Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-17
Loss in Food Exports.

AOSS Ill e OOu GADOTLS.
The exports of Great Britain were
chiefly manufactured articles and the i'm
ports were chiefly food and raw material
to be converted into finished products in
the factories of that country. The exports
of the United States were almost equally
divided between agricultural and mechani-
cal products. The mechanical products
are increasing all the time and the agri-
cultural products decreasing, with the ex-
ceptlon OF cotton. In 1910 we exported
So,O, lJ6,olJ worth of cotton an increase
from $461 ,394.U52 in value over the pre-
Vlous year, although the quantity Was not
SO great The exports of breadstuffs
from the United States have fallen OF
from son, ioi,O14 in 1907 to $40, 7U4 U1S; the
exports OF meat ana dairy products fell
on seventy millions. and those OF cattle,
hogs and sheep nearly twenty-five mil
lion
The people of the United Kingdom have
to buy the greater part of their food from
foreign countries, ard practically all OF
the raw material that is used in their
manufactures. They imported in l,lO
~ .2SS,342,OSO worth of food, and 81, 3O;,-
2lO, 1D worth of raw material, while they
exported S130,5j6,914 worth OF food and
drink and $1,719, 116.430 in fin shed prod
ucts. This was an increase of exports of
manufactured articles amounting to $2I,-
81 i,CU, which is also a recoru breaker IN
the total and in the gain.
The percentage of increase in exports
from the United Kingdom during the year
was 1876 and the increase of imports was
SO per cent
The revival of trade in England began
in 1907 and has been continuous since
that time. Previous to that year every
thing was at a low stage The present re
vival is not "boom, but is genuine
prosperous condition notwithstanding the
parliamentary contests and numerous
strikes-a condition which is likely to con-
tinue the liberal party in power and post
lection to which the prosperity Of the
C>>jted States and Germany is attributed.
Colonies Shared Prosperity.
This prosperity has been shared by all
the British colonies and by British con-
tractors in all parts of the world. 1t is
asserted that never in history was SO
much British capital being invested in
foreign countries or so much foreign work
done by British contractors In South
America alone more than $1O0.oOO,OOO of
British capital is being invested in new
railway construction, most of it in Brazil
Bolivia and the Argentine Republic. Never
in history was the trade between the
United Kingdom and the American re-
publics SO large or SO profitable. notwith-
standing the EFFORTS or the United States
to recover our share. The people of the
United kfns dom are becoming more and
more dependent upon South America for
their beef. mutton and breadstuffs The
imports of these articles are advancing
rapidly Year by year, and the exports Of
British cotton goods and other manufac-
tured articles of every conceivable va
riety continue to increase in even a
greater ratio. The investment CT British
capital in the Latin-American countries
the establishment of branch houses of
British merchants and agencies of British
manufactures was never so active and
the fleets of steamers which carry this
commerce are growing in number and in
tonnage.
The shpbuilding trade was never so
prosperous in the United Kingdom as it
is today. The British shipyards in 1910