The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-20

The trade in fireworks always mas,
and more than likely, always will be
held by China and Japan. 1t might,
however, be interesting to note that
the Importation of fireworks amounts
to quite bit in the course of year.
in which time there are no less than
1875 holidays on which the miniature
rattle of musketry is let loose by our
newly-acquired Young America. The
total Importation of this article or COM
meFce for the period mentioned was
g. 592 kilos, or somewhat over six tons,
Notwithstanding the fact that great ef-
fort was made by the American au-
thorities to suppress this species of ex-
uberance in view of the strained con-
ditions of nerves and affairs.
Would you believe it that Manila,
the home of the mango, paupau. lime,
lemon. orange. banana, mountain APP
pie, watermelon, pineapple and dozens
of other fruits, was importing fresh
fruits? Well, she is, and during the
time for which 1 am quoting figures
she imported no less than 1882 kilos
from the United States alone. 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
received, amounting to 269.S54 kilos-
Flour to the extent of 2.Sl9.4S9 kilos
was shipped from the United States
her only competitor being China and
Japan, who shipped but PAS and PIC
kilos respectively. 1t will be but q
short time before the Filipinos will
discover the higher value of our flour
as a food supply, over and above that
now attached TO the crudely manufac-
tured rice product now in use.
OF the 25,5S5, 993 kilos raw hemp ex-
ported from Manila. but 1921 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 commercitl value as TO
trade possibilities. but simply TO show
their relative consumption, l want to
say that 1906 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 395.449 kilos of matches to
light Manila's cigars and cigarettes
during this time. All of these came
from Japan with the exception of siv-
enty-five kilos from England, who had
probably not figured on the marketable
value of lucifers in an atmosphere al
most cloudy from tobacco smoke.
Our Triumph In Machinery and Oil.
That the United States are going to
impress upon the natives some of their
own mechanical genius is evident from
the fact that 9,102 kiloS of machinery
came in from here. These figures are
small, however, and it is gratifying 10
note the figures of Importation from
other countries as showing the amount
of trade in this direction that Uncle
Sam should control, and as evidence
that the trade can be wonderfully in
creased to meet the newly acquired de-
mands for methods quick and sure.
Spain was the smallest importer with
figures showing but 1,130 kilos. 1t can
not be said that England neglected this
trade, nor Germany, for they show
shipments aggregating 80, 306 kilos and
1897 kilos respectively. The other
figures are. China. 1860; France, l.. 1873.
The machinery from China, however.
must be credited to England. China
certainly leads the world in the joss
stick business, but we can not credit
her with mechanical achievements to
the extent that these figures would in
dictate.
The fact that 1,542, 749 kilos of illumi-
mating oil came into Manila during the
period We are talking about may be
the reason that Mr.. Rockefeller's name
is almost as well known here as it is
at home: 1.523,040 kilos of this came
from the United States. while Ger
many and China supplied the rest.
There is no doubt, however, but what
these latter points are simply distrib-
uting centers for the great American
trust article. If that credited to Ger
many originated in the Russian fields,
it would still be American owned OIL
Paints. oils and varnfshes were i'm
ported in the amount of 1888 kilos:
81, 1913 kilos came from the United
States, England and Germany supply
ing the greater part of the rest. Here
Is a 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 1,790, SIS
kilos. and from Spain 7.1S5 kilos.
The United States is entirely left out
on the tinware proposition, but there
were 1881 kilos imported. It is not
likely that Uncle Sam will attempt to
compete with Europe in this trade I'M
less enabled to do so by some favOring
clause of tariff which may be adopted
along with other tariff requirements
for the Philippines.
Strange as ii may seem, tobacco. CT
gars and cigarettes were imported TO