The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-11
Germany Manufacture for America?

Germany Manufacture for America
The annual average exports from |
Germany to the Allied powers lthe [
Emitted Kingdom. France Russia and .
ltulyJ ipr Nh" five-ycar period 1909 .
-. tNial"d $3.50. G00. 900, while The 4
annual average value OF Germany
from these four powers fO-
~" same period was S7i3.6oO.0G0.
an average balance Of trade against
German" and in favor Of tho Allies
NJ $4,000 1000. On the other hand
mo lasl year Of this period 1919,
Germany purchases from the four
powers Worc valued al tTCE .G24 600.
which Tas considerably less than
the value Of IT'S exports 10 them. &C
cUrdnE to the Annaligt Tho Ger
man protective tariff police. govern
Wcnt back caricls. and the thousand
nnd ono tricks OF trade known To the
Germans were forcing the shoulder
oI III" rest Of Europe 10 the map n
rs generally believed that this wa
tho underlying cause OF tho present
European war. il began as war
for commercial supremacy, but the
Paris pact Of the Allies. aud the vi
emma agreement Of the Central pow
.ts. indicate that neither group now
believes that Tho termination ri TIA"
wal WIZ lind the other PROSTATE.
on TN" contrary. IN" great nations
now at war viii emerge from Nh"
airurrlc better equipped than ever
before tor world wide trade compete
iton Tho war win have increased
lmm'asurahly the efficiency Of cvory
nation engaged in IT.; the ranks of
labor viii be swollen by mon hitheT-
to unacguaintod With factory work.
and by millions of female operatives.
IN" Central powers win cooperate
with each other. Hs VIII the Allied
among thrsclyuB. in group contest
ioi the control of the markets of The
rest OF tho world and ne govern
m"ni8' VIII back trade to the limit.
Tho New York Auualist recently
gave tahulatiOn containing seventy
ON" articles "Germany's principal
imports from the Allies" \ study of
this table shows that quite seventy
pos cont Nc those imports were crude
OF soWi.rrudc materials. which wcrc
imported by Germany. turned into
Finished product and distributed
throughout the world. many Of thcm
returning 10 the country of their
crude origin.
An analysis ~ our own trade with
Germany makes a similar showing
During The fiscal year 1919 our OK
ports to Germany. both foreign and
domestic totaled 1907 .0On.o0o. or
this sum twenty domestic articles.
crude. or semIn-crudc. made up
S21" 0u0.o0h, They are cotton.
corn wheat, copper ingots. fertilizer.
apples dried fruits. furs and shua.
upper leather, oclo oil. lard. rosin
ard tutpon'iuc cotfnnseod oil gaso-
iine. kerosene lubficptug ana y,gc-
tahie oils unmanufacturcd tobacco.
and lumber Raw cotton alone made
np nearly fifty per cent OF our exports
to Germany FOR this year. while cop
per pigs aud ingots totalcd SIS 900
Uuo. In 1871 our exports TO Ger
many tOtaled S332.U0U 600. the above
mcntlorod articles making IN S2o5.-
100000 OF the total During nine
months OF the fiscal year 1914 tho
Underwood tarir law was in opera
ton. and al first sight il would APP
PEAR that our export trade with
HetWany was prespering. But
$lS2 600 90" of the total. or flts-
Eve per cent, was raw cotton. which
went to Germany for manufacture
INTO cotton goods. some OF which
came back 10 this country TO dispIace
similar goods manufactured by nur
own mills and others competed with
American goods in foreign territory.
Cotton cloths imported by IT'S from