MATERIAL from SOo.coo to $4,000.
Exports n eggs despite the advance
In prices In the domestic markets. In
creased from l.JD0c0 dozen I'm 1903 10
81 5000 I'm 1918.