Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-21

the expectation of machinery from the
United States in 1902 and lal2. me
value of his class of exports in 1872
was SIG. 70S,4 SI, against S64,S26so2, a
decade earlier an increase OF approxi~
mately slla,000,o 600 or about l13 per cent,
while total domestic experts meantime
were increasing about 6 per cent.
This large increase in the exporta-
ton of machinery is apparent in the
trade with all parts of the world. TAX
ing the figures of the fun fiscal year
1912 for which details of articles by
grand divisions and countries are avail
able. exports of machinery from the
from 80 million dollars in 1902 10 %
million in 1912; to North America, from
q million dollars To 81 million; To South
America. from million dollars Ia p
million; to Asia, from pa million dol
lars To nearly Z million, to 0eeania,
from 3 million dollars to Is 2-34 million;
and to Africa, from Ia million dollars
to l-2 million. These figures include
agricultural implements and automo-
bies in addition 10 the various classes
of articles grouped under the head of
iron and steel machinery.
All classes of machinery show large
gains in exports in the period 1902-l2
fer which detailed statistics are avail
able. Sewing machines, of which the
exports in 1902 were million dollars.
were approximately 10 million IN 1917,
metal working machinery. } million
dollars in 1902, u million in 1912. type
writers. 3 million dollars in 1902. II
million in 1872: engines of all deserip-
tons, little less than million dol
lars in 1902. 10 million in 1912; cash reg
listers. million dollars In 1902, 80 mil
lion in 1872. electrical machinery 81
mlllion dollars in 1902 million in lslZ;
a agricultural implements. 10 million dol
lars in 1902, sc million in 1912; and au-
tomobiles. million dollars in 1862, 25A
million in 1912.
One striking feature of this growth
is the fact that large gains have been
made in exports of machinery l"
E,rope. the other great manufacturing |
section of the world. OF metal working |
machinery, the exports TO Europe
amounted 10 q. million dollars in 1902
and 1-3 million In 1912; of automo- |
bi,es. three-quarters of million DOL
lars in 1902. and ~ million in 1917; ag- |
ricultural implements. million dol
lars IN 1902. Is million in 1872; sewing
machines, . Ia million dollars IN lso2'
nearly 1-2 million in 1912; and type
writer's. IL million dollars IN l9o2'
with practically million IN
1872
The largest percentage of gain in en-
ports of machinery has been in the
of South America, the totai
IN that grand division in 1902 having
been s4.973.S7S, and in 1912. 81. 26e,9 S9.
exported from the tineeo
States to South America III l9o2
amounted TO hut s74.5a7 in value, While |
in 1912 they exceeded s1.ooo.OOo; sewing
machines. $3.50, 900 in 1902, against l-S
million dollars in. 1912; engines, ! MIL
ion dollars in 1902, and IL million in
1912: agricultural implements, : mil
ion dollars in 1902, ga million in 1917;
but $l5,353 in 1907. over
million dollars in 1912; and electrical
machinery. s127. 597 in 1902, and l IL
million in 1912. The snare when ma
,hinerv formed of our total experts OF
finished manufactures other than food
products was 20 per cent Iii 1902 and
,6 per cent in 1912.
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