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Show I FOREIGN TRADE STILL UNSATISFACTORY. Our foreign trade for the eleven months of last year, ending, with November No-vember 30, presents some peculiar features. The war was expected to completely complete-ly destroy Germany's foreign commerce, com-merce, but German imports in November No-vember last were $11,920,000 compared com-pared with $14,256,000 the correspond- ing month in 1913, or a falling off of enly $2,300,000. But the great effect of tho conflict con-flict Is to be noted in the exports. In November, 1913, this country sold Germany $48,000,000 of goods. Last November our sales dropped to 42,136. Our exports to all countries con-mue con-mue to ahow a heavy falling off. For instance, in November, 1913, they were $245,539,000; in November, 11)14, I $205,878,000 a loss of over $40,- |