Arizona republican., 1909-03-15
COMPARISON Of JANUAR|ES
There Is an Indication That Even the Activity of the Corresponding Month of the Prosperous Year 1907 Has Been Exceeded.

Washington. March l4.-Further ev-
 idences of the renewed activity of the
 manufacturers of the country are found in the latest reports of the
 bureau statistics of the department of commerce and labor. which present figures of imports of manufacturers
 materials in January. 1909. January,
 1908. and January. 1907.
 This enables a comparison of actual
 importatiOns of manufacturers ma
 terials in January of the present year
 with those of January. 1908. and Jan
 uary. 1907, respectively. and supplies
 facility for at least a rough estimate of the manufacturing activity at the
 present time compared with that of one year ago the midst of the depres-
 sion. and that of two years ago. the
 high tide of industrial activities. In
 practically all cases the impOrtations
 of manufacturers raw materials in
 January. 1909. show a large advance
 over that of one year ago. in the ne-
 riod of depression, and in not a few
 cases the figures are actually larger than those of the corresponding month
 lhO years dBos NUtu dll Ol lilt
 tries of the country were running to their full capacity of production.
 Wool, raw cotton. raw silk, fibers.
 tin. copper. lead. iron ore. hides and skins. india rubber, furs and fur skins. and tobacco. are the principal raw materials imported for use Tn manu- featuring. They form in value more than 80 per cent of the articles in cluded in the bureau of statistics class crude materials for use in man. ufacturing," and represent lines of in- dustry in which material from abroad is absolutely required: in most cases, because the article in question is not produced in the United States, and in other articles, because the quantity produced in the United States is in sufficient to supply the demand for home manufacturing industries.
 The quantities of these principal manufacturers materials imported in January. 1909. compared with the fig ures of January. 1908, when industries were at low ebb due to the generally depressed business conditions at that period. and January. 1907. when indus tries were at their high state of ac- tivity. The quantity of wool, for ex- ample. imported in January. 1909. was 24 Is million pounds against 9is mill lions in January, 1908. and IS millions in January. 1907. Of lumber. the quan- tity imported in January. 1909. was 35.7S5 M feet against SOFIA NJ feet in January. 1908, and 44.747 NJ feet in January. 1907: pig tin, in January, 1909. 9.397.SS9 pounds against 2.5s7. .906 pounds one year ago. and S.3s4.666 pounds in January two years ago; raw silk, 1.91S.1S6 pounds in January. 1909. against 9S9.0SS in January, 1908. and l 1,500.354 in January, 1907: lead in ore and base bullion, 1882 IFS pounds in January. 1909. against 14,101, ,663 in the same month of last year. and s.594.1S7 in January. 1907: iron ore. 1G5.233 tons in January. 1909. against 57.659 one year ago and S7.10O two years ago: india rubber. 7.5S9, ,99s pounds in Janu- ary. 1909, 3.426,159 in January. 1908. and 6.473,039 in January. 1907: hides, in January. 1909. 40.S26.656 pounds against 17,554,1 ,162 in January. 1908. and 31 1.S56.949 in January. 1907: fibers, 45.666 tons in January. 1909. against 32,629 in January of last year and 41,- 647 in January of the year preceding: l copper in pigs. iron, etc, 15.944,0O6 | pounds in January. 1909.- against H. S47,O34 in January. 1908. and 17,293,775 | in January, 1907.
 In practically every case the i'm ports of raw materials for use in man. | were much greater in Jan uary. 1909. than in January. 1908. and in many instances actually exceeded 1 the figures of January. 1907, when i'm | ports of raw materials for use in man. exceeded in value that of | any other January in the history of | our foreign commerce.