Show WHAT IT THE V U S I 1 EXPORTS WORLDWIDE WORLD WIDE distribution OF AMERICAN FARM AND FACTORY PRODUCTS the contributions which the people ot of the united states are making to the comforts and requirements of the daily life ot of those in other parts of the world are scarcely realized even by those supplying the articles so contributed tri buted ilow how little does the girl or woman employed in the factory realize that the cotton cloth being manu fat cured with her operation cooperation co is to become a holiday dress for some other girl or woman in china or india or the philippines or south africa or the islands of the east or west I 1 indies how little does the boy or man who engages in the daily round of farm life realize that the bacon to be made irom the pigs which he feeds is to go into the homes of liberia and portuguese africa and oceania and asiatic russia or that the eggs which he collects may be exported to british guiana or peru or cuba or central america or the various countries of europe yet these and many other curious and interesting incidents of the neighborly interchanges between our own people and those of other and distant parts of the world are shown a as part of the every year all the year round routine of trade recorded by the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor its annual volumn commerce and I 1 navigation avi gatlon of the united states chich Is supplied free of charge to those desiring it for study of our for eign commerce shows many curious anin tunings s about our trade with the various parts of the world it is interesting for example to see that the american mule goes to africa australia the islands of oceania british dutch and french guiana ecuador drazil brazil haiti costa rica and british honduras for service on the roads and plantations tat ions american candles of which the exportations exhortations amount to from 3 to 8 million milion pounds a year are ligh lighting tin homes in japan korea siberia tasmania venezuela the dutch west indies salvador the philippines and french possessions in africa american brooms and brushes are making clean the floors and dusting the garments of dwellers in turkey roumania a malta the azores islands egypt spanish possessions in africa german islands in the pacific hongtong Hong kong and santo domingo american peanuts of which the exportations exhortations range from 5 to 7 million pounds a year go to british india the guianan galanas in south america the danish west indies guatemala labrador the island of bermuda and the belgian kongo n africa american loots boots and shoes of which the exports range above 10 million dollars a year go in increasing quantities to every part of the world hongtong Hong Kong slam japa japanese nese ter in china java and sumatra the straits settlements australia and new zealand german possessions v u africa liberia brazil paraguay mexico canada and practically every country of europe Ameri american clan windmills of which more than a million dollars worth are arc exported every year are seen in south africa the canary islands turkey in asia french china haiti santo demingo turkey in europe switzerland Rou roumania manla greece and greenland and so we might go on extending the list indefinitely enumerating products of the american farm and factory which are being sent to other of the world and these articles article would include sowing machines typewriters motor boats organs pianos planolas pi pl anolas soap perfumery oranges raisins prunes chewing gum toys and many other equally curious and interesting articles t 0 say nothing of the great classes making up the 1 grand I and total of mora inore than million dollars worth of foodstuffs of raw cotton alone the years exports amount ed to million dollars of inert and dairy products million 0 f wheat and corn partly in the grain and partly in the form of flour and meal nearly million of iron and steel manufactures million ot of petroleum and other mineral oils million and of 0 copper manufactures nearly 90 million dollars and so on down the list the countries colonies and other territorial divisions to which these articles go as shown in ill the vol ume commerce and navigation of the united states above alluded to lo are over in number and it would be difficult to find in any part of the world a country in which some article or articles ot of american production are not being sold the articles which people ot of other countries atries send to the united states in return will be discussed next week |