The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-01
SPl|K'S COLONIAL TRADE.
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WASHINGTON. July A.--cuba. Porto
Rico and che Philippines afforded mar
ket for over Sto.eon0o worth OF Spanisn
goods per annum according TO state
meut OF the Britain consul ~ Barcelona.
iuse received by tho treasury bureau OF
statistics. About three-fourshs ~ tnss
amount was In manufactured goods. ana
considerably more than one-hah OF tnss
unarket was that of Cuba alone. Ae-
corAlnS IN the statement which Mr. Con-
sul Roberts sends 20 tho British foreign
ossscs, dated June ~. $50. the exports OF
aratu 10 Cuba In 100 amounted To In.
81 .s7s pesetaa: TO Poro Rico, U.0O.SW
pesesas. and to the Philippines. N.Bs.7ss.
making q total Of y-.No.1n pesstas: ana.
accepting tho value Of the pesets * -
cents. make q total valus OF $1,000
OF the ia. tsl.Gb pesstss value o. 49,.
exported to Cuba In 1ssS. U.@aw. ae-
cording 20 Consul Roberts. consisted OF
manufactured goods. sa.&0sss provisions.
and 3e.0es Of raw materials. OF the ~
e.. Sp pesetas value OF goods exported
from Spain 10 Porto Rico In iSsS, the value
OF @.10s.N7 pcsetaa was MANUFACTURED
goods. 500. 5oi provisions. and lsl. Al
pesetas raw materials. To the Pninp.
pines, OF the sS.as7.7s7 pesetAa' value OF
eoods exported from SPAIN the value OF
a. - SOC pesetas was manufactured GOODS.
<.o7oss7 provisions. and Ss.s@ raw ma
tcrtsis. Totalixing the three colonies.
Consul Roberts finds that Of the 10. pa
pes.tas value OF goods exported from
Spain to Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philip
pines In 1886. the value OF 1t6.oi0.90 Pc
setas was manufactured goods, 0.s2.S2s
teriais.
To this market for sls.ooo.Ooo worth Of
0panish produce. which the three colo
n1se supplied. Mr.. Consul Roberts adds
n, eoo,9oQ pe~etas. or A.em.ooo for money
paid TO the Spanish steamship compa-
nies Ear the eNrrying trade to and from
the nnlonjes. The imports into spain
from the colonies. he says. amounted In
In IN 9o0.S77 tons from Cuba. 26.o71 tons
from Porto Rico. and %o.sSS tons from the
Philipptnes and computes that the
amount paid In freight amounted In the
commerce with Cuba to 7.S26.310 pesetas:
Porto Rico. 7Sz.110. and the Philippines.
1.2s4l76. ar = total Of l0.S62S16 pesetas.
and Rays: III TO this be added the value
Of passage money TO and from the colo
nies. putting II at the low average OF 10
pesetas head. 1t shows further 13.0o0.-
0oo pesetas per annum. giving total OF
=. 000.000 pesetas per annum paid In
freight and passage money to the steam
ship companies for the carrying trade to
and from the colonies.
Consul Roberts expresses the opinion
that Spanish manufacturers and dealers
are not going to give up the markets OF
Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines
without a struggle. He also .ntimates that
other nationalities have In the past parti-
cipated In the so-called Spanish trade
with these Islands by locating In Spain
and thus getting the advantage OF low tar
III rates into the Stands. which wa. orig
Spain. On this subject he says:
TN the year 1892 the spanish customs
tariff on Manufactured goods was very con-
sderably increased. with the view OF vir-
ufactured here for expectation TO the col
ontes: this, OF course. gave an enormous
impetus to manufacture In this province,
factories increased largely In number and
rich The only way In which foreigners
who had good clients In the colonies could
meet this competition and retain their
markets was by starting factories In the
country. the goods thus being manufacture
ed IN the peninsular entering the Spanish
colonies on the same terms as those of
the Spanish manufacturers. whereas II
shipped from England or elsewhere the
prohih.tive duty rendered competition Inn
possible: or by having n resident agent In
this city. who. purchasing from the Csta-
Ian manufacturers exported the nierchan-
disc from here free OF duty"
The following tables indicate the classes
of articles exported from Spain to Cuba,
Porto REQ and the Philippines IN 1855. the
year discussed by CONSUL Roberts. fncfud-
ing all articles or chasses OF articles In
which the value exceeded i.0O.0u0 pcsetas:
Principal exports from Spain to the Phil
ippines In 1896:
Pesetas.
Cotton fabrics. -. =. -. =. ~. 47o7si
Paper, and manufactures OF -. 90. l.55f. s0a
Leather. and manufactures Of . -. l.0l2.s Ss
Principal exports from Span to Porto
Rico in 1896:
Pesetas.
Cotton. and manufactures OF 80. Ia 40 30
Shoes -. -. 80. -. 80. 90. a.. e. 80 40
Sandals - yxy1 90