The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-10
of Finance

uasa, iron. scrap iron and sues, .,a
.tees a,illets and plates, OF Itas ia
avnoytation except to tne .ar+ant
now prohdbdted, form an n.p of
factor in the TREMENDOUS ,,fsctures
exnorts of iron and steel a-
san ~ -. Iso,,mslation by the Nsrion
-.. Ano roTv Of New York shows LII
S .s,, the exports Of iron anu s".oo1
WIZ u.'s, s,.,+nres as a whole IN the -,
Ii, liz. j. sos7 1uere4over four times a. -
yea as in the fiscal year 1917, o
~ - e,,,.e, the war, that OF inc $50
ys 80 restrtcted by the rreslo and
s..' - .order-,pig irona scrap LIZ. ,ates-
-..s~s steel billets ana LEI, -, 1917
: srreeates. Is times as Inuen
as In 1914. .,,a four great
Total exports of these y+ation is
!. ,ticles. of which the expo - 80 Presi-
pron PROM" ~-s.,t order, except IN 80
- srtfc3es are destined TOT AZ
ss.ao s,,,-.noaas or will contr1Du'ss .as
49, +nereto." amounted IN une 80 -,
$500 israxf "a SO, 73a 900. $ll.izs,UVo
st-tn e9Ss 900 In LILY, az
Iislo: -. a5ss,roxamateiy $1eS. ooo'ooV -,
-, 80 .,ssa firures for 1917 peins 1919 r,d
80, n months actual returns, -. -
~, estimate for the closans
tho year. -.. asz q. whole
ls,sve made q wonderdui s..rv-ir
e., the greatest in their nis 49,, year
IIsr 80 80, wears. In the fiscal yea
I ssrn v +ne s,rst year OF the war, $500.
-: ay,d steel and manufacSul.s
- is,.~,..>,f actually declined, having
stne 'sss. ~, ~ which Immediately pre-
ll1sa.5 tl,e war; $251, 000, 900. droppe ~,
49, 80 100 IN 1915. advanced TO Sps.'
100 40 il 1915. and approHmateiy -
z = ~ ~ ooo In 1917, these being olIe.a.
,a1v,,res for II months and an es.ni.'- tn
for The closing month OF the yea
t,e first year Of the WAT r ~ =, the
.therefore, a drop OF $zov oo,vov =.
value OF iron and steel a ar the
s--s-.4ed an the second year on sne
- thare was an increase on $4vo,-
80 go and In the third year anotner
ls,,r,ses,s cyf about $500, 900, 900, or1nsins
a. ITnffe,d states to the head on Ing
1870 1set Of iron and steel export
sera =. .vr,crtation
H., 1a5e and 1917 went to Europe. hno
isofal value of iron and steel nid
ifactures exported to EUROPE IN
ltirBt year of the war one 49, 49,, -
1875 was but 500, 000. 600, In rslo = sa..-p
~ fs54 100000 and in 1877 was approx o..
Etu,stslv 500, 10000 this figure being
i-eceourily an estimate by reason OIL
~, fa<.t that the Department OF COM
;,n,arra shows in it's monthly reports
,.+a i3nfsarbution to countries OF pur q
lszr1aI yuroportion of the articles Iorn-
ilsv,ss f1,s.l se1port trade. The fact, how
i ever. that the 1917 dgures. as lar as
:;avaSiable by countries. OF Distribution:
show in many cases an increase OF
more than 100 per cent IN the snip
;ments to Europe, seems to 5usli,y III. "
estimate Of approximately s700 900, 600
IN the total exports of iron and steel
lmanufa ctures to Europe against
iss54. 100000 in 1916 and $s2,000,o0
IN 1915. steel Obfllets and dngots, Tor
Iexample, show total exports to Grea'
Britain and France in 1917. Iol
(which exact figures are available, OF
1911 900 900 against s3s,0po,o0o in the
same months of 1916. In firearms
.of which practically the entire expor-
: Itafion went to Europe, the total Iol
the III months ending with May. lsl7
lie sS5.000,000 against $16.000,00 II
the corresponding months OF 1911
land So, 900, 900 in the same months o.
1918. Locomotives to Europe in 1911
q were nearly three times as much IL
value as; in 1915, and metal working
machinery <to1 France Aalone Is more
thar, d6Iqblef chat o. lF91e. There wa
afso a. very Large gain uin the total t.
Canada and material increase in tn
movement to other parts Of the world
especially South America and Asia
This enormous increase in, value o
iron and steel manufactures exported
does not necessarily mean a CORES
bonding increase in quantity export
ed. True. a large proportion OF TN
ARTICLES exported shows g. moderat
increase in quantity but a part of tn
great gain An total gya1HesSt is due t
l1fEfer- prfces-Ff1e average sexpor
prizes aof steel bi1lets May 1917 is. of
tficfally reported to the Department
iof Commerce at 1854 per tor
against $22.70 in May 1914 structure
iron and steel $T2.9e per ton agains
lsss.z 20 in May 1914: pig iron 1888
per tom against 1885 in May 1914
steel rails $47.40 per ton agains
1855 in May 1914 barbed wire 4-S
lper lb. against 2.3c per 1b. in Ma
1914, and tin plates csc per II
,axadust 3.4c per lib. in May 1914. :
Measured by values only the growt
An our exports of iron and steel man
rfactures has been from 100000
IN 1895 to $40, 600, goo in 1898, I
s13s,oo0,0o0 i'm 1905, to o3sS.oo0, 100
An 1917, to sso5, 100000 IN 1913, t
s621, 900 900 in. 1915, and TO approx
Frnately 81, 40, 0oo, 900 in 1917, the 81
innate for 1917 being based upon OF
fetal returns OF 5000, .046 fo
the IL months ending with May, an
an estimate for June based upo
known figures for the month of Ma;
WHOLESALE PRICES
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