The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-18
We
of the Foreign Commerce OF
the United States for


lion dollars whenle0l1pared Nfth the
Immediately preceding year ana =
larger total than In any earlier year
OF our commerce. Imports, While
falling below those OF 1910 I'm -tllas
earlier months, have, In the closing
period OF the year. shown dIlarlred
.increase. indicating that the total
for the year will differ hut little
from that OF 1910; which made the
highest record in the history Of the
import trade. ,Ezports are larger
than in any earlier year. and manu-
features exported also make their
highest record, reaching approx
mately one billion dollars IN the ca
endar year 1915 The approximate
total for the year. based upon ten
months record already compiled.
are: exports. over two billion dol
lars; imports one and one-half biz
lion dollars, of which over one-half
entered free, OF duty
Considering the great groups OF
articles, the noteworthy changes
are, in the case OF imports, falling
on in manufacturers raw. materials
and in finished manufactures; in the
case OF exports, a general increase
participated in by all the Important
groups, foodstrfs, manufactures
and manufacture materials. Com
pairing the ten months movements
in the years named. IMPORTS of crude
foodstuns increased from 11s mill
lion In $40 to 145 million in I9d :;
while foodstuffs, partly or wholly
manufactured, decreased from 16sI
million to 1871 million; manufae-
turers' raw material, from 4P2 mil
lion to 422 million; manufactures
for further use in manufacturing in
creaEed slightly, FROM 237 million
to 242 million dollars, and finished
decreased from $40
million TO 24s 5millien dollars E2-|
ports, on the other hand, advanced
in the case OF crude foodstufs, from
20 million ito So million dollars;
foodstuffs, partly or wholly manu-
featured, from eos million to 24sd
million; ; manufacturers raw ma
terials, from 437 million to 49I mil
lion; manufactures for further uso
in manufacturing from 234 million
to 267 million; and finished manu-
features from Az million to 81
million dollars
The principal imports of the full
year. grouped according to magni-
.ude of, values will show: sugar, over
four billion pounds valued at about
I05 million dollars; chemicals, |
drugs, etc, 50 million dollars; COT
zee, 500 million pounds. Vailed az
about IS million dollars; hides and
skins, so million dollars: India rub-
Der, rs million; cotton manufactures
and raw silk, about 6'5 million doll
lars each; hJber manufactures, 80
million; yood and manufactures, so
fruits and nuts, over 40
million: block AMI pig tin, 40 mill
Hon; diamonds, SO million; while
copper manufactures, unmanufac-
tursd hbers, iron and steel mRnufac-
lures, silk manufactures, leaf tobac=
co. and oils will each show a total
of about 80 million dollars. Art
works, furs and fur skin and wool
VIII aggregate about % million dol
lars each In the years Imports
Lower prices contributed to the fall
in value of imports OF sugar and ms
d,a rubber, the decrease in value be-
ing far greater than in quantity.
Hides and skins show n marked re-
ductlon in quantity as well as in
value of imports. Tin imports are
about the same IN quantity but much
greater in value, due to higher
prices.
Cotton is still the leading article
of export, it's total for the year, over
a half billion dollars, exceeding the,
combined value Of the two great
classes next In rank, iron and steel
manufactures, about $50 million'i
and meat and dairy products, 166i
million. The exports OF cotton I'M
ten months aggregated 2,945 millionI
pounds, valued at 371 million doll
lars, the largest value in the history
of American. commerce and but
slightly less in Quantity than the
high record total of 3,O5e millioni
pounds exported in the ten months
of 1908. Iron and steel also made
a new record in the ten months of
1a1t-2OG million dollars, against
1854 million last year. Substantial
increases also occur IN other leading
articles and tho complete year will