Arizona republican., 1899-11-11
Commerce Of the United States
With lis Islands.
AMAZINGLY RAPID GROWTH
Extraordinary Development of The
Agricultural aud Business Iu-
tereSfS of the New Territory.
It's Exports Too keepIng Pace
with Its Imports from This
Country.

Washington, Nov. 1O.-(Special)-
Commerce between the United States
and Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippines islands continues to grow
with amazing rapidity The Septem-
ber Summary of Commerce and FL
nance, just issued by the treasury bu-
reau of statistics. shows that the i'm
ports from these islands are sixty-one
per cent greater than in the correspon-
ding mAnths of 1898 or 1897. and the
exports to them 161 per cent greater
than in the same months of 1898 or
1897. The total of our imports from
these four islands or groups of islands
was in'the nine months of 1899 $53, ,27S.-
224. against S34.471,276 in the CORES
ponding months of 1898 and SSS,O5s. los
in the same months of 1897, while our
exports to them in nine months of 1899
were S29. 921, 1S3. against SlI ,93S, 1888 I'm
the corresponding months of 1898 and
$11, ,4S0,15S in the same months of 1897.
An examination of the details shows
that in the matter of exports our sales
to each of these islands or groups of
islands have been greater in the nine
months just ended than in any CORES
ponding period in the history of our
commercial relations with them, ex-
cept those to Cuba in the year in which
reciprocity brought our sales to that
island to a much higher figure than
they ever attained in any preceding or
subsequent year. From Porto Rico.
Hawaii, and the Philippines, the i'm
ports of the nine months just ended
are larger than in any corresponding
months in the history of our commerce
with those islands, though from Cuba
they are necessarily less than in the
years prior to the destruction of her
sugar plantations and works during
her war with Spain, our chief sugar
Cuba.
a study of our exports to these is
lands, and especially of the increase,
indicates a rapid development of the
the territory supplied by these ex-
ports. Exports of agricultural imple-
ments to Cuba in the nine months OF
1899 amount to $79.226. against $3.50
in the corresponding months of last
year. and S5,165 in the same months of
1897; to Porto Rico, they amount to
$4,3S2, against S426 in the corresponding
months of last year. and 81 2S5 in the
same months of 1897. Under the head
of carriages, cars and other vehicles.
the exports to Cuba in the nine months
of 1899 are s112,7Ss against s1s,56f in
the nine months of 1898. and $l1, $40 in
the same months of 1897, while 10
Porto Rico they are SS,6I1 in the nine
the corresponding months of 1885, and
$6,SS2 in 1897. OF coal the exports To
Cuba in the nine months of 1899 are
2SO, ,24S tons, against 162,O49 in the cor
responding months of last year, and
177,422 in the same months of 1897; to
Porto Rico the coal exports are 1862
tons, against 1888 in the nine months
of 1898. and 14,577 tons in the same
months of 1897, and TO the Philippine
islands, 4, ,2Ss tons in the nine months
of 1899, against II, ,OS5 tons in the same
months of 1898. OF cotton cloths the
exports to Cuba in the nine months of
1899 are 173, ,S6S, 1877 yards, against r.,
207.7S7 yards in the same months of
1,s- ,-aor a15 100 SO- 1-S x-a rdS IN fha
nine months of 1897, and to the Philip
pine islands, 143, ,29S yards in the nine
months of 1899, against 1,714 yards in
the same months of 1898. Under the
head of other manufactures of cot
tom the exports to Cuba in the nine
months of 1899 are s146,1S1. against s12,-
024 last year and S1S,592 in the pre-
ceding year, while TO Porto Rico they
are $39.403 in the nine months of 1899.
against 1881 in the corresponding
months of last year. and 81, SOS in the
same months of 1897. OF builders
hardware the exports to Cuba in the
nine months of 1899 are $685. against
$34, 797 in the corresponding months of
last year. and s47,OS7 in the nine
months of 1897, and to Porto Rico. s2S.-
Al in the nine months of 1899, against
81 SS7 in 1898, and s10,i90 in the cor
months of the preceding
year. OF sewing machines the exports
to Cuba in the nine months of 1893 are
$50, ,593, against s279 in the correspond
ing months of 1898, and $3.41S in the
nine months of 1897, while to Porto
Rico. the total for the nine months of
1899 is SS,SI5, against S1,050 last year
and s2,637 in the nine months of 1897.
Of refined mineral oils, chiefly illumi-
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