The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-21
OUR FOREIGN TRADE.
Increase in Our Trade With Hawaii
Shows the Advantages of Colonial
Markets,

"One reason why 1 am an expanion-
ist," said Senator Lodge, of Minnesota,
recently while discussing the possibilities
of our trade with our island possessions,
sis because / have watched the great
growth of our commerce with the Ha-
waiian islands. Five years ago, in 1895,
the total Hawaiian trade with the United
States amounted to only $ll 5000 Last
year it reached S33, 100000 having in
creased almost three-fold within five
years and the most of this increase has
occurred within the past eighteen months
or so.
ave may not think that business of
$50, 500, 0cO 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 coun-
tries of the world, and it gives a better
idea of the value of colonies to the United
State 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 islands
is over $50 per cent larger than our total
trade with Austria hungary.
at is Is per cent larger than our trade
with Denmark.
at is 90 per cent as large as cur total
trade with Italy.
at is nearly four times as large rs our
trade with Portugal.
at is over $50 per cent greater than our
total trade with Russia.
at is almost double our trade with
Spain.
at is l25 per cent greater than our trade
with Sweden and Norway combined.
ut is more than double our trade with
Switzerland.
1T is ten times as large as our trade
with Turkey.
at is nearly thirty times larger than
our trade with Greece.
These comparisons are with the thick
ly peOpied countries of Europe. Now we
will take the American continent
Hawaiian TRACE with tie United States
is equal to 30 per cent of our trade with
| the whole Dominion of Canada
at is nearly $50 per cent greater than
| our trade with all the Central American
states
at is GO per cent as large as our trade
| with Mexico.
at is so per cent larger than our trad 10
with all the British West Indies.
| trade with Porto Rico.
at is three times as large as our trade
| with the Danish, Dutch and French West
| Indies, with Haiti ard Santo Domingo
included
ut is almost twice as large as our trade
with Argentina.
ut is almost half as large as our trade
| with Brazil, whence we import most OF
| cur coffee.
at is nearly 400 per cent larger than our
| trade with Chile.
at is nearly 400 per cent larger than
our trade with TIE United States of CO.
! lomEia.
at is nearly ffteen times larger than
| our trade with Ecuador
1T is more than six times larger than
our trade with British, Dutch and French
! Guiana.
at is ten times larger than our trade
| with Peru.
sit is ten times larger than our trade
with Uruguay.
ut is more than five times larger than
our trade with Venezuela.
"Now let us max some com harrison with
countries across the Pacific, and we find
that our trade with Hawaii is within So
900 of going as large as our trade with
| the empire of hina.
1T Is more than three times as large as
our trade with Hongkong
II II Hall us 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 So per cent of our total
| trade with Japan.
1T is more than five times larger than
! our last years trade with the Philip
pines.
1T is nearly twenty times larger than
| our trade with Asiatic Russia.
ut was larger by S4,OO0,0DO than our
| trade with the whole of the Australasian
colonies last year, with their 5000. 600 of
people.
at was larger last year by more than
S5,Wc,NS than our trade with the entire
continent OF Africa.
AS | said, the increase in orr trade
has been very marked since it's anneya-
ton by tie United States, and 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 win also
draw upon this country for Their provis
ions, thus Increasing the demand for the
products of the American farms.,'