Show DECREASE INDICATED IN ANIMAL PRODUCTS Losing Ground in Value of Exports Exports Exports Ex Ex- Ex- Ex ports Since 1893 World War Brought Percentage Up lip Suddenly to or Almost Double What It Had Been In PrecedIng Preceding Preceding Pre Pre- ceding Five Years Animal products have been losing ground In relative position In the value value val val- ue no of the agricultural exports of at this country since 1893 In that year they were per cent of at the value of all domestic agricultural exports and by year C averages they were p percent pet per it cent In 1898 1894 per cent In 1899 1003 l 03 per cent In 1904 1908 and lOD per cent In 1909 1900 Then followed the world war l This brought he e percentage for tor animal products up to or suddenly to a n nI fraction almost double what It ha had been In the preceding five years t vy I r c he percentages for tor crops and crop c products being complementary to those I for tor animal products It follows that crops crops gained relatively when animal products lost and lost when they gain gain- ed It Is to be re remembered that values alues are Involved and not quantities Steady gain In relative position In Inthe inthe the imports of this country has been made by animal products and the war accentuated the gain From 1894 to 1918 1014 the fraction traction representing these ese products Increased from 27 to 1 per cent |