Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-06-13
EXPANSION BENEFITS
SENATOR LODGE ON GROWTH
OF HAWAIIAN TRADE.
Has Increased ThreefoId Within Five
Years and Largely Since Annexation
of More yaiue than Our Business

with Many European Nations.
"One reason why am an expansion
ist," said Senator Lodge in Washing
ton the other day, while discussing the
possibilities of our trade with our ISL
and possessions, SIS because l have
watched the great growth of our com
merce with the Hawaiian Islands.
Five years ago, in 1895, the total
| Hawaiian trade with the United States
amounted to only 100000 Last
year it reached S33,50O0OO, having in
creased almost three-fold within five
years, and most of this increase has oe-
Cured within the past eighteen mouths
or so.
I'VE may n. think ttat a business
Of $33, 100000 amounts to very much
when our foreign trade is now running
| up into the billions, but compare our
trade with the Hawaiian Islands, with
their handful of people, with some Of
the larger countries of the world, and
it gives better idea OF the value Of
| colonies to the United States which
ship their products to us and buy their
food, provisions and clothing from this
country
Let US begin with Europe.
Our trade with the Hawaiian ISL
ands is over $50 per cent larger than
our total trade with Austria-Hungary.
1T is rs per cent larger than our
trade with Denmark
1T Is 90 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 larger than
our total trade with Russia.
1T is almost double our trade with
Spain.
1T is 125 per cent greater than our
trade with Sweden and Norway com
bined.
1T is more than double our trade
with Switzerland.
1T is ten times as large as our trade
with TC-hey.
1T is nearly thirty times larger than
our trade with Greece
These comparisons are with the
thickly peopled countries of Europe.
Now we will take the American conti-
nent.
Hawaiian trade with he United
States is equal to 80 per cent of our
trade with the whole dominion of Can
ada.
ut is nearly $50 per cent greater
than our trade with all the Central
American States.
1T is go per cent as large as our
trade with Mexico.
1T is 80 per 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 Hayti and
San Domingo included.
1T is almost twice as large as our
trade with Argentine.
1T is almost half as large as our
trade with Brazil, whence we import
most of our coffee.
1T is nearly 400 per cent. larger
than our trade with Chilli
1T is nearly 400 per cent larger than
our trade with the United States of
Colombia.
1T is nearly fifteen times larger than
our trade with Ecuador.
"IS is more than six times larger than
our trade with British, Dutch and
French Guiana
ut is ten times larger than our trade
with Peru
1T is ten times larger than our trade
with Uruguay.
1T is more than FIVE TIRES larger
than our trade with Venezuela.
Now let us make some comparison
with countries across the Pacific, and
we find that our trade with Hawaii is
within six million dollars of being as
large as our trade with the Empire OF
China.
1T Is n,ore than three times as large
as our ade with Hong Kong.
at is early half as large as our to-
tai trad with all the British, Butch
and French East Indies, which send
us such large supplies of sugar.
ut is equal to 80 per cent. of oar to-
tai trade with Japan.
ut is mare than five times larger
than our last years trade with the
Philippines
1T Is nearly twenty times larger
than our trade with Asiatic Russia.
st was larger by four million dollars
| than our trade with .he whole of the
| Australian Colonies last year. with
/ their five millions of people.
'It was larger last year by more
/ than three million dollars than our
trade with the entire continent of AZ
/ rica
LAS I said. the increase in our trade
win Hawaii has been very marked
/ SINCE its annexation by the United
/ States. and look for equally rapid ian
provement in our trade with Porto Rice
and the Philippines. These colonies
/ will absorb some of oilr surplus man
/ ufactures, and they will also draw up
on this country for their provisions,
/ thus increasing the demand for the
products of the American farms"
The Real Thing.
Mr.. Bryan has said that our pros.