Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-28

RAILWAY BARS, IRON AND
STEEL. FREIGHT AND PASSEN-
GER CARS, SAWS. TOOLS. AGRI-
CULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Washington, D. c., July 27-The
markets which are likely to be opened
In Cuba and Porto Rico to American
producers and manufacturers ere the
subject of much attention and inquiry
just now. Large numbers OF letters
reach the Treasury Department ana
Bureau of Statistics asking for inlor-
nation regarding the class OF articles
imported to those islands, and the
countries which have been supplying
these articles. This information VIII
be given in elaborate form in the next
monthly publication of the Bureau OF
Statistics.
Cuba has been, under normal condl-
tions. ibuying annually about S25,00O,-
600 worth of goods from Spain, about
$4,000 GOO from Great Britain, less than
$1,000, coo from France and Germany
each, while from the United States the
purchases have ranged in the past ten
years from SS,OO0,O0O to $24,000,000.
The imports into Cuba have been, OF
course. light during the past year. A
fair estimate can be obtained, how
ever, by examination of the figures for
1896 and earlier years.
The imports, into Cuba and Porto
Rico from Germany in 1892 amounted
to 2C0O, OCO marks, the value of mark
being % $40 cents; in 1893 1T dropped
to 5000, coo marks; in 1894 to 3,s10,O00;
in 1895 to 1880, 900 marks, and in 1896
to 4,5G3,C0O marks. The largest item
In these imports from Germany was
iron, which, in 1896, formed nearly
one-third of the total exports from
Germany into Cuba and Porto Rico.
From France the importations into
Cuba and Porto Rico amounted to
5,2770sO francs in 1898, the franc being
valued at 10 $40 cents; 3,747,695 in
1894, 2,799, 1892 in 1895, and 1,713,SS0 in
1896 The largest item among the i'm
ports into Cuba and Porto Rico from
France was jewelry and fancy articles,
which formed nearly one-third Of the
total, the next largest being textiles
of wool, 1898 francs, and prepared
medicines, 111,234 francs.
The imports into Cuba and Porto
Rico from Great Britain were valued
\at FL, 478,171 in 1892; f1.321 1925 in 1898;
,121, COG in 1894; f943,793 in 1895, and
%, $50 In 1885 The largest Of these
ports from the United Kingdom in
s were cotton goods. 1888, 673; Din
s. ff57,t34; iron, Wrought and I'M
fought), f7s.66s; machinery. 1921;
HARDWARE, cutlery, etc, f22.936; coal
'and other fuel, EDS, 429.
From Spain the imports of the year
1896 into Cuba were 1876, 461 SIS pesetas,
the value of the peseta being, accord
The imports from Spain in the year
1896 were larger than those Of any
preceding year in the decade. The
largest item Of the 1895 imports into
Cuba from Spain was -four, 2O,326,S $50
pesetas in value; shoes, 17,249, 760
pesetas; sandals, 13,433,510 pesetas:
firearms, 9,361,2 pesetas; wine, l.
547045 pesetas; preserved food, 4,742,-
S61 pesetas; oil. 3,316,21S pesetas; man
ufactures of fax and hemp, 3,700,0S7
pesetas; soap, 3,176,846 pesetas; wax
and stearine, 2,O95,622 pesetas; beans,
1,S78,019 pesetas; rice, 1,494,S49 pese-
tas; corn, 1,432,815 pesetas; onions and
potatoes, 1,205,115 pesetas; pressed
meats, 1,5S1,570 pesetas; soup pastes,
1,435,999 pesetas: saffron, LII 60
pesetas; packing paper, 1,420,235 pese-
tas; wooden blankets, 1099,S pesetas
no other articles passing the 100000
pesetas line.
The exports from Spain to Porto
Rico amounted in 1896 to 1860, 500
pesetas in value, a larger sum than
any other preceding year in the decade.
The largest item was cotton manufac-
lures. 12,439,767 pesetas; shoes, $780,
TAO pesetas; sandals, 1901 $3.50 pesetas;
rice, 2,652,611 pesetas; soap, 1,255, S14
pesetas; Oil, 1,2O2,O75 pesetas; no other
item reaching 100000 pesetas in
value.
The imports of the United States in
to Cuba In 1897 were, according to oul
own official reports. SS,259,776; in 1896
$7,530,SS0; in 1895, $12 1907 Col; in 1894
$40, 1921, and in 1898, when they
reached the maximum. s25, 1857 sos, hav
ing been in 1892 $17,953,570 and in 1891
S12,224,SSS. The reciprocity treaty
with Spain, made under the tariff ac,
Of 1890, went into effect on Septembel
1, 1891, and continued in force until
August %, 1894, SO that the business
OF the fiscal years 1892, 1898 and 1881
was transacted under that treaty, witt
the exception Of July and August O.
the fiscal year 1892.
The following shows the leading ar
ticlpS eyDorfad IN Cupha in 1899 ibt