New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
TvPoPTs FROM THE PHILIPPINES,
THEIR TOTAL VALUE FOR TEN MONTHS
ENDED WITH OCTOBER WAS s3,1Sss53-

,t-sebinyton Dec Is fspeciaD.-The prominence
given to the commerce between the Cnlteo @ta.e7
and the Philippine Islands through the recent ue-
cision of the Supreme Court and the necessity lo
legislation on that subject lends especial interest
TO some figures prepared by the Treasury 7uLeau " "
of Statistics relative the present imports iioi
the Philippines and the constant demands Oh Tue
United States upon the tropics tor ar'lcles VI 60
renuirennent These figures show that the tolai
value OF imports from the Philippines IN Ine 'ei. zen
months ended with October. 1901 was ssIoo''oo ~
that only $222797 was dutiaole ana os 10
WAS free OF duty OF the dutiable imports sloo'l''
renresented the value of sugar. the Vaiue Vi ah
other dutiable articles being SS46SS VI tLne llee
importa tions S2.94571 manila hemp Inc I'M
portation of hemp from the Philippines IN l'Vi en- ,
2 large reduction compared with the Corresponding
,on+bs of 1000 due in part to the small production
Of hemp in the islands during the crop yedi VI
1900, and in part great reoucuoh III pit''. 10
the ten months OF 1905 ended with octooer' -''S'o
tors o. manila hemp imported were Nalueu a'
g o. 9s1 and in the same months of 1901 209S tons
OF hemp imported from the islands were Vaiuea 81 q.
s. 9571 the decrease in price thus oeing from sio'
in 1900 to sl43 ton in 1901 Tor the peiiou ui
consideration.
7}a mall nronortion of domestic sugar consump-
lion which the Philippine Islands are supplying is
scCwn by a comparison of the ABOVE hsuies l
su.ar imported from the Philippines win 'hose
OF The total sugar importations during the year.
The total i-onor+ation of sugar into the United
Stater in tae ten months ended with OCTOBER
amounts TO about 4.ooo0oooo pounds valued at
about Sid0 600. and of tins enormous totai o,s
II 424 90 pounds valued at S1Ss.15s came from the
Philippir Islands. In other words they nave sup
nlie6 iIr-inE the present year about one-nfth OF
pc, cent Of total value of importaons OF sugar
The oct o Der report of the Bureau OF Ssatst!cs
shows th importa tons of sugar from an couptIdes M
evcent Porto Rico amounted TO $50
G5 9s7 no.;nus valued s72 9S5S4 The reports from
the collector at Hawaii show that there was shipped
To he United States from Hawaii in the ten months
ended with etober 1901 645 095 go pounds of sugar;
valued s24,4 O.6. Add to this the amount shipped
from Porto E:ico. and the total importatlons or
sugar during the months VIII aggregate the
fgures above named+,00 100000 pounds, valued at
Sl6GGe0O00
These figures of the sugar Importation indicate
in some degree the dependence OF the United states
lpou the TROPICS the requirements o. daily me-
OF the S1O0OO000 OF sugar imported into the United
States in the months of 1901. all but about
So O009 900 from the tropics During the same
time the import=Itions of coffee amounted to S5I-
COS Sa3: silk S2s 9e6 6l5; rubber s2 49, hemp
sisa lutte etc $21 100 e22: tobacco. Sl3S02 200; tea
Sc 7S. 3I9 cotton. $6Jo0.23S and cocoa. $5,5S.O3l
The following table shows the value of the i'm
portatio1s OF tropical and SubtrOpiCai productions
into the United S-ates the fiscal year 1861 in
cluding the statement all sugar. of which, as
already shown. theery large proportion is from the
tropics:
TROPICAL. AND SUETROPICAL IMPORTS INTO THE
UNITED STATES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR