The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-20
Showing That Trade
Follows the Flag
Special Correspondence Of The Tribune.

Special Correspondence Of The Tribune.
Washington, Aug. 10.
v~XPORTS Of American products 20 Porto
X Rico in this Aseal year Just ended,
IL oording 10 the figures Of the Treasury
Bureau ot Statistics, were more than three
times a. great as they averaged when forto
Rico was under the Spanish flag, and more than
so per cent. in excess OF those prior to tho en-
actment Of the Porto Rioan tarih law, which
went into effect May 1. 1000. The total do
mestic exports from the United states 10 Porto
Rico in the fiscal year 1897. which entirely pre-
ceded the beginning Of hostilities with Spain,
were 1,o6is5 In the fiscal year 1907 ten
months of which preceded the date at which the
Porto Rican tariff went into effect, our do.
nestle exports to Porto Rico were S,26o,so
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, all OF
which was under the Porto Rcan act which
levied IS per cent. ~ the regular Dineley law
rates on goods pa~inc into that island from
this country, the total domestic exports from
the United States tn Porto Rico were sS.s6l,alI
These figures include only exports Of domestic
merchandise and do not include foreign mcr.
ohandise brought into the United states and
re.cxportcd to Porto Rico. which presumably
amounted 10 about a halt million dollars, since
the Porto Ricsn statement of imports from the
United States for the 1scal year ending June
So 1901, show the grand fetal including do
mestc and foreign to be s7,4ltoO2
Porto Rico imported in the fiscal year end
| ing June 80. 1901. goods amounting 10 so,36I,23O
| in value and Of this s7,iliJ02 came from the
| United States. the total from other countries
| being a. o52.79s OF this sl,o52,72s imported
| from countries other than the United States.
| the value ~ ss0s,t4l was from Spain; S374sS7
| from the United Kingdom; s294,0 ,067 from Can.
| ada; Sle6,723 from France; sl52,2ol from Ger
many, and ssl ,s3s from the Netherlands The
total exports Of the island during the hscal
| year 1901 were sSss3.sI6 of which the value
| ~ s56sl 1877 was sent to the United States, and
81 O02 $40 to other countries or the latter sum.
| the value n s1I1o,o4s was IN C,iha ,o23 to
| Spain; si73o7o to France; I,63a To Canada;
| slao,7T2 TO Germany, and sss,935 TO the Neither.
| lands.
| The growth in exports from the United States
to Porto Rico has been in nearly all the arti'
| cles entering into that commerce, but especially
| in manufactures Experts ~ cotton cloth in
creased from 5la million yards to over % mil.
| lions: boots and shoes from o thousand pairs
| 10 ~ thousand; hooks, maps and engravines,
| from IA thousand to over 10 thousand dollars;
| candles, from III thousand TO 9I5 thousand
| pounds: chemicals. drugs and medicines from
| 80 thousand to 80 thousand dollars; wearing ap.
| rarel, from SO thousand 10 "A thousand dollars;
soap, from II thousand n 81 thousand dollars.
| There a slight reduction in exports Of -four,
| probably due to the very heavy increased ex'
| rortation n rice from this country, which ad.
vanced from less than million hounds to over
| 80 million pounds. Provisions increased nearly
one hundred thousand dollars during the year,
| the exports during 1aoo having heen $50, ,sa7,
and those ot 1901 so6l .0ol, and refined sugar In
creased in expectation from s6,2ll in 1900 to
| sli6s4 in 1901.
| The following table shows the principal DO
| mestic exports from the United States 10 Porto
/ N =. a. IlNf.