The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-30
At Least This is the Experience of
Those Nations That Have Tried It.
SOME CONVINCING FIGURES
Which the Treasury Department Has
Issued - Their Object Under an
Imperialistic Administration
l. Hard TO Understand.


TENS of the World" was issued oy the
statistical bureau Of the Treasury be-
partment. il the administration desires
TO convince the people Ol the Uhi1e"
States that colonies are desirable. Inc
figures presented In the document shO"
that in a large number OF instances lhe
cost OF administering the government Oh
colonies exceeds the revenue IL Is gen
orally supposed that the advantage TINS
country wouA derive would be iiom the
increased trade with the new posses
siops. The pamphlet under discussion
wines out that delusion, however, with
this declaration:
on THE SAME FOOTING.
Commerce between the successful COL
onies and thir mother countries IS III
nearly au cases placed upon pfactchilS'
the same basis as that of other couh-
tries. goods from the home countries ~
ceiving BOB the vast majority OF cases no
advantages over those from other couh-
tries iu import duties or other eAacllonS
OF this character affecting commerce. In
the more prosperous and progressive COLI
onles the percentage OF importation5
from the mother countries grows some
what less as the business and prosperity
Increase. The chief British colonies IN
North America Canada and New Found
laudJ. which I'm 1871 took Sd per cent or
thefr imuortatiOns from the homo ooun-
try. took in 1896 less than 90 per cent
from thc United kingdom. Those no
South Africa tCape Colony and Natap.
which I'm 1871 took 80 per cent from the
home country. took but "A per cent in
fVs.. those of Australia ard the adjacent
islands which 50 1876 took IS per cent
from the home country iu 1896 took bur
20 per cent" sa2Al
II this testimony comes boz am official
report from an officer appointed by the
imperialistc administration what adj
vautages can bc pointed out2 Below are
given the figures showing the receipts
and expenditure of some ot the colonial
possessions of European nations Il must
be- rem, inferred. also. that a comparative
state of peace prevails in all Of them-a
condition of affairs few can more than
dare hope for in the Philippines for some
time 90 come.
In British India the receipts for one
year were l6.1Gso00 rupees and the eX-
uenditures esl.4S.Do0 rupees The value
Of the rupee is 207 cents.
IN cane Colony the receipts for 1s9i
were 1889 900 pounds sterling and the eA-
ueuaitures A65i,ot
Maurltrius contributed sa36,lo5 rupees
10 the treasury and expended s.6-5 JOS.
III NNH iaIINIMl N 'aA thAl l'f.NN 'ft.'t-'
Gambia. alone kept expenditures below
the revenue. ln 1927 the former being
2- rq hounds and the latter 39.h5. but
tho Gold Coast colony expended 406.3D
mounds and the public revenue was only
5s- So pounds in Sierra Leone Tho ex-
uonditures were HISS pounds ana the
revenue JOS COP.
Coming 10 American coasts. the ordl-
nary public revenue of Canada I'D ls''
was 3le297S pounds and the eApeho'-
lures Is $3.50.
The gross public revenue Oh Ne"
Foundmnd and Labrador was slolo.''N
and the expenditures {l.s56Su. Both these
items include loans.
DEFICIENT REVENUE.
Further south. British Honduras ex-
ponds 500 ea0 with revenue oi SIT
and British Guiana shows 20 the bad tne
difference between J9)09 pounds ana
--1.--l pounds Jamaica's revenue is 6'-.-
-s5 hounds and the aggregate eNpehel.uIe
rr0m loans and from income is 's''iS
pounds.
Tho Barbados and the Bermudas are
fhe only British possessions adjacent 20
American waters which do not create
debt annually. The excess OF revenue is
Australasia and Oceanica altogether
show a. deficit OF the difference between
~ -.-f.4 hounds and a0lG3s2 not far
short OF 100000 in our money.
Tie figures etcn DID, IretId To the
French possessions are unsatisfactory ON
tne p4M- cod receipts ana expenditures
details not being given
That Germany shares the general eN-
neripuce OF finding most of her colonies
expensive luNuIIes may bee Judged py the
reports.
An German Southwest Africa the reve-
nues for ls9i-'J. including an Imperial
contribution Of 100000 marks, were D.
Ugt.40 marks. the expenditures D'9sy
marks The value OF mark Is 80
cents.
IL THE EAST.
The experiences OF Great britain.
France and Germany in that section Oh
the world adjacent 20 tie fAlllppne7
cannot fail 20 be OF value In deciding
whether this country wishes TO cmDarA
on colonization.
I'm tho straits settlements on the west
coast OF the Malay Peninsula, the total
receipts for f,sl were si.a-" 90 ana tlt
expenditures $f429.69f. The Mexican SILL
ser dollar is the standard coin. ne
garrison consists of one battalion OF III
f+rfrt-. TWO batteries OF European ar
tllery and a company OF MALAY subma-
riue miners. also an armed police loI~e
of thfrtv-three officers and l,'N5 men.
To overcome the deficit In the cost or
running French lndo-China, Frances
budget of 1885 included AN item OF 5--.soJ
francs.
Germany's possessions In the same
neighborhood. which includes the BIS
marck Archipelago. Solomon Islands. ana
tho Marshall Islands. have a population
Of 100000 The revenues for 1867 were
estimated az 5000 marks. the eNpendi-
lures an 273O00 marks.
The Dutch East Indies expended, I'D
1895 1ii2l0O02 fuilders and OF this the
islands paid l3l 9i05n guilders. 4 guiider
IS 402 cents The colonial army consists
of s. COO soldiers and 800 officers over
one-third OF this number being Euro
peans and the remainder natives.
or course some. but not very many.
Of the colonies raise an amount equal 70
tho expenditures. but the excess is very
small. IN the figures given above no
mention IS made of the public debts ~
the colonies which add much 10 the
white mans burden
The figures given come from source
which n prejudiced a. all would be for
ifnperialism. so their accuracy must be
accepted They at least give a fair idea
of tho cost Of colonies.
Tho Fairfax Primary
FAIRFAX c. H., VA. March 29.-spe-