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Show EXPORTS EXCEED THREE BILLIONS The foreign trade of the United States broke all rec. rds during the first year of the European war, according to figures made public this week by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce com-merce covering the period from August, Aug-ust, 1914. to August, 1915. . "Statistics show," said the annnuce-ment, annnuce-ment, "that for the first time in the nation's history, exports exceeded $3, 000,000,000 in value for a 12 month period. For the 12 months ending August 31, 1915, exports from the United States aggregated $3,035,033,-280, $3,035,033,-280, against $2,230, 185, 7U in a like period one year ago. Twelve months' imports of merchandise totalled $1,669,-698,934 $1,669,-698,934 compared with $1,906,657,515 last year. |