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Show INCREASED EXPORTATION OF MANUFACTURES. A falling off in tho exports of natural products, an increased exportation ex-portation of manufactures, and an increased importation of manufacturers' manu-facturers' materials are the principal characteristics of a statement of foreign commerce of the United States covering the seven months ending July 31, 1910, just issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department De-partment of Commerce and Labor. It shows the value of the principal princi-pal articles imported and exported, January 1 to July 31, 1910, compared com-pared with the corresponding period of the preceding year. Exports of wheat, flour, meats, cotton, illuminating oil, and copper show a decline; de-cline; those of lumber, leather, agricultural implements, lubricating oil, naval stores, rails, scientific instruments, boots and shoes, automobiles, steel sheets, builders' hardware, rubber manufactures, tj'pewriters, sewing machines, structural steel, books, paraffin, electrical elec-trical machinery, metal-working machinery and furniture show an increase. in-crease. On the import side, the principal manufacturers' materials, including India rubber, hides and skins, pig tin, tobacco, cotton, wool, nitrate of soda, copper ore and pig iron show an increase, while many of the manufactures, including cotton lases, linens, paper, silk dress goods, cotton cloths, cotton knit goods, books and silk laces, show a slight decline. |