Arizona republican., 1907-02-04
OUR TRADE
 WITH CUBA A Steady increase of fx-
 ports
But Receipts From the Island Show a Failing Off.

Washington. Feb. 3.-ExpOrts from the United States to Cuba in the cal endar year 1906 were larger than any other year of our trade with that isl- and Imports from the island fell to
 iu mIiIiOn dollars below those Cf the high record year. 1905. this fall being due t, 9 redue:inn in prices "f snsar of which the quantity imported in 1906 was greater than in any earlier year in the history of our trade with that island
 The total value Of exports to Cuba in 1906 as shown by figures just com piled by the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor. was S46. 6.491.944. against $44.569.Sl2 in 1905. s32.6f4.S45 in 1904. and S23.504.- 4I7 in 1903. the year immediately pre- ceding the beginning Of the present reciprocity treaty with Cuba.
 Exports from the United States to Cuba never touched the 20 million dol lar line until 1892 and 1893, when un- der the reciprocity authorized by the act Of 1890 they averaged 22 millions in each of the years named. In 1S94 the figure dropped to 17 millions and did not again cross the 20 million dol lar line until 1899, averaging about 24 millions per annum from that time un- tn the end of 1903. In December of 1903. the new reciprocity agreement went into operation. and in 1904 the total was. as above indicated. over g. million dollars: in 1905, over A mil lions: and in 1906. over 46 million dol lars.
 On the import side the values rang ed between 90 and . millions per an- mum down to tn end Of 1904, dropping as low as i6 millions during the war period. but again crossing the 90 mill lion dollar line in 1900. reaching 5t millions in 1903. a millions in 1904 Ss5. .S5I. .s56 in 1905. and dropping to $S5.055295 in 1906.
 This fall in the value of imports from Cuba fin 1906 Is due. as already indicated. to a reduction in the price of sugar. the quantity of sugar import ed from the island during the year be- ing considerably greater in 1905, when
 
 the total value was much larger. The eleven months figures which the bu- reau Of statistics has now at hand. show for 1906. 2.6SO.6s7.271 pounds of sugar imported from Cuba. valued at while for the correspond ing months of 1905 the 2.2S3,OS4.O54 pounds of sugar imported from that island were valued at S69.51S,SS9. the average price per pound for the elev- en months of 1906 being PIP cents, and in the eleven months of 1905, 3.O5 cents.
 Sugar. as above indicated. forms by far the largest part of the imports in to the United States from Cuba, being in the eleven months ending with No vember. 1906. S56.34i473 against Si4,- O9S. .1O5 for leaf tobacco. S3,S3S.OSs for cigars and cigarettes. $2,145,2S4 for iron ore. s1.2O2.979 for bananas and S625 .2S9 for molasses.
 on the export side the number and variety of articles forming the trade are much larger. In the eleven months for which the bureau of statistics has now detailed figures. the principal ar ticles exported to Cuba were: Manu- factures of iron and steel $7,S29.6eS. against S7.322,S7S in the corresponding months of the preceding year; wheat flour. s2.613.O34. against $3.1S5.S72 in the corresponding mouths of 1905; lard. $2,5S2.454. against $2,O6S.Sl9 Tn the same months of 1905; lumber. s2,- 175.15e against s1.7OO,S67 in the Spr- months of 1905; bituminous coal $1.65S.995, against Sl.S15.626 in the months of 1905; boots and shoes s1.63g.3O2, against $l,405,947 in the months of the preceding year; cars and carriages, S.31s.362, against STO2.739 in the corresponding months of the preceding year; corn. s1,19O.S2O. against s1.OO4,115 in the same months of the preceding year; cattle. $991.032. against $l94l,452 in the same months of 1905: cotton cloths 1892, 56O, against s1,14O.0O1 in the same of the preceding year; other cotton manufactures. S4S4,130. against s3S3.9I4 in the corresponding months Df 1905: vegetables sS65.161. against SS10.273 in the corresponding months lf 1905; eggs, $74S.517, against $366.- $50 in the corresponding months of the
 
 year; instruments and ap- Daratus for scientific purposes, $671,- ,O3. against $462.512 in the correspond ng months of the preceding year; and electrical machinery, $436.6S1 against ,7S.6O2 in the same months of 1905. i Other important items in the exports O the island during the eleven months l ,f 1906 were: Hams. $503,315; pork 1! ialted or pickled, s34.026; lard com pounds. $915. 46O: bacon s47S.9S7; crude | mineral oil s545,51S; refined mineral | ,il. S271.s9S: paper. s443.519; builders | $53O.9SS; sewing machines, | .310.1S7; and locomotives, $46S,5OS.
 The official figures of the Cuban government show that the United | states in 1905 supplied 45 1-3 per cent | f thhe total imports of Cuba and took | 61s per cent of the total exports of | ha island