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PAGE SIX. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER " 17, 1904. AN INCREASE ; IN EXPORTS Interesting Figures of Govern- ment Statistician on Values of Manufactured Articles' ; : SHOW ENORMOUS INCREASE to 136 million dollars, waking r otal of 457 million of rtmmifaotures ma terials, lmiKrtecl( as against 452 million dollars' worth of finished manufactures' exerted. These manufactures' mater ials Include, raw silk, fibers, India rub ber, hides and skins, furs and fur skins; chemicals, dniss and dyes, wool, coltoni wood, tin and Iron end steel, ami sun dry other articles In a partially manu factured state. : COMMISSION WILL REPORT. Principal Ten Uems Foot Up Many .Millions Kach-Xow Kqual Value of Agricultural l'rw diifts Shipped Abroad. The fact that the export of manu factures from the United States In the fiscal year Just ended were the largest In the history of our commerce, and that during the last three months they have actually exceeded the value of agricultural products exported, lends interest to some figures Just compiled by the department of commerce and labor through its bureau of statis tics, showing the growth in the exports of principal manufactured articles from 1870 to 1904, and the Increase in im portations of materials for use In man ufacturing during the same period. " The statement divides the manufac tures into ten great groups iron and steel, mineral oils, copper, agricultural Implements, wood manufactures; chem icals, drugs and dyes, leather and man ufactures thereof, cotton manufactures, paraffin, and paper and manufactures thereof. Iron and steel shows the lar gest total, being In round terms 112 million dollars; mineral oils, 72 mil lions; copper, 57 millions: leather, 34 ' millions; agricultural implements,' 23 millions; chemicals, 13 millions; wood manufactures, nearly 13 millions; par affin, over 8 millions, and paper, over 7 million dollars. ' Iron and steel and copper show remarkable growth during the period of 34 years, the growth in Iron and steel having been from 13 million dollars In 1870 to $111,948,588 In 1904; and cop per, from a half million dollars in 1870 to 57 millions In 1904. Mineral oils increased from 30 millions to 72 mil lions during the same period; leather, from less than 1 million to over 33 millions; cotton manufactures, from less than 4 millions to 22 millions: aerl- cultural Implements, from 1 million to over 22 millions. These 10 articles or groups of arti cles form about 80 per cent of the total manufactures exported. In 1870 their total amounted to less than 80 million dollars, and in 1904 amounted to about ?? ?"!!1!?ni Cpper shows remaqjs abie growth, especially during the last decade. From 1870 to 1893 the exnort atlons of copper were small, seldom ex ceeding 5 million dollars. In 1894. however, there was as Increase to prac tically 20 million dollars; by 1898 the total exceeded 30 millions; by 1900 It was over 50 millions, and in the fiscal 1904 was over 57 million dollars, as compared with 8504,741 In 1870. Leath er manufactures also show a marked gain, having been but $672,331 In 1870, , and 833,980,615 In 1904. Equasjy interesting with the growth In exportation of manufactures is the growth In importation of foreign ma- terial required for use in manufactur ing. Curiously, manufacturers' mater ials imported In 1904 are almost iden tical in value with finished manufac tures exported. The raw materials im ported for use In manufacturing mater ials for use in manufacturing amounted Investigated Fraudulent Entries vof Government Lands. Washington, Sept. 16. Olfford Pin ehot,, chief of the fcrestry bureau of the government, and F. H. Newell, chief hydrograihef of the United States geological survey, who are members of the government public land commis sion have returned to Washington from a trip through the western states, un dertaken to determine how the various land laws are being carried out and to gather Information for use In adjust ing vexed land problems. They found that the timber and stone act was tak en advantage of In Washington, Oregon and other parts of the extreme north west more than anywhere else, and that the desert land act was used most ex tensively In parts of Montana. 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