Show Exports to Neutral European Nations Increase Shown in Exports to Exports To Britain and Franco Only Slightly Increased The effect of the war abroad on American business gradually becomes for the most it is different than was expected when hostilities began last Paul Mallon recently published a brief analysis of the furnishing it with facts of considerable war has upped our exports curiously the rise in sales to belligerents has been less than to Total export rise is almost 30 per but increase in goods going to Britain has been only 10 per Norway's demand for American supplies has shown the startling rise of per Swedish buying is up per Dutch 47 per cent and Italian 41 per cent No one believes that these coun tries are using all of what they buy for Logical explanation is that a large part of the purchases is being tc which is unable to trade directly with us because of the Allied Farm Exports Decrease In spite of the sharp total rise in our a comparatively limited number of American Industries are booming because of Foreign demand for agricultural including is dropping toward the point of strange as it foreign buying of automobiles ano necessary as these are to has shrunk Apparently the belligerents are able to produce their own machines of without spending their carefully hoarded gold for the American Biggest increase for any export commodity is shown by aluminum up per That is completely as aluminum is being used more and more in planes and other instruments of Aircraft exports have risen close to per And chemicals and leather have all shown advances of 50 per cent or Capable Job The Allied purchasing commission seems to be doing a capable By eliminating the competitive bidding between France and England which occurred early In the last It has helped to hold prices And it is working efficiently with this government so that our own national defense needs will not be impaired by foreign War buying here will undoubtedly increase as time goes though no sudden jumps are If commercial credits arc Finland and China through the Import-Export tens oi millions of dollars worth of will flow into American We aren't experiencing a war but we are making money out of the it seems to be the verdict of history that we or anyone else must pay through the nose for such profits when the war ends and the exhausted participants must face the immense task of rebuilding shattered |