Show Duty Free Imports i T Touch uch New Figu Figures es The Tho foreign commerce of ot tho the United States Clates B tes made mado a new now and remarkable record In the fiscal year Just ended The rh total value of ot the merchandise entering entering and leaving the country In its trade with foreign lands and its own bl land It-land nd possessions In the fiscal year 1912 In was the tho value of oC manufactures exported was more than and the value of non- non dutiable merchandise entering the tho country was Of Ot this worth of merchandise entering the c country about worth was from foreign countries and worth from Hawaii and Porto Rico Of the tho merchandise coming from foreign foreign countries only and not In Including Including In- In elud n that from Hawaii and Porto Rico per cen cent entered free tree of entire dut duty against per cent during the tho entire period perlor of the Din DIngley lc law per cent under the Wilson Wilson law law and ad 63 53 per cent under the tho McKinley law when tho admission of sugar free of duty made tho percentage of free duty Im Imports imports Im- Im ports unus unusually allY large larse but not so high as that ot or the year Just ended In fact Lct the value of free duty merchandise merchandise mer mer- chandise entering from foreign countries coun coun- tries In 1912 not only exceeds b by fa far r that of any earlier year but also forms Corms a a. larger share of oC tho the total imports tha than n in previous years ears except 1892 12 and 18 1894 4 the opening and nd closing years of th the e operations of tho McKinley law when the Imports of sugar free o of OI dut duty y were cre abnormally large Imparts o of f free duty-free merchandise never reached reache d ax nH much as at prior to 1873 They touched the line I in n 1880 tho the line in 1891 tho the line lino In 1892 the 0 I line Une In 1905 the tho line lino 1 in n 1901 1907 the tho line Une in 1910 an and d In hI 1912 approximated and an d the addition of the merchandise comin coming g from our own Islands brings th tho e grand total of merchandise dise in tho the fiscal year 1912 up to a a. round Tho The principal articles forming the worth of oC free duty mer mer- chandise entering continental United I States during the fiscal year ear 1912 are aro according to the latest reports of the bureau o of statistics of the department i of or commerce and l labor bor food stuffs and manufacturers manufacturers' materials The food stuffs entering without payment of at duly duty including about worth of coffee approximately t F worth of tea and cocoa over worth of or fruit and nuts worth of or spices and about worth sugar from Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines The manufacturers manufacturers' materials entering free of or duty included approximately worth of oC hides and skins over worth of India rubber and and l substitutes therefore therefore about worth of oC raw silk worth of oC tin in bars blocks and pigs worth of oC copper In n ore and pigs 30 worth of at fibers Including hemp jute and sisal and about worth of oC raw cotton callan Of the more than worth of manufactures exported during the year ear those of of iron Iron and steel aggregated gated about 2 In value copper copper cop cop- per and mineral oils each more than lumber and other manufactures manu manu- of ot wood nearly leather and manufactures thereof about and cotton manufactures manufactures tures about Manufactures exported In the month of May amounted to for tho the single month and formed per cent of oC the total domestic exports of that month For the full Cull fiscal year manufactures formed about 46 per cent of or the total domestic exports During the thirtyfour thirtyfour thirty thirty- four tour months in fn which the present tariff law Jaw has been In operation manufactures manu manu- exported era a averaged ed per month and formed 15 16 per cent of oC the total exports During the tho entire ex of the life DIngley law they averaged per month and formed 37 per cent of ot tho the total eXports ox- ox ports during the entire operations of oC the e Wilson law exports of at manufactures tures averaged per month and formed 29 per cent of oC the total exports and during durin tho the existence of the tho McKinley law they averaged ed 16 per POI month and formed 21 per cent of oC the total exports |