Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-07
HAMPER|NG
AMERICAN TRADE
Britain Submits Statistics to
Show Re- Exports Have Not
Increased Like Those
of United States.

washington, D. c., Oct, 4.-Great
Rritafn's answer to reports circu,a,e cd
in this country that she has been in
terfering with legitimate trade of the
United States with Neutral nations, is
given In a note handed to Ambassador
Page at London by Sir Edward Grey.
the foreign minister, and made public
mere by the state department.
me note, which is in response to the
BRUSH ambassadors report of q ref
efence at the state department to the
uhfaVorabie impression created here
by reports of increases in British trade
with northern European countries
SINCE the war began, suggests that
statements concerning Great Britain's
policy have been inspired by German
agents.
AS tending to illustrate that Ameri-
can with neutral nations has
not been hampered by the British or
der In council or the activities of the
British navy the following figures are
submitted.
British r~e-exports of cotton to Hol-
land and the Scandinavian countries
January to May. 1915, 503, 1895 centals
OF 100 pounds each; United States ex-
ports to same countries. 3,353,63S
SSlltdiS DIS compared WIN ZU1,iII CEN
tails for same perior in 1914.
British re-eXports of rubber to Hol-
and and Scandinavian countries jan
larry to May, 1914, 17,726 centals; Jan
uary to May, 1915, 1898 centals. Uni
ted States exports Of rubber to same
countries, January to May, 1914, 1879
centals; January to May, 1915, 5,040
centals.
British re-exports of lubricating oils
to Holland and Scon1iparion countries
increased 709,370 gallons While United
States exports 10 same countries in
creased 3,s57,59S gallons.
British re-eXpurts of unmanufac-
tued tobacco of the same countries
show a gain of 2,937,244 pounds, while
United States exports increased 6,0S1,-
S4S pounds.
British re-exports of cocoa increased
1880, 600 pounds, while United States
exports increased 5000, 900 pounds.
British re-eXDorts of coffee We're
26S.4SS hundred weights, while the
United States exports were 1885, $50
hundred weights. an increase from T.
376 hundred weights.
British re-eXports of wheat flour to
same countries increased 47,046 hum
dred weights while United States ex-
ports increased 2,555,953 hundred
weights from January to May, 1915.
Sir Edward Grey's statement adds:
Il could point to many other in
stances Of similar proportionate in
creases in the exports Of the United
States to Scandinavia and The
Netherlands as Compared with exports
to the same countries from the United
kingdom during the last five months.
In respect to the great majority Of ar
ticles for which figures Of United
States trade a be given the increase
in this trade are greater, and in some
cases very considerably greater than
the increases in the United kingdom
trade.
"Ln many cases increases in United
kingdom re-eXports are due to the
fact that the products of British In
dian and colonial products, which for
merly went direct to continental ports.
such as Hamburg, Rotterdam or Co
penhagen, are now sent. to the United
kingdom m thence distributed to old
customers in Scandinavian countries
and The Netherlands. Among such
may be mentioned, paper. cinnamon and
other spices largely the product of
the British East Indies), Indian tea,
palm kernels (mainly from British
West Africa) and copra (mainly from
the Straits settlements and Austria
lia). The direct trade of the British
overseas dominions with the port of
Hamburg alone is very great in nor
NAL times,