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Show GREAT INCREASE IN TRADE OF U. S. Washington Aug. 7. The trade of the United States in the last fiscal year was greater than In any previous year. Figures Just compiled sho that if was J,:;.S.00n,nnn greater by 1421,000.000 than last year's record of exports and imports The balanc1 In favor of the country this year vu ?653,000.00o The exports exceeded those of 1912 b J281.600.000 while the imports increased by only $15f 700.000. The greatest gain in exports was In manufactures ready for consumption which class there was an increase -' i n", non.OOO over 1912. In manufac Lurea for future use in manufacturing there was an increase of more than sixty million dollars. The increase In food stuff was only a little more than $1,500,000. Most of the Imports ere from the United Kingdom, which furnished $296,000,000, while Germany came next with $1S9. 000.000. next France with $137,000,000, Cuba with $126. ( ,000, Canada with $121.000 000 Bra zll with $120,000,000, and Japan with 92 ),009 Most of the exports went to 'he United Kingdom, which took goods worth $597,000,000, Canada $416,000,000, Germany $332 000,000, France, $146,000,000, and Italy $76. 000 000. rf-vn - |