The times., 1899-09-13
UNDER BRITISH LABELS.
American Goods Make Their Ap
Pearance in Cape Colony.

American Goods Make Their APP
Pearance in Cape Colony.
Consul General Stowe, writing TO the
State Department from Cape Town on the
subject of American trade in that country,
says:
i submit the enquiry, Why does not the
United States, with her resources. furnish
this colony with certain commodities and
preparations the ingredients and bases of
which are produced more largely in the
United States than elsewhere? AS an ex-
| ample, take certain exports from the
United Kingdom to this colony alone in
1898 In preserved meats the United King
dom sent s46,034 pounds in a total impor-
tation of 3,676S4S pounds. OF course, of
TINS one article, the United States fur
nlshes the bulk. namely, 2.116,0SS pounds;
but Is 1t not fact that preserved meats,
like preserved fish (salmon- for instance),
are shipped from the United States in cans
uniabeled and English labels put on? OF
preserved fish, the United Kingdom fur
| nished this colony 4,O52, 432 pounds, the
total importation being 4.705, 6SS pounds
i VI salted meats, the United Kingdom sent
z,4l4,3B pounds. against total of 2,621, ,449
pounds. From this one can see what Is
| done with the large number of hams and
sides sent from the United States uncured
to Great Britain and there cured
"of soap, the imports from the United
Kingdom were 12,9S9,781 pounds. against
total Importation of 1922 343 pounds,
ana yet nearly all the soap stock-fats and
the cotton-Seed oil-are of American origin.
Iypewriters to the value of s6 ,34S $3.50 S93)
were sent from the United Kingdom the
total imports being e12,642 (sS1, ,522), and
yet am informed that only one typewriter
ian American invention) is manufactured
in that kingdom Why not sell the United
States typewriters to Cape Colony direct?
Out of a total Importation of plated silver
ware of s4O,944 (s199.254). the United
Kingdom sent 9S5 ,53S (S172.9 .946). and yet
the United States is called the great silver
producing and plate-ware manufacturing
country. The United Kingdom in 1898
sent 1922 pounds of tobacco out of a
total import into the colony of 136.536
pounds. 6.9l0,T1S cigars out of a total i'm
port of Il, ,3S4 PA, and 20,413,259 cigarettes
out of a total import of II, ia, ,599-all made
from North Carolina and Virginia leaf.
With the vast crops of apples raised in
the United States, why should the United
Kingdom send 81, ,535 gallons of vinegar
out of a total Importation of So, ,533 gallons.
while the United States sent none? The
| United States is the greatest furniture
manufacturer among the nations, yet fur
niture to the value of G267, ,044 (s1. .299,-
| 800, cut of total importation of G367,-
| 875 Isl, 7S9. 96D, was received here from the
! United Kingdom in 1898. Is not the glue
produced by the great packers of America
worth exporting, and can it not be pro-
! duced as eheaply as elsewhere? Yet the
| United Kingdom sent hither 126474 pounds
! - Il - 4 Il
/ zinc were received from the United King
dom in 1898 as follows: Lead 23,S15 cwts.,
and zinc valued at e1 Ala (s6.SSD, against
total of 27, us cwts. of lead and G 1881
| tS14,5OO worth of zinc. Candles TO the
amount of 3,116,677 pounds were received
/ from the United Kingdom out of a total
| import of 3,4SS,SS0 pounds; yet the greater
/ portion of the tallow, spermaceti, stearin
and stearin wax, stearic acid, and paraffin
wax entering their manufacture must have
been of American origin.
Bicycles to the value OF C 135, 100 $780,
695) were received from England OFT of
a total import of G174, $50 fsS49 93O. Gold
en- sirup to the amount of 2 656 All pounds
out of total import of 2,730. .351 pounds,
was received from England, while the
United States furnished only 5,141 po nds.
| The United Kingdom to make this sirup
must import the sugar, etc. OF cotton
goods. the United Kingdom furnished e1,-
| 055.999 ($5, ,139. .019) out of a total of e1,-
| 1877 ($5,529, 205); and yet the cotton
came mainly from the United States.
| Out of 6O73.G6O pounds of pota-
toes, the United Kingdom sent 3,647. .523
pounds. i am told that a large quantity
OF these were importations for seed, which
has to be renewed in this colony every two
| years.
Admitting that much that is made and
/ nrodncod in he fnd Gfa+ ic cOfJ
/ through other countries to this colony and
country, the question arises: Is the United
States getting credit for exports to South
! Africa? In like manner it may we'll be
asked: Does the United States get credi.
for the products which she imports fro II
South Africa? The reasons for these con
ditions are many, but the one reason, per-
haps, above all others is that Great Brit
ain has the ships, the banking facilities,
and the great merchants located in for
eign countries.