The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-03-04
Americas Tra5o

| The following is taken from the columns of the
| :. =. Merchant of Feb 18th
| Ihe last September report of the L. 5. Bureau
o. Statistics OF the Treasury Department is especi
allY valuable. IL covers q very wide range of in
dustrial and commercial subjects, and merits
more tlan ordinary attention. In regard to the
proposed reciprocity treaties Mr.. Nimmo presents
the Commercial features Of the case with great
precision, and whatever determination Congress
may reach II cannot plead ignorance or defective
| information. The statistics before US show ex-
actly the status Of the United States in the for.
elgn commerce Of the countries with which it is
proposed TO ratlfy treaties of trlde and recipro-
city, as wei as with the leading commercial ma
tons of the world.
The merchandise imports for the last September
quarter aggregated SIS, l0O,l97 against SlG6 49,,
u'5 IN the corresponding quarter of the 1883. The
export value Of domestic merchandise in the
September quarter. 1854, was $l5g S2s,5lS con-
trasted with Sl6j,l60Ij4 IN the Seutember quarter
oil lSS5 The bulk of this export trade was done
with British countries in British bottoms, which
SHOWS TIE lnter-dependence of the United States
and the United Kingdom
Our merchandise imports from Mexico. one of
ihe treaty seeking countries, in the last financial
year, were S9,Ol6,4s6; exports of domestic pro-
ducts II the same period Sll,OS9GO We like
wise imported Sl5Ol5,90l in coin and bullion from
Mexico during the financial wear ended June 50
iSSi and exported thereto 1886 SIS in specie. The
years transactions
Mr.. Frelinghuysen has also negotiated Re-
ciproelty treaty with Central America, rIias :
with Guatemala, etc. Now in the last financial
year the United States exported S3OGf lbs domes-
tic merchandise and Sll3,0j5 foreign goods to all
the Central American States, importing there
from S6,l6lr22' Our coin imports aggregated
SSS,3lS and our coin exports totaied Sl93 10 The
balance therefore the past years trade with the
Central American States was against this coun-
try.
Cuba and Porto Rico are to be covered by the
Spanish treaty. We exported SlC, J62 $50 domes-
tic merchandise 10 Cuba in the wear ended June
jOth 1854, and S2,2i6,7S6 TO Porto Rico making a
total export Of ST. S93l6 plus SSt7ST3 of foreign
manufactures. Our merchandise imports from
these Islands were SCI, 0Il953. The trade balance
against Us therefore was So, 22 337 The coin and
bullion imports from Cuba and Porto Rico
amounted TO S5,2S5 2sl5 IN the same twelve-mOnth
and the exports to S53S5,Sf3
Hayti is another of the more highly favored ma
tons, and its consumption OF American products
III the last fiscal year was 81 16l GS aud Of foreign
products bought in America. S34 2j6. We like
wise sent % haytl IN the same year SISS5Ss in
specie Our Imports were :, 3S9 I73 in merchan-
disc ana SluV,u2o IN coin The balance in our IA
vor on the year was therefore about S4JOOOO. San
Domingo Is 'ColOred Republic located in the
next field to the "Black Republic of Hayti and it
Is fair TO presume that it also desires to recpro
cate with America. We exported to San Domingo
all told, last fiscal wear 81 10000 of which nearly
one-tWelith was coin, and we imported l.4S6 460,
50 the trade may be called level
England would like the British West Indies TO
participate with Cuba and Porto Rico in the ad-
yantages of an open American market and for
that reason so also would Great Britain itself.
Oar exports 70 the British West Indies in the year
under review was $ 907, $50. ofswhich S2g6 O7O
represented foreign merchandise and about &c.,
OOO was IN specie. Our imports on the year were
SlO,le4St3, the coin and bullion in this total being
SSS24 In round figures there was a balance
against rs on the years trade of 10000.
As Hawaii Is a treaty power it is not necessary
to allude to It specifically in this connection, nor
indeed should 1t be so considered. Hawaii is
American territory. The capital in
vested in its plantations and business Is American
Its commerce IS carried in American vessels, its
supplies are drawn from America. and TO America |
it naturally looks for market for its produce.