Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-17
GOODS FROM TROPICS.
United States Depends on Tropics for
MANY Supplies

| Mduy supplies
Washington, Dec. 17.-The promi-
nence given to the commerce between
the United States and the Philippine
islands thru the recent decision of the
supreme court and the necessity for
legislation on that subject lends es-
pecial interest to some figures prepared
by the trasury bureau of statistics rel
ative to the present imports from tho
Philippines and the constant demands
of the United States upon the tropics
for articles of daily requirement.
These figures show that the total value
of imports from the Philippines in the
months ending with October, 1901. We're
s3,1S6,953. OF that sum only $222,797
was dutiable and S2,964,15 was free of
duty. OF the dutiable imports $13S,159
represented the value of sugar, the
value of all other dutiable articles be-
ing $S4,63S. OF the free importations
s2,945,771 was manila hemp, and all
other free articles $1S,3S5 The i'm
portation of hemp from the Philippines
in 1901 shows a large reduction, COM
pared with the corresponding months
of 1900, due in part to the small pro-
duction of hemp in the islands during
the crop year of 1900, and in part to a
great reduction In price. In the ten
months of October 1896 tons of ma
Mia hemp imported was valued at $5,-
225,261, and in the same months of 1901
20,579 tons of hemp imported from the
islands was valued at but $2,945,771,
the decrease in price thus being from
$1s7 In 1900 to SAB per ton in 1901 for
the period under consideration.
gar consumption which the Philippine
islands are supplying is shown by
comparison OF the above figures of SUI
gar imported from the Philippines with
those of our total sugar importations
during the year. The total importa-
ton of sugar into the United States
in the ten months ending with October
to about 4,000,000,000 pounds,
valued at about $100,000,0Q0; and Of
this enormous toal only 11,424,0002
pounds. valued at $1Ss.15S. came from
the Philippine islands. In other words,
they have supplied during the present
year about one-fifth of one per cent
of the total value of our importations
Of sugar The October report of the
bureau of statistics shows that our Inn
portation of sugar from all countries
except Hawaii and Porto Rico amount
ed to 3,346,065.267 pounds. valued at
72,9S5.084. The reports from the col
lecor at Hawaii show that there was
shipped to the United States from
these islands in the ten months ending
with October. 1901, 645,095,290 pounds
of sugar, value at $24,454,076. Add to
this the amount shipped from Porto
Rico and our total importations of SUI
gar during the ten months will aggre-
gate the figures above named-4 ,000,-
100000 pounds, valued at $1,000.000.
These figures of the sugar importa-
lions indicate in some degree the de-
pendence of the United States upon the
tropics for the requirements of daily
life. OF the s100,000,o0o worth of SUI
gar imported into the United States in
the ten months of 1901, all but about
s12, 600, 900 worth came from the trop-
les. During the same time the impor-
tations of coffee amounted to $57,9s4,-
30s; raw silk, s23,996,615; rubber. $685.
S63.76s; hemp. sisal, jute, ETC.. s21.190,-
922: tobacco, s13.s02,700; tea, S6.7s0,-
s79; cotton, s6,ooo,23S, and cacao. s5.-
579,031.