The record-union., 1899-09-01

for the period mentioned was 6,592 klos,
or somewhat over six tons, notwith-
standing the fact that great effort was
made by the American authorities to
suppress this species of exurberance in
view of the strained conditions of
nerves and affairs.
Would you believe it that Manila.
the home of the mango, paupau, lime,
lemon, orange, banana, mountain ap-
pie, watermelon, pineapple and dozens
of other fruits, was importing fresh
fruits? Well, she is, and during the
time for which / am quoting figures
she imported no less than 141, ,927 kilos
from the United States. Here is one
branch of trade wherein Uncle Sam was
NOT ENTIRELY "SCOOPED,"
though he was beaten out by China,
who shipped all the rest of the fruit re-
ceived, amounting to 269,3 kilos.
Flour to the extent of 2,S19, ,439 kilos
was shipped from the United States,
her only competitors beingl China and
japan, who shipped but 24S and 2l6
kilos respectively. It will be but a
short time before the Filipinos will dis
cover the higher value of our flour as
a food supply, over and above that now
attached to the crudely manufactured
rice product now in use.
OF the 1856, 1898 kilos raw kemp ex-
ported from Manila, but 42,621 kilos
came back in manufactured articles,
principally from Spain and China This
trade will undoubtedly be controlled by
the United States in future.
Not for any commercial value as to
trade possibilities, but simply to show
their relative consumption, | want to
say that 7,206 kilos of joss sticks are
down on the report. / refuse to class
John as stingy when he burns up this
amount of incense to the gods in less
than five months.
1t took 306,4 kilos of matches to
light Manilas cigars and cigarettes
during this time. All of these came
from Japan with the exception of 10
kilos from England, who had probably
not figured on the marketable value of
lucifers in an atmosphere almost cloudy
from tobacco smoke.
That the United States is going to
impress upon the natives some of it's
own mechanical genius is evident from
the fact that 9,102 kilos of machinery
CAME IN FROM HERE.
These figures are small, however, and
1T is gratifying to note the figures of
importation from other countries as
showing the amount of trade in this di-
rection that Uncle Sam should control,
and as evidence that the trade could
be wonderfully increased to meet the
newly acquired demand for methods
quick and sure. Spain was the smallest
importer, with figures showing but
! 1 r. he soil haf EEOU
land neglected this trade, nor Germany,
for they show shipments aggregating
33, BOG kilos and 19,307 kilos respective
ly. The other figures are China, 49,,
060; France, u, 1913. The machinery
from China, however, must be credited
to England China certainly leads the
world in the joss stick business. but
we cannot credit her with mechanical
achievements to the extent that these
figures would indicate.
The fact that 1.542,749 kilos Of IL
Eliminating oil came into Manila dur
ing the period we are talking about
may be the reason that Mr. Rockefel-
ler's name is almost as we'll known
here as it is at home; 1923, ,04O kilos
of this came from the United States,
while Germany and China supplied the
rest There is no doubt, however, but
what these latter points are simply dis
| tributing centers for the great Ameri-
can trust article. If that credited to
Germany originated in the Russian
fields, it would still be American
owned oil.
Paints, oils and varnishes were i'm
ported in the amount of 1S2,SI3 kilos;
81 1853 kilos came from the United
States, England and Germany supply
ing the greater part of the rest. Here
is great field
FOR AMERICAN GOODS.
The fact that the Philippines do not
come anywhere near raising a neces-
sary amount of rice for their own con-
sumption is evidenced by imports from
| Japan and China amounting to l,l90-
| 53S kilos, and from Spain, a, ,1S3 kilos
The United States is entirely left out
on the tinware proposition, but there
were 1891 kilos imported. 1t is not
likely that Uncle Sam will attempt to
compete with Europe in this trade un-
/ less enabled to do so by some favoring
clause of tariff which may be adopted
4 along with other tariff requirements
for the Philippines.
Strange as it may seem, tobacco, ci-
gars, and cigarettes We're imported to
/ the extent of 23, 765 kilos. But 5,93S
/ kilos of these came from the States, al
/ though the whole amount may be
/ classed as American goods. England
| and Germany were quickest to realize
| the demand for this product, so they
got the trade. Jointly they exported
! 14,ST0 kilos to appease the demands of
| the American soldier and sailor in the
/ Philippines. This trade certainly
/ should be ours.
1t is evidently not much of a JOB to
| transport fresh vegetables across The
! Pacific, judging from the u, ,094 kilos of
| this article to the credit of the United
/ States. China sent in 1878, ,421 kilos.
showing a large demand, and this not
at all on the part of the army or navy,
as their wants are supplied almost en-
| tirely from American goods. The fg-
ures for goods imported on this &c: )unt
! do not enter the
CUSTOM HOUSE REPORT.
! Liquors are next on the list In AN
gust Spain exported l 800 liters a liter
! is quail to 1.0567 quarts, liquid meas
use), and Germany 2,100 liters of cog
nae Spain (6,306 liters), England
! (4,905 liters) and France C5609 liters)
are the exporters in September, but IN
| October the United States came in with
! 325 literS-an experiment evidently.