The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-26
GREAT GROWTH IN EXPORTS IS BOON
 10 US. CUISINES
Reports of Port of New York Show Trade Balance Is
 Turning Steadily.

Figures that are most grat ifydng to the American business world are dis closed in an ana1ysis of the interna,- tfona1 trade situation made from the figures of the port of New York for tE 3 six weeks ending SaHuInday. Strilk- ing evidence that the balance of trade l is turuing in favor of the United statesrts shown in the official reports I of the port.
 1 The weekly compilation at the GUS tom house of New York, for the six l days erlded Saturday showed an in crease, when compared wdth the f1g- lures of the corresponding perdod last year. of exports over imports amount ling to S4. S38. 939 Saturdays totals show an increase of exports over inn ports of $1, ,228, ,645
 The fg7Ires for the first three weeks 1 of the current month als conpared with those of September, also show that the balaIlce this month will be lanlg- i CT than last months which was the first favoraible showing since last March.
 The month of September saw a tra1de balance in favor of the United States announting to $16, ,984. 900. Tn the first three weeks of this month the total exports of the United States aInoalalted to approximately $15. 5.o6O;000 more than the total imports, that tllef com plete figures for the current month f i increase in favor of this country than I in September. l Saturdays totals of imports and ex- ports through the port of New York were as follows: Exports, $2,714, ,8s6; l imports, $1 1S9, ,345; excess of exports over imports for the day $1,575, 541. For the same date last year the ex- ports over imports was only $346,S9S.
 The weeks total of imports and ex- ports through the Port of New York were: Exports, $21, All .2n; imports, sir, ,755, 214; excess of exports over inn ports for the week. $3,656, ,o57. For the same period in 1913 there was $1 . ITS S82 more imports than exports, so that the increase of imports over ex ports amounted to $4, BPS. 939. The in- crease of exports for the last week over the corresponding week in 1913 was 19 per cent.
 Business men in general regard the situation as most satisfactory. It is said that while exports are rapidly i'm creasing and imports diminishing. the for stability. As an instance of this l it is shown in a preliminary estimate by the Treasury Depar tnent that the imports to date this month are about $10 oo0 GOO less than for the same period of last year. the total imports for the
 month thus far being approximately 1 $7o, COG, 900.
 The exports in the first three weeks of the current month were about $S5,- 9oo GOO. During the same period Iass 00o, GOO. During the same period last year, however, there was exported from this country s137, 700, 900 worth of goods
 | The figures available indicate in gen era1 that while the United States is; taking less and less goods from Eur oue Europe is rapidly increasing it's orders here. Evidence of this has been shown in the steady increase of foreign funds sent to banks in this country by European nations to cover their buying orders which are being placed by agents actively at work in various parts of the country.