Show IMPORTS EXCEEDED RECORD Figures Just Made Public By the Bureau Bu-reau of Statistics Washington Imports exceeding by more than 114000000 those of any previous similar period came into the United States during the first eleven months of the operation or the Payne Aldrich tariff law ending June 30 last More than 49 per cent of theseIm ports entered free of duty being c a larger percentage than in the corresponding corre-sponding period of any previous year except 1S97 tho closing year of the Wilson tariff and 1892 and 1893 and 1894 when sugar was admitted free under the McKinley law Customs receipt tinting the eleven months of the Payne tariff law were 302822101 exceeded only In 1907 when the first eleven months brought in 307033381 Theso figures were made public on Wednesday by the bureau of statistics of the department of commorce and labor |