New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-02

nila,ion Of statistics drawn up from
Tho manifests of examined ships alone
and | would therefore lay particulHi
stross upon the fact that the ngures
obtained by the War Trade Department
are necessarily advertisements OF the
amounts actually shipped. BUY even
from the figures thus obtained IL
nossible 10 show conclusively how mu'n
greater the increases in the Amer'oai,
exports 20 Scandinavian countries anu
The Netherlands have been IMAM Vno
of Great Britain during the hrst nVe
months Of this year. not only IN tne
case of cotton but in that OF almost
every other important commonly
ON the case OF lubricatlng OILS 'ne
increase Of United Kingdom exports 70
Scandinavia and Holland was ,VS.o'v
gallons; the increase OF the uhiteu
States exports during the same Nv
months was 1857 1913 gallons, being
Two times as great as the British in
crease.
THE increase in the re-exports OF un,
manufactured tobacco from the United
Kingdom TO the same countries and
over the same period was 2,g3frZ
hounds: the corresponding united
States increase was 60sl,s lS pounds.
United Kingdom re-exports OF cocoa
have risen from 2.976,143 pounds IN
January-May, 1914. 20 l4,504,0l pounds
in January May, 1915. an increase IN
round numbers Of II 100000. Exports
from the United States for the same
months have risen from 12,3OO pounds
in 1914 10 i6,0l6.000 pounds IN 1918, an
increase of 100000. These hgures
speak for themselves.
an the first five months of 1914 the
United Kingdom re-eXports OF coffee 70
the same countries amounted TO eV,4O'
hundredweight and the exports from
the United States 20 1875 hundred
weight. In the corresponding 1--WE
months OF 1915 the United Kingdom re-
exports were 263, ASS hundredweight,
while the imports from the United
States were 2s5,76O hundred~eight'
showing that the United States exports.
which were formerly much less, are
now greater than those OF the United
Kingdom.
The United Kingdom increase in the
export Of wheat -four TO Scandinavia
and the Netherlands during January
May, 1915, compared with 1914, was A.
045 hundredweight; the United states
increase was 2,555, 1913 hundrecwelght
for the same period.
Everything in the statistics | have
quoted tends to show that the mer-
camille community of the United states
has made profits propOrtionately equal
to or greater than those OF the mer-
camille community of Great Britain IN
respect TO all those demands which have
inevitably arisen in Scandinavia and
the Netherlands as a consequence OF
the closing OF German ports. The total
volume Of the trade of the United
States with those countries has in
creased 800 per cent"
Information Unasked For.
Officials say the note does not neces-
sarily call for an answer, as the British
government was not asked for this ex-
PLANTATION of trade conditions, but adj
vanced the information in purely
gratuitous manner. 1t is believed, how
ever, that an examination Of the figures
cited by Sir Edward Grey will show
that in some instances British opera
tions in restraint of commerce have
actually had depressing effect on
American trade, which does not appear
on the surface of the tabulated figures.
The conclusions reached after exami-
nation Of the British viewpoint will
probably be used to reinforce the argu
ments in the general note TO Great
Britain on restraints on commerce,
which has been prepared in practically
final form and will be dispatched as
soon as the situation with respect to
the German controversy permits.
1t is understood that the cases as
passed upon by the prize courts will
be allowed TO go 10 appeal before any
diplomatic action on them by the United
States is taken. The packers are deter
cd 20 N N
prize court jurisdiction.