ANXIETY FOR DOLLARS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 66, 20 March 1915, Page 4

ANXIETY FOR DOLLARS.

America appears to be terribly alarmed that she may lose some dollars, and is making much outcry at the Allies’ very proper blockade of German ports. In the middle of January, while Washington was officially contending that American trade bad been seriously interlined with by Great Britain’s naval blockade, Californian exporters were frankly admitting that they were well pleased with results since the outbreak of hostilities/ A message from San Francisco states that al an exporters’ convention held there it wan stated that the European

War Inul brought more trade to California from Great Britain. Figures quoted show that from August Ist to December 31st, 1914, the value of California’s exports to Great Britain, with the corresponding totals for the previous year, was as follows: 1911 Dels.. ! August 1,012,744 September ... ... ... 1,754.088 October 3,874,426, November, 1,822,184 i 1913. Dots. I August 758,505, September ... ... ... 973,027 October ... ... ... 2.074.722! November ... ... ... 1,559,844 Those figures refer to general trade. and not to particular articles. If, anything, trade has improved since January. Delia r-greed, however, is blinding the United States to several . .1 things, not least important of which is that Britain is fighting for her life—and the life of. America also.