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tin in bars, blocks, ete., 
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in Prices 
Countries 
That prices have advanced in 
other parts of the world as well as 
in the United States is evidenced by 
a statement prepared by the Bureau 
of Statistics, Department of Com- 
merce and Labor, comparing import 
prices at the present time with those 
of certain earlier years. The import 
figures of the United States govern- 
ment represent, under existing law 
and regulations, the prices of the ar- 
ticles in question in the wholesale 
markets of the country from which 
imported, and a comparison, there- 
fore, of the average import prices 
of the principal articles imported 
at the present time compared with 
those of corresponding periods in 
earlier years indicates, in some de- 
gree at least, the fluctuation in 
prices in the countries from which 
these articles are imported. 
This comparison of prices is ren- 
dered practicable by reason of the 
fact that the Bureau of Statistics 
publishes in its Summary of Com- 
merece and Finance a table showing 
the monthly average import prices 
of the principal articles brought into 
the country, and states at the head 
of the table that ‘‘The value of the 
goods represents their value in the 
foreign markets.’’ These state- 
ments of average import prices are 
obtained by comparing quantity 
with value for the period in ques- 
tion, or in other words, by dividing 
the stated quantity of the article 
under consideration into the stated 
value thereof and thus determining 
the import value per unit of quan- 
tity. This table shows, for example, 
the average price of coffee imported 
in August, 1911, as 11.8¢ per pound, 
against 6.4c per pound in August, 
1901, a decade ago; India rubber, 
an average of 83.4c per pound in 
August, 1911, against 46.9¢ per 
pound in August, 1901; clothing 
wool, 22.9¢ per pound in August, 
1911, against 12¢ per pound in Au- 
gust, 1901; combing wool, 33.9e per 
pound in August of the present year, 
against 19.8c in August a decade 
ago; flax, $438.65 per ton in Au- 
gust, 1911, against $216.82 in Au- 
gust, 1901; hemp, $210.10 per ton 
in August of the present year, 
against $165.61 in August, 1901; tin 
plates, 3.9¢ per pound in August of 
the current year, against 3c in the 
corresponding month a decade ago; 
41.2¢ per 
pound in August, 1911, against 26.5¢ 
a pound in August, 1901; and tea, 
18.2¢ a pound in August of the cur- 
rent year, against 13.3¢ a pound in 
the corresponding month a decade 
Advance in Foreign 
ago, 
_vious year; 
Even in the single twelve month 
period from August, 1910, to 
August, 1911, a large number of ar- 
ticles show a marked advance in 
prices. Coffee, for example, which, 
as already indicated, showed an av- 
erage of 11.8c.per pound in August 
1911, averaged 7.8c per pound in 
August, 1910; rice imports in Au- 
gust, 1911, averaged 3.le per pound, 
against 2.4¢ per pound in August a 
year earlier; cement, in August, 
1911, 38.8¢ per hundred pounds, 
against 28.4¢ per hundred pounds in 
August of last year; bananas, 29.8¢ 
per bunch in August of the present 
year, against 27.6¢ per bunch in Au- 
gust, 1910; currants, 4.8¢ per 
pound in August, 1911, against 3.7¢ 
per pound in August of last year; 
figs, 6.7¢ per pound in August, 
1911, against 5.3e per pound in Au- 
gust a year ago; almonds, 14.5¢ per 
pound in August of the present year, 
against 10.3e per pound in the cor- 
responding month of 1910; calf 
skins, 29.2c¢ per pound in August, 
1911, against 24.1e per pound in Au- 
gust, 1910; tin plates, 3.9¢ per 
pound in August of the current year, 
against 3¢ per pound in August, 
1910; olive oil, edible, $1.44 per 
gallon in August, 1911, against $1.29 
per gallon in August, 1910; black 
pepper, 8.2c per pound in August, 
1911, against 7.3¢ per pound in Au- 
gust a year ago; champagne, $15.49 
per dozen quarts in August, 19; 
against $14.64 in August, 1910; tin 
in bars, blocks, ete., 41.2¢ per pound 
in August. of the current year, 
against 32.1e in August of the pre- 
leaf tobacco, suitable 
for wrappers, $1.17 per pound in 
August of this year, against 95.4¢ 
per pound in August of last year; 
clothing wool, 22.9¢ per pound in 
August, 1911, against 21.2c per 
pound in August 1910; combing 
wool, 33.9¢ per pound in August of 
the current year, against 30c per 
pound in August a year ago; and 
wool earpets and carpeting, $4.48 
per square yard in August, 1911, 
against $3.47 in August, 1910. 
This advance in prices, however, 
does not extend to all articles. Ni- 
trate of soda is materially lower in 
price than a year ago—$26.55 per 
ton, in August, 1911, against $34.75 
per ton in August, 1910; guano, 
$12.42 per ton in August, 1911, 
against $25.79 in August of last 
year. Cocoa is slightly less in aver- 
age import price, 22.2¢ per pound in 
August, 1911, against 23.7¢ per 
pound in August, 1910; also copper, 
11.4e per pound in August, 1911, 
against 12c in August, 1910; pig 
iron, $27.19 per ton in August, 1911, 
against $34.09 in August, 1910; 
while copper, cotton cloths un- 
bleached, manila, hemp, sisal grass, 
hides of cattle, raw sil, and lumber 
show a slight decline in August, 
1911, compared with August, 1910. 
Ruth St. Denis at Keith’s Theatre 
Ruth St. Deuis, the world’s great- 
est exponent of the terpsichorean 
art ot the Hindus, comes to Bb. F. 
Keith’s Theatre next week in a mag- 
nificent production of ‘‘’The Mystic 
Dance ot the Five Senses.’’ This is 
the most popular ot the cycle of 
East Indian dances created by Miss 
St. Denis, in which she became the 
rage of London, Paris, Berlin, and 
New York. India and the Hindus 
have always possessed a strange 
fascination for Occidentals, but 1t 
remained tor Miss St. Denis to draw 
aside the veil of mystery that has 
hitherto shrouded the religion and 
customs of this strange country and 
bring the dreamy breezes and atmos- 
phere of the Orient to the doors of 
everyday America. The East In- 
dian dances as interpreted by Miss 
St. Denis do not represent the phys- 
ical abandon so characteristic ot the 
so-called ‘‘Oriental dances’’ com- 
mon to the variety stage, but de- 
pend considerably upon pantomime. 
Miss St. Denis served a long § ap- 
prenticeship as a dancing girl under 
the management of David Belasco, 
and during this period she gained 
an intimate knowledge of light ef- 
fects and stage management that 
has made her Hast Indian dances a 
delight to the eye, while the music, 
arranged by Walter Merwrowitz 
and the burning of incense in the 
temple scene, take still other senses 
into captivity. At B. F. Keith’s 
Theatre Miss St. Denis will be sup- 
ported by a company of twenty-five 
Cingalese, while the scenic equip- 
ment showing the innermost sanc- 
tuary of a Hindu temple, requires 
two big baggage cars for its trans- 
portation. The bill surrounding 
this splendid attraction is not yet 
complete, but Harry Jolson, the 
blackface comedian, and the Temple 
Four will be included in it. 
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