Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1914 — Seven Months of Free Trade. [ARTICLE]

Seven Months of Free Trade.

New York Sun. The revised tariff has been in force for more than seven months. The figures available show that since the beginning of last October to the end of last month exports decreased $113,012,555, in comparison with the corresponding period in th year. At the same time imports increased $23,625,493. Ab a result the trade balance for the seven months ended - in April was less favorable By $136,638,048 than for the same months in the previous year. This is a very large shift but its significance is made more impressive when it s noted that last month alone the alteration in the relation of imports and exports compared with the Apr 11 figures a year ago converted an export balance of $53,890,489 to an import balance of $10,271,872, a total change of $64,162,721 adverse to the U. S.