[[2]] Our exports to Canada in that year amounted to $410,786,000; those of the United Kingdom, $132,071,000. Our imports from Canada were $176,948,000; the imports of the United Kingdom, $222,322,000 (Canadian figures). Statesman's Year Book, 1915, p. 285.
[[3]] Jamaican imports (1913-14). From the U. S., £1,326,723; from the U. K., 1,088,309. Exports: to the U. S., £1,396,086; to the U. K., £424,491 (Jamaican figures). Statesman's Year Book, 1915, p. 327.
[[4]] Naturally our proportion of the trade would be still greater if Canada and Jamaica were within the American customs union.
[[5]] Statesman's Year Book, 1915, p. 149.
[[6]] In 1913 the trade of the United Kingdom with British possessions was still greater, though it formed in that year a smaller percentage of the entire trade of the country. Statesman's Year Book, 1915, p. 77. The trade of the United Kingdom with foreign countries was considerably less (in 1913) than was that of Germany.
[[7]] "Colonial Administration," pp. 210-11.
[[8]] Op. cit. "It has further been shown that in the foreign trade of Great Britain the export of manufactured goods is declining while that of raw material and machinery is increasing."
[[9]] "Germany's Colonial Policy," in "Modern Germany in Relation to the Great War." New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1916, p. 152. See also "British White Book," a report on Colonial Preferences given in various countries. Oct. 21, 1909, No. 296. For an able analysis of the results of the open and the closed door in colonies see Jöhlinger (Otto), "Die Koloniale Handelspolitik der Weltmachte," (Volkswirtschaftliche Zeitfragen) Vol. XXXV, Berlin, 1914.
[[10]] Statesman's Year Book, 1915, pp. 893-94.
[[11]] Statesman's Year Book, 1915, p. 882.