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the exports of cotton wearing apparel have increased faster than the 
imports and have bean greater than the imports of cotton clothing 
during the fiscal years 1912, 1913, and 1914. ] 
In the fiscal Tor 1908 the general imports of all kinds of cotton 
wearing apparel (including hosiery and knit goods) amounted to 
$13,217,918; in the fiscal year 1914 they had decreased to $8,570,030, 
or 35.16 per cent. 
In the fiscal year 1908 the exports of all kinds of cotton wearin 
apparel amounted to $4,701,479; in the fiscal year 1914 they hol 
increased to $10,767,448, or 129.02 per cont. 
In the fiscal year 1914 the exports of all kinds of cotton wearing 
sop exported was 25.64 per cent greater than the imports. 
uring the six fiscal years from 1908 to 1914 the increase of such 
exports to all North American countries was 135.52 per cent; to all 
South American countries, 199.11 per cent; to all Asiatic countries, 
251.45 per cent; to Oceania, 32.65 per cent. Such exports to all coun- 
tries in Europe decreased 57.73 per cent, and those to all countries in 
Africa decreased 28.97 per cent. 
Of the exports of cotton wearing wnpasel, Canada took the largest 
part, $2,489,435, or 41.49 per cent of the total. This trade with 
Canada has increased more than threefold during the six years from 
1908 to 1914. Cuba, Mexico, Panama, and the Philippine Islands, 
in the order named, are the other important markets in this line. 
In the fiscal year 1914 the exports of all kinds of woolen wearing 
apparel were 5.29 per cent less He the imports. 
Tho value of the imports of wearing apparel of silk was $4,268,890 
in the fiscal year 1908 and $4,246,345 in re fiscal year 1914, a decrease 
of 0.53 per cent. During the same six years the exports of all manu- 
factures of silk Meta from $720,368 to $2,307,605, or 220.34 per 
cent; but the exports of silk wearing apparel are not reported 
separately. 
SUGGESTIONS FOR INCREASING FOREIGN TRADE. 
No serious organized efforts have been made by American clothing 
manufacturers to place their products in foreign markets, and with 
few exceptions ok business as they have obtained has largely come 
through export houses. This report contains suggestions with regard 
to the proper methods to be adopted in building up an export trade. 
An active campaign which incorporates these toi Teed b 
a thorough study of the foreign markets and their requirements, ol 
undoubtedly result in a substantial increase in the exports of clothing. 
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