Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
Boom in American Exports
. 10 Hort Jonrnal of conmsros.

- New Hork Journal Of commsnos. -
The true measure OF the expansion of the export
trade OF the United States must be found In our
sales TO acknowledgement countries and in articles
other than foodstuffs munitions Of war. To havo
nearly quintupied exports to Russia quadrupled
them to France and Italy. and considerably more
than doubled them TO the United Kingdom will easily
account for the addition OF billion dollars TO the
value Of the exports for first nine months Of the
calendar 1915 those OF the before But
the business is abnormal because the conditions that
make II possible exceptional and transitory Sc,
too with the still greater ratio Of increase Of exports
TO neutral European countries like Sweden. Norway
and Denmark, and the 20 per cent increase 20 the
Netherlands Most Of thia trade that filters through
TO Germany and Austra-Hungary in spite Of the Brit
ish blockade and which IL equally abnormal In char
acter and equally lacking in the quality OF perma
hence. Leaving Europe OF the reckoning. there
has been positive decrease in export trade with
the other great divisions OF the world Accepting the
nine months OF 1919 rather than those Of last year
the true standard Of comparison. the gain in the
value OF sales to Europe has been s5o,S2siD
while the gain in the export total mas been only
S7eeosS.Oe. For the whole Of North America, In
Guiding Cuba and the West indies. there has been
loss the nine months Of y75.2OO24 which lie more
than accounted for by the drop in the exports TO
Canada OF y261osU and In exports TO Mexico OF
s902sA7. In the exports to South America there has
been a decrease Of S6.7l01sO While Asatic exports
show increase OF $50 the gain Is more than
accounted for by the sudden rise in the value OF ex
ports to Russia in Asia from tslOe in 1918 TO f22S
in 1s1S-a rise almost solely due munitions of war
and military stores sent 10 Vladivostok Perhaps
some allowance should be made on the
to explain the ten million gain in Our exports to Aus
tralia, mainly In virtue Of which the exports TO
oceania have increased from t5IooO.oOo to ToOoOoo
The exports to Africa show what is substantially
normal increase Of A-sz7eol.
II IT, Of course In products that go satisfy the
exceptional and artificial requirements OF countries at
that export gains have been almost solely
registered For example OF live animals our exports
for the nine months In 1913 $3.50 4S5. while for
this year they been s9e ss SO also the case
of breadstufs the total for the nine months of 1913
t1e6s4S06T while for 1915 Il has been Si5 s6os72
The exports of meat and dairy products show tho
operation OF the kind OF demand. having In
creased from Nz272b,o65 in 1913 to S2O6s6n in 1915
Under the metal schedules there has been increase
in the exports OF brass and It's manufactures from
3s 10 sslSla59 of biets ingots and blooms or
steel from s2,090d TO Sl3tS34; In horseshoes from
s6iH TO s254bO5 in firearms from s292sZ7s TO $751;.
ST. In metal working machinery from sl1sS0,77S to
$sos1se and in wire and it's manufacture from 6,95
S21 to si7796esi owing 10 the closing OF the German
markets which took tS6OooOoo worth in 1913 copper ex
ports have dropped from tO1bS2aO' TO S9lS6 But the
value OF explosives exported has advanced from 1Ss
7iS to ss7Sss and OF leather and Its manufactures
from 4Tss to sl24 4O5ss All things considered. IT
must be reckoned remarkable circumstance that the
amount OF raw cotton exported has advanced from
4S9eOs bales to 04s bales-an increase OF bL4 per
cent although It should be noted that the value has
advanced 81 per The exports OF cotton cloths
tell a somewhat mixed story They value
from s24O6o14 TO $2s.26 7os but much OF this is
counted for by the purely accidental demand from the
United Kingdom which registered for the nine months
ssSSosss against soO7,422 for the period in 1913
For the notable increase in the exports OF wearing
parel mainly wholly OF cotton conditions must
given the chief credit The figures H57OSs5
1913 and 27.sl3l5s for 1916
II In instructive TO compare the present volume OF
export trade with that OF the United Kingdom
The latter s OF being conducted under highly
disadvantageous conditions. fully one-thrd OF ell the
countrys workers being under arms. But returns
the nine months ended with September show shrink
In the value of exports OF less than per
compared with the total OF 1913 Against own
port total OF soN4l6 for the nine the
ish show total only does not
include goods taken from British government stores
depots goods bought by the government and
shipped government vesseE In other words II does
not include the munitions OF military stores
made in the United Kingdom for the or British
armies at the front Under the head manufactures
the British exports show total against
Sl.2O4,oooeoo OF these, under the iron and
schedule. the OF exports for the nine
S2 AS2 The British classification not
respond exactly to but. roughly speaking Il
shows under this head exports valued a $751;
OslS2O To total there should perhaps added
the exports Of agricultural implements and Of brass
and It's manufactures. amounting in round figures
tl2ooo0oo But then the total exports the
features OF the metals Of machinery. cutlery. nipple
and electrical goods do greatly those
Great Britain working under circumstances great
disadvantage In the matter OF textile exports.
United States Is dstAnced usual the total British
fabrics sold abroad being $3.50 against
sl.OO0Ooo and OF wooden fabrics being y1s 200
against SIS 10000. although the latter under
impetus OF demand. has increased from SS5OO.Ooo
in 1914