The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-08
Our Trade With The
New Dependencies

Washington. April :.
r ArORrS from the United States to Porto
II Rico and the Philippines continue TO grow.
~ 10 Cuba there is 10 rcrccptiblc increase in
1901, compared with 1900. To Hawaii tho
exports arc no longer recorded because Of the
refusal "f exporters TO continue their statements
since the annexation OF Hawaii and its cstab.
li,nlcnt rs customs district OF The United
states. TIL" latest figure, OF the treasury bu.
icau of statistics show IL the exports from the
United States to Porto Rico in the eight months
ending with February, 1901, were Si,cJ5, ,a52,
aAiinst &2,2lo.72 in the corresponding months
Of the preceding fiscal year, $l.326.66t; in the
corresponding period ending with February. 1880,
and $l2O.od7 III the corresponding period end.
ing with February, Isos. 10 the Philippines o,r
exports in the eight lronths ending with Feb.
rtary, 1901, were $2,'67, ,ssl, against $l70l, io5
in the corresponding period of the preceding lis
cal year. Sl7 .oal in the sane period ending with
February, 1899, and S69..3j in the same period
ending with February, 1soS.
10 Cuba exports for tho eight mouths end.
ing with February of the present year were Sl1,-
o3G.5o, against $l1.1T2,i72 in the corresponding
period of the preceding year, $lO1i., 9io in the
eight months ending with February, 1889, anil
s. .ds',32' in III" SANG period ending with FaI.
rnary, 1s0s. TO the Hawaiian islands the On.
ports cannot. already indicated. be measured
for the present fiscal year. hut there is cr2"y
reason to believe that they are increasing as arc
those to Porto Rico and the Philippines. In the
eight months ending with February, 1900 they
increased 80 per cent over the corresponding
period of tlc preceding fiscal year, and now
that commerce between the islands anil the
United States is absolutely unrestricted it is not
unreasonable 10 assume that the figures have
tcraly increased. The total exports to Cuba,
Porto Rico, and the Philippines in the eight
months ending with February, 1901, amounted to
S.i,3r,jsG, against $2l,UJ",jaG in the corrc.
spending period Of the fiscal year. 1900, $!l5S6,
6ai for like period in 1890. and &s,"5S6.j for a
like period in the fiscal year 1893.
Could the figures Of our exports TO Hawaii in
the present fiscal year he included it is prob
able that the total exports from the United
States 10 the islands or groups Of ilsands would
amount to S9d,GGo,Oe0 in the eight months
under considerations, against S|0,W00Oo in the
corresponding months ot the fiscal wear 1IJN,
$lI.0Oo0Oo for the same period Of 1872. 3I5, mo-,
o0o for the corresponding period Of IS:s, and
SIO,on00m Tor the same period of the fiscal ycGr
1s9. Thus the exports 10 'hesc Islands have
trcllcd since February. 1S9s. have double since
1907 and have Increased - rcr cenr. in III, past
year; though to Cuba there has been in the past
yea, 10 material increase.
tuba's importers seem less faNoraby disposed
Ia yards tho markets OF the United States at the
latest accounts than in the preceding yal". Tie
latcs' report of the insular bureau Jf tic ar
department, which is in charge Of the OH an
statistics, covcrs the nine months Gu ling with
September, 1900. In that period CuOas inn
ports were SI3, 0S,I03 and OF that sum, sci.
i2j,6j9, or III per cent. came from the United
States, and 81 ,jj2,23o from Europe; while in the
Iy of
tubas total imports were Sii ,63i, ~, of which
S2s ,o30, or 30 per cent. came from the United
States, and $l9,isl, G6o from Europe.
The following table shows the exports from the
United States to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil
ippinc islands in the eight months ending with
February in each year from 1896 to l00l