The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-02
TRADE. OF PERU INCREASING.
{ Heavy Increase in Exports During
the Nrur 1900.

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The State Department has received
from Irving y Dudley. the United States
Minister to Peru. a review of the export
trade Of Peru during 1890. showing an In
crease In the total of t54 per cent com
pared with the preceding year. The tables
are based upon official statistics taken
/. from the customs As the expectation by
iquitos IS not yet known, the figures given
represent only the expectation by the Pa
cihc ports.
Expectation during 1890. 81 .S6eZ7S. ex-
portatiou during 1893. Sl4.922. 7gs. Difference
In favor Of Iy,,, 3. 927 4S6
The following articles increased as com
pared with 1899 the amounts stated.
Minerals. sos. Sl3- sugar. S2.IC5. Us5: cot
ton Si!s,eHG. cocaine, SIS, 459; hides. Sl46.Sg;
rice. SOB -l9: coffee. 81. 7f6; coca. 1858:
live animals. S69.SiO; alcohol S64, Al: coined
gold. Sl6.3l9
The rise in the price OF copper. Mr..
Dudley says. has given "A great impulse
10 mining. and the shipments Of copper
10 Great Britain during 1900 have been
so considerable as not only 10 Offset the
decrease in silver expectation consequent
upon its fan IN price. but TO increase the
total expectation Of minerals to the eN-
tent Of S3G53. SOC. Sugar has followed its
normal development and been favored
with better prices than in 1893. The ex-
portation Of cotton during 1890 was re-
narkable. The increase Of price IN Eu-
rope encouraged its cultivation there
having been exported during 1900 ], 80
tons more than curing 1879 The total
expectation during 1900 amounted to -
2i5 metric tons; and if il is considered
that the six cott0u-drin factories in Peru
produce each year about $4,000 pieces Of
30 yards each. 100000 yards. represent
ing consumption OF approximately I 400
tons the total production of cotton may
be estimated at somewhat more than
$500 tons. The articles whose expectation
has decreased are very few. Salt has
suffered in competition with Colombia
The decrease in the expectation Of wool
is worthy OF attention. for there can be
no doubt that Peru could easily export
more than the 1884 tons To which the to-
tai expectation Of 1900 amounts.
-Four years ago. Mr.. Dudley continues
the expectation amounted 10 3.T6S tons.
and although since then the factories OF
wooden fabrics have increased the con-
sumption, the wool industry remains the
most backward and stationary Of all the
national industries II the exports of
iQuitos are added and also the value Of
the commerce over the frontiers with the
neighbOring republics the value Of all the
exports during 1850 may be estimated at
S24. 600 in round numbers. The follow
ing figures. In which neither the value
nor the tonnage Of the grIano exported is
represented give the chief articles Of the
export trade In 1850.
Alcohol. Slu.sl7. wine. S50.S02; rum. 49,
$40; cotton. SL5S3 ~. rice. $500. 572; sugar
S5.0l5.2s5; borac. SZ7fI59; cacao. SIS go;
c5fee. S2e7. $50; coca. Sl64.s67; cocaine. S563.-
90; live animals. $50 SO. hides. 1927 594. .
provisions. SI93.S62; woods. SI.440. 732: honey.
s2s-l55; minerals, $Sl57,g75. cotton and cot
ton seed, $3.50, salt. S7O2g; hats. $780,
bullion and coined gold, $50 i59; bullion
and coined silver $3.50; othes, S35f.gSS
Total S2I s6527S-
Exports by countries Great Britain
Sl0I53.s-6. United States. $3.50 .g5. Chile
$3.50 rt5- Germany. E-5Ul.IZ6. France. $50
go; Bolivia. Sfo3969. Ecuador S-l5S1Z. Co
lombia. S2JH.013, Italy. &27.IfS, Central
America, $3.50. China. SfI.ZIl, Spain. Sl5.-
90. Cuba. 1896. Argentina. $113I- other.
Siu.-ts. Total. 81 >6u-ylN
The greatest Increase in exports has
been TO the United States. In 1897 alone
such exports amounted 10 g. 40 per cent OF
our total exports by the Pacific route.
and IN 1870 amounted 20 over % per cent
OF the total this is mainly due TO the
establishment Of cJuntervailing additional
duties on sugar In that country. This
customs measure has the effect Of favor
ing one Of the principal articles Of export
from South America
The following table gives an extract OF
The development OF Peruvian export trade
with the Emitted States during the last
four years
Cotton, 1897. 53f. 2sI pounds. 1900. o.. go
pounds Rice 1881 -, 1890, 81, lZ3 pounds
Sugar. 1897. . 49,. 55S pounds. 1880. IL DID,
40 pounds Coffee. 1897. 55.55S pounds:
1850, .H1 Toe pounds. Coca, 1885, 30t Isl
pounds; 1900. 1858 pounds. Cocaine. 1881
$50 pounds, 1870. LOIS pounds Hides 1897
80 $40 pounds. 1900. 1ISN209 pounds.
Sleeps wool, lsg3, Z2.l0I pounds; 1897. 2I-
NO pounds Ores. 1879. 3-52i, go pounds
1900. l.Iit555 pounds.