COLOMBIA  123

ters  in  the  interior.  The  English  are  the  next
largest  investors,  followed  by  the  French.
Colombia  in  1913  imported  goods  to  the
value  of  $28,535,780  and  exported  products
worth  $34,315,252.  Of  these  amounts  the
United  States  shipped  her  27  per  cent.,  Great
Britain  20  per  cent,  and  Germany  14  per  cent.
Colombia  shipped  us  55  per  cent,  of  her  products, ­
  to  Great  Britain  16  per  cent,  and  to  Germany ­
  9*4  per  cent.  Expressed  in  figures  we
bought  from  Colombia  $18,861,880  and  sold
her  $7,629,000.  It  is  obvious  that  we  should
do  a  much  larger  trade  with  the  country,  especially ­
  when  it  is  practically  next  door  to  us.
Our  trade  with  her  in  textiles  now  is  $1,500,000
against  England’s  $3,500,000.  In  this  one
line  we  should  be  able  to  make  a  100  per  cent,
increase.
Colombia  exports  coffee,  gold,  emeralds,
platinum,  rubber,  tagua  nuts,  hides,  skins,
feathers,  bananas,  hats,  and  requires  textiles,
foodstuffs,  flour,  kerosene,  railway  supplies,
hardware,  machinery,  medicines,  paper,
metals,  wines  and  liquors.