The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-26

About Two-thirds or tho IslAHds' Imports Csus
from thar UnIted states.
From the Washington Epsntn0 Star.

From the Washington Epentng Star.
Tho Hawaiian Islands, their commerce,
finance, productions, and population. form tho
subject of a series of tables which will appear
in tho next number OF the summary of finance
and issued by tho Bureau Of Stats
tics. From these II appears that the United
States has, since the reciprocity treaty Of 1875.
had a large share OF the Of these
islands. Prior to 1876 our annual sales TO
the Hawaiian Islands had never. save in two
exceptional cases, reached 81 900. 900. With
1877, however, the million-dollar line was ptH
nHncntly passed, and since that date our OK
ports to tho islands have steadily grown, pass
ing the So. OOO,O 900 limo in 1879, exceeding
$4,000, 900 In 1881, 81 ,000, 900 In 1890, passing
the s., o00,0 600 line in 1891, and promising to
reach nearly So, OoO. 900 this year. OF tho .=.
tai imports by the Hawaiian Islands in 1875 a
little over ono-third was from the United States.
In 1876 the reciprocity treaty went into oper-
alton, and. in 1877 the United States supplied
one-half of the imports into tho Hawaiian Isl
ands. which then amounted to 81, 500. 900. BY
1850 the imports had increased to over SO, 50O,-
the United States; in 1884 they were over
$i,5oo,o00, of which more than $3,O00.OO0 were
from the United States; in 1890 So. 962, 900, OF
which Sl,7l1 900 came from the United States.
and in 1890, $6,o63, 900, of which about 81, o00,-
900 came from the United States.
OF the exports from the Hawaiian Islands tho
United states has also had the lions share since
the reciprocity treaty of 1870. In 1875 only
about % per cent. of the exports rrom tho HR-
w,alian Islands came to the United States. In
1877, the year following the, treaty, over 90
since continued In about the same proportion.
OF tho $780, 900, 900 worth of exports from the
Of 1876, more than $lso.ooo.o 900 have come to
the United States, and OF the 300, 900, 900 worth
ibo Imports t%npo i mo thS = ma noa ian ISLANDS aurihE
Sugar, Of course, appears as the chief article
nT pNnnrfnfinn frnrN The tc1anAa hn,,r ri,A
has been for years an item of considerable value.
and OF late coffee, pineapples, and bananas have
islands. or the $40, 300 900 worth OF exports
In 1896, almost $l5. o0o. 900 worth was sugar.
o oVeTN ZOO, oGo'E ponn Do e OF Sio eeo! Sa SOC 900 sT pO%nda
Of coffee, 10000 punches of bananas, and AZ.
oO9 pineapples: The increase in sugar and
coffee increasing from $500 pounds in 1887 to
$4,000 in 1926. and sugar from 2l2.ooo:oo0
The tendency in the past twenty years has APP
parcntly been to a REDUCTION in the number Of
articles Included. besides sugar and rice, wool.
tRilow; molasses, peanuts. hides. Eoatskinnss.
SPERM perpSA oil, and Md'i many n.y. o MhnatV a]Ttieiies svG bgSt S noE
sugar. rice, coffee, bananas. and pineapples are
the chief exports, though the total value in 1926
were much more numerous.
The imports. as above indicated, are mostly
United States, So ,464, 900; Great Britain, $685.
Ouu, NnlnH, SEFD,OOO, Japan, az 0,UUU, Ter
many, .$14S,0OO; Australia, $4,000. The
largest items in the list of imports are groceries
and provisions, $500. 1875; machinery, S343, lO5;
fertilizers, 1882, 800; cotton goods, 1911, s91;
clothing, $292.550; hardware and AGRICULTURAL
implements, $27s,267; grain and feed, $273,-
15S: lumber. $255,242 tobacco, $l94.s36; flour,
besides these scores of articles, ranging in value
the latest census was, in round numbers, 1O9.-
Japanese, 81 900 Chinese, $4,000 Portuguese,
5000 Americans, 1850 British and l,43O Ger.
mans. The receipts of the Government are
about 5000 900 annually, of which about one
third is gathered by tariff taxes, one-third by
internal taxation and one-third from miscel-
lancous sources. the expenditures being slightly
less than the receipts.
Our com with the islands extends over
more than half n century, one of tho tables
which will be presented showing imports from
them as early as 1896 and exports to them as
early as 1887, though the latter seem to have
been only occasional prior to 1853. when they
amounted to $4,+06. and by 1863 had in
creased to $5is, $50. In 1873 they were 1872
1911. passing the 81, 600, 900 line in 1877, i'm
mediately after the enactment of the reciprocity
treaty: the g.. 000, 600 line in 1870, the So, 000,-
600 mark in 1882. the 81, 000, 900 stage In
1890, the So. 900, 900 in 1891, and promising to
be nearly st. 600. 900 this fiscal year, while our
imports from the islands will this year be the
highest on record. despite tho general reduc-
ton of imports from other parts of the world,
the total for the year being likely to exceed
$l5, OOO, 900, against Sl3. 6s7. 900 last year and
$l1, 757, 900 in the preceding year.