New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11
IMPORTS STILL GROW.
importation Of Manufacturers Ma
teyials Shoes Steady Increase.
IRON the Trlblne Bureau

washington. March le-As long the crops are
,os and the imports OF manufacturers materials
vb,ch viii be worked uD only into articles for
to,,e consumption and for export thus affording
,nc-easea employment for American labor. steadily
Increases tire administration VIII refuse TO become
rlarned by any fluctuations of the stock market
Mare than half the importations at the present
tl1e ere for the use Of manufacturers. crude ma
erials forming 32.3 per cent and partially manu-
sac,,ired goods 1875 per cent of the total imports
In The seven months ending with January 1907
vsw materials Tor use in manufacturing were i'm
norted 10 the value OF S2s2CocOe and manufactures
imported Tor further in manufacturing
amounted 10 Sl5S0oQ000 The figures for the same
classes q goods imported in the like seven months
az the previous year amounted TO s223.9)O9o0 and
s-.s lrlGla respectively For The single month Of
January the Importation OF manufacturers ma
terials amounted TO 81 per cent OF the total.
In nearly an articles classed as manufacturers
materials the figures fcr the seven months ending
with January. 1$i7, are larger than those for ;he
corresponding months Of The preceding year. ce-
uent lor instance. elbows q total importation of
-s4OUae0 pounds. against only Us 0o0OO in the
same months of last year.
Chemicals OF al sorts, a large proportion OF
which used in manufacturing. were imported
70 the VaiUe Of S4'G00oo in the seven months end
.ng with January. 1897 against 100000 in the
same months Of the preceding year
Copper including under this term the ore which
IS brought in for smelling and the pig copper which
is brought in for refining. amounted in the seven
mouths which ended with January 1897 10 sos
5Ne0. against si7.75o.@oo in the corresponding
months of last year.
Raw cotton, chiefly Egyptian. of course. showed
importaiions during the seven months ended with
January 1907. amounting TO 100000 rounds valued
$4,000, against only 3s.50GG coo pounds valued al
less than 100000 in the corresponding period Of
fhe preceding year
Diamonds. uncut, while usually considered in the
light Of Injuries rather than in their relation TO
manufacturing. are. in fact. suited to be and
are Cassed by the bureau OF statistics OF the
Department of Commerce and Labor as manu-
factu-ers material since they are. after being
brought into the United States both est and by
American labor. The value OF uncGt diamonds i'm
ported in the seven months ended with January.
1907. IN round terms s7o90Oo0 against $500 go
In the corresponding months Of the preceding year.
and Of diamonds cut. bur not set. which thus also
give employment 10 American labor in tho setting.
amounted 10 nearly Sl5,ey)00O in the recent seven
month period against sl35o009o in the correspond
ing months OF last year
Fibre importations show a slight reduction in
quantity though b. reason OF higher prices the
value imported IN the seven months of the present
year shows an increase. being about S2i.3530oo,
against 81, 100000 IN the same months of 1895.
Hides and skins imported IL the seven months
ended with January lasL amounted TO Sl2093G0e.
against Si4 $4,000 in the corresponding months OF
last year, the quantity, however, showing a slight
decrease.
India rubber importations show a marked in
crease in tIe recent seven month period The fig
S22oO0O00. against So759e0 pounds. valued s24.-
o90.0o IN the corresponding months OF 1896. India
IN demand at the present time in the manufacture
81 automobiles ana tires Cor vehicles. whether
Pig iron iInportations show a marked increase.
despite the fact that The production of pig iron in
of any earlier year. The total importation Of that