Arizona republican., 1906-01-08

proximately $50 million dollars worth l of material imported for use in manu- featuring and 750 million dollars wo; tn of manufactures exported. It will ex- ceed by far that of any preceding year both in imports of material for use in manufacturing and exports of manu- factures. E
 The volume of crude material for use in manufacturing imported in the elev en months ending with November, 1905, was, in round terms, 369 million dollars, against 309 millions in the same months of the preceding year, and of material partially manufactured for use in man. ufacturing 145 millions, against 122 mill lions in the same months of last year.
 In exports of manufactures the fig ures for the eleven months were 520 millions against 459 millions in the same months of last year. It was not until the calendar year 1904 that man. ufactures exported ever reached to- tai of 800 million dollars, but in the call endar year 1905 they seem likely to approximate 57O millions, since the ex- ports of the single months of November were over AS million dollars and sug. gest that December will probably add about the same amount to the eleven months figures of 520 millions already recorded In the calendar year 1904, the value of manufactures exported was 502 millions, having for the first time crossed the 800 million line, and it is thus quite apparent that the figures of i the calendar year 1905 will be at least 10 per cent in excess of those of the record year 1904. Imports of manufac- lures material increased S1 million dol ] lars during the eleven months and eX- ports of manufactures increased 60 mil- i lions.
 Foreign manufacturers have, how ever, not been idle during the period of unusual activity among the manufac i lures of the United States. The fig ures of our importation of manufac
 lures from foreign countries snow a marked increase in the eleven months of 1905 compared with the correspond ! ing months of last year. The value of articles manufactured ready for con- sumption imported in the eleven months of 1905 amounted to 169 million | dollars against 145 millions in the same months of last year, in increase of 24 millions, and the group entitled, "ar- 1 ticleS of voluntary use, luXuries, etc., '" which is made up chiefly of manufac ! lures (eXcept diamonds and precious | stones) also shows an increase of 21 millions as compared with last year; i but while approximately million of the increase in the last mentioned class
 ocurs in diamonds and precious stones, it may safely be said the the inn ports of manufactures will show a gain
 of approximately 40 million dollars as compared with the same months of Ia st
 year.
 Imports are divided by the bureau of
 statistics into five great groups: Arti-
 cles in a crude condition, for use in
 manufacturing; articles wholly or par
 tially manufactured, for use in manu-
 featuring ready for consumption; arti-
 cles of voluntary use, luxuries, etc, and
 articles of food and live animals. In
 each of the first four groups as al-
 ready indicated, there has been a
 marked gain over 1904, though the gain
 in manufacturers material is larger than that of manufactures. In the re- l maining group, articles of food and
 live animals" there is an increase of
 about Il million dollars. or approxi-
 mately per cent, as compared with
 the same months of last year. the to-
 tai for the eleven months or last year [ the total for the eleven months of 1905 , being 252 million dollars, against two hundred and forty and a half millions in the same months of last year. This increase in the class articles of food and live animals" is chiefly due to the advance in foreign countries of the price of sugar. The value of sugar i'm
 portations in the ten months for whicf detailed information is at hand, in | creased no less than 19 million dollars while the quantity imported fell of more than 300 million pounds. Thus the increase in value of the sugar i'm ported in the ten months ending with October is greater than the increased value of all articles of food and live animals in the elevenn months ending
 with November indicating that il other articles of food there has beer a decrease. This decrease occurs chief " in coffee, of which the imports il , the ten months ending with October
 were about 9 million dollars below
 those of the preceding year.
 On the export side the groups other
 than manufactures are agriculture.
 products, products om mining, products
 of the forest products of fisheries, anc miscellaneous. In products of agricul.
 ture there is an increase of approxi l mately 60 million dollars in the clever
 months ending with November, com. , pared with the same month of las
 year. This increase in agricultural eX. ports occurs largely in corn, of which
 the exports for the eleven months were
 50 million dollars, compared with 2
 millions in the same months of las
 year, while provisions show an increas'
 of nearly IS million dollars and cot , ton an increase of about and a hal
 millions.
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