Show WONDERFUL PROGRESS W exports of manufactures from the united states and their distribution by articles and countries 1800 to 1906 is the title litlo of a monograph just jus issued by ille the department of commerce and labor it shows that exports I 1 of manufactures from the united states now exceed million dollars per annum and have doubled in value in a 9 single decade not only has the exportation of manufactures doubled in a decade but the share which prod acts of the factory form in the total exports la to steadily increasing in 1880 manufactures formed but 15 per cent of the total exports of domestic products in 1890 they formed 21 per cent in 1900 35 per cent and in 1906 4 40 per cent with the rapid increase of population in the united states and therefore of the consumption of natural products the quantity of food and raw materials remaining for distribution to other parts of the world has not increased proportionately and with the development of manufacturing facilities and the trend of population to the manufacturing centers production of manufactures has bas rapidly increased and the surplus of these manufactures which may be spared tor for foreign markets has also increased in the decade ending with 1905 exports of manufactures from the united unite d states increased per cent while those from germany increased 76 75 per cent those from the united kingdom 40 per cent and those from france 25 per cent this rapid increase in the exports of manufactures from the united states has brought her to the third rank in the list of the worlds producers of manufactures for exportation and the value of manufactures exported by each at of them in 1906 are axe as follows the united kingdom I 1 1400 million dollars germany 1000 millions the united states millions and franc frame millions these fig ures however are approximate only since the figures of the exports of the european countries are not yet at hand in sufficient tent detail to render possible an exact statement of the balue of manufactures exported in that year the growth of the manufacturing industry in the united states has occurred chiefly in the last years stated in round terms the census figures of the gross value of manufactures in the united states are for 1850 1 billion dollars 1800 1860 2 billions 1870 1970 4 billions 1880 6 billions 1890 9 billions 1900 13 billions 1905 15 16 billions the figures for 1905 being exclusive of 0 neighborhood industries and band hand trades included in previous years the increase in the production ot of manufactures IA the united states far ar in n excess of home requirements has hos forced our manufacturer manufacturers to seek markets in other parts of the world for their surplus product the result haa has been a rapid increase in the exportation of manufactures the total value of manufactures exported from the united states has grown from less than 8 million dollars in fix 1820 1320 to 23 million dollars in 1860 1850 48 12 1 2 millions ln in 1860 70 millions in 1870 millions in 1880 millions in 1890 and millions in 1900 since which time the annual total has bas not fallen below the million dollar line while in the calendar year 1906 the total tow ex million dollars in the fiscal year 1906 the latest period for which detailed figures of the exports by the coun countries thes are available the c exports X of manufactures were valued at million dollars |