The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-12

Far E9ceed Those
Imported mo This Coun
try rinffl1 1ear.

Try ctirltlI Year.
WASHING u O.. nee. 12----
rim pIate e4npfts Il October were
Twelve times ca a.. the fn-
ptrtss OF thai The quantity
expoFted in mouth 81 October
& On. was IS ponds valued
at 1883 seq. md tie imports for. the
sam month eEated 1y2S6 SIT
Ipodnds. vaIp S4sJ2s4.
the OF ne Bureau of
statisEsg ftment Of Commerce
| and LII 6f 86W a marked change
In the trade movements OF tin platei
The October imports and exports,
stated in quantities. during the last
three years are as follows:
october. 1909, pounds imported.
II, 117sO35: pounds exported IL
414d1O
October, $780, pounds imported,
3,7S7.997; pOhdG.s exported, ,23!6. :;
! 141. - sS-'.
October. 1911. pounds imported.
1885. s77 :; pounds exportedt IS .s41 :
eThe marked decline in the inn
ports during the last two years. as
explained in statement recently is
sued by the bureau of statistics, Is
due to the high price OF tin plates
in foreign countrfes. coupled with
relatively lower prices In the United
States. In October, 1871, the aver-
age import price Of tin plates was
3.s cents per pound against go eents
in October OF last year and az cents
in October 1903. 40 the the value
of importd articles is based upon
their actual wholesale price In the
country from which exported to the
United States the fgures quoted
would seem toFlndtcate. "a steady rise
in the foreign price Of tin plates. due
in part to the rapid growth OF the
canning IndustEY9h all parts OF the
-sRerld. The grpRth In the domestic
canning and preserving industry In
the United states alone iszs Illus
trated by.stRe act hat The value OF
product 9has5 inereased from ss mill
Hon dollars % .ls go tasz157 million
in 1909. Practically all the tin
plate imported INTO the United
states is the product of the United
Kingdom.
Most OF the tin plate imported IN
the recent efs has been for use
in the .nenuf5 tdrosofl cans and other
articles used in the export trade, in
which. ease SO per cent of the duty
was Fefdnded under the drawback
law. The marked advance. in price
of tin plates abroad has apparentH
led to the substitution Of domestic
tin plate for the foreign article for
use in exportati6n. The. cause OF
this change Ia the movenients of TIN !
plates in onr foreign commerce as
quoted from an authority on the
subject in a recent discussion pre-
pared by the bureau OF statistics, are
as follows: -
ga number Of reasons have con-
tributed to, the changes in. the sta
tistics referred to. The price OF tin
plates advanced very. materially,
abroad, owing to the high price Oh
sheet bars, augmented by the enor-
nous increase on the continent and
all over the world IA the demand for
tin plate for canning fruits, vege=
tables, Ash, meats, ana oil products.
The demand for tin plat as con-
tanners for oII-products alone hast
tremendously, by reason
Of the development OF oil producing
properties in Mexico, india, Persia
ana Borneo. to say nothing Of the
increase In demand In Russia as
result Of more stable political con
ditions in that country. The largely
increased consumptive demand on
the world has taxed the productions
of foreign 1nills to the utmost. I'm
der these circumstances, american
mills have supplied azS Increasing
share Of the requirements Of Amer
can consumers foF domestic con-
sumption and export"
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