The Washington times., 1915-02-27

The facts are exactly to the contrary.
These questions have been asked by
some of the experts In international
trade relations, and their attempts to
reach satisfactory answers have dcvei-
oped some most impressive facts con-
corning the present status and the fu-
ture prospects fer this ccmn cree.
In 1913-which. by the way. is going 10
be the basis Of calculations on this sub
ject for a long time to come, on the
ground that 1t was the latest normal
year before the war in Europe-the
United States exported more OF its prod
ucts to the countries north OF Panama
than did any other country.
Of Mexico. Central America. and the IN,
dependent West Indies. the United
the other countries In the world.
These statements are based on calcu-
lations from the authoritative com
mercial agencies of the governments.
ward steadily and rapidly. In COM
mercial way. 1t has conquered every
thing this side OF the canal, and 1t Is
sweeping on southward. In the coun-
tries Immediately beyond the canal its
grip is most Impressive; but it Is push
ing right onward toward Cape Horn. and
the preliminary figures for the period
| since the great war started indicate that
the tide has turned strongly In our di-
rection In every country OF South
| America.
Over Half From United States.
Take the group Of ten countries this
| side of Panama. In 1913 the United
States sold more goods to them than all
| the rest Of the world together. To be
accurate. b26 per cent Of all their i'm
Ports were from the United States.
This was more than four times as
much as the second-b best country, Great
Britain. was able to claim.
The figures for this group of the
middle Americas are 10 impressive that
1t seems worth while to give some de-
! tailed attention to them. In Mexico the
imports from the United states in 1913
| were, in value, 4y.1 per cent of the total.
Great Britain has 1872, Germany, 12s;
France, 81. and all other countries an
| aggregate of H.s per cent
These figures make 1t plain that the
United States has swept everything be-
! fore II in that country. Spain long main
| appears among the minors under fhe
generalization Of all others.
The like showing is made for Guate'
msla where o per cent sta,s OF the inp0re1 pe1
cent from Germany. l64 from Grea,
Britain. 1 per cent from France and ~
per cent from all others
Salvador bought 4o:3 per cent from the
4
lis per cent from Germany. 6.S per cent
from France. and 15.5 per cent iron
| others.
Go right on down through the list
| Honduras. Nicaragua. Costa Rica, Pan
anna Cuba. Santo Domingo and Haiti
| in the ten states from Panama north II
70 found that eight bought a ma ajority
! Of their imports from the United States
| Their percentages OF purchases in this
country were. for Haiti. 12.6; for Santt
! domingo 62.3: for Cuba. SIS; for Pana
! MA, 5i.S: for Costa Rica. 51.4: for Mica
ragua, 5l.3: for Honduras. 6,.i; for Qua
! tcmala, J02: even the two countries tha
gave us less than half their business
came close to that share. for We haf
-0.3 per cent in Salvador and 49,, pei
| cent in Mexico.
Outlook In Mexico Bright.
| In only one OF these ten states did an!
other single country even do half d!
much business as did the United States
That one exception is Salvador, wher,
the British had $50 per cent agaius
the i0.3 per cent of the United States.
| 1t would be a mistake to assume tha
these figures are unimportant. Thi.
group OF States not only buy yer,
large volume OF goods from the outsid,
world. but their importations have beer
increasing very fast in recent year.
even despite the war in Mexico witt
the return OF peace in Mexico the hole
OF the United States in that country i.
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