The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-18

TRADE WITH SPAIN
Commercial relations between Spain
and the. United States seem to have
been fully restored. and it is not i'm
probable that our exports to that coun-
try in the fiscal year 1901 viii be great
er, with possibly a single exception,
than in any preceding year Exports
from the United States to Spain in the
nine months ending with March. 1901.
were valued at 81. 879. BAG. against So,
0S1 500 in the corresponding months Of
last year and s7,091, DAB in the cores
ponding period of the fiscal year 1893.
The figures for the year up to this time
Indicate that the total exports from the
United States to Spain in the fiscal year
1901 will be about S16.000.000, while in
1891 the exports to Spain were $14,619.-
335. in 1880 s14.657, Ss4, and in 1888, the
one year in which the Is million dollar
line was exceeded. SIC. ssl. 2s7-
On the import side the figures OF the
present fiscal year are largely in excess
of those of 1899 though slightly less
than those of 1900 which We're the larg-
est since 1891 The annual imports from
Spain into the United States since 1881
have ranged from 31a to 6 million dol
lars. averaging about AZ million dol
lars. while for the present fiscal year
they seem likely to exceed $5,0O0,O00 In
the fiscal year 1899. which felt the full
effect of the war between the two coun-
tries, the exports from the United
States to Spain were $9O77. so7; in 1900,
they rose to s13.3s9, $50. and in the pres
ent fiscal year win closely approximate
S16.0oO.OoO.
Breadstuffs, cotton. oils. and wood
manufactures are the principal artic-
les which we export to Spain. raw cot
ton being by far the largest in volume.
Fruits. nuts and wines are at present
the principal articles imported from
Spain, though in earlier years iron ore
formed an important item of our impor-
tations from Spain. Importations of
iron ore from Spain have also increased
in the year 1900 as with years immedi
ately preceding, amounting in 1900 to
$645.279 against $44. GAS in 1899 and $302,-
S27 in 1896. Going back to 1890 and 1891,
however, our fmportations of iron ore
from Spain amounted to nearly 81, OO0.-
900 per annum. Almonds, oranges, and
raisins are the principal fruits imported
into the United States from Spain, the
almond importations averaging about
100000 annually and those of raisins
from $500. 900 to $1.O00.O0O per annum.
Raw cotton is the largest single item
in our exports to Spain. The exporta-
lions of cotton from this country to
Spain have increased from S7,669. 7sG
pounds in 1890 to 1913. 3O6 1S6 pounds in
1900. This particular feature of our ex-
port trade with Spain was not mater
tally affected by the war our exports
of that article to Spain in the fiscal
years 1888 and 1899 having exceeded in
quantity the figures of any other years
during the decade. The number o.
pounds of cotton exported to Spain
from the United States in 1900 is but
slightly below that Of 1899. while the
increased price per pound brings its
value to a higher figure than that of
any other year since 1891.
Our total exports to Spain in 1900
were valued at S1S. 3ss. $50. and of this
amount 50. SIS. 930-more than two-thirds
Of the total-represented the value Of
cotton. The next important class of
our exports to Spain is wood and man
of wood. Following wood in |
is the class designated |
breadstuffs. the total for 1899 being |
$685. ss. as against 81, 941. 2O6 in 1898 Our
exports Of this class of merchandise to
Spain has fuctuated considerably from /
year to year. being governed largely by |
crop conditions in Spain