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Show GREAT IS THE Jj UNITED STATES I Notwithatanding 190 showed a big slump In some lines, including acii cultural products, the year as a whole was one of extraordinary husimss ac tivllN. This is disclosed by ihe bank clearings, which totaled -146 billions I Of dollars, or 30 billion greater than j in i;tl9. I The agrictural yield nine billion H dollars, of which over four billion dol- l'ars was from cereal. H ' The exports of gold were 1805,132,- m, while the imports were (872,400, (WO, or an Inflow of 167,000,000 greater than the outflow, due to the fact thut K J America is a creditor nation and the H tendency of gold Is toward the source j QD credit. B pn December 1. 192o. there was in f circulation in the United H 6,362, 498.U0U. an increase ot j Half a bUlion in out; yeai Ith a I population of 105,000,000. the per cap- H iti circulation is 169.41, or double the j ligures of twenty years ago, and gr ' ffl than that of any other country in H the H The failures during 1930 totaled H MH.997.UOO. The fire losses were H S320.000.000 Whatever we do. is on r large scale. Our imports ot merchandise wera H 334,000.0011, and our export" were 'able balance ol irade of nearly threr billion dollars. America's export trade today almost equal in value the combined agricultural agricul-tural crops Ol the country To do anything any-thing tending to destroy that trade would be to stupidly court disaster. oo |