The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-29
SMALL AMOUNT IN UNITED STATES
oNE-FiFTH or ONE PER CENT rs
RECEIVED FROM NEW
POSSESSIONS.
American Dependence on Tropics for
Daily Requirements Such as su-
gar. Raw Silk. Rubber, Fibers,
Tobacco, Tea, Cotton and Cocoa
Some Facts ard Figures.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE prom
inence given 10 the commerce between
the United States and the Philippine
Islands through the recent decision
OF the Supreme Court and the neces
sity for legislation on that subject
lends especial interest TO some figures
prepared by the Treasury Bureau Of
Statistics relative TO the present i'm
ports from the Philippines and the
constant demands of the United States
upon the tropics. for articles OF daily
requirement
These figures show that the total
value of imports from the Philippines
in the ten months ending with Octo-
Der. 1901. were s.. 1ss. 953 or that sum
only s222.797 was dutiable and s2.964,-
156 was free of duty. OF the dutiable
imports s1sS.15s represented the value
of sugar. the value of all other duti-
able articles being s34.63S.
OF the free importations. S2.S45,-
I'll was Manila hemp. and all other
free articles s1S,3S5. The importation
OF hemp from the Philippines in 1901
shows a large reduction. compared
with the corresponding months OF
1900, due in part to the small produc-
ton of hemp in the islands during
the crop year of 1900, and in part to
a great reduction in price. In the
ten months of 1900 ending with Octo-
Der. %, 966 tons of Manila hemp inn
ported were valued at 1925 gel, and
in the same months of 1901, 2O,59I
tons of hemp imported from the isl
ands were valued at but s2,945.711,
the decrease in price thus being from
s1ST in 1900 TO s143 per ton in 1901
for the period under consideration:
The very small proportion of our
sugar consumption which the Philip
pine Islands are supplying is shown
by a comparison of the above figures
of sugar imported from the Philip
pines with those of our total sugar
importations during the year. The
total importation of sugar into the
United States in the ten months end
ing with October amounts to about
1900 100000 pounds. valued at about
800. 900 900: and of this enormous to-
tai, only II $4,000 pounds. valued a.
S1SS,159. came from the Philippine
Islands. In other words. they have
supplied. during the present year.
about one-fifth of one per cent of the
total value of our importations of SUI
gar. The October report of the Blu
reau of Statistics shows that cur i'm.
portation of sugar from all countries
except Hawaii and Porto Rico. amount
ed to S.346,065.267 pounds. valued at
S72. 9S5 .0S4. The reports from the Col
lector at Hawaii show that there was
shipped to the United States from
those islands in the ten months end
ing with October. 1901. 645,095.29O
pounds of sugar valued at s24.454076.
Add TO this the amount shipped from
Porto Rico. and our total importations
of sugar during the ten months will
aggregate the figures above named
four billion pounds, valued at 100 mil
lion dollars.
These figures of the sugar importa-
tons indicate in some degree the de-
pendence of the United States upon
the tropics for the requirements of
daily life OF the 100 million dollars
worth of sugar imported into the
United States in the ten months of
1901. all but about IL million dollars
worth came from the tropics. During
the same time the importations of cot
fee amounted to $50 1894 903: raw silk.
s2S, 1896. 615; rubber. s2S.36S. 16S; hemp.
sisal. jute, etc. s21.190922; tobacco.
s1S.S02. 700; tea, s6,7s0.S79: cotton,
$4,000. 2SS: and cocoa. s5.579,031.