The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-17
IMPORTS FOR FIVE YEARS.
MORE THAN oNE-HALF SENT FROM
TROPICAL COUNTRIES.
Imporfations Of Agricultural Prod
ucts Have Averaged s3ss ,9es.7os.
Brazil Leading With Coffee and
Followed by the United Kingdom.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Intelligeneer.
WASHINGTON, Sept is-Frank III.
Hitchcock, chief Of the section Of foreign
markets OF the agricultural department,
has prepared a bulletin showing the value
the character OF our agricultural imports
from each foreign country for the i've
fiscal years lss5-i90. II shows that our
agricultural imports have an average an
nual value OF ssfk 954. Jos, OF which more
than one-haif came from tropical coun-
tries. Brazil. the leading source OF our
coffee supply, sent us Is per cent. of our
total agricultural imports, the United
Kingdom coming next with e.3 per cent.
But the imports from II, like those of
Germany, which ranged fourth. were. in
considerable part, received by those ma
lions from other nations. Cuba was the
third country. sugar running her per-
centage up TO rs per cent of the total.
Japan and China were fifth and sixth re-
sprctiveiy. The Philippines sent US IL
per cent. OF the total Brazii's exports
10 the United States averaged s54.lie.ss7 a
year. coffee imports alone amounting TO
SIS, 600 and being two-thirds OF our total
coffee imports.
The United Kingdom sent US annually
$sf.i3ls35. of which wool averaged sl2-
$4,000 a year and hides and skins 81. sol 900.
Vegetable fbers aggregated sss77.oco in
annual value, cotton, mostly Egyptian.
taking up si.5eioDo OF this amount.
Feathers, oils. fruits and nuts and sugar
were other leading items.
From Cuba and China.
Cuba's agricultural exports to the Uni
ted States averaged sz74o7.7ss in annual
value, Of which sum 800. 900 was paid
for sugar and $4,000 for tobacco Fruits.
principally bananas, nuts, hides, skins
and molasses were the other principal ar
tices. Germany sent us s240S2s7s an
nually. of which si3,2s4.eoo was sugar.
Hides and skins amounted to 81 ,9S0. 600 and
wines to s11es.eoo Rice. bristles. coffee,
hops. tobacco, oils. hair and unbottled
malt liquors also were sent from Ger
| many to the United States. Japan sent
| us siS.l $40 annually. silk averaging sl2.-
| 975.0o0: tea, si445.oco and rice $4,000.
| china's annual total was si7. 7l77s7, tea
| averaging ss.4s30o0, silks ss.27e.oeo, wool
| s15li.0oo, hides and skins sssT 900 and pre-
| pared opium sNs,eo Rice. sugar. cof-
| fee and vegetable oils were the other ar
| ticles. France sold us annually si7sT5 40
! wines averaging Aao9 900 OF which s23o7,-
| 600 worth was in the form OF champagne
| Hides and skins averaged 81. COO. woods
| s2o46,oco SILK sl477. 900 fruits and nuts
| 81 oe1 .oon. vegetable otis sa12 900. including
| sis4 900 worth of olive oil. argois, or wine
| lees, $4,000 and b. a. lees s695,0oo and
| brandy ss2nooo.
| Italy sent us SIS. 1a5.145 worth per year
| made up Of silks. $3.50. 900; fruit and nuts
| S2s7.oo including lemons s3se2.o00 and
/ oranges s7sf, 900; argols or wine lees 81 0ss.
| 900: vegetable oils $685. hemp aiGs, 900
| and cheese $4,000
The Dutch East Indies shipped us si4.-
| s92 466 annually, Of which xis. 26i 900 was
| paid for sugar and sa.i4t.oo0 for coffee.
| Hawaii exports to us averaged 1885. lisa,
| OF which sugar amounted to sis.f120oo
| Mexico sent US sl3.eoo1lo. made up prin-
| cipally Of vegetable hbres, s.. 3oi. 900, cot
| fee A.i7sooo; hides and skins si67i. 900;
| cattle sf,23 900 and vanilla beans $4,000.
Canada and East Indies.
| Canada sent yearly s1o.14s.24i. including
| live stock s2lTseo0 wheat 81. s55, 900: hides
| and skins 81. 2ss, coo: hay si.077 900 and wool
1 $500. 600
| The British East Indies averaged s1o.-
| 07S.s4s annual exports TO US sugar amount
/ ing TO s5.0s70co fruits and nuts s2.e15 go
| and cocoa sl.3i6,cn
| The British East indies the Neither
lands. Venezuela, Argentine Republic.
| Egypt fmostly cotton and sugar., the
| Philippine islands principally hemp and
1 sugar., and Colombia each sent us less
| than 100000 of agricultural exports
| annually.
| Measured by their average annually for
| 1896 1899 the leading articles and groups
| OF articles In our agricultural impor;
| trade ranked In the following order;
Sugar. coffee. hides and skins, wool.
| silk. vegetables fihres, fruits and nuts.
tea. tobacco wines. vegetable oils and
| live animals.
| The products mentioned comprise In
| part nearly 10 per cent. Of our total ag-
| riculturai imports