The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-01
BULK or TRADE
IN FAVOR OF US.
Aggregate in Nine Months Pass
tr.
es Three Million Mark

Warrington, u. c., May I'-Sccrr-
tary Of Commercc william e.. Redncd,
in commenting mon the detailed fig
ures concerning the imports ana eN-
ports Of the United States for the
month df March ADD M" nlnc months
ended March. said:
The figures are striking both III
their magnitude and IT, their details.
rhe aggregate business. inward and
outward of the United States. with
foreign countries for the nine months
was a. little in excess of $33dG n00. 00o
AN impressive total, which If main
tanned at the same rate would hring
the business for the entire fiscal ear
well In excess of $4,000 600.
Gain In important Items.
Great Britain is our largest CUSTOM
er, buying from ny over Sf7S.000 0Oo
and selling us over $23l ,OOO, 600. "a
aggregate for the nine months in cX-
cess of S7t2,000, 600. or n total husi.
ness Of nearly $4,000, 600 a month
Canada is our second bcst customer
buying from us $500, 900 coo in nine
months equal Ia nearly 81 800, O00 ry-
cry working day. \ pretty fair Gus.
toner. that Then Germany comes
third, buying $"6S 10000 from us IN
nine months and selling us $llG OO0 =
O0o. She - q pretty fair customer
toO--buys over 81 .OOO, 900 a day. Aud
fourth comes France 10 whom we sold
4 "a ma
bought $il2,OO00 600
IL is when we come To look at thu
details of our foreign commerce by
what are called great groups that W"
get at the most striking facts. IT, for
example. ore is told that our exports
fell of IN March. as compared with the
same month a year ago, by about SIS
COO, 900, SO that We only sold $1S1,00O.-
600 abroad in March, that might NOT
seem a favorable condition But when
one looks little closer he finds that
The falling off was almost wholly in
the sales of crude materials for ms" II,
manufacturing. and that, 50 far from
loss. there was an absolute gain in the
important items Of manufactures,
which In the two important classes of
manufactures for further use i'm
manufacturing and in manufactures
ready for consumption actually in
creased In the month Of March by
about Sl3,000.00 So that our manr-
facturers held their grip upon the for
Cign markets of the world more
strongly in March than they did a
wear ago
Increase Over Past Year.
The figures for the entire nine
months are such as Ia give just pride
To- every thoughtful American To whose
notice they come. out OF the total
transactions Of $4,000. 00O, 900 there is
a balance in our favor Of a little over
S50O.O0o,O00. Doing pretty well that.
But few comparisons with 1912 mako
IL look even better. For example our
sales Of manufactures for further use
in manufacturing increased over $50
200 and our sales of manufactures
ready for use increased over the same
period last year SSS, SOC. 900 an increase
in the two lines of manufactured
goods alone of over 1856. SOC. 900 az
compared with the same period of last
year.
This does not look like weakness in
competing power. especially when one
looks at the table of percentages pub
lshed with the others. and finds that
the three groups, which include mann-
featured goods Of all kinds constitute
sos per cent Of our total exports.