New-York tribune., 1900-04-02

RET 6 6 D Of the IN s sTod nfo
admisied free OF duty If ths penang gtive pm Hu tariff
the supplementary executive orders issued from
time time 81 per cent was admitted free of duty
most of them during the entire perfod and ,I ne
remainder during the greater portion r @ 3 S5 n and the
averag, ad vslorem rate OF duty Of 3-lo per cent
to 81 So or an average Of less than cents head
Of The total population. The duties collected under
mated at 1s per cent ad valorem which AMOUNTED "a
TO 2 sa or a. an "a, to,s % on more than
double what It would have amounted to Il the pto-
ees are a hoS hoS imposed m and viii be until
law goes into effect.
COMPARISON OF THE LISTS.
An inspection Of the foregoing lists Of free and
dutiabIe imports, respectively, will suggest 10 any
mind that the latter mainly comprises artlcies
which do enter into general consumption IN
Puerto Rico. Outside the seaports and principal
towns manufactures Of iron and steel biscuit aiiu
other breadstuns Except -FOUR. malt liquors anu
distilled spirits Except native run caflases anu
BICYCLES coal manufactures Of copper lead lnoia
rubber marble and paper pianos and organs re-
fined sugar candy and confectionery, TRUNKS anu
valises, lamps and chandeliers. OIL cloth' "ooheh
goods varnish ete are used & 6y nd eten in the
towns that proportion Is small colnLa m pa ,,srte &c
~ trne ~ hIftter cheese fruits and preserves OF
foreign origin glassware and window glass iaS anS
Is an article of general and the duty proposes
win TO ab6H per SeRse SeRf ed arcies Of gem
eral consumption. the duty Will amount 10 aoou'
An inspection Of the free list. as proposed vii
disclose the fact that il Is almost wnoIiy copoTu So
SUMPTION and in tha, respect it is exceedingly
era hundred other articles which are admitted tree
OF duty under the Dingey lay when when s,R are 10 ID d
Zion are included under general heads. and there
fcre cannot now be specified among & mem IN i are
gr,tr
chona scientific apparatus scho9lhonse IaTnirure m
and appliances Spanish ,H admted e into
the United States free of duty which VII De sud sud
ject to duty when imported into Puerto Rico from
the United States or any other country is coffee
upon which duty OF five cens pound f rs nd1stqT 1 f9r
against injurious competition from Brazil and other
countries.
SCHEME OF SPECTATORS.
Besides coffee. which IS not likely 70 cut large
figure in Puerto Rcos exports for several years TO
come the principal articles of export from the ISL
and are sugar molasses, tobacco, hides. cattle and
copper. Sugar and moasses have been chiefly ex-
ported TO the United States. but none has been so
exported in last four months. the stocks in She
island being in the hands of speculative owners.
who have been holding them in the hope that free
trade would be declared. The same remark is
rneasurably true In regard TO tobacco, the exports
70 the United States for the eight months ended on
February Is 1900. having amounted u about 41Io)0
pounds OF the total value of s112.ooO The exports
of sugar and moasses in the first four months OF
the same period amounted 70 s524.000. The exports
of hides amounted 10 s7.354 70 the United States;
and those of copper to the United States amounied
8l1 Cattle haze been been Largely c e1Por5ea 20
to Cuba in the months of July and august ls 1893
amounted TO sIs,112. and 10 the British west
Indies to S135s0. In those two months the exports
of moasses amounted to s1o33 80. OF which s3s 633
was to the United States and SJ63Gi to Canada.
OF sugar the exports to the United States
amounted to 1924 :i3S. and of refined sugar 10
SIS 800. The exports Of leaf tobacco to the United
States in the same months amounted to $4,000.
and Germany TO ST.
The total imports into the United states from
Puerto Rico in the eight months ended February
2s 1900 amounted 10 sSCS, ,493 of which 1895 600 or
more than 92 per consisted OF molasses sugar
and tohaccO.