Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-28
OUR HAWAIIAN TRADE
Senator 1ods, Comments on Its
Great Growth
INCREASED 4HRBE-foLD lNFlVE YEARS
Idea Given Of eheYalue Of Colonies
to United States.
SOME TIMELY ARISONS
INCREASED THREE FOLD lNFlVE YEARS
SOME TIMELY COMPARISONS

zone reason why am an expansionist."
the possibilities of our trade with our island
possessions ..is because 1 have watched the
great growth Of our commerce with the Ha-
waiian Islands.
Five years ago. in 1895, the total Ha-
wa.ian trade with the United States amount
ed to only s11. 100000. Last year 1t reached
s33 500 coo having increased almost three
fold within five years, and most of this in
crease has occurred within the past eighteen
months or so.
I've may not think that a business of
S3,3 800 600 amounts to very much when our
foreign trade is now running up into the bill
lions but compare our trade with the Ha-
walian Islands, with their handful of people
with some of the larger countries of the
world, and it gives a better idea of the value
of colonies to the United States which ship
their products to us and buy their food. pro-
visions and clothing from this country.
Comparisons With Europe.
Let US begin with Europe. Our trade with
the Hawaiian Islands Is over $50 per cent
larger than our total trade with Austria
Hungary: 1t is rs per cent larger than our
trade with Denmark: it 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; it is al
most double our trade with Spain: 1t Is 125
per cent greater than our trade with Swe-
den and Norway combined it is more than
double our trade with Switzerland; it Is ten
times as large a our trade with Turkey; 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 continent.
Hawaiian trade with the United States
is equal to 80 per cent of our trade with
the whole Dominion of Canada.
With Southern Neighbors.
ut is nearly 100 per cent greater than cur
trade with all the Central American states
1t is 60 per cent as large trade with
Mexico. 1t is 30 per cent larger than our
trade with all the British East Indies. 1t
Is nearly five times large as our trade
with Porto Rico 1t is three times as large
trade with the Danish, Dutch and
French West Indies. with Hayti and San
Domingo included. 1t Is nearly twice as
large our trade with Argentine 1t Is
almost half as large as our trade with Bra
zil, whence We import most of our coffee
It is nearly 400 per cent larger than our
trade with Chile. 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.
Il is more than six times larger than our
trade with British, Dutch and French Gut
ana. 1t is ten times larger than our trade
with Peru 1t Is ten times larger than our
trade with Uruguay. 1t Is more than five
times larger than our trade with Venezuela
Across the Pacific.
''Now let make some comparison with
countries across the Pacific. and we find
that our trade with Hawaii is within S6OD,-
G1O of being large our trade with the
empire of China. 1t Is more than three
times as large as our trade with Hong
Kong. 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 is equal to G5
per cent of our total trade with Japan. It
is more than five times larger than our
last years trade with the Philippines. 1t
is nearly twenty times larger than our
trade with ASiatic Russia. 1t was larger
by $4.Eo.U'D than our trade with the Whoe
of the lAuStralasian colonies last year. with
their five millions of people. 1t was larger
last year by more than $.GD0D than our
trade with the entire continent Of Africa.
LAS ] said, the Increase in our trade with
Hawaii has been very marked since its an
neXatiOn by the United States, and l look
for equally rapid improvement In our trade
with Porto Rico and the Philippines. These
colonies will absorb some of our surplus
manufactures. and they will also draw upon
this country for their provisions, thus In
creasing the demand for the products OF
the American farms.