The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-07
ID BACK SPEECH UNCLE SAM ID WAR :
Call to Arms Found Manufac- turers of Country Ready to
 Give Undivided Support

ities, are:
 Explosives, So92, ,OOO,OOo against S14,- | QOO,OGO; manufactures of brass, chiefly material. for shells, $407, 100000 against $21, ,OO0O0O; manufactures of iron and steel, chiefly for war purposes, S1, ,434,- 100000 against SG95,00O,O00; automo- piles for war use chiefly, S225,0000OO against S79,OOOOO0; zinc, $107,000,000 against S2,OOO,0OO; chemicals, S2T6,000,- 900 against scr ,OOOO OOOj breadstufrs, S1,- 278OOO,OO0 against $449,O 100000; meats, ] S63S,0OOO0O against S988,000,000; horses and mules, 35,000,0OO against | S1"OOO,OOO; sugar, $153, 3,OOO,c0G against S8,OO0,OOO; cotton manufactures, S26O,- 100000 against S183, 100000, and wool CD manufactures, S91,000,0O0 against G11, 100000
 Less raw cotton was shipped in the war period, the figures being S1,181,- 000O00, while in the two and one-half years preceding the conflict this export had a value of S1,882, 100000. The banks analysis showed that exports from this country to Europe between Aug. 1, 1914, and Feb. last increased more than 100 per cent when com pared with the period from Feb. l, 1912, to Aug. 1, 1914 one of normal trade conditions.
 The total trade of the United States in the first two and one-half years of the war was $15,623, 100000 against S10,40O,OO0OOO in the corresponding period preceding the war. Exports under. the stimulus of war trading reached a total of $1O,562O00,O00 against S5,SS2, 100000 and imports S5,- O81, 100000 against S4,GOS,OOOOOO. The banks statement also says:
 Trade with Europe shows greater changes than with other grand divi- sions, while the exports of manufac- lures and imports of manufacturing materials are the striking features when considered by articles. Exports to Europe in the war period are ST. 648,OOO,OOO against $3,565, 100000, de- spite the fact that the exports to the central powers in the war period are but S18,OOO,OOO against $S65,000000 in the pre-war period. Imports from Europe are but $1,5O60OO,OOO against S2,2O7, 100000 in the pre-war period Those from the central powers are but S9O,OO0,OOO against S542,0O0000 in the pre-war period.
 Exports to North America are S1, ,771,- OO0OOO against $1,423,OOO0O0; South America, $417, 100000 against S335,OOO,- OOO; Asia (excluslve of material for Russia via Vladivostok), S384,O00OO0 against s2O0,0OO,OOO. Imports from North America are S1,992,O00,0O0 against S1,OOs,O0OOOO; South America, s9O8OOO,OOO against $551, 100000, and Asia, S089,OOOOOO against $680,OOO,OO0.
 Increase In Exports.
 In exports by articles the greatest growth occurs in the group of manu- factures amounting to S&OS3,00000O against S2,S31 100000 in the pre-war period; food products, S2,569,OOO,OOO against S1,133,OOOOOO. Manufacturing material exported shows decline, be- ing S1, ,523, 100000 against $1, ,S06,O0O,OOO in the prewar period. ..
 The banks analysis shows that the chief increase in imports was In manu. featuring material, being 2,015,0OO,OOO in the war period against $1,5S2,OOO,- OCO. and foodstuffs were S1, ,357, ,0O0,0OO against S1,128,OOO,OOO, while manufac- lures showed a decline, amounting in the war period to but S1,646,OOO,OOO compared with $1,85O,OO000O in the pc riod before the war. The miscel. laneous group In exports was S246,- 100000 yainst S2OOO0,O0O, due to the fact that more than 100000 horses and mules were Included in that group,
 Changes in movements to and from the principal countries were: To the United Kingdom, exports of the war period, S3,57l,OOO,OOO, against St,439,- 100000; France, S1,545,0OO,OO0, against S363, ,OOO, GOO; Italy, $GGO,O0O,0OO, against $1S4,OOOOOO, and Russia, $714,0OO,0OO against S67,OO0,O00.
 The efficacy of the British blockade was demonstrated by the fact that In the war period exports from this eoun' try to Germany amounted to only S16,. 100000 compared with $S04,OOG.OOO in the pre-war period.