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"The figures used in compiling this table are those which show the 

 total imports. In 1903 England stands third in the list of foreign coun- 

 tries which sent cement to America. From 1871 to 1876 nearly all 

 importations of foreign cement were from England. In the four years 

 following Germany gradually assumed an important place as rival, 

 and in 1882, while England sent one half the cement exported to the 

 United States, Germany sent three fourths of the remainder. Ten 

 years later Germany was the leading foreign country sending cement 

 to America, and since then has held that position." 



