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Show GOODS THAT ARE IMPORTED. March importations of manufacturers manufactur-ers materials indicate a marked increase in-crease in activity in the manufacturing manufactur-ing industry in the United States. Manufacturers' material Imported in March, 1909, according to tho monthly statement of the bureau of statistics, of the department of commerce and labor, la-bor, amounted in value to $68,000,000, against $10,000,000 in March," 1908, while the fact that the import prices of nearly all of the principal articles are less than a year ago shows that the grain in quantity is even greater than indicated by the mere figures of value. , Twelve principal articles form the bulk of this -importation of $68,000,-000 $68,000,-000 worth of manufacturing materials imported in March, 1909. These 12 articles are hides and skins, wool, raw silk, India rubber, pig tin, fibers, copper, cop-per, leaf tobacco, raw cotton, furs and fursklns, lumber, and chemicals. The hides and skins imported in March, 1909. amounted to 42 1-2 million pounds, against 19 1-2 millions in March. 190S; raw wool. 37 million pounds against 11 millions in March of last year; raw silk, 1 3-4 million pounds, against 1 million In the same month of the preceding year; India rubber, 7 3-4 million pounds, against 6 3-4 millions in March, 190S; pig tin, 12 1-2 million pounds, against 9 1-3 millions in the corresponding month of last jcar, pig copper. 19 3 4 million pounds, against 10 1-2 millions in March, 1908; leaf tobacco, nearly 4 million pounds, against 3 1-2 millions in the same month of last year; raw cotton, 9 1-2 million pounds, against 7 millions in tho corresponding month a year ago; lumber, 31 1-2 million feet, against 16 1-4 "million feet in March, 190S; chemicals, largely used in manufacturing. manu-facturing. 8 1-2 million dollars In value against a little more than 5 millions in the corresponding month of last year; furs and fursklns. undressed, 1 1-4 million dollars, against 3-4 of a million in the same month of 1908. |