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Show SB During the first eight months of 1913, when a BH republican tariff law was in force, wo exported H to Germany goods to the value of $187,'100,000. rfVH; In 1914, under tho present democratic tariff law, SjH wo exported, for tho corresponding eight months, $H goods to tho vnluo of $150,000,000, says Good-1 iH win's Weekly. Today tho only gntewnys to Gcr- ivB mnny nrc Holland, Norway and Sweden. To these V"H three countries in 1913, first eight months, we ftH exported goods to the vnluo of $101,000,000, in I9B 1914, $83,000,000, while for 1915 they rose to fJBK $198,000,000. Secretnry Rcdfield would hnvo iH you believe this grent increnso of 1915 wns due nTH' to the admirable efforts of tho department of 'M commerce to get foreign trade, but ho ignores H the fact of a falling off of $31,000,000 of exports ;.BK to Germany in 1914, below the previous year, or pH of $18,000,000 to Holland, Norway nnd Sweden. ''B P-obnbly the American public is just ns wise H as is Great Britain. |