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Show Satisfying World Demand j 1 More and more the rest of the i v oi Id is coming to depend on the v'i:i!"d States for products and commodities of all kinds. j During 1029, according to the Department De-partment cf Commerce, foreign 'e of American industrial ma-r'.;n; ma-r'.;n; ;y t'-'aled over $257,000,000. V.ie dsjiiilicance of this is shown; by the fact that in 1913 the total '.- ; but S37. 129.000, and during tht ten years the average has been $19! 533.000. The World's Work points out that this achievement was made in the face of sharp competition from for-I for-I eign machine-mnnnfBOturers who ;ufTer from overproduction at home and are forced to dispose of their orodncts in the world market. American machine-v was sold in 'h heart of the foreign market. Trl at prices somewhat higher than 'hos'1 asked by the foreign manu-fnrtprrs, manu-fnrtprrs, solely because of its superior su-perior duality. The efficiency and economy of Amnri'-an manufacturing industries indus-tries are not equaled elsewhere. Adequate, low-priced electric power, our splendid transportation system, the application cf gas to thousand? of industrial operatitons such factors fac-tors a? these are responsible for our international eminence. |