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Show EXPORT INCREASE ONE BILLION Trade of United States Makes Big Stride in Past Ten Years. Washington. D. C, March 13. The export trade of the United Stales curing cur-ing the past ten years from 1903 to 1913 increased by approximately one billion dollars, whereas In the preceding pre-ceding thirty years, 1873 to 1903, it increased only $917,000,000, according accord-ing to the bureau of foreign and domestic do-mestic commerce today. Comparing- the 1913 figures with those ten years earlier, it Is shown that raw cotton maintained its leading lead-ing position in the list of exports, having hav-ing gained $196,000,000, or 52 per cent; whllo breadstuffs fell from second sec-ond position in 1903 to third in 1913, and meat and dairy products from third to fourth place, these "groups having been passed by Iron and steel, which gained $195,000,000, or about 200 per cent machinery and engines being the largest factors. Mineral oils advanced $76,000,000, which was more than 100 per cent; copper manufactures $101,000,000 or 200 per cent; and wood and manufactures manufac-tures thereof $52,000,000, or about 90 per cent Breadstuffs barely held their own in values during the decade, de-cade, with a gain of $3,000,000 and but for the marked advance In barley, oats and rice, would have actually declined, since the exports of corn fell from 95,000,000 to 47,000,000 bushels, and those of wheat from 160,000,000, to 155,000,000. on I |