How to compress a folder on a MacBook Pro OS 10.9.5?

How can I compress a folder, 13.9 MB, on my MacBook Pro OS 10.9.5. I've tried File > Compress but the folder remains the same size.

Thanks for your advice. I probably should have explained up front that all the files inside are PDFs that I'd already used Acrobat Preflight on to optimize for online publishing. I believe this make them as small as they can be. I was just hoping that I could still compress down the "umbrella" folder. The PDFs are in two folders inside it. I tried compressing those, too, but they didn't reduce in size either.

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