Show UNITED STATES BEGINNING TO SUPPLY ITS OWN FRUIT Washington July Jul 17 The United States Is III beginning to supply for tor Its It I Iown own use u fruits and nuh which a few ff yon years ago were practically all nil Imported This applies particularly to 10 such uch fruits as os a oranges prunes And raisins Ba na Bananas nanas figs cocoanuts anti and al ai almonds almonth month monds are still aUtI largely largel Imported Twenty ears ago the Imports Import of ot fruits and nuts nUll were wore moro more then live five times as nl a great groat mi its the exports export the for tor former former mer mfr being valued nt at while tho th tatter latter were valued nt at only During Dunner the last fiscal year however the Imports of nt this sort had Increased to while the tho exPorts export ul ort had gono Kono up UI In to X 0 In 1600 thoro there were Imported worth of In 1910 1810 lees leM than worth while more moro than worth wore were exported last year ru 11 a compared with about In As Asto A Ato s sto to prunes worth were Import Imported ed 00 In UW lO hut lees I A than TOOtI worth pj came Caine In last year lear eor whereas the th exports export of this fruit Increased from In 1900 to Ic last 1111 year On the tho other hand the value of at tho the bananas banana almonds walnuts and anti cocoa cocoanuts nuts Imported h hit wl during the thelast thelast last two to decades lr worth of bananas coming to this th country In 1900 11 1 as IS compared with during the thelast thelast last year yeM |