Arizona republican., 1904-03-07
PROFITABLE ISLAND
Our Commerce With Porto
 Rico Last Year
The Business Last Year Amountad to 22,00O,O0O of the Total Trade of the island, $2S, ,OOO, ,O00.


 Washington, March 6.-Commerce between the United States and Porto Rico during the calendar year 1903 amounted, in round terms, to $22,000,- OO0. Tn 1897, the year prior to annexa- tion, it amounted to $4,162,912, the to- tai for the year, just ended being thus more than five times as great as in 1897. This statement of the commerce passing between the United States and Porto Rico is prepared by the depart ment of commerce and labor, through it's bureau of statistics, and gives the details of the movements, by principal articles, in both directions, both of do- mestic and foreign products. It also shows the commerce of Porto Rico with other countries, which amounted to over s6,O00,O0O, thus making the total trade of the island more than $2S.OOO.OO in the year just ended. Of this total of $22,OOO,CO between Porto Rico and the United States $11,- 424.313 was domestic products of the United States shipped to Porto RicOI S9,9S6,7S2 domestic products of Porto Rico shipped to the United States, $395,5S2 foreign products shipped from F. the United States to Porto Rico, and $166.141 foreign products shipped from Porto Rico to the United States. To other parts of the world Porto Rico sent domestic products to the value of l $127.932, while from other parts of the world Porto Rico imported s2,119,523 worth of merchandise.
 1 Comparing the commerce of 1903 with the preceding year, the figures show that the trade between the United States and Porto Rico slightly ! innraa 1n 1QOQ 1 being S21,972.S1S and for 1902 $21,S2S,- PA. Shipments from the United States to Porto Rico in 1902 amounted to s12.- 1 194,O73 and in 1903 to $11,S19, S95. Ship ments from Porto Rico to the United ! States amounted in 1902 to S9,634,151 and in 1903 to $10.152,923.
 Of the shipments from the Unitcl i States to Porto Rico the more import ant items were: Breadstuffs. $1,199,- 052. of which total the value of flour was S1,071,265: cotton manufactures $1,950.S S03. of which cotton cloths, col ored and uncolored, amounted to $1,- 307,72S; manufactures of iron and steel, s1,156,273, the largest items be- ing boilers and parts of engines, $133. S22: sewing machines, s96,S04; other machinery. S141,1O6; pipes and fittings
 S112.S91: builders hardware, saws, and
 tools. $70,46S. and sheets and plates
 S66,633; and provisions, S1, 403,634 oi which salted and pickled pork amount
 ed to $395,36S; lard, s19S,S7O; bacor . and hams, $192.679; cheese, $9S,662
 and butter, s77,4O7.
 Of the articles shipped from Porto
 Rico to the United States, brown su-
 gar amounted to $6,S13,S54; cigars
 $1441,19G; leaf tobacco, S255.S14, n.a Porto Rican coffee is evidently growirl
 in favor in the United States, the tota
 quantity shipped in 1908 being 5,461 ,63 pounds, against 1906. 1O6 pounds IT
 1902. Porto Rican tobocco is also ap.
 parently enjoying increased popularity
 the total quantity of leaf tobacco ship. ped to the United States in 1903 being 1,26S,060 pounds, against 417, AT; } pounds in 1902.
 Porto Ricos commerce with foreig1 , countries as already indicated amount , ed in 1903 10 $6,515,365, of which $2 119,523 was imports and $4.267,91O do
 nestle exports, the remaining S1279 93
 being re-eXportatiOns of foreign pro , ducts. The largest imports in 190 | !, were from Spain, $693,95S, agains | $S27,035 in 1902; from Nova Scotia am | New Brunswick, S377,235, agains ? $42S,609i in 1902; from the Unite' Kingdom, s327.S4O, against $34O.979 il the preceding year; from Germany s144,6S5, against $197.429 in 1902, an : from Uruguay, s144,44S against S63, 924 in the preceding year.
 . The domestic exports to foreig countries were in 1903 $4,267,S1C j. against $3,676,657 in 1902, the larges | expectations being France, S1,7S4,71i 0 against $1,064.994 in 1902; to Spair a s709,111, against $72S.224 in the preced l ing year: to Nova Scotia and NeN e Brunswick. s276,156. against S329,7 Al i {. 1902: to Austria Hungary, $325, ,39| e against S267,316 in 1902, and to Cub
 S39667S, against $562,749 in the pre- e ceding year.