Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-23
IMPROVEMENT IN
FOREIGN TRADE
MOST MARKED
FoodStuffS Break All Previous
Records and Demand From
European Countries Grows
From Month to Month.
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provement In the foreign trade OF
the United States is reflected in lat
est reports to the department OF
commerce. am official summary OF
which issued today. follows;
Sales of foodstuffs and certain lines
of manufactures have been unusual
ly large In November the latest
period for which detailed information
is at hand. In that month exports az
gregated s206, 00O, 900, or double the
total for August last, when, by rea-
son of the outbreak of the war, our
foreign trade, fell to the lowest level
reached In many years. In December
there was further Improvement, the
months exports being valued at
S2f6,000,OOO, compared with $685.
100000 In December, 1919, and with
in. a.Ooo.0OO of the high record es-
taDllshed in December. 1912.
Demand for too,lstuiis.
An analysis of the trade figures
published In the summary of foreign
commerce shows that while Ameri-
can cotton, mineral oils. naval stores,
lumber and agricultural implements
are in less demand abroad than in
former years, there is n greater de-
mand in foreign countries for our
breadstuifs, meats. sugar, clothing
and other manufactures, especially
in Europe. A citation of few of the
larger factors in our foreign trade
Will illustrate more clearly this fact.
Exports In November.
"Of breadstuffs the November ex-
ports exceeded in value $4,000 zoe, or
faIfp 10
1913, OF commercial automobiles the
months exports aggregated $2,250,-
900, or twenty-five times the value
exported in November, 1918: of eggs,
S1,250000 or three times as much:
of sole leather, $3,250,000, or eight
times as much as in November year
earlier; of Woodworking machinery
and machine tools, nearly $2,000,000.
or twice as much as year earlier; of
cotton-wearing apparel, $2,250, 600, or
almost three times the value for No
vember, 1913; of chemicals, drugs
and dyes, $3,250,000, or so per cent
more than in November of the pre-
vious year; Of cotton manufacturers,
$5,500,000, or 30 per cent above the
figures Of the preceding November;
of mems boots and shoes, $1,250,00
an increase of so per cent, and of
cottonseed oil, cake and meal, $1,000
600, an increase of so per cent. OF
special interest Is the remarkable
growth in exports of refined sugar
and wooden goods, the former in
creasing from $4,000 to $2,3S6, 600
and the latter from 100000 to 3d.,
O4S.000, when November, 1913, is
compared with the corresponding
month of last year.
Striking Changes In Trade.
striking changes in the move
ment of specified articles to given
countries during November include
$1,000, 600 worth of corn to the
Netherlands, as against $4,000 worth
a year earlier: large increases in
wheat shipments to the United King
dom, Italy, Germany and France, in
sums ranging from $1,000, 900 down
to $2,500,000; an increase of 81, 1861
600 in automobile sales to France,
the months total being nearly twice
the amount shown in any complete
fiscal year; doubling of the exports
of copper to the United Kingdom and
an increase of 200 per cent in sales
of automobile tires to England. Of
Woodworking machinery the No
Vember exports to the United King
dom exceeded 1000, 900 in value or
nine times as much as a Year earlier,
and those to France nearly trebled.
The United Kingdom also took over
$3,000,0 900 worth of American sole
leather, as against less than 100000
worth in November, 1913, and Eu-
rope as whole bought $S36,000
worth of boots and shoes, or four
times as much as a year ago. British
purchases of American beef exceeded
SO, 900, against less than 100000
in November of the prior year.