The Washington times., 1915-01-19
HALF BILLION WAR;
BUSINESS FOR ]. S.
N FIRST 5 MONTHS
Vast Volume Of Trade Brought
Here as Result Of Shutting
I of Of European Competition
MUCH BESIDES FOR ARMIES
Exports Of Breadstuffs Alone,
From August to January,
Amounted to $197,0O0,000

The .war business" of the United
States in the FIRST fve months Of the
European conflict. that is to say from
August !. 1914. to January /. 1915, is es-
timated by experts to be more than
s5so, 100000.
In estimating war business it has been
necessary to include not only the actual
orders from European governments for
arms and munitions of war and the in
creased demands for breadstufYs, but
also the vast volume Of trade brought to
these shores by the shutting of of
European competition.
War Trade In Bresdstuffs.
All Of the gigantic trade done in
breadstuffs. particularly wheat. in the
five war months has been war trade.
This breadstuff trade, from August to
January. amounted to more than &1s7.-
$1,000. The official figures for the
first four months were 3167.0sS.726.
and $40,000.000 is a conservative esti-
mate of the probable figure for De-
cember.
OF the breadstuff trade wheat made
up more than y12o, 1000. The official
figures up to December gave the total
Of sss. s.4Sa, ,l4o. In November alone the
= The buying of horses in this country
by the agents Of the French and Eng
light sale in August. grew to tre-
mendous proportions in the five
months. In August 804 horses were
sold abroad for $96,70S. In September
5,i.s horses were exported at Isss.-
$l.s1S.433. and in November 28.071
were sold and shipped for $5.034,35S.
Boom In Munitions.
" The increase in the sale Of the mu-
nitions Of war shows a similar growth
due entirely to the war demands Of
the allies. Statistics given by the
Secretary Of Commerce to the United
States Senate in response to an in
was supplying munitions. show how
this trade has been booming.
Trading in automobiles for war pur-
poses has been brisk since August, when
ber the exports were $ss2. 1872: in oc-
tober. $2.965. .S5l: in November, 32,S79, III.
making T.499, l42 for these four months
The December sales, 1t Is believed, have
brought the total up to more than
Since the outbreak Of the war Amer
lean exports Of iron and steel and their
, products have reached more than $70.-
Wo,ooe For the first four months the
actual total exports were S55. TO-, ,l&. 1t
is difficult to say just what part Of this
trade Is made up strictly Of war sales,
hut the total Of war business in iron
and steel is estimated to be $il 100000
from August TO January ].
- Influence of war demand q strikingly
seen also in the exports OF wool manu-
1actured goods. which began d: $296, $40
in August and jumped to $374.563 in
Sentember: Ian nh In October the sales were
making a total for the four months of
s5.4os..6G. Decembers sales probably
have increased this total to IS 10000.
Cotton cloth, exports have been
duck. cotton underwear cotton sheets
and other materials for war purposes.
Along with Increases In iron and steel
since August have come increases in
I'he monthly eXpofes were; August. &5.-
054. .562: September, ~, ,246 80: October
eS.ll2,32: November. S6. 43.2SS: Decem-
Der (estimated). $600oOOO. Total for the
hve months, $3l.S56.67e.
Demand For Army Shoes.
Interesting also has been the growth
in leather exports under the war in
fiuehces. chiefly the demands for army
shoes. for harness and saddles for the
allied armies. The monthly totals in
feathers have been as follows: August.
S2,047. los; September. .$3,57S,6S6: Octo-
her. $s.053.97+: November. s9.973, ,743. Of
fcial total for four months. $23. .653. .459
estimated total for December, $40, 900, 900,
making the estimated total for five
months about $33. $4,000
Exports of sugar have been active.
due to the buying by the French and
British governments. The monthly. ex-
ports have been: August. S1.62S. .5sS: Sep
tenber, So. .245, so: October. $7,25l S7S; No
vember. $o.3S5. 1913. Official total for four
months. Sl4,5l3. 13s: probable total for
fve months. sl75OO0OO.
The zinc exports by months were:
August, $4S9, ,136: September. s., 500, $50
October. sl.5ll ss2: November. Sl.6s6. AL.
Official total for four months. 6.191. .009;
probable total for five months, 81. 500, ,OO0
Another trade set leaping by the war
is the mineral oil export which ran
by months: August. $7.677.5O7: Septem-
= ber. sl3.O43. $50: October. $12.S9l. .4Ss: No
rcmber, s9.713. 6l2 Official total. He-
S36.r7; probable total for the five
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