THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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The foreign commerce of the United States has 

 crossed the $3,000,000,000 line. In the twelve months 

 ending with August the imports were $1,254,399,735 

 and the exports $1,759,417,898, a total for the twelve 

 months of $3,013,817,633. 



The imports have exceeded $100,000,000 in prac- 

 tically every month of the last year, but August is usu- 

 ally a light month for imports, and thus the record of 

 more than $100,000,000 for the month of August is 

 made for the first time in the figures of the month just 

 ended, which show imports of $105,588,604, against 

 $96,000,000 in August of 1905. The export figures 

 for August amounted to $129,454,760,' against $118,- 

 000,000 in August, 1905. 



The growth of commerce is distributed through a 

 large class of articles. Meat and dairy products ex- 

 ported amounted to $16,768,067, against $14,212,278 

 in August of last year and $11,219,518 in August, 1904. 

 Canned beef, however, shows a marked decline compared 

 with the corresponding months of earlier years. Bread- 

 stuffs aggregated $13,000,000, against $7,500,000 in 

 the same month of 1905. Cotton, however, falls con- 

 siderably below the August record of 1905, being a little 

 over $9,000,000, against $17,500,000 in 1905. The 

 growth in imports occurs chiefly in manufacturers' ma- 

 terials and manufactures. 



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