Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-23
of any Importance among the imports
of animal matter.
A PATRON OF MANUFACTURES.

A PATRON OF MANUFACIUh
Cotton fabrics form the most impor-
tant item among the non-agricultural
commodities marketed in Puerto Rico.
the imports for 1895 being valued as
high as S2,O7O,667. Fish were import
ed to the extent of 81, ,9lS, ,107, forming
the second item of Importance. Wood
and its manufactures, and leather and
its manufactures, were also leading
items, the value of the former amount
ing to $S4O,511, and that of the latter
to S71l,417. Tobacco in its manufact-
ured forms was imported quite exten.
sively, the receipts for the year having
value of $692,339. Iron and steel
and their manufactures, not including
machinery and apparatus, were i'm
ported to the extent of S658, Alb, and
manufactures of hemp, fax, jute, ma
nila, etc., to the extent of $4OS, ,974.
The imports of machinery and appa-
ratus were valued at $344,S79. Soap
was also an article of considerable i'm
portance among the imports, the total
purchases having a value of S24S, ,571.
Other non-agricultural items that
had an import value for 1895 exceed
ing 100000 were the following ::
Paper and pasteboard and their manu-
features, $196,197; mineral oils, crude
and refined, S169, ,629; cotton yarn and
thread, 1854, 1854; woolens, S154,9 =;
paraffin, stearin, wax, spermaceti, and
their manufactures, S151, 1896; glass
and glassware, S125, ,6SS; and coal and
coke, S124,536.
WHAT PUERTO RICO SELLS.
Coffee and sugar, the leading pro-
ducts of the island, are the important
factors in Puerto Rico's export trade,
comprising in value fully IS per cent.
of all the merchandise sent to foreign
markets. The quantity of coffee ship
ped in 1895 was 40, ,243.693 pounds,
and its value S9,159,9S5, while of
Puerto Rican sugar, 1S2,l47,277
pounds, with a value of So, ,9O5, TAI,
were marketed abroad. In addition
to the sugar S539,571 worth of molas-
ses was shipped, making the total val
ue of the sugar and molasses exported
amount to s4,445,312. After coffee
and sugar, leaf tobacco is the most
important export from the island. OF
this product 3,665,O51 pounds, worth
s673,7S7, were shipped in 1895. Cat
tie also form an important item of con-
siderable Importance in the export
trade, the shipments for 1895 number
ing 1874 head, valued at s141,S16.
Other agricultural products exported
quite extensively are maize, hides,
fruits and nuts and distilled spirits.
The shipments of maize in 1895
amounted to 56,6S3 bushels, having a
value of S69,41O. Of hides 646,SS4
pounds, worth S53,799, were sent
abroad. The exports of fruits and
nuts were valued at $40, $50, and those
of distilled spirits at s9,466.
COFFEE AND SUGAR.
From the annual statistics of expor-
tation recorded by the customs officials
at Puerto Rico it appears that the
amount of coffee shipped from the is.
land increased in a notable manner
during the ten years 1SS7-1896. The
exports reported for 1896 were decid-
edly the largest of the decade, amount
ing to IS, 100000 pounds, with value
of $13,379,000. The average annual
shipment during 1S92.1S96 was 49,
229, 900 pounds, valued at SO, ,S72, 900,
as compared with 40,349, 900 pounds,
valued at 81, ,945, 900, during 1Ss7-1s91.
The exports of sugar, on the other
hand, fell off materially during the ten
years 1SS7-1S96. The quantity ship.
ped in 1896 was reported to be 122,-
$4,000 pounds, with value of 49,
6O4,OOO, and although these figures
were slightly in excess of the average
for 1S92-1S96, which amounted to 12l,-
O35, 900, valued at S3,4S4,000, they
were considerable smaller than that
for 1SS7-1S91, which came to 1877 $685.
900 pounds, worth S3,923,00O. The
highest figures returned during the de-
cade were those for 1887, the earliest
of the ten years, the quantity exported
reaching as high as IFS, 116, 900 pounds,
with value of s5,O6S,OO0.
As has already been shown, products
of agriculture comprise in value fully
95 per cent. of all the domestic mer-
chandise shipped from Puerto Rico.
Guano is the only non-agricultural ex-
port of any considerable Importance.
Of this article there were shipped in
1895 Is, ,491, ,476 pounds, having value
of s610,921. The several other agri-
cultural commodities exported has a
combined valuation of less than S10,-
900.