Arizona republican., 1909-08-17
FORTY-FIVE MILLIONS
Value of the Wool Brought Into the County Last Year, to Say Nothing of the Much Greater Vol ume Produced Here.

Washington, Aug. 16.-Wool impOr- tations into the United States in the fiscal year just ended exceeded those of any earlier year except 1897, when abnormal importations were made in view of the prospective transfer of wool from the free to the dutiable list. The total quantity of wool imported in the fiscal year just ended was 266l2 millions pounds against l26 millions in 1908, 2O3 millions in 1907, 249 millions in 1905, and 351 millions in 1897, when, as already suggested, the impOrtations were abnormally large by reason of the prospective transfer of wool from the free to the dutiable list.
 About third of the wool con- stunned in the United States is import ed, the remaining twO-thirds, speaking in general terms, being produced at home Figures just compiled show that the quantity of wool imported into the United States in the decade ending lsgS- -99-the wool imports aggregated in round terms 160O million pounds, and domestic production 2S30 million pounds, and deducting the small quan- titles exported, the consumption of wool in the United States during the decade named is found to be about 400 million pounds, of which 8 per cent was of foreign production and the re- mainder produced in the United States. II thus appears that the average an nual consumption of wool in the United States during the decade just ended was about 475 million pounds, of
 
 ported and the remainder produced at home. and that in the immediately preceding decade the average annual consumption of wool was 40 million pounds. of which the importations and domestic production showed, respect lively. about the same proportions as in the decade just ended.
 The value of wool imported into the United States during the fiscal year just ended was, according to figures with the fiscal year 1909 was 1924 million pounds. of which about forty million pounds was re-exported. The quantity produced in the United States during the ten years ending with the calendar year 1908 was 29G3 million pounds, of which about five million pounds were exported. This makes the total consumption of wool in the United States in the decade just ended about four and three fourths billion pounds, of which about 3s per cent was import ed and the remainder produced at home. During the immediately preced-. ing decade-that ending with the cal endar year 1898 and the fiscal year published by the bureau of statistics, A million dollars against 4112 millions in l907, 46l4 millions in 1905, and 53H millions in 1897. the year of the high est record of quantities imported The stated value of the wool imported into the United States during the decade ending with te fiscal year 1909 was 2l3 million dollars, and in the decade ending June 90, 1899, 3601k millions.
 Wool importations are divided by the bureau of statistics into three great groups; clothing, wool, combing wool and carpet wool. Of the first named class, clothing wool. the value of the importations in the fiscal year just ended was 2gh millian dollars; of the second class, combing wools, 4h millions. and of the third class, carpet wool. II million dollars. Of the cloth ing woOls imported, F million dollars worth came from the United Kingdom. 7Iz million dollars worth from Argen- tina and about million dollars worth from Australia and the adjacent island of Tasmania Of the combing wool im- ported, 3k million dollars worth came from the United Kingdom, about 2 million dollars worth from other coun- tries of Europe. million dollars worth from China and IA million dollars worth of wool imported Into the United States during the year just end ed-the year of highest record except the abnormal year 1S97-the United Kingdom supplied over 19 million dol lars worth, or more than 42 per cent of the total; South American about 8 million dollars worth and Asia and Oceania over 13 million dollars worth.