Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-08
FIGURES PRESENTED ON
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
Domestic Market Also Shows Lowering
Ten denotes But Retail Prices Arc Not
As Yet Materially Acknowledgements
Quoted to Substantiate Claims
Other News.

ment Of commerce and labor. In the
Monthly Summary of Commerce and
Finance issued by that bureau are pre-
sented weekly price quotations Of GER
tain articles in the leading markets Of
the United States and the average
the leading articles exported and i'm
ported. These quotations are especially
interes ting because they show not only
the current wholesale prices in the
leading domestic markets and the aV-
/ erage monthly export prices of leading
articles. but also prices in foreign
countries of the principal articles i'm
ported into the United States. The val
uation Of each article imported repre-
sents its actual market value, or whole
sale price as bought and sold in usual
wholesale quantities at the time Of ex-
portation to the United States in the
principal markets Of the countries
whence exported This makes the
monthly and annual import quotations
a fat. index of the prices and trend of
prices in other parts of the world with
reference to the principal articles i'm
ported.
A study of the prices quoted by the
bureau of statistics shows for the lat
eel available date definitely marked
downward movement in recent months
While there are of course. exceptions
and a few articles in which the latest
prices are higher. a very large pro-
portion of the articles imported. ex-
ported. or sold in the domestic markets
show lower prices in August than those
! of earlier months
The Import Prices.
Taking first the prices OF imports.
the figures show the average price per
pound of raw wool, of class one. I'M
ported in August 21.2 cents. against
27.7 cents in July. 24.1 cents in June,
and 2o9 cents in May. 1910: boards
blanks. etc. 1855 per 1000 feet in Au-
gust. against s1s,s6 in July, ard 5000
in January of the current year: crude
India rubber in August, s1.30 per pound.
against s133 in July: still wine IN
casks. asa cents per gallon in August.
against SOS cents in June; copper pigs.
inro+s etc. 10 cents per pound. against
11a cents in July. and 1913 cents to
1915 cents in earlier months: raw cot
ton 1876 cents per pound in August
against 21o cents in July; mania
hemp, s11s.55 per ton in August
/ a gainst s11417 in July. and sl2I.4" IN
April: sisal. s1041S per ton IN August
against s111.oo in July and Sl23.l3 IN
February: tea ISIS cents per pound IN
August against EOS cents in July, ara
225 cents in May: wool carpets ana
carpeting s3.47 per square yard In Au
gust. against s3.5S in July. and s4-o4 IN
April: and hops. 3S.5 cents per pouno
in August. against 42.4 cents IN july
49s cents in MAY. and 53s cents IN
April In a few articles includlng max
iute and hemp other than mania the
August import prices are higher than
in the Immediately preceding mon.hs'
while pig iron averaged s34 90 per ton
in August. gainst s27,s1 in July, ana
500. Sc in June of the present year
Export Figures.
IN tho export side the August prices.
which are based upon the current mar
ket quotations at the place of exporta-
ZION are. in most cases, lower than in
r.cen+ months Corn exports averaged
/ 70 : cents per bushel in August against
| 70 : cents in July Wheat. while higher
in August than in May. June. or July.
was materially lower than In the carrier
months Of the current year. Flour eX-
norts averaged S5.04 per barrel In Au-
gust. against s49e in July s5.42 In May
and 1913 to s5.3e in the earlier months
of +he wear Conner pigs averaged 1871
cents per pound against 1876 cents in
| July 10 cents in May. and l34 cents IN
| March; unbleached cotton cloths BIS
| cents per yard in August against ~
! cents in July, 10 cents in June, and ~
! cents in March. Steel billets in August
| s22.9s per ton. against s29.O7 in July.
and s27.72 in June: steel rails, s2s per
/ 3pc In
500 .04 in June. and 1929 in February.
| Paraffin average 33 cents per pound.
against 80 cents in April. May, and
lime. and "A cents in March. Lumber.
of the class designated "boards, planks.
! etc." averaged 5000 per 1000 feet. in
August against s21.91 in July, s22.7O in
Nav and s22s7 in April. A few arti-
cles however, have advanced some
what in price. Cotton exports in July
and August averaged IS cents per
pound. against 14.5 cents In April, May
and June; hay. s2.15 per ton in August,
against 1858 in July, and s2o.43 in
May; canned beef. 11.9 cents per
pounds in August, against 11.8 cents In
June and July, and 121 cents in May;
and hams. Is cents per pound IN Au-
gust, against 147 cents in June and
July.
| In the Domestic Market.
| Latest quotations of wholesale prices
in the dom este markets are, in most
| cases lever now than a few months
ago Washed Xxx Ohio wool on Sept.
! 30 was quoted at 80 cents per pound,
against 80 cents in June, and 36 cents
in March: Bessemer pig iron at Pitts
| burg on Oct. was quoted at $3.50 per
| ton, against 1856 in March: steel bars,
Ses per ton on Oct. 1, against $40 in the
earlier part of the year; crude Penn
sylvania petroleum on Oct. l, $1.30 per
barrel, against s1.40 in March; and re-
fined petroleum in cases, 80 cents per
gallon on Oct. 1, against 1905 cents in
August: hides, No. 1, packers heavy
Texas steers, in the Chicago market.
1875 cents per pound, on Sept. 1,
against 10 cents in July, Is cents in
June, and II cents in April; Para rub
Der S1.65 per pound on Oct. 1. against
$l.S5 on Sept. 3, and $2.7s on April 2;
red winter wheat, No. 2, $1.01N per
bushei on Sept. 30, against Sill on
July sS, and $1.25 on March 81; corn,
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