The times., 1901-04-08
EXPORTS TO THB COLONIES
Growing Commerce With the Phil
ippines and Porto Rico.

Figures of the Trade with Hawaii
Not ObtainabIe. But an Increase
Undoubtedly Exists-Little Change
in the yaiue of Cuban Shipments.
Fxports from the United States to Por-
to Rico and the Philippines continue to
grow To Cuba there is no perceptibIe
increase in 1891 compared with 1900 To
Hawaii the exports are no longer record
Cd because of the refusal of exporters to
continue their statements since the an
nexation of Hawaii and its establishment
as a customs district of the United States.
The latest figures of the Treasury Bu-
reau of Statistics show that the exports
from the United States to Porto Rico in
the eight months ending with February.
1901, were $295, ,953, against s2,2l9.721 in
the corresponding months of the preced-
ing fiscal year; 81 663 in the CORE
spending period ending with February,
1893. and 81 200O67 in the corresponding
period ending with February 1898.
To the Philippines our exports in the
eight months ending with February, 1901,
were 81 1913 against S1701 ,403 in the cor
responding period of the preceding fiscal
year; $l17,02l in the same period of the
fiscal year 1899, and 500, ,235 in the same
period ending with February, 1898.
TO Cuba our exports for the eight
months ending with February of the
present year were $l7, ,236 752, against $17,
172,412 in the corresponding period of the
preceding year. sl0l42.94 in the eight
months ending with February, 1899, and
S76S9, S23 in the same period ending with
February, 1898
To the Hawaiian Islands the exports
cannot, as already indicated be measured
for the present fiscal year, but there is
every reason to believe that they are in
creasing. as are those to Porto Rico and
the Philippines In the eight months
ending with February, 1900 they in
creased 80 per cent over the correspond
ing period of the preceding fiscal year,
and now that commerce between the
islands and the United States is absolute
ly unrestricted it is not unreasonable to
assume that the figures have materially
increased.
The total exports to Cuba, Porto Rico,
and the Philippines in the eight months
ending with February, 19jf, amounted to
81, 800, $50 against 81, ,093, ,596 in the CORE
spending period of the fiscal year 1890.
81. .5S8 633 for a like period in 1899, and
SS95S, ,625 for a like period in the fiscal
year 1898.
Could the figures of our exports to
Hawaii in the present fiscal year be in
cluded it is probable that the total ex
ports from the United Statees to the four
islands or groups of islands would amount
to $36 ,009.00) in the eight months under
consideration, against $30,000,000 in the
corresponding months of the fiscal year
1900, 81, ,00O, 900 for the same period of 1899,
sl3 co., 900 for the corresponding period of
1898, and s1GO00,O 600 for the same period of
the fiscal year 1895. Thus the exports to
these islands have trebled since Febru-
have increased % per cent in the past
year. though to Cuba there has been, in
the last year. no material increase.
Cubas importers seem less fayorably
disposed toward the markets of the United
States at the la test accounts than in the
preceding year. The latest report of the
Insular Bureau of the War Department,
which Is in charge of the Cuban statts-
ties covers the nine months ending with
September, 1907. In that period Cuba
imports were $53. los, ,I02, and of that sum
$24. 525. $50. or 46 per cent came from the
United States and 81. 559, ,239 from Europe
while in the corresponding months OF the
preceding year Cubas total imports were
S54. 636 747 of which SIS, ,G9i0 030, or 81 per
cent. came from the United States and
$19 481 $50 from Europe.
The following table shows the exports
from the United States to Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippine Islands in the
eight months ending with February, in
each year from 1896 TO 1901: