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Show Excellent Opportunity Offered Americans Ameri-cans for Increase In Trade. Washington. Special Agent Charles " t Vj, M. Pepper, who was sout to Egypt to 3 report upon tho prospects for In V : creased trado with that country, In a r . -i', report to tho bureau of manufacturers snys the Imports from Egypt have k. v J. reached neaily $10,000,000, and ths IC - ? nvornge for soven years was $7,758,657 P . ' while In return direct shipments of F" goods from tho United States rarely t"S , oxcoeds $1,000,000, and In some year; V , - - have fallen bolow $500,000. Tho total foreign commerce o'. Egypt In 1895 was a little moro than $100,000,000. Mr. Popper said that li will lu less than flvo years amount tc $250,000,000, one-half of which will be Imported goods. Thoro Is a wide do mand In that country, tho report says. , for machinery. |
