New-York tribune., 1899-07-29
SPANISH COLONIAL TRADE.
a MARKET FOR SPANISH GOODS OF
OVER s40OOOOOO ANNUALLY.
n1cuREs OBTAINED BY THE BRITISH CONSUL AT
BARCELONA.

nrcuRrs. OBTAINED BY THE BRITISH CONSUL AT
BARCELONA.
vash,nrton July Is (speciaD.-Cuba, Porto RICO
and the Philippines afforded a market for over
sW0oOoo worth Of Spanish goods per ahnuin' az
cording to a statement OF the Br1ush |oisui "
barcelona Just received by the treasury puie"u
of Statistics. About three-fourths OF 'his aniou'
was In manufactured goods and conslderaos my
ishan one-half OF this market was that OF Cuoa
alone According to the statement wnlch IN
sui Roberts sends to the Br1tlsh roleieh On.e'
dated June lS 1899. the exports OF Spain u ~"
An 1906 amounted TO 1Si,4sle75 pesetas; 70 Porto
81, ,7 ga go nesetas and to the Philippines
90 q57 757 pesetas making a total Of 2O4SoAl pese-
.as. and accepting the value Of the peseta at "
cents makes a total of si2NoOis VI the I'f'f"I 90
,,ase,as value OF goods exported to Cuba IN 1870
50 ss9 Oas pesetas according TO Consul ROBERTS con-
sisted of manufactured goods. oS5o556 provisions
and s5e o26 OF raw materials. OF the S7e6osS pese-
,as value OF goods exported from Spain 10 Porto
Rico In 1896. the value OF %.lUyH pesetas was
manufactured goods s,4Ol 5N provisions anc lol 81
nesetas raw materials To the Philippines. or the
rs ss7 ISL pesetas value Of goods exported from
.f,pain the value Of 34.25oss2 pesetas was manu-
sactured goods. 4070557 provisions and SS'SoS raw
,vnaterials For the three colonies. Consul kooerts
.s3nds that Of the 2l04SO 2 pesetas value OF gooos
exported from Spain TO Cuba Porto heo ana tne
cpbilippines in 1895 the value Of 46olos62 pesetas
was manufactured goods e3.S22 ga provisions ana
s1Bs5 pesetas raw materials
To this market for s4.0o0.GD worth OF Spanish
xroduce which the three colonies supplied Con
sui Roberts adds 8cO0Oo0 pesetas. or A'Soo""
sor money paid 10 the Spanish steamship COM
panies for the carrying trade TO and from the COLO
nies The imports into Spain from the colonies ne
says amounted in 1896 TO 2eO.s17 tons from Cuoa'
2s On tons from Porto Rico and OSeo TONS from ''e
philippines and computes that the amount paiu ih
freight amounted in the commerce with CUBA 10
DArf
,,,nes 2254l75 or total Of 6l5 pesetas aho
savs IF to this be added the value OF passage
money 10 and from the colonies putting II a' 'no
low average OF 25O pesetas a head. II SHOWS Luz
ther 100000 pesetas per annum' giVlhe o'A. =,
% 10000 pesetas per annum paid in freight ana
massage money TO the steamship companies TOT 'ne
carving trade 70 and from the colonies
Consul Roberts expresses the opinion tha' Span
ssh manufacturers and dealers are ho' gums
give up the markets OF Cuba, Porto RICO ana the
Philippines without a struggle. He also lh'i"a'eS
3bat other nationalities have in the past pdrtic-
mated in the so called Spanish trade win these ISL
ands by locating in Spain, ana mus ee''"e .'ie
advantage of low tariff rates into the lsIahus "oA
were originally given 10 commerce o'is'HA'Ns ."
Spain. On this subject he says;
In the year 1892 the Spanish customs tariff on
manufactured goods was very consioefraoy f mo- M
creased with the view Of virtually slVMs d M M
70 The colonies This, of course. gave an enormous
impetus TO manufacture IN ms pnS the Catalan
IitS MINERS rev rapidly rich The only way in
which 9aS meet TINS 6Gompseton and her
markets by starting factories IN tiS
she goods thus being manufactured IN Cne HeIiII.
suia entering the Spanish colonles on taetureIs te
Terms as those OF the spanish lndhuIdctu G. 20, .,
uhereas if shipped from England or elsewhere me
,rrohihtive duty rendered competition lmpossI1Hie'
or by having resident agent IN unis E,.S, ny
Iourchasing from the Catalan manufactuIets, eA-
sported the merchandise from here Tree OF ou's'
The following tables indicate the classes OF art-
r,es exported from Spain to Cuba, Porto RICO ana
,he Philippines in 1896, the year discussed oy Con-
, Roberts including all articles or classes OF ar
ro,as IN which the value exceeded 100000 peseas'
sDprsc1pA1. EXPORTS FROM SPAIN 10 THE PHIL
IPPNES IN 1898
SSnef and manufactures L615@SoS @
Leather manufactures OF 49,. 80. Co
PRINCIPAL EXPORTS FROM SPAIN ~ fofi0 NiO'
IN 1895
Cotton and manufacturers Of ace ace 80 "a
shoes 49, S0I
SanoAs Sins ......--, S2S1
Soap 80 202 075
PRINCIPAL EXPORTS FROM SPAIN no CUBA IN
1896.
Wheat hour Is 72i 2s-
Leather shoes ''''''''- .15. 35l0
Sandals ............... 9.361 2o
Firearms .......... 40 SOB
VINE - ............... 4742 36l
FIsS beIpp etc and manufactures of.... S5T9Sa
oil. common 8i76 s46
WOOD manufactures Of 2Ss 2S 900 800
Wax and stearne - - ISIS Oi9
Onions garlic and potatoes So 5aI
Smoking paper 400 235
Packing paper .....-. 1484 $40
1xlce ...-.............. L432 SIS
Corn .t.... / 5sl $40
sogp pastes Cvermice 31 431sSS SS
ssafon iossS 1888 50
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