Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-21
BUSINESS NOTES

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And. having spent a large wad Of
sinancing"' the Mexican politicians
the British capit afiSts douLtless will
say later that Mexico cannot afford to
have them lose that money.-El Paso
Times
The Fort Worth, Tex: postal re
receipts for the month of October am
ountcd to %35.S51 T. as compared with
%:34 90. 10 for the same month last wear.
Given two buildings. side by side,
one an old, poorly-designed fire trap.
the other of modern fire resisting build
ing, why should these buildings be tax
ed on the same basis? One buiidim" is
a fire breeder. and a fire feeder. the 9th
rr, with walls Of reinforced concrete,
steel sash and wire glass. is almost a
fire fighter az ii stands. 1t cannot only
burn itself, but to all spread of fire it
offers a chcck.-Industrial Record
An increase in the expectation of
manufactures will be the leading fca-
turc in the export record of the United
States in the year which ends with next
month.
Manufactures ready for consumption
show an iH'rcaSe Of 81 million dollars;
manufacture for further use in manu-
featuring. an increase Of % million
and foodstuffs partly or Who'll V manu-
featured an increase of Il million "a
total gain of 50 million dollars. and sug
costing that for the full year the in
crease III the expectation Of mannfac-
lures as Il whole will be around 100
million dollars.
On the other hand, crude materials
for us in manufacturing show . fall
of 80 million dollars. while crude food
Stui1S show a gain Of o. nil ion dol
lars. compared with an increase of so
million dollars in manufactures.
Practically all the important classes
Of manufactures show larger exports in
1913 than in any earlier year. Railway
cars will show q total approximately
Goub'e that of last year, the figures
for the nine months ended with Sep
tcmbcr Is - l~niliion dollars. against
: million IN the corresponding mouths
Of 1912 and & L. million in the CORES
pending months of 1911.
Automobiles and parts, including en-
ni,o.. nnI tfrnS .hnu- - total aynnpt
value of 80 million dollars in the first
nine mihthS of 1913. against - million
in the SANE period of 1912 and Il little
over f. millions in the same months of
1911.
The growth il the expectation Of
manufactures il especially apparent in
the trade with Canada, South America.
and certain Of the European countries.
Railway cars cXporte to Canada
amounted to & million dollars in the
firss mine months Of 1913. against , II
million in the corresponding months OF
1912 and Il little less than | mi lion in
ihc same period Of 1911: to South Am
erica / Il.
OF cotton c'othS, the exports during
the nine months ended with September
were: To China 9 II million yards,
against IS mil ion in the same months
of last year; 10 the Philippines Is
million Yards against 81 II million in
4 like period Of last year
Amcri ans are known the word over
as good advertisers and there is now
4 disposition to extend the liberia use
to requests from American manufac-
American advertising thus acc0mpan
les American goods abroad. In response
TO rCqucsaS from American manufac.
turerS and exporters. the Bureau Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce. De
partment of Commerce., is issuing a
newspapers directory that contains
lists of news and trade, papers in the
principal cities and towns in foreign
countries supplemented with 'informaf
ton rs to advertising rates. subscrip
ton price, circulation. etc.
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