The latest edition of Metric Today (just received here on my farm)
contains a neat "reprint" from a U.S. House of Representatives report of
1860. This reprint includes two tables showing the values of imports and
exports to and from (1) metric nations and (2) non-metric nations. In
each case the metric nations trade was significantly greater than the
non-metric nations trade with the U.S. And that was 15 years before the
Treaty of the Meter!
It might bore folks to see a country-by-country list as is shown in this
report, but the bottom line comparison should show a stark contrast.
Perhaps someone can peruse the pages of the ITA or similar source to
develop a "factoid" showing that our trade with metric nations is vastly
larger than our trade with non-metric nations. With just two figures to
compare, the message should be clear.
"In 2010 U.S. exports to metric nations had a value of $xxx and U.S.
exports to non-metric nations had a value of $yyy."
Jim
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