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Modern Business Geography 
(II) MERCHANDISE IMPORTED ANNUALLY INTO THE UNITED STATES 
(A) WuAT Our IMPORTS ARE 
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Raw materials for use in manufac- 
turing coe. . 
Foodstuffs, crude . . . . . . . 
Foodstuffs, manufactured . . . . 
Manufactures for further use in 
manufacturing . . . . . . . 
Manufactures ready for consump- 
tion. . . 
1879-1883 
Value (in 
millions of 
dollars) | 
Per 
cent 
of 
total 
117 
97 
125 
18 
15 
19 
89 
14 
202 | 32 
1927 
wh 
2 
& 2 
RR 
cf 
gg 
ow 
DYN 
Value (in 
millions of 
dollars) 
Per 
ceft 
of 
total 
1601 
505 
451 
+ 20 
~ 3 
hn — 8 
18 || + 4 
—-— QO 
750 
878 | 21 Iv 
‘BY WueReE Our Imports Come From 
CONTINENT 
Europe . . . . 
North America. . . 
South America . . 
Asia . . . 
Africa . . . . . 
Australia and Oceania 
s 
AVERAGE OF 
1879-1883 
‘in millions 
nf dollars) 
346 
136 
"5 
30 
2 
9) 
1927 
‘in millions 
of dollars) 
1276 
236 
018 
257 
93 
55 
GROWTH 
in millions 
of dollars) 
930 
850 
442 
2197 
81 
az 
GROWTH IN 
Per CENT 
268 
625 
580 
1999 
675 
450 
in our pastures do not supply all the different kinds of wool that are 
consumed in our industries. For instance, the best wool for making 
fine cloth comes chiefly from Australia, Argentina, and Uruguay. Our 
supply of coarse wool for making carpets comes from backward countries 
where the flocks are given little care, such as China, Russia, and Turkey. 
The importation of wool, as of other goods, varies greatly according 
to the tariff. If our woolen industries are protected by a high tariff, 
they use much more wool than is produced at home; but if they are