The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-13
BILLION DOLLAR Z. EXPORT GROWTH WITHIN DECADE. Increase In Last 10 Years Great CT Than In Preceding
 30 Years RAW COTTON GREAT
 LEADER OF EXPORTS Manufactures Of Iron And Steel, Copper, Coal And Mineral
 Oil Are Big
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 washington, D. G.. March 1S, lsl4 --Exports Of merchandise from the T7,,3fef7 States made a greater advance during the last ten years than 1n the S0r years from 1873 to 1905 Tn lS1S the total exports were valued at 56S million dollars; in 1908, I, 4S5 million and in 1918. 2-4S4 naillion--a gain of SIT million in the 30 years from 181S to 1g0s, and of approximately one billion dollars in the 10 years ended with December last
 To this gain of practically one bll- lion dollars in foreign sales Of Amer fcan products during the decade end ed with December, raw cotton and miscellaneous manufactures, .chieflA Of iron and steel. copper, wood ana mineral oil, were the largest eontr1bu- tors, the five classes named repre- senting about one-half of the total increase during the period named
 The ten leading classes of articles exported from the United States in 191S arranged in order of magnitude and stated in millions of dollars, are reported by the Bureau of Foreign ana Domestic Commerce, Department Of Commerce, as follows: raw cotton, 575: iron and steel, 294; breadstuffs. z0S: meats and dairy products. 161s mineral oils, 149; copper. 145, wood nanufacturess 110s coal and coke T; leather and leather goods, so; and tobacco. raw and manufactured, 50. when to this group are added cars and carriages. 58 million dollars cot ton goods, 56; agricultural inp1e- menEs and machinery 35; fruits and nuts. &4: electrical machinery and appliances, 28; chemicals. drugs and medicines. 27s naval stores, s22; veg etable oflss 21s paper and n1anufac t1fes thereof, 21s india rubber nnann- lectures. 14. and Fertilizers. T 2 z1aiI-s lion dollars. about 90 per cent of the. aggregate exportation of the year has been accounted for
 Raw cotton easily maintained its leading position in the list of Amer jean exports. On the other hand, breadstuffs fell from second position in 1908 to third in 1913, and meat and dairy products from third posi- 2Iors to f0urta,s each of these groups having been passed meantime by iron and steel. which advanced from fourth to second place during the de- rade.
 Comparing the figures of 1913 with those of 1908, raw cotton exports gained 196 million dollars, or 62 per cent. this being a natural result Of the worlds increasing consumption Of cotton goods. for the manufacture of which the United States supplies over fWo-thards of the raw material Iron and steel manufactures gained 195 million doIlars, or about 200 per cent. machinery and engines being the largest factors Mineral oils made over 100 per cents copper manufats fures, 1O1 million, or 200 per cents; and wood and manufactures thereof, 5z million dollars, or about 90 per cent Breadstuffs barely held their own in value of exports during the decade. with a gain of 3 million dol 1arss and but for the marked advance in barley, oats and rice would have actually declined since the exports of corn fell from 95 to- AT million and those of wheat from I so to 155 million bushels during the decade. Meat and dairy products fell in value of exports from 1S1 to 161 million dollars during the period under re- view, and cattle from SS to million dollars There was no corresponding decrease in production of breadst uffs and food animals, and the smaller ex- portations are therefore due, in large measures to the increasing proper ton of the population engaged fn manufacture, transportation, and the non-productive industries, thus 1eay- for agricultural pursuits
 Increased exports are common to all branches of American rnanufac- lures One of the largest gains oc- cured in, cars and carriages, which quintupled during the decade, chief 1y due to the rapid development of the automobile industry during the last ten years Electrical machinery frebled. cotton goods doubled, leather and manufactures thereof practically doubled and agricultural implements paper manufactures, and naval stores each increased about 50 per cent In- dia rubber manufactures are two and a half times as great as in 1903; fruits and nuts, about 70 per cent more than a decade ago: and proprietary
 medicines are being exported in con- 8taufly increasing quantities.
 Europe is the primary destination of about three-fifths of our total ex- ports The total to that grand dfvi- sion in 1913 was 1-2 billion dollars and to ali other parts of the world about 1 billion To North Auierica the exports aggregated 601 million dollars, of which two-thirds went to Canada to South America, 147 mil nons chiefly to Argentina and Bra xii: to Asia, 126 million, of which one half went to Japan and one-fffth tc China; to Oceania, 82 million chiefly to Australia and the Philippines; and to Africa 29 million dollars. =