The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-30

to s4as. 2s4, $685. against s3ss,e75.55s In the
preceding year. an increase OF So, $685.
SOS. while infno earlier year had the in
crease amounted to SO much as $50, 000,-
900. Manufactures formed BIZ Per cent
OF the total Preparations In 1900, against
.2s.1a per cent In 1880. 26.s7 per cent in
1897, 2S,14 In 1895; 2O.25 per cent in 1885,
15 per cent in 1870, and 1916 per cent in
1860. Exports Of manufactures In 1860
were ;4o,2i5,s92. and in 1880. sis2, 2s4.3G5;i
while the total exports In 1860 were
sa3a576. O57, and in 1900, sl,Ssi,lS6,37l.
Thus, while the total exports OF 1900 are
four times as great as in 1860, those "
manufactures alone formed ten times
as much as in 1860 In that year
>manufactures formed but 1916 per cent
OF our total exports, while In 1900 they
form si.5i per cent,ot our total exports.
Even in thu decade which ends with
the year 1900. the growth in exports of
manufactures has been equally striking.
In. 1871 the total exports amounted to
sSSi.4SO, $40, cand those OF manufactures
alone to sl6S.927,3l5, the total exports
for 1900 thus being but 80 per cent In .ex-
cess OF 1891, while the exports OF manu-
features arc $50 per cent In excess Of
that year.
This rapid growth in the expectation
OF manufactures Is particularly. crafty
ing when compared with that OF Other
nations which have heretofore chiefly
supplied the worlds markets in manu-
featured goods, In 1860. us already in.
dictated, out total exports OF manutac-
lures were bur s4O,345Ss?; In that year
those OF the United Kingdom were
s6t3,S5S,262; by 1870 our own exports OF
manufactures had increased to sdS.979,-
7s4, and those OF the United Kingdom
were s9Oo,16S,2si: In 1880. exports o:
manufactures from the United States
had reached si32, eSi.s66. while those
from the United Kingdom in 1898. the
latest year available, had dropped to
1886. I65, 325. Thus, our exports Of matt
facturSs are now ten times as muchias
in 1860. while those OF the United King
dom are but one and one-halt times as
great as In 1860 z.
Our Commerce With the Grand Divi-
sicns.' ,.-5b
A study OF our Imports from the
grand divisions of the world Illustrates
the growth in the proportion OF our I'M
ports which Is being supplied by the
tropical and subtrop!cal parts of the
world. In 1890. the imports from Eu-
rope were si4s,ss7.2S6, and In 1900. $780,
5O94S0; from North America, the i'm
ports In 1880 were s14S.36S.7O6. and in
1900. sl29, 939. SIS; from South America.
from which our imports are almost
exclusively tropical and subtroplcal. thu
imports of 1899 were .S9o,VO6.lii, and 10
1900. s92.CS5, 1874; from Asia, who's sup
plies sent to the United States are
chiefly tropical and subtropical In char
actcr. our imports in 1890 were s67,5c6.-
S33. and in 1900. sl39,Sl7,O2s; from Ocean
lea. lying almost exclusively in the
tropics, the imports In 1890 were s2s.-
556,56s. and In 1900. sSi,596Oi2: and from
Africa, from which our imports are al
mos, exclusively tropical and subtropl-
cal. our imports in 1890 were $3.S21.iH
and iE 1900. sll,2l71l6.
Imports From Cuba, Porto Rico, Ia
wall and the Philippines.
That n large proportion OF the grow
Ing demand for tropical and subtrop!-
cal products can be supplied b. the Is
lands which have recently come into
closer relations with the United States
is Illustrated BY the statistics showing
the value OF the imports into the United
States from Cuba, Porto Rico. Hawaii
and the Philippine Islands. in each year
from 1890 TO 1900. In 1909 the imports
from these Islands aggregated over $751;
100000 and reached Sl00,000.0C0 under
the Increase which followed the
reciprocity treaty with Spain, falling TO
less than S4o.G50. 900 in 1897 and 1895, and
again reaching over $50. 900 in 1900.
while 4 return to thu conditions of pro-
ductlon and commerce which existed in
Cuba and Porto Rico In 1892 and 1888
would probably again bring the total
imports into the United States from the
four groups OF Islands TO about 00.C09,
COO. with prospect OF further growth
as their producing capacity Is developed
by the construction OF roads. railways.
ETC, and the introduction OF new capl-
tai. In 1900 the Imports into the United
States from the Islands in question
were: From Cuba, s3l,37l. 7oi: from PoE
to Rico, s3,O7S.4l5; from Hawaii. $780,
76I.s03. and from the Philippines. 1,-
97l.90S. The fact that the most rapid
growth In our imports IS in the class OF
articles produced IN these Islands
sugar. fbrcs, coffee. tropical fruits. to-
bacco, etc. and for which their produc-
ing capacity may be rapidly and great
ly increased suggests that = much
larger share OF our troPIca! imports
may be supplied from this source In the
near future.
Exports to Cuba, Porto Rico. Hawaii