Evening star., 1920-02-25
JANUARY EXPORTS
SHOW BIG INCREASE
Imports Also Jump-Figures
and Comparisons Are
Given.

Exports for January totaled $731,-
100000. an increase Of $4,000. 900 over
December. the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce announces
Imports for January were $474.o0O,-
December.
compare with ssas, 900. 900 In January
last year.
Imports for January of &l74,ooo. 900
compare with $4,000 In January,
1919. For the seven months ended
with January imports were valued
the similar period last year.
Gold Imports and Exports.
Gold imports for the seven months
period amounted to $ss,000.oeo against
$4,000, 900 for the like period of 1919
and S7s.0oo.o00 for 1913.
Gold exports for the seven months
1919 and $173.000 900 in 1918.
Exports of silver for seven months
amounted to 3l220O0.000 against
Sl7s,000.0oo in 1919 and $4,000 in
1918.
New January Record.
With the lowest rate of Europea n
exchange in the history Of American
commerce. exports for the fiTst month
Of 1920 are ? ne, new oda January NJ. record.
lio3,t<s.oo0 above January. 1918: $4s,-
5SS.o0O over December. 1919, and $780,
00o. 900 above the monthly average of
1915.
As was more obvious, January, 1920,
imports expanded 20 per cent above
December. 1919. figures, reaching a
record total Of $474.000,O 900, and ex-
ceeding the prior record Of september.
1919. by $4O.000.O00.
Commerce Shows Gains.
These latter gains in exports and
imports are fully reflected in com
merce for seven months Of the current
fiscal year, which totals 1882. .O0O, 900.
with an export balance Of $1.82600O,-
900, com pared with a total of IS. tS5,-
600, 900. and an export balance Of $2,-
5000 900 tor seven months a year
crease. however, but II per cent over
the earlier period while imports Of
s5.7ss.ooo.ooo eoneurrently gain 3s per
cent.
The showing is generally welcomed
as evidence Of the rapid recovery of
european industry and its continual
buying power under most disadVan-
tsxeous conditions.
Arlington Fire insuranee Company.
At the annual stockholders meet
company held yesterday all Of the
trustees Of tho. company were re-
elected. They are william T. Brown,
Charles r. Edmonston. Burr N. Ed
wards, Herbert A. Gill. Robert c.
Alexander b. Legare, Samuel L. Phil
NJ. Beall
The company Is in process Of volun-
tary LIQUIDATION. 1t Is still paying 4
per cent interest annually on it's capi-
tai stock, and is understood to be
earning sli&htly more than per cent.
1t will require another year, or ner-
hApe longer. for the trustees to com
piete the liquidation.
BsakeFs' Ca.veRtios.
N. D. Rosenberg. president of the
District of Columbia Bankers' Assoei-
alton, and Jashua Evans, jr., chairman
rsRsemsnts for the forthcoming con-
vention Of the American Bankers As
:ociation; to. hs held in Washington
during the weak Of October 1a. are
In Now York city on business relative
z. J. MoQuade. treasurer of the
city this mornine after = brief visit
to Old Point Comfort ya.
Eyaporassa .ssi.;' ns ,.nb.. avi1 pis.Ss
Raiaina, frM.
Trading - Loeai H1ehange.
Trading on tho local Stock Elk
change today was confined exclusive
iy to the sale Of bonds. -Four Capital
Traction bs-two OF $1,000 and two
Of 06OO-aeld 1T -. Two Washington
Railway and Electric $1,000 sold 1T
So. while ono of tho Same brought
Ghsps also were feur Risss Realty
Qong) 81 900 SIS sold at S2%.