New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-29
PORTO RICO PROSPEROUS.
This Tnsulqr Possession q Good BuSi-
ness Investment for United States.
rFRox TEE TRIBUNE BCRBkC1

washington. Feb 2S-The question IS % whether
Porto Rico good business investment fci
the United States. 50 frequently asked by Demo
Gratis and other opponents OF the administration Is
uow effectively answered by an official statement
from the bureau OF statistics OF the Department
Of Commerce and labor.
In the last calendar year commerce between the
United States and Porto Rico amounted. n round
terms. 10 twenty-five millions o. dollars In 1897
the year prior 10 snnexaJior & amounted 70
S4I62 81 the total for the year 5gst ended being
thus more than five times as great as in 1887.
OF this total % twenty-five million dollars be-
tween Porto Elco ard the United States. slls2+ 3l3
was domestic products OF the United States shipped
70 Porto Rico. segs67s2 domestic products q
Porto Rico shipped 20 the United States $685. $50 for
cigu products shipped from the J1ited states 10
Porto Rice. and Sl6slE forelEr products shipped
from Porto Rico 20 TIRE United States. To other
parts q the world Porto Rico sent domestic prod
ucts 10 the value Of st2s7e0 ana foreign products
% the value o. S--7.oe2 while from other parts 81
the world Porto RICO imported SzI9.52s worth Of
merchandise.
Comparing the commerce ~ ZOO with -he p-ecel-
ing year. the figures show that the trade between
TIE United States and Porto Rico lrltly increased
sS ~ - 81 q. --c-- Fr.. 30 r----e5 stats
1913 10 S1.SqSg5 S-lumcut. traIr Porto Rico TO
the Jn.toG STAGE amounted ira 1872 e. ssl3l5l. and
81 ne shipments f-on the United st4tes 70 Porto
$500 81 81 vl51b tS-ai -rc ,siue al fo.~ was
s, 07I 1858 cotton r1.r4tac ft~re sIe1-a. 81 which
Cott0n cloths C0laToG ana uuuCorel. amounted 70
Ss-.7-s uaIulac tur-s o. .fou ana steel s. l53-a.
me largest items being boilers and parts ot e.
fires Ss..--- sewing machines t%a.Nif, Dtncr MAJ
chiuery. slzl0a. pipes and ftfrrs. NlZ1sl, build
ers hardware. saws, ana t1a.-. >ie.ile and fLeets
and plates. s66f3. aCo provisions. F.t'5ao4. -
SO. lard. s-eesl0. bacon ana hams fe-61'. cheese.
$500. and butter. Sl7.4T
81 the articles shipped from Porto Eioo % the
lltel states brown sugar amounted - s1t-2.A5t.
cigars. N.4lL6. lear tobacco. S-5.ii. ranges.
ss1f Co., and coffee. $1as,-- Porto Rtcan coffee ls
evidently growing En- Favor iD tlc United states.
re roloi quantity shipped i1 1913 being 5.zf1. f5l
POUNDS, against l.sl5l.s pounds lu 1902. Porto
8tca1 tobacco De- also apparently enjoying increased
popularity. The .otal quantity 20 ieaf tobacco
shipped che United States iu 1893 being - 90
POUNDS against 4l7.41N pounds in 1872
Porto RicC's ccmUcICo Win foreign countries as
which S2lo.a-3 was imports and S4267.lO domestic
exports tle remaining ,s127.s7o being re-exrorta-
lions ~ foreign products The largest imports IA
1903 from Spain. E692s-,. against Ss1-L.5 so
1872 from Nova Scotia and Ney-Isru-svlcl, S57-.-
against $50 lu IH2. from The Trltel King
dom S21.Sfn against sifs74 ir tho prcceduv year.
from b-rDuaus "A CO. against slsI.i2s 1892 and
from Uruguay, S4s.ife against &5s2i u the qrcceG-
ing year
Iho Domestic exports 70 foreign countries we're n
1873. S21.al0 aea.ust s. es6Gl1 b. 1907 The largest
eKportstious being 70 Franco. N.1S4.1l0 alair4'
sio68s4 ia 1879. 10 spain. S-oell1. against S.Zs
Brunswick S2-615s. aCainst N2eGH in 1902: q
Austria Hungary. as. against S27.5l6 En- 1902
auo - cuba s35661e. against S5i2,5is Ga the pre-
rrlsrg Ncar-