Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14


looking volume just issued by the
Bureau of Statistics "f the depart
mem of Commerce and Labor. en-
titled Imports Of Merchandise Into
the United States by Articles and
Countries During the Years ending
June 80 l9Ol-!9ON." The purposes
this volume is to present exact N
formation as 10 the sources OF Snn-
, ply OF the principal AZ lcl"s import q
into the United States. To this end
tables are presented showing in varl
case all of the countries from which
the article in question is drawn ana
the value thereof from each country
in each year during III" five-Hear pei
iod under consideration.
These aables when carefully 81. :
led present some interesting ;ati'
with reference to our import id'.
For instance Ct the 81 million ;,oundi
macarcni and similar prerarat'cnS
imported in 1905 at a value Cf 1 mil
lion dollars, - million pounds came
from Italy, l-3 million POUNDS from
France, and 1o1 thousand poun IS
fr IN Japan. Automobiles ais" form
an intrreS ing record, the va.N IF
Imports amounting to 1 MI ~ foi'
lars in 1907. but falling 10 -. NIL
lions in 1905. OF this 2I2 millLh
dollars worth imported in 1875. -.
millions was from France. on ,hIlu
of IA million dollars with from ltai
and onc-1ifth OF million '-'ila"S
worth from tn" United Kingdom.
One would scarcely expect that
in his land of soda fnun AIS ii'
quantity Of soda water 'mnNT''d
would be of sufficient imnorianc' :"
form an appreciate record. T'' me
quantity imported in 1908 nn'.tr ne
title OF ''iemonadc. soda "t''.' h.!H
o,h"r similar bcvr RACES vas h.~'"
than Dne-half million pi't b"'l'*,
valued al s%,.ilo. of whi'h S%i.'l4
worth cam" from tn" lIi'"i kn'@-
DOM In addition to this '."":r We"
imported in The same year :! Mutton
quarts of mineral waters. Nhth"t al
more than one million dollars. THIS
came chiefly from France ana Ger
>uanv. tn" value of n" mlh'''il "''''
from Germany in 1905 bei"s s'V,.,'"
and from France s426.o'G.
Cocoa : evidently growing III taHo.'
with the people of tn" tnl"'I > Az :
the value Ct this article ln'h""1"h in
1905 being II IA million dollars
against 81. millions II 1904. 1t comes
chiefly from South America a:i IN"
British West Indies-4E million lol-
lars worth from the British We; III
dies. in 1908. :; million dollars wcI:h
from Brazil. IA million dollars
wcrth from Portugal. a little less
than . millions from Santo Domi:'So.
and about lta million dollars worth
from Ecuador
OF the 81 million dollars Won: ii
coffee imported in 1908. IS milton
dollars worth came FROM I;1AZ'l.
nearly :, million dollars woc'n i''m
Venezuela. 3 10 million dollars worth
from Mexico. million dollars wo'ih
from Guatemala, and prartica..:
million dollars worth from Co:"lnni:i.
The quantity imported in 1908 was
but $50 million pounds. against 9s'
million pounLs in 1907. and l"+%
million pounds in 1893; the last men
toned year being the only ore !" IN"
history of the country in which the
importa.ions of coffee amGIntei o
as mach as one billion ponnhS.
One would scarcely eXpec' iha- he
United States would be a large I'M
porter Ct copper products. as She
PRODUCES more than one-h.'f g.. IT,"
copper of the world: but tn publ
cation under review shows 'ha' ;h"re
we've imported into the tnit"h Sales
in 1905 practically 80 million ?-ur"'
of copper Gre, 14I million pun; OF
copper in pigs. bars. ingots. etc. ana
100 900 dollars worth of other manu-
:acfures OF copper. This ore came
chiefly from Mexico Canada. New
foundland. Chile. Peru. and en-
pararively small quantity. about :;
million pounds tom Germany. or
the IA, million rounds of copper in
rigs. bars. ingOts. etc. imported last
wear. - million pounds came from
Mexico. 30 millions from Canada. u
millions from Peru. Az millions from
Spain. AMI ~ million pounds from
he United Kingdom. Even from far
away Japan there came nearly MIL
lion wounds. valued at over one mil
lion dollars: from Australia. still far
rhcr distant. II million pounds. val
ned at about -. million dollars:
while French Oc"ania. PortuSu' 3"
Africa Santo domingo Haiti. Cuba.
San Salvador. Nicaragua. Costa Ric"'
Qua cmala. and Panama also con'ri-
lu;ed small quantities. This lars"
imp r al ion Of copper in ore and pigs
is due chilly - The superior facilities
nf the United States for smelling ana
refining the ore coming in 10 he