The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-03
ALL SHOW INCREASE
MANUFACTURERS MATERIALS
COME IN IN QUANTITIES.
Proof Of Beneficial Working Of the
Payne TarifF Lsw-Prospsrity
for the Worker Insured
Under lte Operation.

Manufacturer materials imported
since the enactment of the Payne
tariff law have exceeded in quantity
those of any corresponding period in
tAe history Of the country. Numer-
Gus calls upon the bureau of statis-
tics OF the department Of commerce
and labor for Information regarding
imports. and especially those for the
use OF the manufacturers. have led
that bureau to compile 4 table show
Ing the imports Of principal manu-
facturers' materials during the eleven
months operation Of the Payne law
for which figures are now available.
The articles which the bureau has
considered in its statement of prin-
cipal manufacturer materials I'm
ported are: Hides and skins. India
rubber. lumber. wood pulp. tin. cop
per, iron ore. tobacco. wool, cotton.
silk. dbers and chemicals. In prac-
ucally all these articles the quantity
imported in the eleven months. Au-
gust l. 1909. to June 80, 1910, all of
which was under the Payne law ex-
cept the first Ave days OF August.
was larger than in any corresponding
period In the history of the import
trade. In four CLASSES. wool. cotton.
silk and flbers. the quantities are
slightly less than in the Immediately
preceding year. due. in most cases. to
abnormaly large imports in 1909. re-
sulting from unusually low prices,
but the total in 1910 is, even in these
cases. far above the average OF the
five years Immediately preceding
1909. OF hides and skins. the imports
In the eleven months in question
were 551.000,0O0 pounds. against 410.-
100000 in 1909, the highest record in
100000 pounds. against the high rec
ord of Ss.750.000 in 1909; of boards
and planks. 950.500.0OO feet. against
60.500.000 in the high record year.
1906; Of wood pulp, 791 .000. 900 pounds.
against $1,000, 900 in 1903: of tin. o.
100000 pounds, against the high rec
ord Of 100000 in 1907: of copper.
pigs and bars. 227.500,000 pounds.
against the high record of 209. .000. 900
In 1909; of copper ore. S90.000.000
against 746.000.000 in 1909; of iron
ore. 1.s49.000.000 pounds. against g.
100000 in 1902: and of leaf tobac-
CO. 43.500.000 pounds, against 3s.O0O.-
900 in 1909. Wool imports in the
eleven months under consideration
amounted to 250.00O.0OO pounds.
against 100000 in 1909, exceeded
only by those Of 1897, the final year of
the operation Of the Wilson law. un-
der which wool was imported free OF
duty. Silk imports aggregated 49,
$780, pounds. exceeded only by those
Of 1903. when unusually large quanti-
ties were brought in, presumably due
to low prices. Chemicals. as a whole.
show for the eleven months total Of
$50. 100000. against SIC. .000, 900 In 1907:
crude materials for use in manufac-
turing 3530.750.0o0. against $447.750.-
900 in 1907; and manufactures for fur
ther use in manufacturing. $265,50
900. against $252, ,333. 900 in the former
high record year. 1907.
Tue table which follows shows the
quantity of the principal manufac-
turers' materials imported In the
eleven months. from August 1. 1919.
to June 30. 1910. compared with corre-
spending periods of 1909. and the for
mer high record year. 1907.
Imports OF manufacturers ma
terials into the United States in the
first eleven months operation Of the
Payne tariff law, August l. 1909, to
June 80. 1910, compared with CORE
spending period Of 19O8-O9:
. lsos-s 1soe-1o.
Articles. Millions. Millions
f1IdeS and skins. lbs......... al ISL
India rubber. lbs........... 50 96
WOOD pulp. lbs. ............... 576 79I
Tin In bars. lbs bs............. 86 "a
Copper pigs and bars. lbs. 209 2T
Copper ore and matte, lbs. 74S 800
Iron ore. lbs... ..................2.176 l.e49
Lear tobacco. lbs. 50 43
Raw wool. lbs. Isl 80
raw cotton. lbs.............. q 7s