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Show THE COUNTRY'S FOREIGN TRADE. Another record was made during the calendar year 1903 In our foreign trade. The exports of the year amounted to the unprecedented total of f 1. 1S4.668.127, and tho Imports to $995,473,101. a total of ?2.-4S0.l-il.22S for our foreign trade. Not only did our exports for the year exceed ex-ceed all records (the greatest before was 51,177,946.113, In the year 1900.) but the greatest exports ever shown in a single month was last December, with a value of S17-I,734,36S. The highest ever shown before for a month was in October, 1900, when the total was 3163.3S9.6S0. The following table shows tho total exports of the United States in each calendar year from 1S90 to 1903j Calendar Year. Total Exports. ISM So7.&02,M8 isni r7o.&::,6i6 1S?2 039.-l20.to0 ; 7r,.KS.7n 1S31 , S.1.2IS SM.KO.l&i 1S ;-. 1.005.837.241 1K7 l,0&9,7CO.045 1SD-S 1.255.5W.2; ISM 1,275,467.&71 TO 1 ,477.9494 IS 1.463.37.1.S) 13K 1.300.6S5.933 1M3 1.4S4,6S,127 The movement of exports, as shown hy the above figures, has a noteworthy feature. IC is seen that the totals were approaching the billion dollar mark in 1S90 and 1S91, but were checked by tho Democratic frost of 1S32, and from thence 6n and" through the Democratic administration of Mr. Cleveland they wilted more and more until in 1S96 the relief of Republicanism was plainly In sight. Then with 1S97 the forward movement began again, culminating in 1900, after which there was a stationary year, then a slip backward on account of the industrial troubles, nnd now a more than complete recovery in the year i just closed. It is a splendid, march of industrial triumph, and should reassure the country coun-try to the point not only of letting well enough alone, but of the full Indorsement Indorse-ment of Senator Hanna's slogan, "Keep on letting well enough alone," and of his war-cry, "Stand pat!" |