The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-06-14
TRADE UNDER EXPANSION.

WASHINGTON, June o. Senator Lodge
is one of the most careful and thorough
investigat tors of the expansion question
in all of its bearings. He has Just been
examining the growth of our trade with
Hawaii, and finds that five years ago, in
1895: the total Hawaiian trade with the
United States amounted TO only S11. 800
600 Last year it reached S33, 800 900,
having increased almost threefold with
i'll five years, and most of this increase
has occurred within the past eighteen
months.
The Senator says we may not think
that business of S33, 100000 amounts
to very much, when our foreign trade is
now running up into the billions, but to
compare our trade with the Hawaiian
Islanders. with their handful of people,
with our trade with some of the larger
countries of the world. gives better
idea OF the value of the colonies to the
United States
AS a result of his investigation Sena-
tor Lodge finds that
Our trade with the Hawaiian Island
ers is over 100 per cent. larger than our
total trade with AUSTRIA Hungary
1T is 10 per cent. larger than our trade
with Denmark.
1t is 60 per cent as large as our total
trade with Italy.
1t is nearly four times as large as our
trade with Portugal.
1t is over $50 per cent. greater than
our total trade with Russia.
1t is almost double our trade with
Spain.
1t is 1872 per cent. greater than our
trade with sweden and
bined.
1t is more than double our trade with
switzerland.
1t is ten times as large as our trade
with Turkey.
1t is nearly 30 times larger than our
trade with Greece.
Comparisons with countries on the
American Continent show that Hawaii
an trade with the United States is equal
to 30 per cent. of our trade with the
whole Dominion of Canada.
i 1t is nearly $50 per cent. greater than
our trade with all the Central American
states.
1t is copper cent. as large as our trade
with Mexico.
1t is 5oper cent larger than our trade
with all the British West Indies.
1t is nearly five times as large as our
trade with Porto Rico.
1t is three times as large as our trade
with the Danish, Dutch and French
West Indies. with Haiti and San Do
mingo included.
1t is almost twice as large as our trade
with Argentine.
1t is almost half us large as our trade
with Brazil, whence we import most of
our coffee
1t is nearly 400 per cent. larger than
our trade with Chill.
1t is nearly 400 per cent larger than
our trade with the nited States of Co.
lombia
1t is nearly fifteen times larger than
our trade with Ecuador.
1t is more than six times larger than
our trade with British. Dutch and French
Guiana.
1t is ten times larger than our trade
with Peru.
1t is ten times larger than our trade
with l'ruguay.
{ 1t is more than five times larger than
our trade with Venezuela.
He then makes comparisons with coun-
tries across the Pacific. and finds that
our trade with llawaiia is within six
million dollars of being as large as our
trade with the Empire OF China.
1t is more than three times as large
as our trade With llOngkon@.
1t is nearly half as large as our total
trade with all the British, Dutch and
French East Indies. which send us such
. large supplies of sugar
1t equal to So per cent of our total
trade with Japan.
1t is more than five times larger than
2 our last years trade With the Philip
I pines.
1 1t is nearly twenty times larger than
our trade With .\siatic Russia.
1t was larger 10y four million dollars
than our trade with the whole of the
. Australasitn Colonies last year. with
; their five millions of people.
1t was larger last year by more than
three million dollars than our trade with
> the entire continent of Africa.
, Senator Lodge says the increase in
: our trade with Hawaii has been very
marked since its annexation by the
nited States. and he looks for equally
rapid improvement i'll our trade with
Porto Rico and the Philippines. These
colonies will absorb some of our sur
l plus manufactures, and they will also
: draw upon this country for their pro
! visions, thus increasing the demand for
the products of American farms.
The War Department has again re
! vised the schedules of the Cuban tariff,
! to go into effect June 18th. 1t is eX-
/: pected that this will increase the inn
ports from the United States, as we
+ now have. less than half the trade of the
2 island
5 A previous reduction of the duty on
food-stutfs and live stock has not les
sened the cost of food to the consumer
so that no changes are made in the re
/ vision i'll the food duties. except to re-
duce the duty on flour from sl.3o to 81
, a barrel, and on salt cod and stock fish
from 50 to 81.
In view of the necessity for the con-
struction and reconstruction of rail
) roads in Cuba. a special provision has
been inserted in the tariff which allows
: railroad companies to import these sup
plies into the island for a period of
twelve months from the date of promul-
CATION at a rate of 10 per cent. al valo-
rem
Some few changes have been made i'm
the free list, one or two additions being
made. and one or two articles being
taken out, and put on the dutiable list