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use in manufacturing increased 
slightly, from 237 million to 242 
million dollars, and finished manu- 
factures decreased from 310 million 
to 294 million dollars. Exports, on 
the other hand, advanced “in the 
ease of erude foodstuffs, from 70. 
million to 95 million dollars; food-— 
stufis, partly or wholly manufac- 
tured, from 203 million to 247 mill- 
ion; manufacturers’ raw materials, 
from 437 million to 491° million; 
manufactures for further use in 
manufacturing, from 234 million to 
267 million; and finished manufac- 
tures, from 447 million to 531 
million dollars. } 
The principal imports of the full 
year, grouped according to magni- 
tude of values will show: sugar, 
over 4 billion pounds valued at 
about 105 million dollars; chemi- 
cals, drugs, ete., 95 million dollars; 
coffee, 800 million pounds, valued 
at about 84 million dollars; hides 
and skins, 80 million dollars; india 
rubber, 75 million; cotton manufac- 
tures and raw silk, about 65 million 
each; fibre manufactures, 55 mill- 
ion; wood and manufactures, 50 
million; fruits and nuts, over 40 
million; block and pig tin, 40 
million; diamonds, 33 million; while 
copper manufactures, unmanufac- 
tured fibers, iron and steel manu- 
factures, silk manufactures, leaf 
tobacco, and oils will each show a 
total of about 30 million dollars. 
Art works, furs and fur skins, and 
wool will aggregate about 25 mill- 
jon dollars each in the year’s im- 
ports. Lower prices contributed to 
the fall in value of imports of sugar 
and india rubber, the decrease in 
value being far greater than in 
quantity. ides and skins show a 
marked reduction in quantity as 
well as in value of imports. 
imports are about the same in quan- 
tity but much greater in value, due 
to the higher prices. 
Cotton is still the leading article 
of export, its total for the year, 
over a half billion dollars, exceed- 
ing the combined value of the two 
great classes next in rank, iron and 
steel manufactures, about 250 mill- 
ion, and meat and dairy products, 
160 million. The exports of cotton 
in 10 months aggregated 2,945 mill- 
jon pounds, valued at 371 million 
dollars, the largest value in the his- 
tory of American commerce and 
but slightly less in quantity than 
the high record total of 3,052 mill- 
ion pounds exported in the 10 
months of 1905. Iron and steel: also 
made a new high record in’ the 10 
months of 1911 —206 million dol- 
lars, against 164 million last year. 
Substantial increases also occur in 
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other leading articles, and the com- 
plete year will probably record a 
total export of over 125 million dol- 
lars’ worth of breadstuffs, over 10 
million of mineral oil, nearly 100 
million of copper, 40 million of cot- 
ton manufactures, 35 million of ag- 
ricultural implements, about 35 
million of cars and carriages, and 
25 million of chemicals and medi- 
cines. 
Considered by countries, large in- 
creases occur in the exports to Can- 
ada, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, 
the United Kingdom, Australia, and 
Belgium, and lesser increases in 
those to South America, Cuba, 
China, and many other countries. 
While imports as a whole de- 
creased, there were increases in 
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