Arizona republican., 1909-07-19
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years, the quantity of other leaf to- l bacco imported in the full fiscal year will aggregate, assuming that June imports equal those of May.
 S7,5O0,0OO pounds, against 32,OO0,OOO pounds in 1907, the highest record
 for any earlier fiscal year. It is in
 teresting to observe that in values
 also the figures of leaf tobacco i'm
 any earlier year except 1907. which
 it approximately equals.
 Raw cotton-The quantity of raw
 cotton imported in the fiscal year
 1909 will fall below that of 1902 and
 1907, but exceeds that of any other
 year. The figures for the eleven
 months ending with Mag are IT,
 .Gc1 pounds. and sh i'd the June
 imports equal those oi May (5.977,
 5i; pnn:sN, the tot1l for the fiscal
 year Nill bc Ss.5OO.1IG pounds. which
 rx eeds the figures of any ,4rlicr
 year excep: :f7, wh+n the | ,tsl ~r'
 155. .O01.g0b Ta'I.nds, anl 1902 when
 the total was 99,OOO,0a0 pounds.
 Crude india rubber The quantity
 of crude lncia rubber imported in
 the fiscal year 1909, will, if the
 June imports approximate those of May, aggregate S6,OO0,00O pounds, the highest record for any earlier year being that of 1907, 76,96S,S3S pounds The value is approximately the same as that in 1907, when the quantity imported fell nearly 5000 900 pounds below that of 1909.
 Hides and skins-The total quan- tity of hides and skins of all classes imported will aggregate, assuming that the June figures approximate those of May. 432 million pounds, against 425,O0O.O00 in the earlier record year. 1906. The values, how ever, fall far below those of 1906 and 1907, since the total for the full fiscal year 1909 will aggregate but about s76,OOO,OOO while that of the fiscal year 1906 aggregated in round terms $S4,OOO,OOO. although the quan- tity, as above indicated, was but 425. OOO, ,00O pounds, against the esti- mated 432,OOO,OOO in 1909.
 Pig tin.-The total quantity of pig tin imported in the fiscal year, as suming that the June figures ap- proximate those of May, will amount to fully 9O,O0O, 900 pounds, which will exceed by more than 10,0OO,0O0 hounds, the importatiOns of 1908, but will fall below those of 1906 and 1907, the highest earlier record be- ing 96,OOO.OOO pounds in 1907, against probably 9O,OOO,OO in 1909. The value in 1909. however, falls much below that of 1907, since the total for the full year will approximate S26,OOO,OOO against S3S. .OOO. 900 in 1907 and $31,- poo 900 in 1906, the price per pound being thus materially less in 1909 than in the three immediately pre- ceding years.
 Copper-Two classes of copper are now largely imported, or rather sent nto the United States for the pur- pose of obtaining facilities for trans 'ormation into a higher grade of material. The copper imports in the fiscal year 1909 will show a total of about 294,OOO tons, which exceeds 1 hat of any earlier years importa- ions. while the quantity of pig cop l per imported will aggregate 220,OOO,- 100 pounds, against 19S,5OO,OOO Tn 1907. the higest record in earlier | ears. The cooper ore entering the | United States-by far the largest | copper producing country of the worlds sent into this country for l ;melting purposes. while the pig cop | ,er arriving is sent for refining, es- | ,ecially for the extraction of certain precious metals which it contains.
 Prices per unit of quantity of nearly all of the manufacturers ma | erials imported in S9O9, fall ma erially below those of certain earlier ears. The average value of india | ubber imported in the eleven months | nding with May was 6S.6 cents per | pound. against an annual average | f 7S cents in 1906 and 76.6 cents | n 1907. Leaf tobacco, suitable for igar wrappers, presumably Sumatra' nported in the eleven months end | ng with May, 1909, averaged s4 ents per pound value, against 1O6-2 ents in 1908, 113.7 cents per pound n 1907, and S1.27 per pound in 1895. Ianila hemp impOrtations In the leven months ending with May, 9Oe averaged but s116.32 per ton, gainst sI71.O5 per ton in 1908 and 199.51 per ton in 1907. Other hemp veraged in the eleven months of 9O9 s154.13 per ton. against $176 per on in 1907. Tin plate importations n the eleven months of 1909 aver ged 2.S cents per pound, against 3 cetns in 1907. Raw silk i'm ortations in 1909 averaged $40 per ound. against APO in 1907; pig tin S54 cents per pound in l9oS' cainst Ss.7O cents in 1907; cloth ng wool 20 cents per pound in 9O9. against 26 cents in 1907; comb ng wool 21 cents in 1909, aganst JO ents in 1907; and carpet wool II ents in 1909, against 15 cents In o0-