The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02
HAWAIIAN ISLAND TRADE
II Is Larger Than With Many OF
the Leading Countries OF
EurOpe.

WASHINGTON, June lone reason
why l am an expansionist." said SEN
ator Lodge today. while discussing tne
possibilities of our trade with our ISL
and possessions, lis because l have
watched the great growth of our COM
merce with the Hawaiian islands
Five years ago. in 1895, the total Ha-
waiian trade with the United states
amounted to only sll,5oo,Oco Last year
II reached $50. 10000. having increased al
most three-fold within five years, and
most of this increase has occurred WITHIN
the past eighteen months or So
I'VE may not think that a business OF
sc, 10000 amounts to very much When
our foreign trade is now running up
into the billions, but compare our trace
with the Hawaiian islands, with their
handful of people. with some of the larger
countries of the world, and It gives bet
ter idea of the value of colonies to the
United States which ship their products
to us and buy their food, provisions ana
clothing from this country.
Let us begin with Europe:
"Our trade with the Hawaiian Islands
is over 80 per cent. larger than our total
trade with Austria Hungary.
1T is Is per cent larger than our trade
with Denmark
ut is go per cent. as large as our total
trade with Italy.
ut is nearly four times as large as our
trade with Portugal
1T is over 80 per cent. greater than our
total trade with Russia.
ut is almost double our trade with
Spain.
1T Is 125 per cent. greater than our
trade with Sweden and Norway COM
bined
Switzerland.
1T is ten times as large as our trade
with Turkey
at is nearly thirty times larger than our
Greece.
These comparisons are with the thick
ly peopled countries of Europe Now we
Will take the American continent.
Hawaiian trade with the United States
Is equal to 30 per cent of our trade with
the whole dominion of Canada
1T is nearly $50 per cent. greater than
our trade with all the Central American
states
1T is 60 per cent. as large as our trade
with Mexico.
ut is so per cent. larger than our trade
with all the British West Indies.
TT is nearly five times as large as
our trade with Puerto Rico.
1T is three times as large as our trade
with the Danish, Dutch and French West
Indies, with Hayti and Santo Domingo
included.
1T is almost twice as large as our trade
TT is almost twice as large as our trade
with Brazil. whence we import most of
our coffee.
1T is nearly 100 per cent larger than
ut 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
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 Uruguay.
1T is ten times larger than our trade
with Peru.
1T is more than five times larger than
our trade with Venezuela
Now, let us make some comma rison
With countries across the Pacific and we
find that our trade with Hawaii is within
soHpuo or being as large as our trade
with the empire of China
ut is more than three times as larre
as our trade with Hongkong
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 s. per cent. of orr total
trade with Japan.
1T Is more than five times larger than
pines.
1T is nearly twenty times larger than
our trade with Asiatic Russia.
1T Is larger by 100000 than our trade
with the whole of the Australasian colon
les last year with their 5000 900 of people
1t was larger last year by more than
6es,W" than our trade with the entire
continent OF Africa.
LAS | said. the Increase in our trad.
with Hawaii has been very marked since
It's annexation by the United States and
l look Tor equally rapid Improvement in
our trade with Puerto Rico and the Phil
ippines. These colonies will absorb some
or our surplus manufactures and theS,
Will also draw upon this country for their
provisions, thus increasing the demand
Tor the products of the American farms &"