Arizona republican., 1900-08-24
WE HAVE MADE UP
Commercial Relations With
 Spain Fully Restored
The Trade Between the Late Enemies For the Fiscal Year Just Closed Has Almost Broken the Record. The Cotton Trade.

Washington, Aug. 23.-(SpeciaD = Commercial relations between the United Statees and Spain have been fully restored. The figures of the bureau of statistics for the fiscal year 1900 show that the exports from the United States to, and imports into the United States from Spain in the fiscal year 1900 Were larger than in any other year since 1893, and within a few hun dred thousand dollars of the highest record ever made in the commerce be- tween the two nations. Exports from the United Statees to Spain in the fiscal year 1900 were $13 399. .6S0. against $l0.- 912, 145 in the fiscal year 1897. the last full year preceding the war; while the imports into the United States from Spain in 1900 were $5.950.O47 against s, 63l,9 ,915 in the fiscal year 1897. The ony years of the decade 1S9O-1900 in which the commerce between the two nations was as large as in the year just ended were 1891, 1892 and 1893, when the ex- ports to Spain averaged about $13, 50O, GOO and the imports from Spain about S5,500,000 annually. In the fiscal year 1899, which felt the full effect of the war between the two countries, the eX- ports from the United States to Spain Were $9, ,097 ,S07, those of the present year thus being more than 90 per cent in eX- cess of that year: while our imports from Spain in 1899 were $3,9S2, 363, against $595O,O47 in the fiscal year just ended.
 Cotton, breadstuffs, mineral oils, and manufa ctures of wood are the principal articles of our exports to Spain, raw cotton being by far the largest single item in the list. Fruits, nuts and wines are at present the largest items of our imports from Spain, though in earlier years iron ore formed an important item of our importations from Spain.
 Importa tions of iron ore from Spain have also increased in the year 19OO as compared with years immediately pre- cedng, amounting to $64j,279 against $44 64S in 1899 and $302, ,327 in 1896, though in the years 1890 and 1891 our importa- tions of iron ore from Spain amounted to nearly $1 ,000, 900 annually. The pTin- cipal inportatiOns of fruits from Spain are almonds, oranges, and raisins. while of almonds the importations av- craze nearly $500, 900 annually. and of raisins from $5OO,OOO to $1,00O,00O per annum.
 In exports by far the largest item is unmanufactured cotton. The eXporta- tions of cotton to Spain from the United States were in fS65J, Sl,e691S2 pounds. and in 1900 were 121, ,S46, 155 pounds. This particular feature of our export trade with Spain was not ma terially affected by the war; the quan- tity of cotton exported from the United States to that country in the fiscal years 1898 and 1899 being higher than ;n any other year during the decade, though the number of pounds exported to Spain in 1900 is but slightly below that of 1899, while the increased price per pound brings the value of this single item of our exports to a higher figure than in any other year of the de- cade except 1891. The total value of raw cotton exported to Spain from the United States in 1900 was $9,4Sl, 700 out of a total of $13 399. .6S0, representing the value of all articles exported to Spain from the United States. Next in inn portance is wood and manufactures thereof, the most important item under this head being shocks, slaves and headings, of which the exports to Spain have averaged considerably more than $500 000 during the decade. Next in inn portance to cotton and manufacture of wood is provisions, of which the eX- portatiOns to Spain are controlled largely by crop conditions in that coun- try, the total for 1899 being $51S,0SS against $SO344 in 1896 and $1.94l ,2OG in 1895