The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-17
AMERICAN TEETH
 IN WORLD MARKET

The prohibition of importation of artificial teeth into France upon the ground that they are ''lTlxuries, and may therefore be Aexcluded by law will, says a statement by the National City Bank of New York, affect a grow ing industry and export trade of the Uni1ed States several million dollars.
 Tho United States, continues the Banks statement, is. md has been for several years the worlds largest man ufacturer of artificial teeth- and has turned out probably s50. .0C0.C00 worth of teeth in-the- last decade. In 1914 the factory value of artificial teeth turned out was over s4 ,OO0.0G0, and is now probably running at double that sum- making ;t quite apparent that our out turn of artificial teeth during the last decade exceeds $50. eco at factory prices. Indeed the value of the eZ- ports of this class are now running at the rate of nearly $500 GOO year. and they go to every grand division Of the world, ard are scattered broad coast from Ru:sia to Oceania, and from Japan to South America
 The United States, Great Britain, end Germany were. prior to the war, says the Banks statement, the worlds largest manufacturers of artificial teeth, the United States leading, with Great Britain second, and Germany u now included artificial teeth in it's list of prohibited luXuries, is not, and never has been, a considerable pro- ducer of this class of manufactures, having depended chiefly upon the United States. Great Britain, and Ger many for it's requirements in this line. sIn the year prior to the war, we sent to France a konc SIPS, ,000 worth, while to England tooth manufacturer as she was. we sent S1It5 coo worth; Ger many s25 GO worth and our neighbors i1i Canada $55.eJO worth With the eX- trerne activities of the war the de- monds of Europe for this sort of ma terial declined, for our exports Of teeth to that continent fell from s226,- o00 worth in the year before the war to S15S, 900 in the second year of the war. and only s72 900 worth in it's clos ing year, though presurna ably the trade to Europe is picking up again since our tot24- exports of artificial teeth during the fiscal year which ends with this month will show nearly SJ90, 900 as against about $25O coo in the closing year of the war Just now the exports of teeth are running at the rate of over $50 eco month. or at a rate of mo: c than s6n0. .000 a year.
 Curiously. with the fall off of eX- ports of this character to Europe dur ing the war those to other grand di- LIN North Amcr;can countries, other thar tho United States. was in 1918 nearly three times as much in value as in the year before the war; to South Amer ica more than double the pre-war fig ure. while to Asia and Africa the eX- ports of this class ~r -"erchandiSe were four times as much in value ir 1918 as in 1Sd5. This increase in oul sales of this particular class of mer- chandise is proba blv due to d reduc- tion in eNporrs from Great Britain and of course the temporary suspen- sion of those from Germany whose foreign trade Wa" practically cut of during the war nerod. Doubtless the United States is at the present mo. nsept by far thN worlds largest ex' porter of th;s class cf nner@' -'-s-N 1t, chief rival being Great Britain, which however bought from us S175, ,00' worth in the year before the war, ant SO coo worth in it's closing --~~~
 The manufacture of artificial teetf represents n the United States alone soys the = rks statement. d capita of proba' s!O.e0o GOO at the presen time. the figure. for 1914 having beer SC 250.oOo, according te; the official re-s ord Of the United States: the cost o materials used in their ms nufacture litt'e less than g GOO, ,oO0. and the valu of the products over s4 0oa eco. while is estimated that the CeIrsus now be ing taken will show figure nearl doubra tli4Gsof 1915. both in value O the jgyocifie-ssS turn ed out. and capita e7Ip- oyed. Tn cir manUfaG ture c%eur chiefly in the. states of New York an
 Pennsylvs mia.