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Show LARGE INCREASE IN PEANUT IMPOSTS WASHINOTOH, lfareh 1J It may : hava baen dua to tha morons tn the number of peanut eating fas s at the I baseball gnmea. or It may have been because be-cause of tha mora extensive demands of the confectioner, but the fact la the Import Im-port of peanuts to the I'ntted States for tha year 1U0 assumed unprecedented proportiona. I'm led fttates Consul fVneral Oaulln. at MarsMllea, frYanca. where great quantities quan-tities of peanute ara raised, reports to t ha depart ment of oommerc a nd labor that peanut exports to the I'nlted Stares for the year 110 rone In value from the comparatively Inalgnirtrant total of M773 In 1' to t.t7t.iJ(. Irga purrhaaae of peanut oil by Amarlcana also wer ra-onrded ra-onrded and th trad waa tha brisk sst la yesra. |