Show IMPORTS EXCEEDED RECORD Figures Just Made Public By the Bureau Bureau Bu Bu- Bu reau of Statistics Washington Imports Imports exceeding by more than those of any previous similar sh period came into the United States S tes during the first eleven months of the operation or the Payne- Payne Aldrich tariff law ending June 30 last More 1 than 49 per cent of these imports Imports im Im- irn- irn ports entered free of ot duty being a larger percentage than In the corresponding corresponding corresponding corre corre- period of any previous year except 1897 tIle the closing year of ot the Wilson tariff and 1892 and 1893 and 1894 when sugar was admitted free under the McKinley law Customs receipts during the eleven even months of the Payne tariff law were exceeded only in 1907 when the first eleven months brought in These figures were made public on Wednesday by the bureau of ot statistics of the department of commerce and labor |