New-York tribune., 1892-01-07
INCREASE IN EXPORTS OF FLOUR.
THE RECIPROCITY TREATY MAKES BIG DE-
MAND IN THE WEST INDIES.

THE RECIPROCITY TREATY MAKES A BIG DE-
MAND IN THE WEST INDIES.
Only few days ago the duty on flour to be shipped
10 the West indies was decreased by the reciprocity
treaty Already it IS evident that the trade in that
particular line between this port and the West lhueo
will be enormous. Last year when shippers were ne
dulred 10 pay a duty OF 50 80 barrel the shipments
were next to nothing but since the new law went into
effect -four shippers have done good business, but u
is nothing they say, to what they Will do In the near
fuup.
"As the duty -four was not taken on untl Jahu
arv l. the shippers have hardly had time to take ad
vantage OF the law said W. H. r. Hughes, OF the
New York and Cuba Mail steamship Company, yeser-
day "The time however, is sufficient to see that an
enormous trade in -four will result as the orders for
shipments have already been large The result OF the
new law will DC a great surprise TO some people
month from now"
The present rate, established by the recent con-
ces,ions is now 81 for 100 hogrammes and the imne-
date influence IS in the fact that the New orR
and Cuba Mall steamship Company has carried In It's
vessels sailing and 10 arrive on or since January
900 bags of flour for Havana and other Cuban ports
This amount Of course, is somewhat augmented be-
cause the merchants in Cuba anticipated the ehect Oi
the law and had no stock Of spanish nour on hand JAN
uary l.
At the Office Of the COmpania Transatlantic EspaNoia
1t was learned that the steamship Mexico, which sailed
on December 30. carried cargo Of 1000 bags Of nour
or about one half her capacity The steamship labana
sailing January 10. has engged 10 load about 4,OoO
bags more THE merchant, In Havana seem to have
learned a lesson by their experience with lard ON sep
tember l. when they imported much that there was
no market and the lard being in danger OF spong was
cheaper in lavnna than In New York. said the agent
II looks now a, If the regular business in carrying
-four would DE from half onethird Of our cares
In July when practically everything viii be free or
lowered our business will be greatly increased
Wavdcn 4 Co.. NO. 2l Old slip, said they had carried
about 900 bags Of four consigned to the ports OF
Caibaricn. sagla Matsnzas san Jago and CienfutgoS
Miller Bull & CO.. in The Journal Of Commerce
Building agents for the New-York and Porto Rico
steamship Company, have already dispatched the
Parthian for san Juan the Euripdes for Mayaguez,
Acradllla ard Arecibo, and the Smcaton Tower foi
Ponce Arroyo and HumacaO with cargoes agg1egatlng
1900 bags and sent by sail five cargoes aggre-
gatug 900 bags more.
We already carry nearly all of the manufactured
article, used on the island and when the rest " the
concession goes into effect shall furnish them win
all they import except such articles Europe can nat
urally furnish "A lower price sad the company
Porto Rico has imported more -four in proportion 10
is population than Cuba. II Is reported that dboD
bag, have been ordered for export from Baltimore
alone which is more than 10 per cent OF the whOe
cNports from the United states for the last year 10
bDth of these Islands.