The Washington times., 1921-06-19

OUTPUT OF MANUFACTURES.
Not only is the value of our out
put of manufactures in this latest
census record by far the biggest
ever but II means that we are nov
producing a much larger share Of
world manufactures than ever before
and at least twice as much as that
Of any other country of the world.
Prior to the war. we were producing
about 80 per cent Of the factory out
put OF the world. our total as shown
by the 1909 census, having been $2o,-
900 ,O00. 900. the Uni,ed Kingdom and
Germany at that date estimated at
81. 900, 900, 900 each: France, $1,000
Coo, 900. and the factory output OF
the remainder OF the world 100000
ocO. 900. making the estimated values
of world factory output in 1910 at
approximately SIS. Zoo. 900, ,000 of
which we supplied 10000. 900 900, or
about 80 per cent of the total. Now
our latest official record. covering
the output of the year 1919. shows
our own total at $50, 800. .00o, 900. or
nearly as great as that of the en-
tire world a decade earlier. while
the best estimates obtainable for the
outturn OF other countries suggest
that our share of world output of
manufactures in 1919, the year fol-
flowing the close of the war, was
rather more than forty per cent, as
against thirty per cent in the period
Immediately preceding the war.
Attention IL especially called to
the fact that the census figures for
1919, in which this increase of 15s
per cent occurs. are those OF value
only and do not profess to represent
I'D 20 cant nf In
crease in quantity of manufactures
turned out in 1919 as compared with
that of the earlier census years. In
a few of the important articles the
census records thus far made public
do compare quantities produced In
1919 with those of 1914. but they are
as yet insufficient to justify an csti-
mate as to the percentage or general
increase in the quantity OF manu-
factures produced in 1919 as COM
pared with that of earlier years.
In passenger automobiles. the num-
Der of machines turned out in 1919
shows an increase OF 1S6 per cent
over 1914, and the value an increase
of PA per cent: in commercial auto
mobiles there is an increase of 400
per cent in number and 42I per cent
in value; in boots and shoes the In
crease in number Is but Is per cent
and the increase In value l3o per
cent; in gloves there is an increase
of I5 per cent in number and lis per
cent in value: in freight cars for
steam railways, % per cent increase
in number and $50 per cent in value;
in sole leather. o per cent increase In
quantity and IS per cent in value,
and in cane sugar, refined, an In
crease of 6 per cent In quantity and
$50 per cent in value. while con-
siderable number OF other articles
show marked reductions in quantities
turned out, but in nearly all cases
greater OF less increases in values.
While the figures thus far available
indicate that the total quantity OF
manufactures turned out In 1919 was
somewhat greater than in 1914. 1t Is
equally apparent that a very large
share of the phenomenal increase of
l5S per cent in gross value is due TO
higher valuations of the respective
articles turned out or the limited
number OF articles for which produc-
ton by quantity is thus far officially
reported, about 35 per cent show
reduction in quantity and per cent
reduction in values"