Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-28
Might be Saved Each Year to the
People Of the United States
HOW THIS CAN BE DONE
IL .. by American Enterprise. !" tue
New Island Possessions Ne
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Washington. March ei,-iiow TO cx-
pend among our own people more 'h"h
100000 900 year which the people OF
the United states have been In the past
rendlna abroad IL discussed In the
annual report Of the chief Of the bureau
81 statistics. which has just been made
public. The suggestion rrowH out OF
the nearer relations between the United
states and Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii
ana the philippines. which have de-
Nclopcd during tie year.
yhc report shows that the people OF
the United Statca have been HenulnE
abroad more than fsio,0p.op a year IN
the purchase of the class % Articles
produced In these Islands which may
with the Introduction 81 American cap.
itni and cncfgy, enormously increase
their production aud supply prhc ucal,
~ all OF those articles " tropical
growth for which We have In the past
been compelled a. send money abroad
While II ~ hoped and expected that the
farmers Of the United states VIII
steadily and rapidly Increase Their
sugar producing abilities through the
growth Of the beet aud the establish.
ment 81 beet sugar factories, tnerc stlll
rcfnnina. aside from sugar. nearly tsp'
Qoo.0OO worth Of tropical productions
annually Imported, aud up 10 the pres
ont time tho total u tropical produce
tons Imported. Including sugar has
been over tg50O00 900 annually.
Discussing thia question. the report
says. ''rhc intcrcns felt In the pros.
pective eject upon our commerce ~
the events ~ the past year has been
apparent IN the inquiries which have
reached this bureau from every part
OF the country. The production and
NaI.
closer relationship with ms. aud their
ability 10 supply our own wants and To
open market Tor our surplus products,
have been the subject u eager Inquiry
This question naturally divides Itself
into three distinct propositions; First,
how much they ran supply ~ the class
OF articles for which We have In thc
past been compelled 20 send money
abroad; second. how large market
they can themselves oncr for our
pr0ductH third. the Introduction TO
other markets which their control may
facturora.
''our annual importatlonH ~ the
CLASSES Of articles produced Ia the ISL
nnda of cuhn. Porto Rico. Hawaii. and
IN" Philippines have for years aver
nscd fully $50 million dollars annually
coffee our annual importatlorH
amount TO nearly 100 million dollars
per year. ~ sugar nearly another
hundred mlillonn. aud ~ tropical fruits
tobacco. heinp.nnd other articles 81 this
character. fully nifty millions more.
Az 90 these are produced readily In
these Islands. and In mos, cases their
production can be greatly Increased.
With the Introduction Of American
capital. energy. AMI ingenuity. II seems
not unreasonable To assume that they
may supply practically all ~ the $50
million dollars worth % these produc.
lions which we have been compelled
tn buy abroad. aud Instead of spending
TINT money annually among the people
~ other nations. We shall be- enabled
10 distribute II among thoH" having In
tcrentH Identical with our own and
representing American capital and
American enterprise. II II worthy "
note thnt "A large share ~ tho coffee
an export tax ~ " per cent BE- FORE
leaving the country ~ production.
thus giving n marked advantage Co
those entering upon itn production IN
localities where export duties are not
collected.
The following table shows the value
81 coffee, sugar and other tropical
productions. Imported into the Unit
ed states IN 1896. that yenr being No.
iectcd ne more nearly normal than
those 81 later date in which changes
In tnrif rates affected the years rcc-
ord;
Value OF principal articles NJ tropical
production Imported into tho United
1896
Articles. Dollars
Coffee -. =. :. =. :. ....i a.7pa,igl
fufhf .. q. .. hH,3it,fia
Fruits and nuts =. :. .. 80. iG.pi3 aOi
Iobhcco q. .. .. - q. h,4Uieia
Hemp, jntc. etc e, o.. e. .. .. ii.siG2l,
miscellaneous articles ,eati-
mhtcdD 80. go. 80, E, 10000 900
Total 49,. 80. 80. ...,ssi $50 asl
'Thc direct market offered by The
islands brought into closer RELATIONSHIP
WIN IN by the events ~ the veal
amounts 20 fully one hundred million
dollars, The annual importationr int
Porto Rico under normal condition,
amount 10 about sixteen million dollars
those In cuba about Rixty-nye milton
dollars: those IN the Philippines about
twenty-five million dollars. aud Hawai-
seven million dOilnrH, making a total ol
about one hundred and ten million dol,
lars. which seems likely to be- grcntl,
augmented with increased production
ana business activity. A very inrg,
share ~ the articles Imported Tor thrs,
markets IN ~ the CLASSES produced N
the United States. and the disposition
10 purchase these largely from IN,
United States WINS apparent even undel
former ndverne conditions, ana especi
ally 10 during the period In which reci
pfociiy agreements 20 rapidly Increase,
our expectations 10 them. Much create
than these, however n the market Of
fered by the countries commercially nd
jacent 10 the Philippines whose i'm
nortntlonA amount 20 one billion, twi
hundred million dollars annually, an,
whose chief points Of distribution liz
many or them, as near To Manila M
does Havana Ia the city of New York