Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-06

ported, wooden g$odsg and iron and steel.
In the other priTriPak items Of manufac-
and earthenwars, the increase has been
also below the average increase of go per
cent shown in the total importations of 1899
compared with 1870 In articles for use OF
manufacturers the growth has been rapid.
1mportations of raw silk for use of the
manufacturers increased from $3,017 ,95S in
value in 1870 to 49,, AIS, 627 in 1899, an in
crease Of $40 per cent? India rubber, crude.
from 50. 459 665 inr1s70ao $31. 707 $3.50 in 1899.
an increase of S22 per cent: fbers for use in
manufacturing, from %. 043, 102 in 1870 to
s2o 30 , o eS In 1899; httles and skins, from
chiefly for use in manufacturing tin plate.
from $1,9s42 3s in 1870 to 81 ,S43, 1857 in 1899,
and manufactured tobacco, from S2,e3s,
672 in 1870 to $500, 253 in 1899. In the
at home in sufficient quantities to meet re-
qu1rements, especially those OF tropical
growth the increase has also been strongly
marked. Sugar increased from $685. ss4
in 1910 to 80. 1854, 40 in 1899; Gomez. from
s24, 234.s79 in 1870 to s55 2T5, 40 in 1892 and
fruits and nuts. from s. ,4165S2 in 1870 70
manufacturers the growth between 1895
and 1890 is especially marked. India rubber
imports, which in 1895 were s1s,sbs. III:
silk increased from So, 626, o5s in 1895 to
$50. 479,627 in 1899; unmanufactured hbers,
from s13,2s2 .os1 in 1895 to $50, 800 o93 in
1888, ana tin IN pigs, bars, etc, IroIn 90 'oi'-
424 in 1895 to $11 ,84335 in 1873
In expectations the record OF the nscai
year 1899 is especially gratifying me pne-
nomenally large exports of 1888. que IN
considerable degree, as 1t was bei1eVed, 10
the shortage of crops in other parts OF me
world. and the consequently large demand
and high prices enjoyed by the producers OF
the United States. seemed to JUSTIFY the
expectation that the year 1899. with boun-
tiful crops in other parts OF the WoTld anu
the consequent fall in prices and in demand
upon the United States. would ran male
rally below 1898 in Its expectations; But
this expectation has not been reailzeo. tne
exports of the fiscal year 1899 were but
81, 459,O2S below those of 1898.
Analysis of Exports.
The fact that the expectations of the year
just ended have reached figure SO nearly
equal to that of the extraordinary year
which preceded it, and that This mas &C.
CURED in the face of a large reduction IN
export prices of grain and material re-
duction in the demand for our breadstuffs.
justifies a somewhat detailed analysis OF
the years exports, compared with the pre-
cedng and earlier years
Agricultural products, as was expected
by reason of the plentiful supply OF 1000
stuffs abroad, fell off in expectations from
1858 6s3, so in 1898 to S7S4, 1851 42 in lSE,
and formed but 65.19 per cent of the total
exports, against 70.54 per cent in 1888,
forming a smaller percentage of our total
exports than in any year since 1870. The
fact that our total exports continue lar
above those of any earlier year excepting
1898 in the face of this reduction in agri-
cultural exports, is thus especially inter-
esting and suggestive. or the other classes
of products exported, those of the mines,
the forest, and the fisheries are no grea ter
than at certain other periods in the history
of our expectations, and it is, therefore, 10
manufactures that We must look Tor the
ft,,r xrrhy oh has LaNf no al n
exports up to practically the same inquire
as that OF the phenomenal year 1898, and
much above that of any preceding year.
An examination of the figures OF our ex-
ports of domestic manufactures justifes
this expectation For the year 1899 they
were 1888, 592, 146, or 1921 per cent of our
S1S3 595. 743 in 1895. sl5l, 2376 in 1890.
$40, s56,O15 in 1880, and SOS, 2I9, 764 in 1870.
The exports Of manufactures in 1899 are
not only larger than in any year in our
history by SIS, 600. 900 but form by far the
largest annual percentage that manufac-
lures have ever formed OF the total eX-
ports. Our exports of manufactures in
1898 and 1899 for the first time exceeded
the imports of manufactures, the excess
Of exports being, in 1888, $50, 100, 123, and in
1899, $40 3;33 5S7.
islands which have recently come into
closer relations with the United States has
shown marked growth both in imports
and exports The classes Of Agricultural
productions for which the United States
relies. and in most of them must continue
to rely, upon tropical countries form a
large proportion of our natural and neces-
sary imports. Our importations of coffee
sugar, tropical fruits, tobacco of high
grade. hemp jute etc. with sundry other
miscellaneous products of tropical climates,
average $3.50 1900 annually, and all of
these are produced in greater or less de-
gree in the islands in question, while they
in turn must rely upon the temperate zones
for their supplies of wheat and -four pro-
Visions, clothing and manufactures of Vari-
Gus classes. AS a result, the commerce be-
tween the United States and these islands
Is already showing marked growth, and
there is every reason to believe that it will
continue to increase.
Our imports from Porto Rico in 1899 were
3119.S2I in value against s.. Al 1856 in 1898
and s., 1sl. o24 in 1897; from Cuba, the i'm
ports were SO, 40S, S2S in the fiscal year 1899
against 81, 232 All in 1888 and s1s, 4O6, S15 in
1897: from Hawaii, the imports We're ST.
s31 1853 against ST. ,1s1,3so in 1898, and s13,-
SST, 7e9 in 1897; and from the Philippine
Islands the imports We're s4,4O9774 against
s3,s30415 in 1898, and 81 1888, 74O in 1897.
Our exports to Porto Rico in the fiscal
year 1899 were s26s5.sis. against 81, 5o5 $40
Cuba, s1S6lG.377. against s., 561 ,651 in 1898
and IS, 259 776 in 1897: those to Hawaii 50
So5.470, against $5.907. 155 in 1895 and 81 $780,
075 in 1897: and those to the Philippine ISL
ands. s4o4 1893, against s127so4 in 1898 and
$i.J in 1897, exclusive of articles shipped
to those Islands by the Government for
Army and Navy
Imports into and exports from the United
States in its commerce with Porto Rico,
Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands
during the years ended June 20, 1897 1898
and 1890:
Porto Rico:
1897. .................. s21sI ,o24 sl.6Ss.sss
1875 1875 si7a sss a 'sS3' s sis
Cuba:
Year. Imports Exports
1897 Sir 1hp 7Tf l