Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-25
FOREIGN MARKETS OPEN
FOR OUR MANUFACTURES

The Department OF Commerce i re-
cetvtnS hundreds or inquiries from
american manufacturers and Others
@""ut 10 engage in manufacturing for
peeiAc information a. - their best
foreign markets and tn. location of
materials necessary 10 their Industry.
me increased demand IL certain plar-
'ers and the cutting ~ OF trade i'm
"ther lines have intensified interest in
;hese subjects in recent months
TWO booklets compiled by the Bureau
q Foreign and Domestic Commerce are
Invaluable to American producers
manufacturers. ana exporters for thew
contain complete picture of our COM
mercial activities in all parts Of the
world covering period just antedatimc
the great European war. Table :. I'm
ports OF domestic merchandise bv nrti-
c4es and countries. l"l0-lal4" shows
for every line OF merchandise tn, rec
ord of growth or decline for a ;ivc-year
period ending with l?li. over 800 diff
ferent articles are given s,naratc con-
sideraton.
1t is interesting To know. for exam
pie, that we are sending modern farm
ing machinery TO Egypt ar, works 10
France, medicines TO England. Washing
powder and fluid 10 New Zealand chew
watches to Switzcrlant our cotton
manufactures are ANNUALLY sold in
scores OF countries. mostly III the Phil
ippines and the Western lIcnisphcrc
hut recently in increasing quantities in
Europe. Metal goods OF all kinds are il,
growing demand. aud widely dis,rihut-
ed Thus sell i'm considerable
amounts clectric fans I'm India. motors
in Brazil, wireless apparatus in Japau.
copper manufactures in Central Amer
lea, engines in the Balkan states lead
manufactures throughout Europe. plat-
ed ware in Australia. tin goods in
Canada and Cuba. and spcltor in ilul-
land. Much spac" - given 10 the lead
inS articles of domestic Industry. such
AS iron and steel, copper. packing house
products. cotton ana fruits. and parties
interested may learn from Table :, just
where and IN What quantities the
products in which they arc Interested
are sold
Table 8. Imports ot merchandise hy
articles and countries has Two main
points OF interest. II indicates not only
where we have Trough; our imported
raw materials. hut also the kind, and
sources OF manufactures imported into
the country from abroad For certain
materials We have heretofore looked TO
only a few countries. Nearly AL tho
imported anthony orc is from China,
electric lighting carhous from Ger
many, chalk from France. carbolic acid
-
arabic from Egypt. camphor from
Japan, nitrate OF soda from chill, salt
peter from India, maEncsitc from Aus :
ria-Hungary. potash from Germany.
and cobalt from Canada. The list might
be further extended 10 sho" hundreds
OF articles and scores Of countries
Europe. II is shown by 1abl" 3. is tho
leading source OF our Imported manu-.
factures including textiles, chemical
goods gloves, meta! manufactures aui
other lines.
These tables $50. IMPORTS and No
5-exports) are parts - "Comm"rc. "nI
Navigation OF the Uiit"d States 1919.
price 81. To meet tne great dcmai,l
however. they are also published ,.ps-
rately, Table 3 being sold tor 80 cents
and Table S for 35 cents e cons. orders
are filled by the Superintendent oil
Documents, Washington, j.. e.. and b,
commercial agents OF the nurcru oI
Foreign and Domestic Commerce ~
New York. Boston, Chicago. =, Louis
Atlanta. New Orleans, san Francisco
and Seattle.