Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-09
1926 EXPORTS
SHOW BIG GAIN
In NINE MONTHS

the first three quarters of 1925 re-
ceived at the local chamber OF com
mercef from the foreign co1nmerce de-
partment of the chamber of com
merce of the United States.
The report points out that total
exports for the first nine months Of
1926 amounted to three and one-
half billion dollars, which averages
SS9 million dollars monthly. This
is u per cent greater than a year
ago.
when the figures for the best
months of the year-October, No
vember and observation-disclosures avail
able the value of our exports for
1925 will be close to five billion
dollars-a figure reached only in the
war and postwar years 1916 to 100.
Since 1920 the general trend of ex-
ports has been upward with the
tendency since December, 1928, more
sharply upward than heretofore
Tn 1926 there was the normal sea-
sonal slowing up, which lasted from
May through july when the usual
late summer and fall activity be-
gan with the expectation of cot
ton and, other agricultural products
High levels, which in some cases
constituted new records, were reach
ed in both quantity and value by
some of our leading exports. Ship
ments of raw cotton for the jan
uary-September period Of 1925 to-
tailed more than two and one-half
billion pounds nearing the high fig
ure of 1922 the year of our second
greatest crop. sIn value our cotton
exports were exceeded only by the
high priced cotton for 1919-Yand
1920, when raw cotton topped 40
cents In the light of the high cot
ton production figures for the crop
now being ginned, the prospects for
exports for the last quarter promise
to bring the years total up to
heights we'll above a billion dollars
Records were made in automobile
exports, with shipments of 218,471
cars and chassis, valued at $751;
100000 figures never equaled in vol
ume or value. Wherever the Amer
lean automobile goes, there we find
American gasoline Exports of gas
oline, naphtha, and other light pro!
ducts also exceeded those of all pre-
vious nine-month periods, with total
shipments of S7,O0O,O00 gallons, valued
at $14700O,000.
s'Exports of refined copper for the
first three quarters of 1925 amounted
to 7S9, ,OOO, 900 pounds only about 200
tons smaller than the record ship
ments in 1917. The value, $114,00O,-
600, was exceeded only by the war
values of 1916-191S.
! Nearly every important group of
exports showed increased values over
last years figures Meat exports
increased "a per cent; grains, 80
per cent; raw textile fibers, 20 per
cent; manufactured textiles, Is per
cent; paper, per cent; coal, coke
and petroleum, 8 per cent; copper,
lead and zinc, "a per cent; machin-
cry, 10 per cent; vehicles, Al per
cent; and chemicals, 90 per cent;
miscellaneous vegetable products
(tobacco, rubber and naval stores)
were off IA per cent; lumber was
off only 1 per cent; and iron and
steel were off 2.6 per cent.
s.The increased value of exports
was due in large measure to higher
prices on. mhny products, notably
grain, pork products, gasoline and
metals.
Exports Of raw cotton increased
20 per cent in value and 43 per cent
in quantity; automobiles increased
66 per cent in value and 62 per cent
in quantity; gasoline, naphtha and
other light products Increased 1Sl
per cent. in vaSue and four per cent
in quantity; wheat increased 35 per
cent in value, but declined 2 per
cent in quantity; refined copper in
creased 13 per cent in value and Z
per cent in quantity. Lard exports
were IA per cent lower in value and
80 per cent off in quantity; leaf to-
baccos declined 20 per cent in value
and 29 per cent in. quantity; coal
and coke declined 1 per cent in valueA
but increased in quantity six-tenths
of / per cent; lubricating oil in
creased 2 per cent in value and 5
per cent in quantity; wheat flour
increased IL per cent in value but
declined 26 per cent in quantity.
Exports of rye Increased {69 per
cent in value, and 25 per cent in
quantity; oil cake and oil cake meal
increased SIS per cent in value and
SO pc rcent in quantity; barley in
creased 131 per cent in value and
lat per cent in quantity; brass and
bronze increased 79 per cent in value
and III per cent in quantity; auto
mobile engines increased 387 per cent
in value and 642 per cent in quantity;
lead pigs, and bars increased "a per
cent in value and 56 per cent in
quantity; oats increased PITS per
cent in value mad 1854 per cent in
quantity.
"Quantity gains were more numer-
Gus among the more highly manu-
featured products, than among the
raw and manufactured staple ma
terials, foodstuffs, etc. Some of the
striking quantity increases among |
the former group were rayon hos-
iery 1O4 per cent; silk hosiery 73
per cent; safety razor, blades Sc per
cent; electric batteries 54 per cent;
electric lamps, S8 per cent; adding !
and calculating machines SO per
cent; cash registers 33 Der cent;
agricultural tractors 81 per- cent;
plows 21 per cent; pumps 81 per
cent typewriters 1S per cent; motor |
cycles 33 per cent; railway cars 81
per cent; pianos 28 per cent; auto