New-York tribune., 1892-01-01

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Tie total imports Of coffee. hides. sugar and mo-
iasses into the United States during the year ended
June 30. $780, amounted to So01 4O4.Oe4. OF Which,
as appears from the foregoing table, about so per cent
Was produced In or ported from the countries therein
named The total exports Of domestic merchandise
from the United States to ali foreign countries IN 'he
same year amounted 10 $S45 233,52o, OF whch u ap
pears that exports TO the countries named above con-
etituted about 10 12 per cent The total imports INTO
the United States from all foreign countries IN the
same year amounted to S76031O.4O9. OF whlch I'M
ports the countries above named constituted about
80 1.2 per cent Nearly "a per cent OF the entire
foreign trade Of the United States last year. there
fore. was with countries future trade with whieh
Is to be benefited by reciprocity agreements ohsed OH
the authority granted by the third section OF the ne
farious Mckinley law"-provisons which Free Iraoers
have vociferousy denounced as "a h'inbue ana
authority which Roswell p Flower elegantly described
as reciprocity with string to It,
Again, the countries named export TO the Cnited
States 67 cent OF all the cohee 10 per cent
Of all the hides and SO per cent OF all the sugar
npoted into the United states. All Of then IN con-
sideration OF the free admission Of those articles ho
the United states have granted 10 the manufacturer
and producers OF this country concessions whch VIII
be OF inestimabe valuo. This Is TACT winch rre'
Traders may be blind to- but which they cannot succes
fly dsny Every reader OF these dispatches knows that
the q, mort trade of the United States has already been
greatly stimulated and has shown steady ana r@pu
increase as regards the countries with which reciprocity
agreements have already gone into erect a'noush
the first one has been in operation only nine months
and two others only four months. During INC hiS'
two months after the agreement with Spain as TO Cuoa
and Porto Rico went into operation, eApors """
the United States To those islands increased *oZioo"
on seventeen articles alone as compared with eA-
ports for the corresponding period OF 1890 ms WIS
nm increase OF more than co per cent. IL Is " .. W
remcmbered too, that the agreement with Spain VIII
MT become fully operative until July /, lo92' "heh
n large number Of articles now dutiabe Will oe "u
mi,ted free OF duty at greatly reducco ra'es.
The Cnhan duty on -four to-day Is $5 S3 barrel
tomorow IL will be less than VI barrel or ~ ior
900 pounds II il be produced IN ana expor'u 'v 'o
limited states. The duty on whe&t, winch 10 % %
hundred weight to-day, will be only ~ cent" ioi
900 pounds tomorrow, or reduction from ~ '.'''7
10 8 cents bushel OF 60 pounds The outy OH "ou,
,mnornd into Porto Rico from the United states 'ouay
4, a. AZ q barrel tomorrow the rate VIII DC less ''
NJ barrel provided the -four be OF OnHeu stA"s Pv
auction and manufacture, and the ra'e VI, ""F". "
fall from 40 $40 cents hundred weight OF @9'io
cents a bushel, to 80 cents for 22o poohus' Goo
cents q busheI During the year ended June ''o ioo,
IN. total exports of wheat and -four from the oheu
states 10 Cuba and Porto Rico amounted 10 Si
or about oneelghth Of the entire exports "o'n ~
limited states 10 those islands The quah1V u 80" ~.
oo,r was abou. 4OsO0O barrels. 1t is known 'a'
g., baltimore alone 100000 barrels OF wheat honr nave
,.dv hon ordered for the spanish West India Market
In anticipation of the reduced rates which 20 ino
.osct to.morrow. In accordance with the re"proe"S
agreement .,,.. ..,,c,s. ,,s
The agreement In force includes arueie' % .s0
total exports Of which TO Cuba ahd ro''o N'e' s.d
49, Y,n,..a st.tes amounted during the year epded
Iuns 40 1900 10 s8657 634, about 4o per cent u
The tota for that year. OF this sum soso4.l4a was
represented by articles which are now admitted ron
the United states free of duty, and s7o349o was rsp
resented BY articles upon which tile rates OF u"'.'
when imported from the United states. nave oceh
dueed 20 TO 90 per cent. On ana ai'cr sa,ua,
1892. the agreement will cover arne'es "." =, ,hs
-.s.r.A as3o2 93A or more than 81 per cent OF the
tots exports from the United States to those sandS
anr,ng the year ended Jane go 1soo ana ths daues