Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-03

ment, which. 1t Is feared, might ultf-
mately be harmful to her. During
over a century of British prodomi-
nance in trade and commerce, shipping
and industries, all the world has come
to regard this predominanee as an es-
tablished fact and an unassailable
British prerogative. The statistics,
however, show US that the exports
Germany are developing at a much
faster ratio than those Of the United
Kingdom. The approximate figures in
million dollars are as follows ~~
E'.s@= f~,-. Impts. Expts. TT.
Great Britain-1900. -. 2345 1885 1880
-, '-..- 1911. 2s47 2317 1894
Total increase, 1884. or about $3.50.
y Impts. Expts. I'll.
Germany-1909 .....l .1441 1853 1884
RI. @.# i. 1911 ....... 2426 2026 4452
Total increase, 1858, or about 71.6b.
f.. ..=4~- Impts.5 Expts. II.
u. $500. ........... S72 1893 231l
ILL.,. ......159S 1896 1894
Total increase, 1888. or about 46.9B.
Similar are the results in the ship
ping trade. The participation Of the
worlds shipping within the waters of
each of the three countries, figured on
the net tonnage of ships arrived, and
for the sake of comparison reduced to
percentages, amounted to, in. =,
i @s~ 1888 1899 1905
Great Britain. .283s% 25.2I% 2244%
Germany $50. 1880 5000 740B
United States .10.1S% 13.49% 1920
While the participation of their ma
tional flags in the shipping of the world
Qncluding shipping to all eountriesl,
expressed in percentages, amounted
to- -, -, .--..... ~. i, ~. x.
H., ...,. 1888. 1899. 1907.
Great Britain. .50.s1qo 47s7% 4o.479o
Germany ...... 874% 1880 1919
United States. 2.6S% 1920 445%
And lastly we see the same results
still more marked when comparing var
ious industries in which, until the lat
ter part of last century. Great Britain
had no competitor worth mentioning,
Coal, iron and steel, are. perhaps the.
most important products TO be mem
toned. The iron production Figured
in 1000 long tons) amounted to- 81
1886 1900. 1910.
Great britain .7122 800 10,547
United States. SITS 14,o11 27,7s7
Germa II 1929 1881 14,794
Y Even in the making Of steel, once the
monopoly Of Great Britain, both the
United States and Germany have taken
the lead. Unfortunately, no figures
later than 1906 are at our disposal In
that year there were manufactured
by ~ss'F %'rs' - i ..=~ .'~E
Great Britain -. 6,566,000 tons Qong) /
u. s. .......... .23.73S,000 tons dong)
Germany II, $4,000 tons llong)
q The coal production Gin 1000 tons) Of
the, three countries has been in >
i r.. .>- ... e.. 1886. 1900. 1908.
ct. Britain. -. 160,o46 22S,795 2s5,6S0
U. s. .103,129 244,653 435,779
Germany ....! 1858 149,7SS 215,2S3
Since 1908 the proportions have fur
ther changed to the disadvantage of
Great Britain 49,. ~ r
The San Francisco Chronicle refers
to the relative. decay of agriculture.
This is also borne out by the statistics,
which show a yield in main agricul-
tnral products Tin 900 long tons) as
follows:
- Great Britain-190S: Wheat, 1852;
rye, Sc; barley, 1866; oats, 3114.2;
potatoes. 1895. 1910: Wheat; 1914
rye, o. barley, 1871; oats, 2l55.S; apo-
tatoes, 3533.9.
Germany-19OS: Wheat, S767.8; rye,
1O,7S6s; barley, 3O59s; oats, 76s4.S;
potatoes, 46,3427 1910: Wheat, 3861.5;
rye. 1O,5112; barley, "2902.9; oats, T.
1904; potatoes, 43,46s.4. No Gcomplete
figures obtainable. -
. Il. S.-1907-S: Wheat, 16,S03.3; rye,
1897; barley. 334S.4; oats, 10,O34.1; po- !
.tatoes. =. 1909-10: Wheat, 20.036.S;
rye, S17S; barley, 37O2.7; oats, A,6O2.6;
potatoes, 1868. mo figures obtain
able 49,. = .- (
In horse, cattle and other livestock
raising there is also a large compare
tive disparity between the three ma
tons, to the disadvantage of Great
Britain. / will not vouch for the rel
alive decline of British prosperity,
however, claimed by the Chronicle. and
dare say that the Chronicle can not
prove it's contention. Great Britain is
decidedly a nation of bankers and
She holds most coun-
tries on earth in her financial bondage,
and although the wealth of Germany
and the United States has grown by
leaps and bounds, so has the British.
1t is by the financial control of the
world that Great Britain is able to
preserve her European and Asiatic
The American hegemony
she has lost to the United States: the
Asiatic leadership will no doubt pass
to Russia sooner or later, and to this
Great Britain seems to be resigned. /
But it will depend upon her financial
as to whether or not the |
European and African hegemony will I
remain with her or fall to her rival A !
census made in 1910 gave a national
wealth to Great Britain of one hundred
billion dollars and to Germany 81 IL
billions. and it is not likely that this
has since materially changed
to British disadvantage. Economic
however. seem to be more
favorable in Germany than in Great
Britain, as is indicated by the differ
nd hn