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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 24, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 30.

Exports.

The advance reports of the Treasury Department of the United States show that the exports for the year will exceed a billion and a half. That is an increase of $110,000,000 over the preceding fiscal year, and during the last five years the exports of the country have about doubled. These figures are held up as a great evidence of prosperity. They should be pointed to as a danger signal. By far the greater part of the profits from this immense commerce goes into the coffers of a few big trusts, and the people generally are benefited but a comparatively small sum. The result is a widespread feeling of bitterness that will soon burst into flames that will rapidly consume all this appearance of prosperity. This is no theory; it is a statement of facts. The great and final crisis in the world's history is right at hand; we should not be deceived by superficial appearances; we should look at things as they really are.