Arizona republican., 1902-12-31


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 it is aii the ti6te Interesting Co te- view the busihtss conditions Of ths pass at this time. ftom the fact that 6n the eve Of d new year business men arc in the habit of taking stock" of buslhess conditions in order to make caituia- tions for the future. Some idea Of the irconccivable proportions Of the coun- try's domestic trade was obtainabic from the figures on that sub 
 department fortnight ago. That information Is now supplemented by a bulletin from the treasury bureau of statistics on the foreign commerce of the United States for the eleven months ended with November.
 These statistics indicate a phenome- nal activity among the manufacturtiS of the country and exportations quite of the crop shortage of last year. The value of manufacturers materials lm- ported into the United States during the eleven months ending with Novem- Der this year is $i07, ,603, ,599 against S353. Ar ,2SS in the corresponding months of last year. and forms 46h per cent of the total imports, against A per cent of the total imports in the correspond ing months of last year. Manufactures exported during the eleven months or 1902 amount to $377, ,635, ,961, against s362, 1892, 1S1 in the corresponding months of last year, and form SIS per cent or ha toI of hn total exports in the same months or 1901. The total imports are 75 million dollars in excess of those for the cor responding months of last year, and or this increase of 75 millions, 54 millions was in the class manufacturers ma terials'' and the remainder manufac- lures and luxuries, articles of food ana animals showing reduction Of ten millions as compared with the impor- tations during the corresponding months of last year.
 Nearly all of the great articles re- quired for use in manufacturing, with the single exception of India rubber, show a marked increase in impOrta- tions. Importations of raw silk, for example. amount to s40.905,393 in the eleven months of this year, against $35. All. 900 in the corresponding periol ! of 1901; hides and skins, s53,O22,52l 1 against $50, ,S77, 797 in the eleven months of last year; tin for use in manuractur- ing tin plate, 19.532, ,SO7, against S17,- | ;,, he nf last year. India rubber importations show a slight falling off, the total for eleven. months being s22, ,56S,7S6 this year, against s25,929,9S5 In the same months of last year.
 The most striking increase in impor- tations is in manufactures of iron and steel, which amount, for the eleven months. to $S6. 766,961 in value, agains; | SIS, ,267 ,677 in the corresponding months; of last year, the value of the importa- tions having thus more than doubled this year as compared with last year. | Practically every item in the list Of iron and steel manufactures shows q marked increase. The export figures { of iron and steel manufactures snow a reduction, the total exports for the eleven months being s9O 136,024 this year, against $94O91, ,967 in the same months of last year and s119. GOA, S4S In eleven months of 1900.
 The total exportation of the eleven months falls 116 million dollars below that of the corresponding period or | 1901. This reduction occurs in agri- | cultural products. of which the expor- tations during the eleven months oi ! this year fall 13O million dollars below | those of last year, indicating that Tn | the other great classes, especially manufactures. there is an increase. 1 This reduction of 13O millions in agri- cultural exports is due in part to the 1 increased home demand, in part to the | loss of q part of the corn crop of last