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Show The extent to which the United States Is becoming the manufactor) fnr the nations Is well shown in a reir-nt compilation com-pilation by tho Treasury Iieputnunt at Washington Almost one half of the Imports are of raw matcrlul for thn tim of our factories. Our total Impoi ts dur-Ing dur-Ing the month of March were $M .'30 6S1, of these J11I81.7J5 represented rninufiH-turura' rninufiH-turura' materials For tho nine months ending with March, the Imports of manufacturers' man-ufacturers' materials amounted to Jlo,. iS:,J9, the total Imports for that period being $66' ol. the material 1 being 46 per cent of all The Imports of this sort nre on the in. reav Their amount for the current fiscal )ear I sure to far exceed tho.e of any previous )ear ln our hlstorv The details of these Imports., tlons ft.r the nine month ending March 31st compared with the like Imports for the corresponding nine months of the year before, ate thus glvtn 1901 1M5 Trn1.erT"lSl""tUr"''2'?..' JJWTC 13 Principal articles jii7?:4 Stui W.M1S11 W.1MIM f lb"" ' 14 op (KW U'.i MO 'uantlnufctd,' 11 1 lg.g ljg; Couotraw MfMW HWftl |