New Britain herald., 1917-06-27
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of Earth Escapes High Of Products

t W ffOuuGlS
 tk, June 27.-Ths advance
 1o keenly realized by all the
 the United Stats. ia by no
 euliar to this country. or even
 puntries in which war condi-
 & looked upon as the imme-
 tSa of the higher prices. From
 nelds of Java and India, tho
 - of the Malayan Peninsula.
 areas of China and Japan, the
 eIds of Java. Hawaii and Gu
 tisal plantations of Mexico, the
 mines of South America and
 the indigo farms of India, the
 fields of the Philippines. the 6od forests of the West Indies. khrrcnt orchards of Greece. the III plantations of the Orient, the
 4agne producing area of France, SfSttoas fields of Egypt, and even
 l1iaord mines of South Africa, "a aksatistieal proof of advance in
 oi shcir respective products.
 ssDSa p pslaAon by the National City kscf New York of the prices at Eycried products of these widely ksbutcd areas, are being sold in the |ees of production. shows that the !)1EcS in prices is general.
 k3fc Cnitcd States has peculiar fa- 3esl for determining the prices of NnrId -nroducts in their respective 5spA Of production. Her customs
 require that the valuations at h merchandise is imported shall hnSe of the merchandise in the SAtSy from which exported to the Lad States, and not the value on Ihiug the port at which 1t enters Istuautry. Thus the values named |sac i:a apsrters of any article. from part Of the world, must be the m Tt which tho goods were sold in pl4cc from which exported to this atry or if the Importer does not
 n tb name the price which he flor 1t, then the average price of a r1e in the wholesale markets of the fro1n which 1t was shipped to this '4try is used In determining the
 it is quite feasible to- determine
 @eraEe price at which any given
 e or class of articles Is sold in
 cpuntry from which imported.
 Rt the same time determine the Ege world export price. by com- M the total quantity of all the Srtatioas Of the article in ques-
 with the total valuation placed
 1t by the importers of the en-
 quantity If, for instance. you fo know the price at which the ee reaching the United States | Brazil in any givsn month was rted from that country you set 1ast close approximation of the aye price by divis3ng the stated ntity into the stated SaIus. Then. 1t0u want to dsterrnine the price Evhtch the coffeA Of Colombia left
 country yous.do so by comparing atsffss and Value of the Colombia ke imported and find the average se Of the Colombia or Venezuela Eentral American coffees higher
 the avAsAeex Brazilian. If you 9nt. however. to determine the l|ce Of all ,coffees imported in the sk < asaals9aGaan Aonthe z with the A month two or three or four s ago, you dc this by taking the N quantity. imported and compar- &jt with tho stated value of the en- quantity, and you get the aver world- price per pound of coffee Fthe place of exportation to the ted States. for the year in Ques- l BY aimilsr process you de. eaine the rrice san place of produc, - of any CT tho thousands of arti-
 imported into the United States lSgided always that the import fig |:3e :3e name both quantity and stated 9eic. for the valuation Is in all casei lZi1lt at the. port or country whence dbped to the United States.
 Hucn comparisons show In very Ere proportion of the cases marked rfeaees in the values. at the place Of the merchandise sought into the country. Raw cot. jAr for. example. most of 1t from Spt, was imported in March. 1917 EAn average price of 31.sc per lb inst l6.3c In March, 1914. g dats kedtately preceding the war. ant e, be 1t remembered, represen
 Kport price at the port or coun
 from which sent to us. Sisa brts in March of the current yea ere $301 per ton against $117 Il arch. 1914; copper 2s.5c' per lh Eainst 14.1c three years earlier: goa Eifis 62.2c per lb. against 26.7' |fSe years earlier; cheese at an aver Es Of s4c per lb. against 17.6c: ha' |ed at 32.39 per bushel against @1.2s oans at $5.21 per bushel againa l.66; potatoes at SLIT against 72 rye years ago; indigo at $3.oo pc 5 against 15c per lb. in the sam lonths in 1914; logwood 1t 43s.0 IF ton against $11.O0: combing voc 48c against 24.6c in March. 1914 Iad at 6.5c per lib. against 3: cop 6r at 2s.5c against 14.lc three year 1lo; cotton stockings at $3.17 pc In. paid against $1.27 in March f1. auxar at exactly double tn