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Show THE TRADE BALANCE. Department of commerce figures for the month of November, just made public pub-lic at Washington, show amazing totals for exports and imports, the aggregate ag-gregate being the second largest in the nation's history. The value of exports was $711,000,000, compared with $-532,-000,0'Hl iu October and 5-522,000,000 in Xovemb'r of last 'year. Imports were vnlued at 129,000,000, compared with ;02, 000,oon in October and $2-11,000, -CO'i in Novemlvr of 1918. For the eleven months of the present year exports ex-ports wore valued at $7,242, 000, iihO, aD,) i imports at $..)U'S.OOfi,000, leaving a trade balance of $y,7Jl,0l'0,OU in favor of the United Stat". TbU is a billion bil-lion dollars greater tb:n the trade balance bal-ance in the corresponding period a year ago. Exports of gold in November totaled r-il,Su7,79."i, wliilo imports amounted to only $2, 29b', 770. Exports in November nf la.st year were $3,047,907, while im-porta im-porta were $1,920,209. For the eleven mouths of the present year gold exports ex-ports were $321,9J5,309, compared with $2s2,4oS,4S7 for the corresponding period of 1918, whi'e imports were $60,-020,010, $60,-020,010, compared with $0().667,917 for the corresponding period of last year. Silver imports for November amounted amount-ed to $7,018,621, compare! with $5,490,-,240 $5,490,-,240 for November of last year. For the eleven mouths of the present year silver imports amounted to $79,725,200, an increase in-crease of $12,679,752 over the corresponding corre-sponding period in 191S. F.ports of silver last month totaled $19,052,177, compared with $7,150,451 in November of 191S. For the oleven months of tho present year exports were $208,426,26'), an increase of $3,885,972 over the same period last year. 1 The trade balance showing is particularly par-ticularly flattering. R is an indication indica-tion of what may bo expected in futuro of the commerce of the world's creditor nat ion. |