Value, Imports from Abroad

4,910,208

2,446,248 2,000,000

Fig. 48. The Contrast of American Exports and Imports of Automobiles

The data of Fig. 47 have here been redrawn. The values have been shown at the left of the bars, where they give the neatest and most convenient arrangement. Note that the bar for 1906 is somewhat separated from the bar for 1911, so as to indicate to the reader that the three bars do not represent consecutive years

the figure 1912 is apt to assume that the two earlier years are 1911 and 1910.

Fig. 48 is a redrawing of Fig. 47 with a change in scale to indicate to the reader that the earlier year shown for comparison must not be read as one of three consecutive years. Though the space left between the bars for 1906 and 1911 would not be sufficient for the four omitted years, if the whole chart were drawn to scale, the space is nevertheless large

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enough to serve as a safeguard to the reader. A slight break could indicate in this manner a gap of any large number of years which it would not be feasible to denote by allowing space according to scale. In Fig. 48 the years and the figures for the chart are properly shown to the left much as they are shown in Fig. 24 and in Fig. 27.

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Fig. 49. The Size and the Value of the Com Crop of the United States in 191 1 Compared with that of 1912