The Washington herald., 1915-10-02
British Governments Reply to Charges
OF Discrimination Against u. S. Trade


try has actually been supplying more
rubber to the United states at the ex-
pense of other neutrals. while American
exporters have taken advantage OF this
to shin increased quantities Of rubber to
Scandinavia and the Netherlands.
In the case of Iubricating oils. the in
crease Of United Kingdom exports 10
Scandinavia and Holland was 1o3,57O gal
Ions; the increase Of the United States
exports during the same fVe months was
3S57, 80: gallons, being five times as great
as the British increase
The increase in the re-exports of un-
I manufactured tobacco from the United
Kingdom to the same countries and over
the same period was 2.93I,244 pounds; the
corresponding United States increase was
6,GI,4s pounds. The British increase is
mainly due to the diversion of tobacco
grown in the British Dominions from Con-
tinental to United Kingdom ports. The
re-exports of manufactured tobocco from
the United Kingdom have actually de-
clincd, while exports Of this commodity
from the United States to Scandinavia
and the Netherlands have hitherto been
relatively insignificant. 1t is therefore
altogether improbable that the United
States can have lost trade in tobacco in
consequence Of the measures taken by his
majesty's government.
United Kingdom re-exports Of cocoa
have risen from 2,976. 143 pounds in Janu-
ary-May. 1914. to l4.5O4. OLE pounds in Jam
uary-May 1915. an increase, In round
numbers, of 100000. Exports from the
United states for the same months have
risen from 1890 pounds in 1914 to 16,-
Ol6.OOO pounds in 1915. an increase Of l6.-
100000. These figures speak for them
selves.
In the first five months of 1914 the
United Kingdom re-exports of coffee to
the same countries amounted to S0,40
hundredweight. and the exports from the
United States to 1876 hundredweight. In
the corresponding five months Of 1915 the
United Kingdom re-exports were 263, ,4sS
hundredweight, while the imports from
the United States were 2S5.10 hundred
weight. showing that the United States
exports, which were formerly much less.
are now greater than those Of the United
Kingdom.
In the case of rice. the increased re-
export from the United Kingdom.
which amounted to 193.45s hundred
weight for the period under review.
was entirely due to the diversion to
the United Kingdom ports of the large
trade in Indian rice formerly carried
on through Hamburg and other Con-
tinental ports. The exports from the
United States have increased from 262
hundred-weight in January-May. 1914.
to 1880 hundredweight in January
May, 1915, an increase of 21.53S hun
dredweight.
The United Kingdom increase in the
export of wheat flour to Scandinavia
and the Netherlands during January
May. 1915. compared with 1914. was
47.045 hundredweight:t the United States
increase was 2.555.593 hundredweight
for the same period.
For the same period the United King
dom increase in the export of barley
to Scandinavia and the Netherlands
was 249.512 hundredweight: the United
States increase. 2.016.s92 hundred
weight.
could point to many other in
stances of similar proportionate in
creases in the exports of the United
States to Scandinavia and the Neither
lands as compared with exports to the
same countries from the United King
dom during the last five months. In
to the great majority Of ar
ticles for which figures OF United
States trade can be given the increases
in this trade are greater. and in some
cases very considerably greater. than
the increases in the United Kingdom
trade.
Everything in the statistics have
quoted tends to show that the mercantile
community Of the United States has
made profits proportionately equal to or
greater than those of the mercantile
of Great Britain in respect
to all those demands which have inevita-
bly, arisen in Scandinavia and the Meth
erlands as a consequence OF the closing
of German ports. The total volume Of
the trade of the United States with these
countries has increased 800 per cent. as
your excellency will see from the ac-
table. taken from the United
States official Monthly Summary Of
Foreign Commerce which shows the
value Of the total exports
Of the United States to Scandinavian
countries and the Netherlands during the
first FIVE months of 1914 and 1915. The
value OF the total increase in those ex-
ports during this period amounted tc
s1i5, ,65SOO.
| have. etc. E. GREY.