Arizona republican., 1911-10-29
PRICE ADVANCE HAS
 HIT ALL COUNTRIES

l United States is evidenced by a state
 ment prepared by the bureau of sta tistics, department of commerce and
 labor, comparing import prices at the present time with those of certain
 earlier years. The import figures of l the United States government repre-
 sent, under existing law and regu- | lations, the prices of the articles in question in the wholesale markets of the country from which imported, and a comparison, therefore, of the av- 1 craze import prices of the principal articles imported at the present time | compared with those of corresponding periods in earlier years indicates. in some degree at least, the fluctuation in prices in the countries from which these articles are imported.
 This comparison of prices is rem | dered practicable by reason of the fact that the bureau of statistics pub fishes in its summary of commerce and finance table showing the
 monthly average import prices of the principal articles brought into the country, and states at the head of
 the table that The value of the goods represents their value in the foreign markets" These statements of average import prices are obtained by comparing quantity with value for the period in question. or in other
 words, by dividing the stated quantity of the article under consideration into the stated value thereof and thus determining the import value per unit tnl ctn n
 example. the average price of coffee imported in August. 1911. as 11.Sc per pound, against 6.4c per pound in August, 1911. a decade ago; india rubber. an average of S3.4c per pound in August. 1911. against 46.9c per
 pound in August, 1901; clothing wool. 229c per pound in August, 1911, against 12c per pound in August. 1901; combing wool. 33.9c per pound in August of the present year. against ll9Sc in August a decade ago; flax, S43S.65 per ton in August 1911. against s2l6.S2 in August, 1901; hemp. S21O.lO per ton in August of the present year. against s165.61 in August, 1911; tin plates. 3.9c per pound in August of
 the current year. against Sc in the
 corresponding month a decade ago; tin in bars blocks. etc, 412c per
 pound in August, 1911. against 26.5c pound in August, 1901: and tea. IlS.2c a pound in August of the cur | rent year. against 13.3c a pound in the corresponding month a decade ago.
 Even in the single twelve-mo period from August 1910. to August, 1911, a large number of articles show
 marked advance in prices. Coffee. | for example, which, as already indl- cated. showed an average of 11.sc per pound in August. 1911. averaged | 7.Sc per pound in August. 1910; rice imports in August. 1911. averaged S.lc
 per pound, against 2.4c per pound in August a year earlier: cement. in August, 1911. 3s.Sc per hundred pounds against 2S.4c per hundred pounds in August of last year; bananas. 29.sc Der bunch in August of the present year. against 27.6c per bunch in August. 1910: entrants. 4Sc per pound in August, 1911. against 3.7c per
 pound in August of last year; figs. GIG per pound in August, 1911. against !. Sc per pound in August a year ago; almonds, 14.5c per pound in August of the present year. against lO.5c per pound in the corresponding month of 1910; calf skins. 292c per pound in August, 1911, against 24.1c per
 pound in August. 1910. tin plates, 3.9c per pound in August of the current
 year. against Sc per pound in August, 1910: olive oil, edible. s1.44 per gal lon in August. 1911. against sl29 per
 gallon in August, 1910. black pepper
 SEC per pound in August. 1911. against 7.3c per pound in August a year ago; champagne, s15.49 per dozen quarts in August, 1911, against s14.64 in August 1910: tin bars, blocks, etc. 41.2c per pound in August of the cur rent year. against 32.1c in August of the previous year; leaf tobacco. suit able for wrappers, SLY per pound in August of this year. against 954c per pound in August of last year: clothing wool. 22.9c per pound in August 1911. against 21.2c per pound in August 1910: combing wool, 33.sc per pound in August of the current year, against BOG per pound in Aug ust a year ago: and wool carpets and carpeting. $44S per square yard Tn
 August, 1911. against s3.47 in August 1910.
 This advance in prices. however. does not extend to all articles. Nitrate of soda is materially lower in price
 than year ago-s2655 per ton, in August. 1911. against s34.75 per ton in August, 1910; guanO. $12.42 per
 ton in August, 1911, against s25.79 in
 August of last year. Cocoa is slightly
 less in average import price, 22.2c
 per pound in August. 911. against 23.7c per pound in August, 1910; also cop
 per. 114c per pound in August. 1911,
 against %. in August. 1910; pig iron.
 s2719 per ton in August. 1911. against
 $3409 in August, 1910; while copper,
 cotton clothes unbleached. manila.