Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-13
BUSINESS GOOD.
Great Growth In Our In
ports Of Materials.
Total Of $685., 900, 900 In Past
Nine Months.
Foodsiuifs Show an Increase Of
Si6,000,000 During Period.

IHlttu States IN lndlcated by the rec
ord which they are making in the i'm
portation Of foreign materials for use
in their industries. The figures of
the Bureau of Statistics Of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor COW
ering three-quarters of the fiscal year
which ends with next month show 4
more rapid growth in importation of
manufacturers materials than that of
any other class Of imports, and indi-
cate that the total value of manufac-
turers' materials imported during the
full fiscal year 1867 will exceed by far
that of any earlier year. In the nine
months ending with March OF the pres
ent year, crude materials imported for
use in manufacturing show an increase
of $5i CO., 00 against an increase Of but
SIS eco, eco in the corresponding months
of the preceding year; while the group
manufactures for further use in
manufacturing" shows an increase of
S44 600, GEO. against an increase of but
$50 900, 0U0 in the corresponding months
CT the preceding year. During the
same period fGOdStuffs imported show
an increase of but $l6000,000 and
finished manufactures an increase OF
but $40.090000 over corresponding
months Of 1906
The group "crude materials for use
in manufacturing" shows u total i'm
portation in the nine months ending
with March. 1907. of 1855 100000 against
1904 600 900 in the corresponding months
Of 1906 and $4,000 900 in the cores
ponding months Of 1905; and the group
manufactures for further use in
~ Oh in q ninp
months of 1907 a total importation of
$20l ,OG1 900, against $159,000,00G in the
same months of 1906 and $129, 900, 900 in
the same months of 1905.
These figures indicate that the value
of materials imported for manufacture
ing purposes, whether crude or nartial-
ly manufactured, will in the fiscal
year 1907 exceed by more than $780,
600 900 that Of any preceding year. In
the fiscal year 1906, crude materials for
use in manufacturing showed gain
of but $2J 900. 900, and manufactures for
further use i'll manufacturing gain of
$42 600, 900 compared with the imports
of the preceding years. In the fiscal
year 1905, crude materials showed a
gain Of $6S.000000, and manufactures
for further use in manufacturing q
gain Of $17090, 600 over the imports of
the preceding year; while in 1904, crude
materials showed a reduction of $l0,-
COO 900, and manufactures for further
use III manufacturing Il loss of $35,0OO,-
900 compared with 1909. In 1907 it
seems probable that crude materials
imported will show an increase Of near
ly $4,000, and manufactures for
further use in manufacturing a gain
of over $4,000, 600 over those of last
year.
Tuis increase in materials for use in
manufacturing occurs in nearly all arti-
clcs. Cement, for example, shows in the
nine months OF 1907 an importation OF
gl3GO) $50 pounds against 212,00060O in the
same months OF last year. Chemicals, as
a whole a larg, pare of which are for
use il. manufacturing. show a total oI
Soo,OnO,GoO value against s3",OOO.C00 III the
nine months of 1905. Copper bars, piss
and iIgotS SLOW impOrtationS 1SGrcSat-
irg 1lI,UUU.0 900 pounds against 1ZS.OOCOJ IN
the corresponding months of the proceed
irg year; cotton, chiefly Egyptian. total
of 1900. coz pounds against J7.0O,UO i'll the
sam months of last year; fb"ts, total
Importation OF 2i3,OCJ tons against 21l,0U
tom, i'll the same months OF 1900. India
rubber imported shows a total or 1S,W0,-
GN pounds against 43.C00.000 in Til" CORE
spending months of the preceding year;
iron Gre, total OF $3.50 tons against
OF the prect ding year: raw SILK, little
less than 14.OCG,0t0 pounds against little
more than II 100000 ir the same months or
last wear: tin a total of 15,O0JOOO pounds
against G7,OGC00 i'll the corresponding
months Of 1896: leaf tobacco. Il total OF
q. 5cN.ON0 pounds against n little less than
27.Oi0,oJG in the same months OF .cSt year
and lumber and other unmanufacturcd
wood during the nine months OF 1871
shows importations to the value of ga
OCOOO9 against S20.500,000 i'll the same
months of last year.
< few articles snow slight reduction
in importatiOns measured by quantities.
but in nearly every case the value, even
OF those articles, shows an increase, mol
eating an advance in prices. Wool shows
an importation of 147,jOJ,O0o pounds In tha
mnc months OF 1901 against little more
than S00t.000 pounds in the same nontnS
of last yeIr. but the value OF the l4i-cu,-
900 pounds imported in the nine months
of 1907 is set down at S2eCVoW", against
S2S 20 900 for the 148,JN.mO imported N
the corresponding months of 1906 Hides
and skins show a marked decrease IN
quantity of importatiOns, but no maternal
change in value, indicating very con.
siderable increase in price per unit ol
quantity during the current year. Inc
2G4 900 900 pounds Of hides and skins I'M
ported in the nine months Of 1907 are val,
iIed at $-925OOn0. while the 800. 7AOVpo
pounds imported in the go sans G leo mT rb; 0l
creeso in the price IF hides and skins as
a whole is also apparent in each OF It's
groups or classes. .,
Cimatskins imported in tho nine months
Of 1907 amounted to 6.,.500OG0 pounds ana
we're valued at S21 40 COO. while the
same months of last year their imports
amounted 10 100000 ponds aud were
valued ut hut s3I.75O. Oo0. Hides. IF cattlss
show q total importation of !9,OoOW
hounds. values, at Sl5.2jO 60. in the nine
months Of 1907. while 1l5.0O.U0 pounds
irnrortcd i'm the same months Of 1906 We're
valued at si5, 5000, and the other grades
Of hides and skins. grouped under the tue
or 'aIl other" showed 9J.2iO.0Dl pounds
imported in the nine months Of 1907. val
ued at S22.010.GOo, against 1l3,G6V0
mounds imported I'm the same months OF
ioNG also valued at So 900. The figures
of raw silk importations also Indicate an
advance In price. IS. $1,000 pounds I'M
NJ rfed in the nine months Of 1907 being
valued at sIGO0.Cod. while ll.33300o
pounds imported in the same months. OF
the preceding year were valued AT put
s41 NO1OO0, the average valuation per
uornd in the nine months period being
q ~ in 1907 and $S.i In 1906.
That much higher prices are being paid
for the manufacturers materials and
many other OF the articles now imported
thar those Of even single year ago is
anpnrent form critical examination Of
the figures of the Bureau Of Statistics.
which show quantities and values of va