Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-27
TARIFF UNDER nplNSlOS.
Remarkable Increase in Our Trade Win
Hawaii Since Annexation.

sion question in all OF its bearings. lie
has just been examining the growth oil our
trade with Hawaii and finds that i've years
Z in 1895, the total Hawaiian trade
with the United States amounted to only
sll,50O, 900. Last year Il reached 1885,
500, 1000, having increased almost three
Told within five years, and most OF this in'
crease has occurred within the past eight
cen months.
The senator says we may not think that
a business OF S33, 5OO, 900 amountsto very
much, when our foreign trade is now run
ming up into the billions, but to compare
our trade with the Hawaiian Islands, with
their haadiul OF people. With onr trade
with some Of the larger countries CT the
world, gives a better idea Of the value OF
colonies to the United states.
As a result of his Investigations senator
Lodge finds that
Our trade with the Hawaiian Islands is
over 100 per cent larger than our total
trade with Austria, Hungary
IL is 10 per cent larger than our trade
with Denmark.
It is 80 per cent as large as our total
trade with Italy.
II il nearly four times as large as our
trade with Portugal.
1t Is over 100 per cent greater than our
total trade with Russia.
1t is almost double our trade with spain.
Itisl 25 per cent greater than our trade
with sweden and Norway combined,
1t is more than double our trade with
Switzerland,
It is ten times as large rs our trade with
Turkey,
It is nearly 90 times larger than our
trade with Greece.
Comparisons With cuIutrirs ON The Amer.
lean continent show that Hawaiian trade
with tn, United states d. ,qGul 10 3u per
cent OF our trade with The ~Lu.e Dominion
Of Canada.
1t is nearly 100 per t.ut greater than our
trade with the Cc.trd American states.
1t is 60 per cent d.. large as our trade
with N.>ir4.
II is - per cent .ufgr than our trade
with al The Uutlsh Vs.; Indus.
II is nearly l,c time. 40 l,rge ns our
trade with Porto Rico,
II il three times d. large as our trade
with IA. Danish pyf,6 and French West
rdt.s with Ilaiti urI san Domingo in.
rludaa.
II j. almost iyi,r a- large - 1ur t.ade
with Argentine.
II j. almost lrII a. .ar,. a. our trade
with Brazil. ahenre vc mpari most uf our
coffee.
nj, pr,ry 500 orartl iAan ou,
trad, vfthr.H-.
IL uo.rr. .Du r..ortl.r.,rt than our
trace vnh .na Ill,d STATE, pt Colombia.
Iti- ue,riy a',,u ,ur. .ur-ar than our
trale with g. ap0.r.
l,is mor'iaan ss 'imer "r9.r than our
trade WITH bu.'b, Pa'rh ana fTs"'h
r.,r .i,h
rru,u,y
III, more ,bar ey. time. larger than our
trad. win ys,.y,.r,
A. then makes ,owr,,;.,r. wi,b cauu.
tri,s ucros. the pa,tgr. and finds that OF
tad, with Hawaii i. within .fx million
dollars Of being AS Inrrs ~. our trade with
the Empire Of China.
II /. more th.n three times NJ in roo nc
orr trade with Uoo,.,uv
II il rssrl, milf ns l,rc, ma onr total
trade with an the british putcb and
French Ea., Indies which send ~. sucb
Ia roe .%pnnIiss oI suya-
'o'a'
"ore 'usn l'e ''HVs '"'ser 'nshour
'As' year ''"ue VII" 'he fhi!ipplnes.
avs nearly twenty mes iarser than our
i'ade with As'sti" R1aa
-arhv ,out million dollars than
-. .;,h tho Who'll. al IN. Austral-
=. g,,..;.. l,., vear with thsir five
fI ,hao
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ttdue WIN hhNhl mas uetu very marked