The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-30

~, no sarse distlrcs propositions; First.
aoH maea th@y ear supply II .he class of
1865 Tor wns-a NC have IN the past
sseofaa. hoE large market they can
themselves GNar FOR oar PROJECTS. third
tie introduction to other markets ws1sca
sucsrs and manufacturers
= uslr annual snapcTtafscas of the Glasses
q articles produced ID the Islands 81
Cana, Porto Rkna. HAxsli ana sae phg-
so annually. OF coffee cur arrtsas
importafsors assfo1rst 10 nearly s1sse 0ss 40
Per year Of sugar nearly another sgsi-
sss"s, and Of tropical f-sairs. tobacco.
hemp, and other ARTICLES of this character.
cGAiy *aes.eN more. All &c these are
produced readily ia these islands and IN
Enn%t cases their production can III. great
y increased With the introduction Of
american capital. energy. and ingenuity
II seems not unreasonable 10 assume that
they may supply practically all Of the
$50 ae, m worth OF these productions
waach we have been compelled ID snay
abroad. ard instead Of spending thai
money annually among the people OF other
nations, We shall he enabled 10 distribute
II among those having interests IDENTICAL
with our Own and representing American
capital and American enterprise. 1t is
worthy OF note thai large share OF the
coAee which we Annually import now nays
an export tax Of u per cent. before leav-
ing the country OF production thus giving
a marked advantage to those entering
upon its production in localities where ex-
port duties are net collected
The following table shows the value OF
coffee. sugar and other tropical proi,,c-
lions imported into the United States in
1885, that year being selected as more
nearly normal than those OF later date in
which changes in tariff rates affected the
year g record:
Value of principal artieiss Of tropical
production imported into the United
States during the year ending June 30. 1876.
Articles
Coffee. ..............S A.Ts3, ia
sugar sS.lIS. s3
rruiss ana nuts 1875, 5W
luUdcEo ls.5uS, ~
Hemp, Juse. etc ............... III SIS al
Miscellaneous articles testiriat-
Total ...... :. 49,. .......- sa5i 3aO. 500
1.-The direct market offered by the ISL
ands brought into closer relationship with
us by the events OF the year amounts to
fully $ip0 &C. Go. The annual iraportagsons
into Porto Rico under normal conditions
amount 10 about sis,npp.s1 those into
Cuba about SIS ass, GO. those into the Phil
ippines about 81 40 90, and Hawaii $780,
On, making a total of about SiIO 90 90
which seems likely TO le greatly aug.
mented with increased production and
business activity. A very large share
OF the articles imported for these markets
States. and the disposition to purchase
these largely from the United States was
apparent even under former adverse con-
ditions, and especially 50 during the Pc
RODS IN which reciprocity agreements SO
rapidly increased our expectations to
them. Much greater than these. however.
is the market offered by the countries
commercially adjacent to the Philippines,
whose importa,ions amount 10 81 3sl Goo go
annually, and whose chief points of dis
tribution lie. many Of them as near to
Manila as does Havana to the city OF New
York.