Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-06


Department Of Commerce and Labor
principal articles imported for manu-
featuring are. in most cases. larger
than In August 1907. date at which
the manufacturing industries OF the
country were making their highest re
cord of activity Raw wool. raw silk,
crude india rubber. hides and skins
fibers. lumber. tobacco. tin. and cot
ton. are the principal articles i'm
ported for manufacturing purposes,
These nine articles form more than
ee-fourths the value Of the total
imports OF materials. crude. or partly
manufactured. for use in manuf2ctur'
ing. and. in most cases. as above
indicated the quantity of these ar
ticles imported in Augus,. 1908. Is
greater than in August. 1907.
Wool impOrtations. for example.
were. in August. 1908. 1896, los
pounds against 13.334.9S2 pounds In
August Of last wear: hides and skins.
in August 1905. l3.319.2l9 pounds
against 3261S.3S6 pounds in August.
1907: india rubber imports in August.
1908. were 3.79O.377 pounds against
1896 O63 pounds in August, 1907: raw
silk imported in August. 1908. amount
ed to 2.O25 3O6 pounds against 1905
OSl pounds in the same month OF the
preceding year: leaf tobacco imported
in August. 1905, 2.G72.4S3 pounds
against 2.336.405 pounds in August.
1907: raw cotton imported in August
1908, 6O09.2S9 pounds against 1872
1852 tons imported In August. 1908.
against 17.142 tons in the same month
of last wear: lumber, 92SS9 NJ feet IN
August. 1908. against 106.SS6 NJ feet In
the same month Of last year. and
pig tin in August. 1908. 6,9O5.1So
pounds against S.105 S29 pounds In
Angus, Of last vear-the impOrta;ion-
of all these articles. except cotton.
fires lumber. and tin. having thus
been larger in August. 1903. than in
August. 1907. when the manufacture
ers of the country were making their
highest Industrial record.
the fact that thsse principal manu-
facturers' materials show an increase
in quantity imported In August. 1908.
over the corresponding month Of last
year is especially notable in view OF
the fact that the values Of manufact-
urers' material. as a whole. imported
in August. 1908. fall much below the
values OF manufacturers material In
ported in August. 1907. This fall in
value of these importations is due to
lowsr prices rather than a fell In
quantity, since. as above shown, more
than one-half OF the principal article
show larger quantities imported In
August. 1908. than in August. 1907.
Even in those articles in which In
creases in quantity are shown the
values in August, 1907. are. in practi-
cally every case. less than in August.
1908. due to the falling off in prices
per unit of quantity. Raw silk. FOR
instance, shows a fall in value in the
imports OF August. 1908. from $685.
215 in August. 1907. to $6.s43.725 in
August. 1908. while the quantity in
August. 1908. is about IS per cent
greater than in the same month OF
1907: raw wool shows falling on
in value of imports. but an increase
of 2n million pounds in quantity:
hides and skins show a fall Of over
of a million dollars in
value of imports. but an increase ~
nearly 23-4 million pounds in quaint
tv: india rubber shows a material fail
in va!re of the imports in August.
1903. but an increase in quantity.
In practically every one Of the chief
articles required for manufa curing
the import prices per unit Of auanti-
ty are lowsr in August. 1908. than In
August. 1907. OF raw cotton, for ex-
ample. the import price in August,
1903. was 14.S cents per pound against
1861 cents in August. 1907: hemp. in
August. 1903. $146.10 per ton against
S171.O2 in Angus. OF last wear; manila,
in August. 1908. $123.10 per tori
against S19s14 in the same month OF
last year: sisal. $105.22 per ton In
August. 1908. against $l51.92 In the
corresponding month OF last year:
goat skin. in August Of the present
year 229 cents peT pound against
2e.2 cents IN the corresponding month
of last year: hides of cattle. IL CENTS
per pound in August Of the present
year against 14S cents per pound ~
the same month If last year: india
rubber. SIS cents per pound In
August. I9nS against S7!4 cents in
August. 1907: raw silk. $3.3s pcr
pound in August. 1908. against sie"
in August. 1907 Tin. in lars. block ..
and pigs. 2S.5 ceuts PSF pound IN.
August. 1908. against 3STs cents in
August, 1907: clothing wool. In Aug
ust 1903. rs cents per pound
against &c cents IN August. 1907
combiny wool. 1911 cents per pound
in August. 1908. against 2s.2 cents in
the same month of last year. and car.
Pct wool. 1913 cents per pound in
Angus, Of the present war against
I5.s cents In August Of last year.
On the expcrt side natural products
such as corn. wheat. meats. Itaf t,hac
co and other articles Of this ciars
show. In maay csscs. an advance In
price over thu corresponding month
NJ last wear. and IN few cases any ma