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Show Food Prices Double i in December, 1918 WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Food sla-j tistics reports in December amounted i (o nearly the double value brought in! during December 101S. while exports! of foodstutfs were ?30,000.000 below the total for the same month a ycarj I'go, according to figures made public today by the department of commerce.! Foodstuffs imported in December j valued at ?S4,9'U,027 compared with' S'J3.13G,449 in December 191S, while j exports were $172,606,261 as against; $203,9S3.P,1G in December a year ago.; Imports of foodstuffs in 1919 amount-! cd to ?1.100.979.02S compared with! S7-13.022.S06 in 191S, and exports for. 1919 totalled S2,6'll,190,953 against 1.-; 953.25o.312 for the previous year. nn 1 |