The evening times., 1896-08-26


f.port showing the experts declared Tor
the United States from all the leading
= Countries of Tie world for the quarter end
ing March 81 last. 1t is the second report
of The Kind ever made. The figures in
,lu,led i'll II iaI G heretofore been put III the
consular reports, and thus scattered through
d number of pamphlets. They are now
gaihered in one cover, fifty-six pages
Some facts that are probably not sus-
- pected 10y most Americans are indicated by
Tie tables given. For example, il is shown
that in spite of the Cuban war the total
value Of exports from that island was the
huge amount of $40 1872 ,9S9.45. This is
about tiie same as The total from Germany,
and that from France, and is more than
that from Italy.
II is more than ten times as much as
from ali the rest of Spain, and more than Il
third AZ much as from the United Kingdom
al England. Scotland, Ireland and Wales,
The total from those countries hcinE about
SIS. 500. 600 The total from Brazil is
about SIl $50 COO. TIE amount from Rio
de Jan,iro is So. 1872 ,642 10 against So
S4i .66s3 sc from Liverpool, the largest
total for any city in the world except Paris.
Nothing AT all is reported from London.
The report from Rio covers the single item
OF coffee.
Ii has been supposed that the United
States receives large quantities of coffee
from Java and Arabia. Neatly every fam
=. .ly that feels able to use the best coffee buys
Nowadays what is called mixture of
Java and Mocha in equal proportions. The
Mocha. OF course. should come from the
abiaD city OF that name.
COFFEE AND SUGAR.
But not a word is said of declarations of
coffee from any port III Arabia, and the
items from Dutch India show only S3,e37
worth Of coffee from Samarang and $685.
? 1S2.44 from Macassar, the two principal
Javaaese ports. Other reports from coffee
from the old world are: Amsterdam, 81 90
24l.22, and Rotterdam, $4O,3l9.03. These
amounts probably represent Java coffee,
ss both ports are Dutch, and Java is a
Dutch dependency.
Germany Cuba, Brazil and Java furnish
most OF the imported sugar. Pernambuco,
Brazil, sends 81 ,l1s,164.35 worth; Sama-
rang, 81 ,2l3,Tl2; Brunswick, Germany,
S6Gu, 600. DanZig, S6l4 ,oS1.iT: Hamburg,
S746.i93.5s; MadgeburG, 81 ,04S 900; Gu
ba. So ,31o, ,590.42 from Havana and S42S,-
DISCS from Cienfuegos: DemaraTa, British
Guiana, 81 .lG6, ,uS5.Si; Vera Cruz, Mexico,
81 &C. ,21n.23: Hong Kong, S5G6,l3o.
lthas been supposed for many years that
America receives large quantities Of straw
goods from Leghorn, as Leghorn hats are
regular trade article throughout the
country. But the report does not show a
hat or straw from Leghorn. The prin-
cPal items from that town are argOls, for
cream ar tartar. SOS ,36I 30. and iron ore,
S92, 2I5.62; olive oil, Ss5,I97.l2, and
hemp. S42 2G5.S5 Hats are exported
to us from Florence TO the amount of Sl65.-
465, and straw goods, S13.l21. Another
product being very generally offered on
the Washington market this year is china
ware of various kinds marked from Carls-
bad, hut no export isdeclared from Carlsbad
arall. II may come however, through some
other German place
FROM NEIGHRoRING COUNTRIES.
= Cologne sent only 81 5000 worth of
cologne water, but Sl24,22l 81 of bar
and spegel iron.
Germany furnished n large amount of
chemicals, as follows: Frankfort, S363.-
163. So; AiN, S34 ,313.72: Berlin, S75,-
1850; Brunswick, 81 IL 1870; Freiburg.
S3T, 1875; Hamburg. S153 .945.35; Mann
helm, 500 ,s23.l3: Barmen. S232,139.S9
Berlin is credited with nearly all the
8'hhN -nliht tiOlillnE uctldItu from any
place in the quarter under consideration
The figures are SIG. ,O1s5I. Barmen sent
1921 ,9ss.il worth of cutlery, Sl33 55l .73
OF other hardware and 1921 $40 O4 of hat
bands and ribbons. Hamburg sent as its
biggest item, after sugar, 81 Sc ,269.O6
Gera, German town, whose name is
wholly unfamiliar 10 most American ears,
sent wooden and worstcd goods valued at
S523, BILL. Berlin declared 81 60 900 in
round numbers, of gloves, leather and glove
leather: Frankfort, $50 1856 sS OF leather
and leather goods.
An item that occurs in the lists OF many
German portsis umbrella sticks and handles
In amounts ranging from 81 900 to 81, 700.
Frerth sent S227 ,l55.2 20 worth Of glass
plate, window and mirror.
par.s, of course holds the list for France,
with total of SIS. .2sO,65 but with DO
single Item as large as the So, ,OCO 900
worth of silks declared from Lyons. The
three largestip the Paris list are 81 ,522 SIS
for merinos. cashmeres and other dress
goods. 81 ,2s6, ,95S for feathers and artifi.
dal flowers, S5Os, ,O51 for laccs and en-
broideries.
1t will surprise many TO find that Ca NADIA
sent for the quarter a total of IS. 500 600
round numbers, while Mexico ran close
$3.50 GOO.