Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1914 — WAR'S EFFECT UPON TRADE [ARTICLE]

WAR'S EFFECT UPON TRADE

Americans Furnished Vast Amount of Products Bought by Allies. Washington, Sept. 22.—Possibilities of the far reaching effect of the European war upon American trade are indicated in a review of consular reports published by the department of commerce. Of the $3,000,000,000 worth of foreign products bought by Great Britain in 1912, the United States furnished 20 per cent, while America’s share of Germany’s $2,500,000,p00 worth of imports was 15 per cent. Eleven per cent of the $1,500,000,000 of products bought by France came from the United States.