The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-18
THE BREAK UP IN THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT

and there has been a corresponding in
crease in the magnitude of our carry
ing trade In addition to shipping fly
ing the flag, English merchants are
owners of huge amount of shipping
under foreign flags. All this means
an addition to English trade, an addi-
ton which is of the nature of an ex-
port, but which does not figure in the
returns. German shipping stands sec
ond in the world as regards actual ton
mage but it is far in the rear of Eng
land
Passing on to other diagrams, we find
a vivid light thrown upon the Amer
lean invasion" talk, and the whole Of
that class of diatribe which is aimed at
proving that Britain has lost her in
dustrial position. Mr.. Warren CLASH
fies the exports of the four countries
under three heads: % Articles of food
and live animals: CD raw and semi
manufactured materials: 90 manufac-
tured articles; and the proportion
which each class of goods bears to the
whole of each country's exports or i'm
ports is showed for each of the last s.X
years preceding 1901-the period duri g
which Britain is supposed to have SUI
fered most from the competition Of
American and German manufacturers.
BRITISH MANUFACTURES.
From these figures it appears that on
the average for the whole period $50
per cent of all British exports consist
ed of manufactured goods, while the
corresponding figure for Germany was
64.4, for France $40, and for the Unit
ed States only 26.1. Turn to the other
side of the account and you find that
the imports of manufactured goods in
to the United Kingdom during the
same period averaged 1873 of the whole
imports, while those of Germany .tv-
erage 21.1, Of France 1871, and of the
United States 401. In the year 1900,
the British Importation of manufac-
tured goods was actually less in pro-
portion to the whole of British imports
than that of any other country, the
figures being United Kingdom 17.S, Ger
many 21.1. France IS, United States &c.
z.
Here, then, we find tested that scarf
flying belief in which some English are
again indulging that Britain has be-
come the dumping ground" for the
surplus stock of American and German
manufacturers, who leave the British
manufacturer paralyzed under a flood
of cheap importations. Lancashire
friend of mine was waxing most elo-
quently to me on this point last weak.
He is interested in Lancashire watch
factory, and could use no words strong
enough to condemn a British Parlia-
ment which left the product of that
factory open to the assaults of the
American invader. But these Contem-
porary statistics show that America,
despite protective tariffs, is buying a.
bout twice as many foreign manufac-
tured goods in proportion to her whole
trade as any other country buys, while
Great Britain suffers less than any 9TH
er country except France from the ac-
Invites of the foreign producer.
TRADE AND POPULATION.
There remains one further analysis
which is of commanding interest. Aft
er all, the nearest approach to eXac-
titude is only obtained when the statis-
tics of relative population are also con-
sidered. Mr.. Warren gives the average
value tper head of population) of the
exports and imports of all the four
great trading nations over periods of
five years from 1875 to 1900. The re-
suit is a startling commentary upon
certain recent British discussions. It
stands as follows: