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Show previous September except that month of 1900, when the excess was $50,333,122, and September of 1307, when the excess was $62,111,786. The value of exports in the nine months ending with September was $1,222,911,203, against $1,161,024,910 in the corresponding months of last year. The imports of the nine months of the current year were $1,172,375,910, against $1,068,594,356 during the same period last year. The marked advance in the exports for the month of September is largely due to heavy exports of cotton at unusually high prices, the cotton exports of the month amounting to 399,000 000 rounds' valued at $55,000,000, an average of 13.7 cents per pound. The JJJ.ntlt.y of cotton exported was larger than in any September since UU4, the value larger than in any September in the history of the export trade, and the export price per pound also higher than in any earlier September since 1875 SEPTEMBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. Hie export figures of the United States for the month of Sep-tember Sep-tember show a distinct upward movement, the total value of exports for the month being larger than in any preceding September in the history of the export trade, and also larger than in any earlier month of tho current year. The excess of exports over imports was also larger, than in mny preceding September except in 1900 and 1897. The total exports of September of the current year were $108,858,-093, $108,858,-093, against $153,902,895 in September of last year. Tho imports were $117,271,014, against $121,014,630 in September of last year. The excess of exports over imports was $51,587,079, against $32,943,-265 $32,943,-265 in September of last year. This excess of exports over imports in September of the current year, $51,587,079, is larger than in any |