25. Power employed in manufactures. [U. S. Census, Manufactures, General report, Abstract of the census of manufactures.]
26. The New South. [Coman, 292-298.]
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliography.—See chap. xlv and add: Poole’s Index and its continuations, Annual library index and Readers’ guide to periodical literature; debaters’ handbooks, ed. R. C. Ringwalt, E. R. Nichols, and Debaters’ handbook series.
General.—Wells, **Rec. econ. changes; Edward Atkinson, *Industrial progress, N. Y., 1890, *Distribution of products., N. Y., 1892; H. R. Hatfield, ed., *Lectures on commerce, Chicago, 1904; J. F. Rhodes. *History of U. S., N. Y., 1893 ff.; R. Mayo-Smith and E. R. A. Seligman, **Commercial policy, 1860-1890, Leipzig, 1892.
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Sources.—Material in government documents becomes in this period much richer and more varied. Beside the reports on Commerce and Navigation (including many special reports on Internal Commerce) and Commercial Relations, see the Statistical Abstract, Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance (including current statistics and useful monographs), the Census, Reports and Statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Report of the Industrial Commission, 1900-02, Reports of the Tariff Board and Tariff Commission (including noteworthy reports on cotton and wool manufactures, 1912.) The Bureau of Manufactures, later termed Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, issued in its Miscellaneous series, a number of reports useful for a survey of commercial conditions just before the outbreak of the World War; no. 11., American manufactures in foreign markets; no. 14, Annual review of the foreign commerce of the U. S., 1913; no. 15, Trade of U. S. with the world, 1912-13; no. 38, do. for 1914-15; no. 23, Trade of the U. S. with other American countries, 1913-14; no. 33, Ports of the U. S. (terminal facilities, commerce, port charges, etc., at 68 selected ports).
CHAPTER LII
EXPORTS, 1860-1914
679. Chief exports in 1913.—The principal items of the export trade of the United States in 1913 are given in the following table, with which should be compared the table in section 633.
| Exports of U.S., 1913, Millions of Dollars | |
|---|---|
| Cotton | 547 |
| Iron and steel and manufactures | 305 |
| Breadstuffs | 211 |
| Provisions, including dairy | 154 |
| Copper and manufactures | 140 |
| Mineral oils | 137 |
| Wood and manufactures | 116 |
Total of these items, omitting decimals | 1,610 |
Total exports of domestic merchandise, including items omitted | 2,429 |
Total foreign exports | 37 |
Exports of precious metals | 149 |