Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-15
CHANGES IN VALUES.
Changes in rr'Ts Of Lending Articles
of Expectation and Importation.

Domestic prices of leading export COM
tnodities in the United States during
April were considerably lower than in
April of last year. while prices abroad
SO far as ascertainable from the record of
imports, are less defined in their tend
ency. or the 80 articles Of expectation
whose monthly export prices are recorded
Ivy the bureau of statistics, department
Of commerce and labor. 80 show lower
prices. higher prices, and S show no
change. OF the IS articles enumerated in
the table of monthly import prices. II de-
creased in price, IS increased, and show
cd no change, comparing April 1911, prices
with those of April, 1910 As the prices of
articles exported from the United States
ere based upon their actual cost, or
wholesale market price in the respective
domestic ports at the time Of cxporta-
ton, and as the prices of articles import
cd are those In the country whence ex-
yorted to the United States as stated in
the sworn invoices filed with American
onsuls at foreign ports of shipments, the
above citations would seem to justify the
general assertion that domestic prices are.
for the most part. lower than in April
last year, while prices abroad are almost
equally divided between Increases and de-
creases.
Tho export commodities in which the
prices were lower in April than In the
same month last year include corn, wheat,
flour, meats. dairy products, sugar glu-
cose, cottonseed oil cake and meal
bitumnous coal, copper ingots and bars.
raw cotton, blcached cotton cloths, hay,
hops, sole leather, mineral oils, both crude
and illuminating. paraflin. starch. and
various manufactures OF iron and steel
Higher prices, on tho other hand, were
reported in anthracite coal. unblcached
cotton cloths. canned salmon. rosin.
spirits OF turpcntine. faXseed, leaf to-
bacco, and plug tobacco. Dyed, colorcd,
end printed cotton cloths. canned beef,
and naxseed oil-cakc arc UNCHANGED in
rice when compared with April of last
year.
Comparing April prices with those of the
corresponding month last year, the ex-
ported commodities showing the largest
percentage decreases in value per unit OF
quantity were: Butter, - S-i per cent. re-
duction: lard, % l-2 per cent. hops, 20 IL
yer cent; cottouseod oil cake 20 per
cent; Illuminating oil. 10 per cent. pick
led pork. II per cent; corn, Il per cent;
hilets. 16 IL per cent; cheese, l6 10 per
cent: tallow 16 per cent. hay, Is per
cent. hams, 10 per cent. flour. l-2 per
cent: wheat, S.per cent; wire, per cent.
nnd fresh beef 81 per cent. Decreases
Of from per cent. to ID per cent &C.
CURED in copper ingots. refined sugar,
bacon, pig iron. and hleached cotton cloth.
The comparatively few articles whose cx-
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which the April, 1911, price shows an in
crease of GO per cent; spirits of turpen-
tine. a IL per cent. haxsced % per cent;
canned salmon, % per cent. and UNI
| rleached cotton cloth, 10 per cent. Plug
tobacco, leaf tobacco and anthracite coal
we're higher in price this year. but in no
case did the appreciation average more
than per cent
| In imports the largest price increases
occurred in jute. 80 per cent: fax. "a per
! cent; tin plate, 81 per cent; tin In bars
! and blocks, q per cent; bituminous coal,
"a per cent. still wine in casks, % per
| cent: wrapper tobacco, 10 per cent; other
!aaf tobacco, y per cent. rnbleached cot
| ton cloth, per cent; bleachcd, 10 per
| cent: hemp, 10 ID per cent: wool dress
goods. II per cent; wool cloths, per
cent; and raw silk, s per cent The prin-
clpal decreases In articles imported were
IN hops, of which the price fell off "a per
cent. compared with April last: mackerel,
rs per cent; wool class /. II per cent.
class .. q per cent. and class 3, per
cent: sisal grass. 10 . per cent; pig iron
and cane sugar, each l6 per cent; tea. ID
per cent; raw cotton, IA per cent; and
| Manila. II per cent.
Further details OF price movements OF
leading articles of domestic and foreign
| commerce are contained in the monthly
| SUMMARY of commerce and finance issued
by the bureau of statistics, department OF
| commerce and labor.