Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-08
ALL COUNTRIES PAX TOLL.
Some Figures Showing Advance in
Prices In Foreign Countries.

a statement prepared by the Bureau
Of Statistics, Department Of Com
merce and Labor, comparing import
prices at the present time with those
of certain earlier years. The I'M
port figures Of the United States gov
ernment represent, under existing
law and regulations. the prices Of
the articles in question In the whole
sale markets Of the country from
! which imported, and a comparison,
therefore, OF the average import
prices Of the principal articles i'm
ported at the present time compared
with those Of corresponding periods
in earlier years indicates, in some
degree at least, the fluctuations 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
publishes in its Summary Of Com
mercc 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 guam
! tlty OF the article under considera-
ton into the stated value thereof
and thus determining the import
value per unit Of quantity. This
| table shows, for example. the aver
age price Of coffee imported in Au-
| gust 1911, as 11.Sc. per pound :.
against 6.ic. per pound in August,
1901, decade ago; india rubber, an
average of S3.4c. per pound in Au-
| gust, 1911, against 46.9c. per pound
IN August, 1901; clothing wool.
22.9c. per pound in August. 1911,
against lee. per pound in August.
| l9ol; combing WOOL 33oc. per
| pound in August Of the present year,
against l9.Sc. in August a decade
ago; flax, $i3S.G5 per ton in Au-
gust, 1911, against $216.S2 in Au-
gust, 1901; hemp, S21O.1O per ton in
August Of the present year. against
Sl6o,6l in August, 1901; tin plates,
"."c. per pound in August Of the cur
rent year, against &c. in the CORES
bonding month decade ago; tin in
pars, blocks, ETC., 41.2c. per pound
IN August, 1911, against 26.5c. in
August, 1901; and tea, 1890. q
| pound in August Of the current wear
against 1880, pound in the cor
III the corresponding month decade
ago.
Even in the single twelye-month
period from August, 1910, to August
! l9ll, large number of articles
! show marked advance in prices
Col1ee, for example. which, as al
ready indicated, showed an average
OF ll.Sc. per pound in August, 1911,
! averaged 7.Sc. per pound in August,
1910; rice imports in August, 1911
averaged 3.lc. per pound, against
2.lc. per pound in August 4 wear
earlier; cement, in August, 1911,
"S.Sc. per hundred pounds, against
isle. per hundred pounds in Au-
gust OF last year; bananas, 29.Sc,
| per bunch in August of the present
year against 27.6c. per bunch in
August, 1910; currants. 4.Sc. per
pound in August. 1911, against 3.7c.
| per pound in August Of last year;
llSS, G.Ic per pound in August, 1911,
against '.3c. per pound in August a
year ago; almonds, 14.5c. per pound
| IN August Of the present wear.
against lO.3r. per pound in the cor
responding mNrth of 1910: calf
SKINS, 2?.2c. per pound in August,
l9ll, against 24.lc per pound in
August, 1910; tin plates, 3.9c. per
pound in August Of the current wear.
asalns, sc. per pound in August,
l"lo; olive oil, edible. $l.Il per gal
| ION in August, 1911, against $l.29
per gallon in August, 1910; black
| pepper. SIC. per pound in August
y? l. against 7.3c. per pound in Au-
gust a year ago; champagne. $I5.i?
per dozen quarts in August, 1911
against $ll.Gi in August 1910; tin
IN bars, blocks. etc, l.2c. per pound
IN August Of the current year
against "2. .lc. in August of the pre-
'IouS year; Leaf tobacco, suitable for
wrappers, SLIT per pound in August
oI thls year, against 95.Ic. per