The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-11
PORTO RIcAN COMMERCE.

Washington d. c., July S.-The prompt action OF the
Porto Rcan legislature in notifying the president that tari
between Porto Rico and the United States IS 10
longer required expenses of the island and re-
questng that all tariff between the and the United
be Immediately abolished in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Porto Rcan lends especial interest to
figures just prepared by the treasury bureau OF sta
stcs regarding the commerce between Porto kco ana e
United States since Rican into effect
The Porto Rican which will be remembered went
into effect May provided that the United States tariff
should apply Rico against all countries except
the United States and that the tariff rates between the
United States and Porto Rico should be cent of the
regular rates for term of two unless the Porto Rcan
legislature should than that time notify the president
that it had made provisions for local taxation meet the
necessities Of the of Porto Rico whereupon all
tariff between the island and the United States should be
abolished This notification according the press dis
patches from Porto Rico has been duly made by the egsa
the act signed by Governor Allen and the president re-
quested abolish all duties goods passing from
the United States into Porto Rico from Porto Rico into
the United States July authorized by the act
above referred to.
The increase commerce between Porto Rico and the
United States which has ouowed the Porto Rcan act by
which IS per OF the tariff between Porto Rico and the
United States removed has been great especially
in exports from the United States Porto Rico The act
went into effect May and the figures for the month
Of April therefore conclude the first year of
between Porto Rico and the United States under this
act In that the imports from Porto Rico into the
United States $3S771 against $7,sI8273 in the
responding twelve months OF 8oo-Iooo and S2Is1775 in
the corresponding twelve months of So7oan increase OF
IS per compared with the twelve months ending
April 1903 when the island under Spanish control
In exports from the United States Porto Rico the increase
is still strongly marked the exports that island dur
ing the first under the Porto Rican being $71ooo3
against S37oo4o in the corresponding twelve months ending
with April and $i8566z7 in the corresponding twelve
months ending with April Isosan increase of nearly 800
per cent
To up the Developments of trade between Porto Rico
and the United States since the Porto Rcan aboisfng
IS per of the tariff between that island and the
United States went into effect compared with conditions
before the beginning Of the with Spain may be said
that imports from Porto Rico have increased Is and
exports that island have increased nearly 800 per
How far the abolition of the remaining IS per OF the
Dngey tariff and the establishment Of absolute free
trade between Porto Rico and the United States will further
stimulate the between the island and the ports in
the United States only be determined by develop
ment The latest figures OF the bureau OF statistics show
that about SO Of the imports Porto Rico
from the United States and IS per of the
ports from that island the United States.
The following tables show the exports from the United
States and imports into the United Porto Rico
in the first under the Porto Rican tariff compared
with the year Immediately preceding when the island
under the United States flag and with the year 18o7o8
which it under the Spanish flag.
COMMERCE BETWEEEN PORTO RICO AND THE
UNITED STATES.