The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-24
HOW WYOMING
SECURED PLUM
-%--
Unity OF Action by Senators and
Representatives.
IMMENSE SUGAR EXPORTS
A
GENERAL GOSSIP Or MATTEEg
OF NOTE IN WASHINGTON.
Especial correspondence)

Especial Correspondence)
Washington, D. c., Dec. 2L-The
state Of Wyoming has recently secured
an important federal appointment, that
Of United States attorney for the dis
trict OF Hawaii. It is q matter of much
comment that Wyoming, a small state
In point Of population and wealth, and
with a total vote not as large as that
of a single ward in New York or Chi
cage. should capture so many rich po-
litical plums. The secret lies in the
fact that Wyoming has no political
dissension. The two senator's and rep
resentadves from that state act as
unit in the matter OF securing federal
appointments. Then, too, the people of
the state, regardless of political afil-
latiOns, are always ready to stand with
their representa- ives in securing places
for Wyoming men, Thus, while larger
and more important states, like Colo
radO and Utah, nearby neighbOrs of
wyoming, have difficulty in agreeing
upon the appointments to be made
within their own borders. Wyoming not
only secures her own local appoint
ments, but gets fair share on the
outside. The success of this state con-
veys q fair lesson TO her neighbors
The facUOnal fight which has been
in progress in New Mexico for some
time IS closed, so far as the Washing
ton end of it is concerned, by the ap-
DOlntment Of Governor Otero for q
second term of four years. A deter
mined and bitter fight was made
against the governors reappointment
and charges, somewhat vague, were
fled against him BY his enemies with
the department Of the interior. Gov
ernor Otero had no difficulty in dis
proving these. and as he had the III
dorsement Of the Republican organ
iZatiOn of his territory and of the sub
stantial business interests of New
Mexico. as wel as the personal friend
ship of President Roosevelt, his re-
appointment despite the fight against
him, was not a matter of surprise to
his friends.
Imports Of Sugar.
Sugar imports into the United States
n the calendar year 1901 exceed those
of any preceding year by about ESQ.,
100000 pounds, and the cost has been
greater than any preceding year ex-
cept 1888, when prices were unusually
high. The total importations of sugar
y
to the treasury bureau OF statistics,
100000, poo pounds, and the cost about
Sis, 600. The highest record of sU-
gar impOTuatiOns in any preceding
year were, in quantity, those cf 1899
4,3S9 5t9,07S pOunds-while in value, the
figures of 1888 made the highest record,
S123,03S,217.
the estimate Of the bureau of sta
tistics for the calendar year is based
upon the actual figures of impoTta-
tiOns from foreign countries for ten
months. ending with October, to which
are added the actual figures Of sugar
shipped from Hawaii TO the United
States. To these are added estimates
for November and December, both from
foreign countries and Hawaii, and for
the fJlI year from Porto Rico; this
method of obtaining the Hawaiian ana
Porto Rican figures being necessary by
reason Of the fact that commerce with
those islands is no longer Included in
the statistics of the foreign commerce
of the United States. This shows an
Increase of about 30 per cent in the
sugar impOTtatiOns into the United
States in the decade, the figures for
1891 being 1858, S54 pounds. against
1872 600, 900 in 1903, the actual increase
in the decade thus being. in round num-
hel - Lulu uttsllU LUHLtics Inc EllOl-
nous quantity can perhaps be better
realized when it Is stated that accept
ing the average car load at $4,000
pounds. the sugar impOrtatiOns of 1901
would be sufficient to load 5000 cars.
Enormous Production.
In addition to this enormous figure
o. 4.67O 000,O00 pounds imported, the
sugar production in the United States
for the year is presumably about co.,
100000 pounds, this having been about
the annual average during recent years.
o. this. $500 100000 pounds of sugar
imported into the United States in
1901. more than 000 GEO 900. or fully SIS
per cent is cane sugar from the tropics.
The remainder is chiefly beet sugar,
mostly from Germany and Austria
Hungary. In the ten months ending
with October the impOTtauOns of beet
sugar amounted TO about 500 600, 600
rounds, out of a total Importation of
more than 4,00Q000000 pounds. OF the
more than 4o00, 100000 pounds of e5ne
sugar imported during the year, about
30 pei cent comes from Cuba. about IS
per cent from the East Indies. aud the
remainder chiefly from the West In
dies and Central and South American
countries.
The following table shows the total
sugar impOrtauOns, quantity and value.
y 10y calendar years, from 1891 20 1901.
November av.d Dec 5mber of 1901 being
estimated.