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Harold Cox. Are We Ruined by the Germans?
Are We Ruined by the Germans?
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. Our Expanding Trade
THE ART OF EXAGGERATION
THE WHOLE TRUTH
OUR TOTAL TRADE FOR TEN YEARS
Ten Years’ Trade of the United Kingdom
OUR IMPORTS OF GOLD AND SILVER
The Movements of Bullion and Specie
EXCESS OF IMPORTS OVER EXPORTS
THE WORLD’S TRIBUTE
OUR ENTREPÔT TRADE
Our Entrepôt Trade and our Home Trade
CHAPTER II. Germany: One of Our Best Customers
Our Total Trade with German Ports
A VERY SATISFACTORY TRADE
Analysis of our Trade with German Ports
OUR PRINCIPAL CUSTOMERS
Trade of the United Kingdom with the following Countries
Trade of the following Countries with the United Kingdom
THE ALARMIST’S ARTS
A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE POLICY
Trade of the following British Possessions with the United Kingdom and with Germany
CHAPTER III. Picturesque Exaggerations
THE ALKALI TRADE
Exports of Alkali from the United Kingdom
Diagram of the Quantities of British Alkali Exported
CHEMICAL MANURES
Exports of Chemical Manures from the United Kingdom
SOME SUPPOSITIONS ABOUT SALT
Exports of British Salt
Indian Imports of Salt
CHEMICAL DYE STUFFS
Values of Dye Stuffs Exported
FANCY SOAPS AND FANCY ASSERTIONS
Exports of Soap from the United Kingdom
CHAPTER IV. More Misrepresentations
“ICHABOD! OUR TRADE HAS GONE.”
Production of Pig Iron
COMPARISONS SAID TO BE “ODIOUS.”
Iron and Steel Goods
STATISTICAL LEGERDEMAIN
Fifteen Years of British Shipbuilding
SHIPS BUILT FOR FOREIGNERS
Ships Built by us for Foreigners
WAR-SHIPS FOR FOREIGNERS
War Vessels Built for Foreigners
MACHINERY AND STEAM ENGINES
Exports of Machinery of All Kinds
TEXTILES
COTTON YARN AND THE PRICE THEREOF
THE DAYS OF BIG FORTUNES
Textiles
Piece Goods, etc. Ten Years’ Exports. In Millions of Yards
LINEN, SILK, AND WOOLLENS
THE EXPANSION OF OUR WOOLLEN INDUSTRY
Persons Employed in Woollen and Worsted Mills
THE NATURE OF GERMAN COMPETITION
THE “PERCENTAGE TRICK.”
CHAPTER V. Our Growing Prosperity
Twenty-Five Years’ Shipping to and from Ports of the United Kingdom
British and Foreign Shipping
THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR RAILWAYS
The Railways of the United Kingdom
LENGTHENING TRAM LINES
POST OFFICE EXPANSION
EVER-GROWING INCOMES
Income Tax Assessments
Yield per Penny of the Income Tax
REDUCTION OF NATIONAL DEBT
The Indebtedness of the Nation
SOME STAPLE COMMODITIES
Consumption of Cotton, Wool, and Coal in the United Kingdom
PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC EXPENDITURE
Tea, Sugar, and Tobacco
CHAPTER VI. Let Well Alone
THE CASE FOR PROTECTION
THE ALLEGED EXPANSION OF GERMAN TRADE
British and German Trade Compared
WOULD PROTECTION HELP US?
ON WHAT SHALL WE LAY A TAX?
A NEW ROAD TO FORTUNE
INTER-IMPERIAL TRADE
Imports into the following British Possessions
THE COST TO THE COLONIES
Trade of British Possessions with Germany
WHAT CAN WE OFFER?
Colonial versus Foreign Goods
DIVERGENT AMBITIONS
A DREAM OR A NIGHTMARE?
DOES TRADE UNITE?
A NEXUS STRONGER THAN CASH
CHAPTER VII. Conclusion
NOT ONLY A PROTECTIONIST PAMPHLET
TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND THE METRIC SYSTEM
NO SIGNS OF DECAY
THE CRY OF “WOLF!”
APPENDIX
THE “ADVOCATUS DIABOLUS.”
NOT A PROTECTIONIST PAMPHLET
THE CHARGE OF DATE-COOKING
“ARTFUL AND INGENIOUS.”
THE ABUSE OF STATISTICS
EXCESS OF IMPORTS OVER EXPORTS
THE ALKALI TRADE
THE CHEMICAL MANURE TRADE
SOAP IMPORTS FROM GERMANY
IMPORTS OF IRON
A “PETTY ACCUSATION.”
FANCIFUL FOREBODINGS?
A WARNING
