The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17
IMPORTS FROM TROPICS
TOTAL OF SssS, ,s1o,I55 FOR TEN
 MONTHS OF 1901.
A Growing Dependence on Southern Neighbors for the Require msnts of Iife-The Record
 Given in Detail.

Washington, Dec. 1s.-The prominence given to the commerce between the Onis- ed States and the Philippine islanHs preme Court and the necessity for legts- lation on that subject lends esneoial in- terest to some figures prepared py the Treasury Bureau of Staustios rSlatIve .o and the constant demands Of tne Gniteo States upon the tropics for articles ot daily requirement.. These figures show that the total value of imports from the Philippines in the ten months ending with October, 1901, were s. ,95S. Of that sum only $Z227 73 was dutiable and " 1 964 l56 was free of duty. Of the dutiaole imnorts S1SS, ,159 represented the value of sugar, the value of all other duuaoIe aE- ticles being $34.6SS.
 | Of the free importations $2,sD'In was Manila hemp and all other free articles | SIS. 386 The importation of hemp from the Philippines in 1901 shows a large re- duction, compared with the corresponding production of hemp in the islands dur | ing the crop year of 1900 anl in part to a great reduction in price. In tbe ten months of leoo ending with October F. valued at S5.22S,2Sl, and in the same months of 1901, 3O,57s tons of hemp i'm ported from the islands was valued at being from $1S7 in 1900 to $143 per ton in 1901 for the period under consideration.
 The very small proportion or our s,Hgadr d, | consumption Wnlcn the EuiiPPA"C t tS.e-iiS are supplying is shown by compari- son of the above figures of sugar im- ported from the Philippines with those of our total sugar importations during into the United States In the ten months ending with October amounts to a0ou' 4OO0, ,OO0, 600 pounds, valued at about @lOa ii 'tS4C 600 pounds valued at slSs, 15s. came from the Philippine Islands. In other words, they have supplied during the cent. of the total value of our importa. tionE of sugar. The October report o1 the Bureau of Statistics shows that ouI in portation of sugar from all countries
 to 3, s46, 065, ,2S7 pounds. valued at $12s66. oSi The reports from the collector at Ha'
 waii show that there was shipped to tn
 United States from tn9ss t isIands oc,ob m ,sS s9
 645 0g5 20 pounds of sugar, valued at S24
 G54,076. Add to this the amount.AshippeC
 from Porto Rico, and our total importa
 tions of sugar during the ten month will aggregate the figures above named OO0 006 000 pounds, valued at $lOO. O.0OO,0 0OO
 These figures of the sugar importation
 indicate in some degree the dependence of the United States upon the tropie
 for the requirements of daily life. o
 the $lOO 900 900 worth of sugar tmporte
 into ,s she teS s, ssSosa sSoSt n sae SeS wort
 came from the tropics. During the sam time the importatione of coffee amounte'
 to 57ss4.S SO3; raw silk, t25. 6ls: rubber ise S2S, ,36S, ,76S; hemp. Hsal, jute, etc, El' lO. l. S22: tobacco, SIS sO2 700; tea. se 7so;s s7s; cot ton, $6000. .23s, and cocoa, &,579,0a : The following table shows the ,Vaiu ! of the importations of tropical and s9o te trpical productions into the United S'ats tS in the fiscal year 1901, including inaa n s l statement all sugar, of which. as a4ESAH sser shown. the very large proportion IS lFoN the tropics: ,.
 Tropical and sub-tropical imports ,laa iae
 the United States during the hsc@l ""
 1901: x,,.,.
 Articles. So is7 Sr
 sugar ''''''''''''''', 62 Ssl .ss . LsOIIae. ac A