Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-01 | Page 13 | September Trade Shows a Slump

SEPTEMBER TRADE SHOWS A SLUMP Exports and Imports FaJl Off During Month, Official Figures Show. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. Exports and imports both fell off during Sop t ember. The decrease of approximately 000,000 in exports, whose total for Si-p-tember was $456,201,567, is attributed in part to the activities of the war trade board in holding up licenses. While the exports have dropped in comparison com-parison with August, they show a gain of 80,000,000 as compared with July. For the nine months ended with September Sep-tember 30, the total exports were !,-607,817,173, !,-607,817,173, a gain of .fiir.7, 000,000 over the similar period of 1916. Imports in September dropped $.vl,-312,481 $.vl,-312,481 from August's total of $270,-500.370. $270,-500.370. For the nine months they totalled to-talled two and a quarter billions of 45n,00ii.OiW eain over the similar period pe-riod of lnsr ye;ir. Gold .'ind silver are going out of tho country far in excess of their import.