Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-04

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tries sascn Descend O. other sources
sa- those products IN normal saMe1 re-
nsz.ne1 a. the nzyk 81 II 1919, Under
gspaogs>zn szu. tns total exports q
ing csantry fig TIE Ascza year 1tls
zeals have 4eEsen sss.r u TIE record
set - 1918 by s5o.. si.ssf's.s -, 1o,-
Ultra 6s.g The Tremendous 6eEznd
o. Ire AisSes Po<er1 for eEher nuni-
t.ons II ~sr from the United E.st>E-
wthozt tire gain made IL expo-tz-
-xonthr. s+r.enae-. 1914 10 Jan.- 1913.
the var o-der~ noontss, owe, = similar
p@-sod September. 1tls. 10 Jane, 1919
1n6e- gep1biscsn Law. TIE to;al *
po--s tor tas z1oss y-ar 1915 would
azye .srea s.e-- u -hs 1919 reco-t By
:ls.ssosssa
Taxing 1oe s-eoEG g.A.sIent first:
or e1po--s II breadKtu.s Tor II. rsn
-o1t.s PERIOD sep-sn5eY. 1sl.. TO
J0s< 3s12. eEaa>sateS u 1855 .has SO Il
-ozce ,2noe-r For TIE zane period
1f13-zti4. 2t.e Esoa,ss unS.- Demo
crate Law. hey aMo1n-e5 % sl3ssss.-
Grys. falling Of q nearly ~ pr cen:
IN the Ie-soes named Fne Ike
ye-seS ssfk-ltis. ween re we're szp-
Slg5ng tod 20 tos Countries st var.
;1sy JUMPED 70 :sle,7ss. ~. Our total
exl0rratsoEs for Ire fiscal year 1915,
ezes.d.s ,aos- oe 1914 by s:sas ~. 800
II. gsln IN hrestEtars, 1915. ever
1914. 49,. ::ls.9ss. ses. bst sc isss Oh
osher eIpora
TIE total vs'se o. ogr corn. vheat
and sc1r exported IL 1913 ezs about
211I4 ~. t-ssf. In 1914. under Demo
cratic Law. 1t fell 70 :14s. ses. sos and in
1918 il rose to s4s7 So. sss. Coasi6e--
3Eg those countries which drew NOS.
heavily on the United States for these
three foodssuEz during the ras period
II 1913. We exported 10 Belgium,
France. Italy. the Netherlands, Grea,
Britain, other European countries. and
Canada, wheat 20 the value Of 33zl.-
ee1.Gs9. To these same countries in
1919 our wheat exports amounted to
ga r.
Britain, and other European countries
in 1915 we exported four 70 the value
Of So, 800. 900. To these same coun-
tries in 1913 gu. four exports amount
ed To about szo.o9o, 900 To Denmark
and the Netherlands in 1915 We ex-
Ported corn 10 the value of Szs 900, 900.
In 1913 our corn exports 10 these two
countries were valued at $1,000, 900.
So tina, of these three products. TO
the countries named. ~. exported in
1915 10 the value Of s49s ,9o0, 900 COM
pared with So .es0. 900 in 1913. a differ.
ence Of sslz.o09, oo0 due TO the war.
The total value 81 all exports for
the fiscal year 1915 vas Sz.7ss, 900. eos.
For 1913 i, was ss.4s5 900 oes, which
vas something over SOL, oeo. 900 more
than Ne exported in 1914 under the
first year Of the Democratic tariff law,
and 1903 .os0. 900 less than the 1918
period. So il will be seen that corn,
wheat and -four alone more than &C.
counted for this increase. II is a.
farmer. but Mr.. Redfeid has no rea-
son to pat himself on the back unless
he started the war.
Again, there are many other items
10 be considered in accounting for
this huge export trade. The figures
OF the Department Of Commerce plain
ly show that on all exports which
would properly come under the cate
cory Of munitions Of war. we gained
between $50. $50. COO and s., 900, 900. 900
for the ten months period Sept. 1914
to June 1915. over the similar period
1si3-Isl4
The administration has prsss. agent.
ed that phrase = billion deiiar trade
balance" aii over the country. but If
people will stop to consider thst eur
exports for 1915 with all the srsst
manufacturing nations At war exceed.
ed these fer 1918 BY only ssos.ooe,0oo.
-mers than the entire amount Of
which sur came from the soil. IL nay
pave tbs wsy for . little serious
thought On what 10 going - happen
when the war % ever and yvs face .
desperate eempatitien with Europe, ~
bsiss armed with nsthins but the Un.
dsrweed tariff law.
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