The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-28

sent out of the island. which never
reached a million dollars until re-
Gently, was in 1904 about 1 1-2 mil
lions. in 1905 little over millions,
and in the fiscal year 1906 3 million
dollars.
Conee expectations, which averaged
from to 6 million dollars per year
during the decade prior to occupation
by the United States, were greatly re-
duced by reason of the destruction of
the coffee plantations by the hurri-
cane of 1898, and the export value fell
to about 2 million dollars per annum.
the total value of the coffee shipped
out OF the island in the fiscal year
Just ended being about 1-2 million
dollars, against little less than 2
millions in 1905 and little over 3 1-2
millions in 1904.
Or the % 1-2 million dollars worth
OF merchandise sent out of the island
IN the fiscal year 1906, 10 million dol
lars worth was sent to the United
States. l 1-2 million dollars worth to
Cuba, three fourths of a million to
Spain, little over half a million to
Germany. one-fourth of a million to
Austria-Hungary. the total value of
merchandise shipped to foreign coun-
tries being in round numbers mil
lion dollars. The 1-2 million dol
lars worth of merchandise sent to
Cuba was chiefly tobacco and coffee,
the coffee sent from Porto Rico to
Cuba obtaining the benefit of the re-
duced rates of duty named in the reci-
procity treaty between Cuba and the
United States. OF the shipments to
Spain and France, coffee forms an i'm
portant feature.
The 10 million dollars worth of
merchandise sent from Porto Rico to
the United States is made up chiefly
OF sugar. a little over IA million dol
lars worth. cigars and cigarettes 8
million dollars worth. fruits a half
million. manufactured tobacco a 1-2
million. the remainder being made up
chiefly of molasses, Sea Island cotton,
hides and skins. manufactures of
straw and palm leaf. and coffee.
The imports OF the island have also
grown In proportion to the value OF the
exports. and amounted in the fiscal
year 1906 to little les sthan 22,OOO,-
OOO dollars. against an annual average
OF about IL 1-2 millions under Span
ish rule. Of this % millions of mer-
chandise brought into the island in
1906 about 10 million dollars was
from the United States and 1-2 mil
lions from foreign countries. The i'm
ports from foreign countries were
from Spain little over half million,
from Nova Scotia about half mil
lion. from France about one third OF
a million, and from the United King
dom one-fourth of million dollars.
The imports from European countries
are chiefly manufactures of various
kinds and those from Nova Scotia
dried fish.
The 10 million dollars worth of
merchandise brought from the United
States included rice IA million dol
lars, iron and steel manufactures IA
millions, cotton manufactures 21-2
millions, meats, lard and dairy pro-
ducts 1874 millions, breadstuffs 1-3
millions, manufacturers Of leather
about million. timber and lumber
about a half million and manufacture
ers OF wood about half million.
The value of merchandise sent from
the United States to Porto Rico during
the five years prior to 1898 averaged
about 2 million dollars per annum,
and in 1906 was 10 millions, or prac-
tically nine times as great. The mer-
chandise sent from Porto Rico to the
United States in the five years prior
to 1898 averaged about 1-2 million
dollars per annum, and in 1906 was
10 million dollars, or about eight
times as great.