The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-26
HOLLAND is LOSING
IN FOREIGN TRADE
Virtually Everything Now Imported
from Oversee Has to Be Guaran-
teed as Being for Neutral
Destination.
Destination.

The Hague Netherlands, March 90
Disloeation of the foreign trade of Hol
land, resulting from the restrictions upon
her imports and exports imposed by th'
belligerents in their economic struggle
rs emphasized by DR.. John Loudon, thu
! Dutch minister for foreign affairs, anC
| F. L. Posthuma, minister of agriculture
industry and commerce. Their report
now made public, holds particular inter
est for America, as it deals in part witt
the restrictions imposed upon the impor
! tation of American goods
Virtually everything now imported by
Holland from oversee, including good,
from Hollands own colonies, the minis
tens assert, has TO be guaranteed by the
| Netherlands oversee trust as being fol
neutral destination and consumption
Even then, the entente allies permit nc
goods TO be imported by Holland until
they ascertain whether the various ar
ticles are needed for normal consumption
in that country. While this investiga-
tion il in progress, the importatinns are
detained by the entente even when they
come from Dutch colonies, America, or
other neutral countries Owing to oblec.
tions on the part of the British govern.
ment, imports guaranteed by the oversee
trust sometimes are held mp for months
after their arrival in Holland.
Expectations for Holland virtually are
limited to articles originating in neutral
countries This means that Holland can
not export goods in which more than p
per cent of the raw materials came from
helligerent countries,
Earnest objections have been raised
against the action Of Great Britain in
imposing regulations and restrictions
upon Hollands exports, while permitting
their own subjects to export the same
goods to neutral countries, under eondi-
tions which the Dutch manufacturers are
willing to observe BY this action, the
ministers said. Dutch products are re-
placed by products Of other countries.
Dutch exports and imports by over
land routes are checked by prohibitions
upon transportation issued by the central
powers. The contraband list OF the Teu-
tonic allies has been extended with dam
aging effect upon Hollands trade.
The blacklist system put into effect by
some Of the belligerents is declared by
the Dutch ministers TO have made it i'm
possible for many Dutch firms to do bust
ness.
Obstacles placed by Great Britain in
the way OF regular importations from
America of ubricating oils benzine,
gasoline and petroleum have had serious
effect The British demand that rubber
goods and electro technical materials
shall not be imported direct from Amer
lea but must come via Great Britain,
has caused a scarcity OF those goods.
Hospitals are suffering from shortage
of rubber gloves as one effect of this re-
striction.
Holland has also felt severely the pro
hibition of export from Germany OF raw
for the manufacture OF iron
and steel. Various industries have been
obliged to restrict production and Others
to stop all work, causing unemployment.
Agriculture and market gardening has
suffered because of restraint of imports-
ton of fertilizers and cattle forage from
South America and upon agricultural i'm
plements. Ships repeatedly have been
compelled to leave in British ports ma |
.erials destined for tie governments ar
tillery works. Further shipments Tor 7
America were, in consequence, stopped /
until the materials already shipped had |
been released, often after long negotla- /
ions. When new shipments were made, !
hese sometimes suffered the same delay. Z