Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-04-18 | Page 16 | Sweden Explains Growth in Imports from the U. S

SWEDEN EXPLAINS GROWTH X IN IMPORTS FROM PROM THE U. U S. S ASHINGTON April 17 17 17 Ira N. N WASHINGTON Morris United States minister to toI I I. I Sweden forwarded to the Wash Wash- Ington government an explanation from the tho Swedish foreign ministry of or the great teat reat Increase in imports from the tho united united States since the beginning oft of the e war This explanation was made to alJay allay al allay al- al lay Jay the the- suspicion in the United States that many mony goods exported to Sweden and Rus Rus- were re-exported re to Germany sia eta Sweden the tho ra ministry of or foreign affairs af at- fairs says eay has ha had haa direct maritime communication communication com com- with the city o of New York only since incel 1914 H Formerly a n. great part of ot the tho goods for far Sweden were sent sent by byway byway way tray of either cither England or Hamburg and nd probably were not credited to Sweden in the United States export statistics Imports Import of Sweden This Increase l is natural con considering that Sweden must order in to the United States a a. great grent part of at the goods formerly formerly formerly for for- merly received from t the e belligerent countries I Sweden imported from the United States in tn tho the last four tour months of 1914 1914 about tons of of at copper less than Inthe in inthe the same Bame period n n 1913 and Imported no aluminum whatever r from the United United States in the latter tatter part of or 1914 The increases were in cereals and textiles but there were decreases in meats meat fruits and garden products oils metals and machinery Falling Off In Wheat heat An Increase of or tons in tn tb the Imports Imports Im tm- ports of ot wheat from the United States nays tho the ministry tr was was shown in tn the thelast thelast thelast last four tour months of 1914 But the total imports of ot American wheat during the first eight months of ot 1 1014 1914 14 was wa 1010 less thanIn than in the tho same period in 1913 al althouGh although although al- al though the wheat crop was much larger in 1913 than in 1914 It Was It was necessary for Sweden to make makeup up th this B decrease and the country was forced to buy from tram the United States because Germany and Russia had forbidden forbidden for tor- bidden tho the export exportation of ct cereals and the Argentine crop of ot 1914 was not yet yeton yeton yeton on the mark market t As As to cotton the ministry says the Imports Impert from the United States were 1600 tons tOM In 1913 and tons in 1914 a natural increase I liR I TEA RA N. N N. N MORRIS ORRIS mn minister to Sweden to whom official etI explanation ex et- ex 1 was made on on increase of i I II I importations from United States I I since beginning of European war I 1 r. r d. d w I Y i 1 j I f r f