Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-29
THE IMPORTS
OF THE YEAR
An Increase Throughout
the World
A Statement of Its Distri-
button Among the Ma
tiOns of the Earth.

Washington, July 2S.-All the world.
or at least all the grand divisions of
the world. have profited by the large
increase of Importation during the fis-
cal year just ended. This increase in
importations as already announced by
the bureau of statistics of the DEPART
ment of commerce and labor. amounts
to over 100000. 900 as compared with
the Immediately preceding year OF
this increase of over 5000. .000. 900. about
sl15.00O.O0 occurred i'm the imports
from Europe. s33.OOO.OOO in imports
from Asia. $25.000.000 in the imports
from North America. about s20.O00.00O
in the, imports from South America,
nearly s1O.0OO.000 in the imports from
Africa. and about s5.000.O00 in the i'm
ports from Oceania.
The United Kingdom. Germany.
France. Brazil. Japan. British India.
Cuba, Italy. Egypt and China are the
chief beneficiaries in this increase in
foreign purchases by the people of the
United States.
The largest increase in the imports
from any single country is from the
United Kingdom. from which the i'm
ports increased about s37.000.O00 over
the Immediately preceding year. the
fiscal year 1906. This increase in the
imports from the United Kingdom Oc-
ours chiefly in pig iron. pig tin, cop
per. tin plate. laces and miscellaneous
manufactures. Pig iron alone shows
an increase in the eleven months end
ing May of nearly s7.0O0.OOO from the
nj. in in
crease of nearly $4,000. 900. pig copper
an increase OF s3.500.000. while cotton
cloths. cotton laces. silk. crude India
rubber, and manufactures of various
sorts. as well as many other less i'm
pOrtant articles. show considerable
increase from the United Kingdom.
From Germany the imports show an
Increase of about s26. 900 O00ls This in
crease occurs chiefly in>beet sugar.
chemicals. kid gloves. silks. knit goods
and paper manufactures. the largest
single increase being in sugar. which
alone shows an increase in the eleven
months ending with May of nearly
SO. .00O. 900 compared with the immedi-
ately preceding year. From France
the imports show an increase OF about
s21 100000 the gain occurring chiefly
| in silks. laces. diamonds, kid gloves
and other manufactured articles. From
Italy the imports show an increase OF
about s1O.OOO,O00. the gain occurring
chiefly in raw silk. of which the i'm
ports from Italy in the eleven months
ending with May were about $4,000. .0OC
in excess of those of the corresponding
months Of the preceding year. Lem
.l Of
million dollars. while other fruits
cheese. olive oil and miscellaneous
merchandise show also an increase
| From Netherlands the imports show
an increase of about s6.0O0.000. the
gain occurring chiefly in diamonds and
tobacco from her East Indian posses
sions.
/ From Canada the imports show az
increase of about &c. 900. 900. the gair
occurring chiefly in lumber and cop
per. From Mexico there is an increas,
of about 81. 5.O0O. 600 this gain occurring
chiefly i'm rubber. copper and hides
From Cuba the imports show gair
of about 100000 the increase oc'
lcurring chiefly in sugar. also in bana-
mas. Tobacco. cigars and iron ore. From
Brazil the increase is about s17. 600.
900. occurring chiefly in coffee. caca'
and rubber. the increase in COFFEE
lamounting to over s6.OOO.0O0. in caca'
to about s1.500.000. and in India rub
Der to about sS.0OO.0OO.
/ From China the increase in import
is about s7.OO0.O0O- occurring chiefly il
silk and wool. From Japan the in
crease amounts to about $4,000 .00C
In 10 in ell N
which the imports in the eleve
months ending with May were abou
s12. .0O0. 900 in excess of those of tn
corresponding months of the preced n
I year. From British India the impor
tations shaw an increase of about s12.
600 600. this gain occrring chiefly 1
burlaps. jute bags, and manufacture
jvte From Australia and New Zea
land there is a gain of about $1,000.
900. this increase occurring chiefly
wool From Egypt the imports show
: gain of about $4,000 900. the gain oc
: curing chiefly in raw cotton.
The increase in importations is d.
: vided about equally between dutiab
: and nondutiable merchandise. Dutia
Bile merchandise shows an increase
I a little more than sl00.000.000. ths
coming in free of duty gain of abot
E 500. zoo. 900. OF the great group
1 foodstuffs in a crude condition show
4 gain Of about s15.000.000. foodstuf
:, partly or wholly manufactured a ga
e OF about $4,000. 600. manufacture
y ready for consumption a gain Of abo'
! SIS. 900, 900. manufactures for furth
/. use in manufacturing a gain of abo'
$57, 100000. and crude materials for u
In misunderstanding an increase of ahOl