Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-01-31

| New tina. II j. definitely known
that the imports Of 1908 fell 20I NIL
lion dollars below those OF 1901 and
! thai the exports % 1905 fell 40 mil
| lion below thosr Of 1907 some de-
tails as to the articles in which this
! falling OF occurs may he interest
! Ing
The figures above stated the fall
Ing of OF 307 million dollars in i'm
ports and l70 mitiicns in exports. re-
! late to the foreign commerce of the
calendar year l9ns. and. while totals
| for the full year ending December 81
! are not available. the details are on
| ly available for eleven months. The
details for those clcyens months. how
ever indicate approximately the pr.n-
cipal articles in which the falling of
occurs
Taking up imIrr $, the first class
Of articles in which the largest pro
pOrtionate failing of occurs Is dia-
1 monis and ether precious stones. OF
which the value o. The imports. speak
ing in round terms, In the eleven
months ending November. 1908. was
, but IL million dollars against so mil.
! 80 millions in the same months II
! 1906 In this cas-, il will be noted the
reduction is considerably more than
one-half. In many cases the falling
of has been from 20 10 40 per cent,
! but in no other important articles Is
! the per cent CT fall so great as that
OF diamonds AMI other precious
stones Cotton manufactures show a
fall from y millions in the eleven
months ending with November, 1907.
to 30 millions in the corresponding
months Of 1908: one Of the most I'm
portant items OF this class being loces,
edgings. and embroideries. in which
the value fell from 81 millions in the
eleven monhs OF 1907 to % millions
in the CORE spending months OF 1905.
Manufactures OF fbers also show
a marked fall from 81 millions to III
millions. while manufactured fibers
show fall from 80 million dollars
to q millions: copper ere shows Il
drop from s million dollars to mil.
lions. and copper in pigs fall from
81 millions to 20 millions dollars in
value in the eleven months in ques-
tioin Chemicals as whole show
also a material decline, the fail Icing
from 81 million dollars in the eleven
months CT 1907 to 90 millions in tn"
same months Of 1903. Raw cotton
drops from 30 million dollars in the
eleven months ending with Ncvem-
Der 1907. to IL millions IN the cor
.tkrCrdipg months OF 1908. and
hides and skins from "a millions in
the eleven months Of 1907 to 80 mil
lions in the scme months of 1908.
India rubber drops from 80 millions
TO 80 millions in value: silk unmanu-
factured. from So million dollars to
q millions; manufactures OF wood.
including lumber. from As millions 10
So millions: wood from 20 m Hon
dollars 10 2" millions. and manufac-
lures OF weed from % million dol,
lars value 10 IA mi. lions. Iron and
steel manufa lures show drop OF
| nearly one-half: the value Of iron AMI
stee! imports In the eleven months
I ending with November. 1907. being.
in rot nd terms. 81 million dollars.
while the ya'ua imported In the eleven
months CT 1905 vas but is million dol
lars
! In foods,uffS imported the fall is bv
no means as great as In fin shed
manufactures or manufacturers ma
terial FoodStrffs, as a whole. sto"
! b,t a slight decline. from 2sS million
dollars 20 oGa million dollars. Crude
, materials for use in manufacturing.
however. show a large decline from
43S millions to 31S millions: manu-
features for further use In manu-
featuring. q define from 249 millions
in the eleven months OF 1907 to 139
millions in I'll" corresponding months
of 1908. Will. finished manufactuTes
ready for sumption show fall
from $50 million dollars 10 2i9 mil,
lions
On III, exY"rt side the loss or IL"
millions < al<o widely distributed.
Even Manufactures shcw for the cal
endar yCsr zoos a falling of as com
pared with 1907: the va,ue Of finish
ed manufaC' res exported In the
eleven mcurhS ending November,
1908 hcinE ut 40 millions dollars
against lG! Millions in the sam"
months Of ~, preceding year. while
.xpor,s 4 n,anufsctnres for further
use in MANI acturing aggregate nut
Us million dollars in the eleven
months Of IaoS against -. millions In
months or l""7. Crude naterisl !cr
Use in manufacturing show drop OF
3c millions ring the eleven months
under r"''' =
snanz fha articles which show a
l..t-,. In Aornaafgr GNrnTf :