Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-12-20

kets of South and Central America. the
far east, and even in neutral Euro
pean countries, so that the practical
cessation of direct trade with Ger
many Austria Hungary Belgium and
Turkey is more than compensated by
the opening up of new markets.
The secretary of the treasury, in
his report for the year ending June
so, 1915, which has just been pub
lished. says: What extraordinary re-
suits have been achieved in the brief
period since December. 1914. During
the year there has been a steady
healthy forward movement in every
line of activity, until now prosperity
has been firmly established through
out the country From all points OF
view. therefore it appears that the
European war has proved rather bene-
fetal than otherwise to American
trade and industry. while any sug-
gestion that Great Britain is attempt
ing to use the military situation for
the purpose of hampering American
trade is utterly refuted by the actual
facts and figures.
Among the British products all ar
ticles show a decrease in the total
quantity exported, with the few unim-
portant exceptions of malt, rice. lard,
cocoanut oil and palm oil.
ANY increase in British exports of
cotton and wooden goods TO these
Scandinavian countries and to the
allies of Great Britain is largely due
to the fact that the French and
Belgian textile industry districts are
in German occupation. while the out
put of the German industry itself is
considerably cUrtailed by the lack of
labor for other than war industries;
these countries have therefore in
creased their imports from the nearest
available source, which is the United
Kingdom"
Then tables are given showing that
exports from New York to Norway.
Sweden and Denmark. during the
first thirteen months Of the war in
creased $S4226,966 over the same
period year before, while exports to
Germany decreased $S4,91S.OS1. In
this connection a commerce report of
the United States is quoted as saying
that customs returns of the Scandl-
navian countries all show a smaller
volume Of imports from America since
the war began. The memorandum
continues:
Now, if the customs returns OF
Norway. Sweden and Denmark show
that imports from the United States
have decreased since the war. while
the official returns of the United
states department of commerce show,
on the other hand. that they have
enormously increased, it seems ieglu-
mate in the absence of any other
explanation. to assume that the Cnted
States figures represent the amount
of goods shipped from the UniteH
states to the scandinavian countries
and that the customs figures of the
Scandinavian countries represent that
DroportiOn of the goods exported from
the United States which paid duty
and were entered for consumption III
those countries while the considerable
difference represents the amount oil
goods exported from the hlIeu
states which. on arrival IN the sean
dinavian countries. were reShlppeu
largely to Germany The fact tha'
Tho increase in shipments from New
York to Norway. Sweden ana zen
marx during the first thirteen months
~ tho war exactly balances the de-
crease in shipments to Germany dur
+bo same period is extremely sig
nificant c -
The figures quoted above from the
officiaI reports Of the department OF
commerce conclusively provide tha'
the export trade of the United states
has not suffered the inevitable re-
strictions on neutral commerce ue-
rived from the state of war. and tna'
there is no vestige of fluctuatlon ioI
the insinuation that Great Britain has
taken advantage of war CONDITIONS
and of the measures necessitated by
military considerations in order Z.
increase British exports to neutral
countries at the expense Of American
trade