The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-30
CONTINUED CAIN
IN EXPORTS OF
MANU- ACTURES
transportation Must Be
Maintained to Keep UP
Good Records.

UOOu LGCOOx o0s
Manufactures continue the chief
characteristic of our export trade.
They have formed, says statement
by The National City Bank of New
York, SO per cent. of our exports
In the current calendar year, and in
the months of May and June 56 per
cent. as against 43 per cent. in the
same months of last year. The total
value of manufactures exported in the
calendar year 1920 will, says the
Banks statement, be not only the
largest ever recorded but will con-
siderabIy exceed $4,000 100000 as
against slightly less than s1,0oo,oo0,-
900 in the calendar year 1914.
Details of the distribution of man
ufactures in the fiscal year 1920, which
are now at hand, indicate that the
world Is demanding from us the class
of materials required for the imme-
date use of it's people. Food, cloth
ing and certain transportation facili-
ties must be had for immediate use,
while other lines, such as the build
ing of new railways and factories and
the replacement of machinery operat-
ed during the war, can be temporarily
deferred awaiting adjustment of
costs, and the big increase character
izing our 1920 exports of manufac-
lures occurred in articles required for
Immediate use.
Textiles exported in the fiscal year
1920, says the Banks statement, ag-
gregated $4s5. 900, 900 against $685.
900, 900 in 1919, and only sS1, 100000
in the year preceding the war, an in
crease of SO per cent. in value over
last year and of 500 per cent. over the
fiscal year 1914. Leather and manu-
features thereof amounted in 1920 to
s292,000,O00 against S1S3, 100000 in
1919 and SIS, 100000 In 1914, an in
crease in value of so per cent. over
last year and approximately 400 per
cent. over 1914. Wood manufactures
aggregated 100000 in 1920, an
increase of 81 per cent. over last
year: mineral oil exports in the vari-
Gus manufactured forms aggregated
s403, 100000 in the fiscal year 1920, an
increase of Fl per cent over the i'm
mediately preceding year; manufac-
lures of rubber $70,000,000 an in
crease of '56 per cent over last year
and more than 400 per cent. over
1914, while automobiles capped the
climax with an increase of 100 per
cent as compared with last year and
700 per cent. as compared with
1914.
Transportation is an absolute re-
quirement of commerce, and the
present demand for tranSpor tat1on
facilities for immediate use is evil
denced by the fact that the export
OF commercial cars in 1920 was s42,
100000 against $33,OoO,o0O one year
ago, and only 100000 in 1914; the
value of cars for steam railways ex-
ported in 1920 was s54 100000
against s32.000.O00 one year earlier,
and $1,000. 900 in 1914, and of loco
motives exported in 1920 s43,000,000
against SIS, 100000 one year ago and
s3,5oO,00O in 1914. The railways
themselves are apparently having to
wait until the railway world can
catch its breath after the war, for the
expectation of rails, track material,
ties, and car-wheels show no increase
over 1919, despite the fact that cars
and locomotives show an increase of
so per cent. in value exported in 1920
compared with 1919.
In other particulars it is apparent
that the immediate requirements of
man are characterizing the worlds
demand upon us. OF cotton goods
alone the exports in the fiscal year
Just ended were s364,00O.000. or an
average of a million dollars a day,
against only $3.50 900, 900 one year ago
and s51, 100000 in 1914, and while a
part of this increase is due to higher
prices. the increase in quantities ex-
ported Is very large. cotton ClOIHS
show a total for the year 1920 of
s67,0oo,00O yards against 10000, 900
yards one year earlier, and AIS .o00,-
600 in 1914 while knit goods are s52,-
ooo, 900 against 27,oo0.000 one year
earlier and only $2,5oo,o0o in 1914. In
wooden goods, of which we scarcely
expected to become any considerable
exporters, the total for 1920 was s56,-
600, 900 against 100000 one year
ago, and less than 100000 in 1914
while in silk manufactures, for which
we bring the raw material from other
parts of the world, the total exports
in 1920 were s36 100000 against Less
than $4,000. 900 in 1914.
Leather and manufactures thereo+
also show a. remarkable gain in ex
port, the total for 1920 being 1922,
900 900 against s1s3. 100000 one veal
ago, and SIS 100000 in 1914. o.
boots and shoes exported in 1920 the
number aggregated 2o.0oo,ooO pair
against 100000 in 1914 India
rubber manufactures totaled $4,000.
900 in 1920 against s44,0oo.000 il
1919, and ST., 100000 in 1914, tn
automobile tires alone totaling $40.
900, 900 in 1920 against $4,000, 900 il
1919, and s3,5oo,o00 in 1914. Iro1
and steel manufactures as whole d
not show the increases charact erizin
the textile and other great industrial
lines. In certain classes of article
required for instant use, such as loco
motives, typewriters, sugar mill ma
chinery. motorcycles, cutlery. build
ers hardware, steam engines an
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