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Show Washington, Oct. 5. How tho allies' al-lies' blockade has gradually shut off supplies from Germany and Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary until the point has been reached at which these two countries receive absolutely nothing from the United States Is demonstrated in figures fig-ures published today by the department depart-ment of commerce. In August, 1915, despite the war, we sent ?3S,743 worth of goods to Germany. Ger-many. This August, according to the official figures, we sent nothing. In the first eight months of 1915 wc sent $11,688,510 in merchandise, etc., to Germany. This year, in the same period, wo sent just 1,008,233. Tho bulk of these supplies, however, was sent early in the year, before the blockade reached its limit of intensity. inten-sity. To Austria we sent in August, 1915, $6698. This August wo sent nothing. Our exports to the dual monarchy for January to August, 1916, however, exceed ex-ceed those of the same time last year. The figures are, respectively, 1916, 568.3S5; 1915, $43,334. But in the same periods we were shipping millions and millions to tho allies. Our exports to the United Kingdom leaped from $93,190,955 in August, 1915, to $159,437,544 in August, Au-gust, 1916. Exports for January to August, 1915, to the United Kingdom were $753,470,395; this year they were $1,207,750,939. Russia, too, took an enormous amount of our goods. In August, 1915, we sent to Russia (European and Asiatic) $12,435,431, in August, 1916, we sent $61,553,560. January to August, 1915, exports to Russia were $81,292.S3. This year in the same time we sent $300,362,626. Exports to Italy and Japan doubled from one August to the other, in- creasea one anu a nan liiuus iui France, and quadrupled to Belgium. Imports were also much affected. In August, 1916, Germany exported to us $725,244, this August she sent just $82,579. In the first eight months last year she sent $36,819,943. this year but $4,896,031. Austria-Hungary's August, Au-gust, 1915, exportation to the United Unit-ed States was $113,061, this year it was $1S,818. Her January to August, Au-gust, 1915. export was $4,540,16S, this year it was only $515,026. The allies' imports increasod largely, large-ly, the figures for August this year and for August last year for the allies al-lies were, roughly, as follows: United Kingdom, $24,500,000 and $18,500,000; France, $10,000,000 and $7,500,000; Japan $19,900,000 and $10,-000,000; $10,-000,000; Italy, $3,000,000 and $2,000,-000; $2,000,-000; Russia, $1,000,000 and $400,000.. |