The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
Increased Import Values
Due to- Price Advances

FIirh prices abroad are an lmportan1
factor in the large increase in the re-
corded value Of imports INTO lne
limited States. TheN stated value %
the merchandise imported In 1915 Is 90
! pet cent. greater than in 1913. the yea,
| immediately preceding the wal s.nu
| al per cent. in excess of 1917, the IN
! uier high record year. OF imports.
sA comparison by the Foreign, trace
nenartment of the National City Bank
| q New York of the details of the I'M
norts Of the United States Mn the. Il
ufonths OF 1916, for which of1clal ng-
t1xr0s are available, with those OF the
corresponding months of 1913 SHOWS
lthat in many instances the ancreaseu
Valuation is chiefly, and In some casoS
entirely. due to higher prices:
-Of copper, other than that IN ore, TOT
axnnpIe. the quantity imported shows
- decrease of 100000 pounds When
Icouipared with the same months OF
i1913. but an increase of nearly w.
100000 in, value, the reduction IN Quai
tiny being about 4 per cent, ana Ing
/ Increase in stated value, AZ per cent
/ OF indigo, the quantity imported SHOWS
| q fall OF about SO per cent. put tne
valuation shows an increase OF apou.
! 5d0 per cent In sugar, of which the
I
ued at $219 900 900 against 500, 900 IN
tISe same months of 1913, the quantity
| ifnported shows an increase, OF ABOUT
| II per cent? while the valuation SHOWS
| an increase Of 100 per cent. Hides ana
c3rins show an increase OF 40 Per cent.
| IN quantity and 81 per cent. IN vaIua-s
<ion. Wood pulp shows an advance OF
| Is per cent. in quantity importd ana
an advance of SO per cent. in value.
Wool, when compared with the CORE
spending months Of 1911 shows an IN
ckease OF So per cent. III quantity, and
/! 40 per cent. in value.
"A comparison of the average import
prices In Novembr, 1916, with those OF
! November, 1913, shows more distinctly
! the advance in individual artlcies.
!; Enw cotton imported in November,
i 1916, averaged n cents per pound IN
stated value against Ia cents IN NO
vember, 1913; copper in pigs. bars. etc.,
I2AS cents per pound against III cents
| Ia the same month Of 1918; flax for
merly drawn chiefly, from Russia,
/! Helefum, Scotland, and Ireland, 1888
per ton in November, 1916, against
| 3388 per ton =, the corresponding
xkonth Of 1913; hemp, 1851 per ton
a&ainst $1S2: sisal $3.50 against $115;
! eoat skins, 41.9 cents per pound
saxainst 28.S; tin plate, 1915 cents per
pound against cents; raw silk, 4.54
Per pound against ~3.54; cane" sugar,
Al cents per pound against 2 cents in
November, 1913; chemical wood pulp,
$o6.2S per ton against $36.75 in July,
1a14, and bleaclled wood pulp, $77.44
AGAINST 1920.
The chief increase in total value OF
imports occurs I'M the group Of raw
material for manufacturing, which
shows an advance in total value of 20
Per cent. in the II months Of 1916 COM
pared with the corresponding months
Of 1913. Food, stuffs, partly or wholly
manufactured, show an increases of rs
Der cent. in stated value, this being
DIP chiefly to the large increase in the
price Of raw sugar imported.
Manufactures ready for use show
decrease of Is per cent, the value for
the II months of 1916 being but $313,-
90 against 1868, 000, 600 in the corre-
spending. month Of 1913. This decline
IN importation of finished manufac-
lures in apparently due to the diff
Guilty in obtaining this class Of mer-
chandise from the European countries
which usually supplied the bulk Of
OUR finished manufactures imported.
The total imports from Germany in
II months OF 1916 were less than &c.
Co., 900 against $166, 100000 in the same
months Of 1913; Austria Hungary,
specifically nothing in 1916 against
~, O00 eco in 1913; France, sos, 0OO, 900 in
1916 against $121 ,000, 900 in 1913, and
Russia, $S.000.000 against $22, 00O, 900;
though from the United Kingdom the
Imports Of 1916 show material in
crease, being for the II manths end
ing November, $3.50, 900 against
ezlss000.000 in the same months In 1913.
I The import prices above quoted are
those of the article in. the country
from which exported to the United
States. as required by law, and do not
include cost added by transportation
or tartG duties in the United States.