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Show mm ii food EXPORTSjS SHOWN Shipments of Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Cotton and Mineral Oil Decrease The generaJ improvement in business coDoit ons thro ghout the country since the first of the jear Is reflected In the monthly bul etin issued by the Lnited States department of commerce, wh ch shows the exports of domestic breadstuffs cot on seed oiL food anl ma. s meat and dairy p oducts cotton and mineral prod ucts during tl e month of Jainuar amounted to J 8 532 I more than the exports for January 1914. The total expo ts of the forpgo ng prod cts du rg Jan ary 1915 a mo nted to J144 737 8So Teh ghest ncrease Is Bhow under the item breads uffs The breadstuffs exports In Januarj 1914 tota ed 511 04 318 vhlch vas increased to $do 687 ii ln Ja uary 191o Tho exports of catt e ogs and s eep dropped rron J 9 68 In Jan lary 1UH to $16 7 in Jan uarv 191o but ten eat and dairy prod ucts show an ncrease of more than $i 000 000 Near yam I on and three q ar e s more po nds of cotto were sent at road In Tanuary 1915 than in Jan ua-j lQH but on acco nt of he lower price recei ed the to al in lo ars a d ce ts shows n decrease of approximate y $7 oOO 000 M ncral oi s a so s o v a dec ea5e of approximate y $1 50 000 B t the mo t sign f cait part of the re port s t e compar son of the exports dur ing the seven months end ng Januarv 31 191 con pared with the seven months e d ng Tanuary 31 1914 It re f ec q ihe depress on incident to the Eu opean war and shows a dec ease of ap proximatel JIOO 000 000 in the exports of he a t seven mont s as compared with he same per od a vear a o wl ch nakes the inc ease of $i8 000 000 du ng Jan uir 19X5 appear erv e courag ng |