Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-12-24
WE MAKE A PROFIT

fer 1s0@Decline in Value of I'M
ports is General and Accounts fer
Decrease in Total Value Prices of
Foodstuffs Remain Stationery
Gains in Prices Of Germ, Wheat and
Bacon Exported.
Washington, Special. - Failing
prices for imports rising prices for
exports, are declared by the annual
.eport of the Chief of the Bureau of
statistics of the Department Of Com
nerce and Labor, to be n charact eris-
lc of the foreign trade of the United
states in the fical year 1908. This
S especially true, he SAYS, as TO the
manufacturers material Imported
lnd foodstuffs exported In manu-
,acturers' materials, whether raw or
partly manufactured, the average
onces for the year are, says the re-
port, materially lower than those for
;he preceding year, and were also
much lower at the end of the fiscal
iear than ut the beginning of the
'ear. The average price per ton Of
hemp in June, 1908, was but $141.02,
against STATS in June, 1907; of ma
lllo, $l3774, against $202O1 in June.
t9OI; CT sisal grass, $10620, against
slr2.3| III June, 1907; of goatskins.
Der pound. 24.5 cents in the closing
month of 1908, against 81 cents in
ne corresponding month of the pre-
'eding year; of hides of cattle, 100
cents i'll June, 1908, against l5.4
:ents In June, 1907; of India rubber.
'o cents per pound in June. 1908.
against GIL cents in June of the
preceding year; of raw silk. 1923 per
pound IN June, 1908, against $4.63 in
June, 1907; of pig iron, 27 cents per
pound In June, 1908, against 39.1
'ehts per pound in June, 1907; and
clothing, wool, II cents per pound
June. 1908, against 25.7 cents in
June, 1907, while other classes of
WOOL also show similar reduction in
orlce during the year.
The decline in the total value of
IMPORTS, which occurs in nearly all
the principal articles forming the
'reat groups, foodstuffs, manufactur-
,rs materials and manufactures is
iue IN considerable degree TO this
| ~ lil'cS' though In many
'"ses lhere Is an actual decline in
l"antity. This is particular true in
:, n"hiacturerS' raw materials, which
Spow a marked decline in prices Der
'htl CT quantity. the decline in value
9elnS thus much greater than that
u quantity In iibers, for example.
me fall in value is from ~ million
'oi!ars In 1897 to 30 millions in 1908.
decrease CT 16 per cent, while in
inantlty tie fall is from 3l2.9S3 TONS
3U3,S4S tons, n decline of but 2
Der cent: In Indian rubber the fall in
value Of imports is from 30 million
,ono '0oiarS IN 1907 20 36 ID millions in
iSoo, a decline of IS per cent: but
ne fall in quantity is only from n
million pounds to G2 million pounds.
decline of but 20 per cent. In hides
ma skins be fall in value of imnorts
rs arom 50 million dollars TO- 81 mil
'ohs' decline of "a per cent. while
n quantity the fall is from al nil
uon pounds TO 2e3 million pounds. q
aecilnc CT but "a per cent Tn MO
,,Oopp'r the value of imports fell from
- mil!cns dollars to 24 millions. q
ieeLne of 40 per cent, and the onor1 "
NY IRON l9S million pounds to l45
nln-cn pounds, n decline of 27 per
,eht' In pig tin the value of the i'm
poriatlons fell from 80 million dol
'arS 10 % millions. a decline of 90
per cent, while the quantity fell
from 06 millicn pounds 10 III m;II;on
pounds, decline of 20 per cent In
raw wool, the value of the innnorto
nons 1ell from Al ID million dollars
IN ioOI TO 231-2 millions in 1o0o .
decline Of Il per cent, while tho
quantity fell from 204 milion hounds
20 20 42o million pounds, a decline of
30 per cent. Thus in practically all
the principal articles used in mann.
lac'u1ng the falling off in the value
OF imports as compared with those
OF last year is due in greater or
less degree to a reduction in nr;cee
per unit Of quantity, though in most
or these articles there is an actpol
reduction in quantities, much less
however than wonld be indicated bv
value only, ~ -
Feed stui1s do no: share. na rnlo
~ fGe decline In values. either sa TO
imports or cxports, which is chnrec.
Ienstic OF manufacturers materials
ihe average import price Of coffee
IN !oOS was 7.6 cents per pound
against 10 cents in the preceding
year; or raw sugar rot above No. lG
Dutch standard in color, 2.3S cents
per pound, against oil cents in the
preceding year; and of tea, 17.3 cents
per pound, against 1911 cents per
pound In 1907; while in manufactur-
ers' materials fbers show an average
price in 1908 of Sly per ton, against
$50 per ton in 1907; hides and skins
1913 cents per pound, against % :
cents per pound in 1907; India rub
Der. 5S.S cents per pound, against
'o.6 cents per pound in the preceding
year; raw silk, $413 per pound
against $4.20 in 1907; clothing wool
30 cents per pound. against oC
cents per pound in 1907; combino