New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-26
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRADE.
AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS PREPAR-
ING TO INVADE CUBA AND
PORTO RICO.
EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO CUBA
HAVE RANGED FROM 100000 TO s2+cOo,cco
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY
THREE WAS LIE BANNER YEAR.
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EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY
THREE WAS THE BANNER YEAR
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Washington, July 25-The markets which nre
likely he opened In Cuba and Porto Rico TO Amer
lean products and manufactures are the subject OF
much attention and inquiry just now. Large num-
bcrs OF letters reach the Treasury Department and
Bureau of Statistics asking for Information regard
ing the classes Of articles imported into those ISL
ands. and the countries which have been supplying
these articles. This Information will be given in
elaborate form In the next monthly publicat ton OF
the Bureau OF Statistics The Summary Of Finance
and Commerce." and will show that Cuba has been.
under normal conditions. buying annually about
$25 100000 of goods from SPAIN about 100000 from
Great Britain. less than 81 oC0 from France. and
less than so00ooo from Germany. while from the
United States her purchases have ranged from
100000 to s24OOo.oOO in value The imports into
Cuba have been. OF course. light during the last
year and fair estimate OF her purchases can be
obtained only by examination OF the figures Of the
year 1876 or OF earlier years.
The imports into Cuba and Porto Rico from Ger
many in 1852 amounted in value TO s020.oO0 marks
the value of a mark being % $40 in 1893 they
dropped to o 600 marks, in 1894 to $4,000 in 1925
to $4,000 MARKS. and In 1896 they 100000
marks. The largest item in these imports from
Germany iron and manufactures OF iron,
which in 1896 formed nearly one-third o: the total
exports from Germany into Cuba and Porto Rico
From France the importations into Cuba and
Porto Rico amounted TO 5277 $50 francs In 1893 the
franc being valued 19 80 cens), 3.7f16 s5 in 1894
2799 SO in 1895 and 1850 in $50 The largest item
among these imports into Cuba and Porto Rico
from France was jewelry. which formed nearly
one-third OF the total the next largest being
textiles OF WOOL 1873 53 francs. and prepared medi-
cnes. l25i francs.
The imports into Cuba and Porto Rico from the
Init tod ali In
81 32 a25 in 1890 l2 096 in 1884, f9793 In 1895. and
f722 $50 in 1895 The largest Of these imports from
the United Kingdom in 1896 were: Cotton goods.
f23S.672 linens. n3764. iron. wrought and I'M
wrought rs Gss: machinery. 1921; hardware. cut
lery. etc. f22 s5s; coal and other fuel. f35i29.
LARGE IMPORTS FROM SPAIN IN 1896
From Spain the imports of the year 1896 into
Cuba 1874 677 pesetas, the value Of the peseta
being according TO the Mint Bureau. 10 $40 cents.
The Imports from Spain in the year 1896 larger
than those in any preceding year in the decade.
The largest items of the 1895 imports into Cuba
from Spain were: Flour. 2O326.Ss2 pesctas; shoes.
1929 76O; sandals. l34335o: firearms. s36i2co: wine
7347o5: preserved food. 474236: OIL 3.Ss2ls manu-
features OF fax and hemp. 37o.0s7 soap. 3.l7ss6:
wax and stearinc, 2oa5.s22; manufactures of wood.
2.257Sio; smoking paper, l,sS.2Si beans. l,S30le;
rice. 49, $40: corn, i.432s5; onions and potatoes,
25ll5: pressed meats l5sl.57O: soup pastes, 1895.
$780, saffron Li1.26O: packing paper. 235;
woollen blankets. 9S6 No other artitle passed
the million pesetas line
The exports from Spain 10 Porto Rico amounted
In 1896 TO 1860 500 pesetas In value. larger sum
than in any other preceding year Of the decade. The
largest items were: Cotton manufactures. y t9 .s7
pesetas shoes $50 70 sandals. 1901 $780, rice. 25e.
Gil; soap, i.255Sl4; oil, l.2275J.
AMERICAN EXPORTS TO CUBA.
The imports OF the United States into Cuba In
1897 We're, according official reports S259,776 In
1896 s15S0ssC in 1895 s2sOssl In 1884 s2Ol25 32l and
in 1898. when they reached tho maximum. s4.l5I.-
SOS having been In 1892 N7e5357O and in 1881 s2.-
PASS The reciprocity treaty with Spain, made
under the Tariff Act Of 1880, went into effect Sep
TENDER !, 1891 and continued in force until August
2S 1884 that the business Of the fiscal years
1892 1893 and 1894 transacted under that treaty,
with the exception Of July and August OF the rs
cal year OF 1882. GoinD
The following table shows the total exports from
the United States to Cuba during the past ten