Show l POWER NATIONS GROWING RAPIDLY I I f 4 tal t ai Trade Already N Nearly ea ly Two and a Half Bilat's Billion Billion Bil Bil- Bil- Bil lion Doll Dollars ats at's S r i N Oct HI As As an IntI inU- lion Uon of or the vast tra trade e that will wilt be bo bort fight rt dOle close to the doors of or the tho Amer- Amer manufacturers and merchants with opening of ot the Panama canal cana the tho U of ot foreign and domestic commerce i 1 issued sued a a. statement of or the world i done by b- the countries washed b by ka ocean The total Of or this j 4 cannot Annot tull fully be gathered b but the tho irla fUI Into the Ule various Ac ports In fn Int n t exceeded two and one one third billions j he bureau discovered also that the tho 1 power of or the countries II Y doubled double 1 In a a. little muo more than a 1 It also was ascertained that the tha united States was Wu getting Its normal ire aMre of the trade tho percentage which tf of or f th the Imports showing com- com little ravely little change chango u turgid goods roods form tonn the greater sart of ofu the theon ples on sent from this coun- coun to the nations of or the Pacific c. c Japan end 4 f oleo also SO are exceptions to this tot for br they are re heavy hen purchasers of raw cotton One healthy feature of ot the situation sit sit- on Is III e found fond In to tho the rapidly Increasing trade being with the west coast countries of Central and South America |