The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-10
BIG PRIZE OF WAR|SAVE COTTON CROP
England Is Moving to Capture
Germany's World Trade.
vastness Of Latter country's Exports
demonstrates the Opportunity at
Hand for Manufacturers Of
Great Britain.

trace Is one of the prizes of war which
England is trying to capture. While
Great Br1tain's army is fighting the
RUSSIAN military advance in Belgium
and the British feet is opposing the
Kalsers Warships in the North sea,
and with Germany's commerce swept
from the oceans, those remaining be-
mind In England are initiating move
ment OF greatest Importance to cap
ture the German and Austrian trade
by invading the world markets to pro-
cure for Great Britain a great increase
OF the earth's commerce.
The vastness of Germany's exports
demonstrates the opportunity which Is
at hand and shows that the United
States too, may profit commercially
by the great war. It is obvious that
German commerce will be paralyzed
for many months, possibly for years,
during which time the far reaching re-
Quirements of the whole world, hith.
erto largely met by Germany and Aus
tr1a, must still be met If the worlds
wants heretofore filled by Germany
and Austria are no longer so filed
the work must be done by others. Eng
land is already after her share
The British movement to capture
Germany's trade is being taken up
with great vigor and the British gov
eminent is giving its full official sup
port. The board of trade, which in
England is government department,
is doing everything possible, while
the colonial Office is gathering all
available information from the do
m1n1ons, as to the character of all
previous German imports. The cham
Der of commerce, at the same time
Is arranging meetings between the
manufacturers and erstwhile import
ers of German products.
Another spur to the British ambition
to capture German trade is the fact
that war is causing loss to the Eng
lish market from central Europe and
this deficit must be made up else
where. The most likely places are
those where Germany and Austria for.
merly predominated
When England, shortly after the
start of the war, began to investigate
the situation, figures were produced
whach astounded the public. 1t was
shown that Germany's total exports
were nearly $2,5Oo,ooO,ooo annually.
which was rather disconcerting to
those who had been taught to believe
complacently that England was really
the greatest manufacturing country in
the world. 1t was also shown conclu-
sively that England had been import.
ing large quantities of goods made
In Germany, even such products as
could be manufactured in the United
Kingdom.
One characteristic jolt was a dis.
covery of which the general public
knew nothing, that Germany exported
twice as much cutlery as England.
which heretofore had been held the
world over to predominant in that
line.
men are now entertaining the idea
| that Great Britain's loss of trade in
| central Europe due to the war can
more than be compensated by invas.
ions elsewhere, by capturing world
trade heretofore held by Germany.
Another thing that is being empha.
sized is Englands opportunity in
China, particularly Kiauchau, which
has the distinction of being Germany's
greatest colonial commercial center.
The German toy trade, on which it has
had almost monopoly, is another
field which England certainly will in.
| wade. It runs into many millions. Eng
land alone imports millions Of dollars
| worth of German toys.
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