Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-26

. lister 10 Ihut Republic. Mr.. Claude
Coventry Mall-l. recently presented to
the British Parliament. A copy of IN"
report just received by IT." Bur Il"
, OF Statistics Of IN" ID, partln"nt OF
, Commerce and Labor shows that IN"
. imports into Panama in 100. agGr''-
gated $2I,2H4 .+Gu against $l'9'i IN
in 1906: ana the tApnIiS. S'."">."io
in 1905. against ) ."%t.1>G in 1900. or
!: IN, imports Of 1901. 81; per cent w"r"
from thu lnitrh States. and OF ~"
exports aboul 80 per cent went It"
the United States
| These. figures of total imports in
clud" dutiahl" merchandise. $".'"".-
Unn; canal supplies imported free y,
duty, $ll.l00,"on; ana imports on Ac-
cuIlnj of ia" r0uIniiSSAri"S. 'Alimai"d
al app oNima;ely $l.""o."oo i'll 1897.
OF the duriahl" imDortati"n during
III" year 1907. - per cent Wrr" from
! the United States. q ht'l' l. IS mar
, >" per crn1 from the United King
dom. ana II per cent from Germany,
tn" remainder being credi,"i chiefly
to France. Spain. l'aly. and Belgium,
The principal articles of importation
| incmd, ammunition. ANTONIO 'il"S.
boo;s AMI shoes carts and carriages.
cement drug, and chemicals. clocks
and watches clothing, cleo; "ical ap-
parluS. felt has. fire apparatus. FUR
u;turc hab,rdashrry, iron piping,
! -af.,, ap,pS, t>prwritrrS. sewing ma
CIiu.S machinery, rice, SOAP station
i.rv stoves. tools. tinwar". lovS. ana
. wiz" fencing. The principal articles
| rxuortn.! were iuninaS. ruhlmr cocoa
MS woods. drugs hides. ivory. nuts,
tortoise she'll. mo, h"r-Gf-prarl shell, Sar-
/ r:,raiilla, soff"r. cC>Gl, horn. tuna
! nm and drrrSkinS
/ ,rl, ;u,,,r. ,nx ON mr,rnaudiS. IN
o,,.,,r.,i !. I, ,,.r con, and can no, be
/ ;,c.,.ay,a wi,ho,, ,hr assent of tn"
T,i,,, ct,,,s Certain articles how
! Won. .rn s,,hi,tt to , highe, taritf at
.;,l ,.io,, ~, m. p,n,-., Govern
| ,,, rn,nlI,. r,,, hr,ud, ciu wins
! H.. ,ri,o. and S,,i,.its. tohacco,
n,,,,bn. ,,,t and c,ttl. cyccpt tor
i,,i;,, ,,,,r,,nccs A,,ic1o. on the
! fr.. Ii.t arr. animals for breeding pnr-
| ,,oc,, orn,r,tuc r,r use ON roads and
aa,,,I,. ,,!aaons ,ra ma.crjals rX-
] ol,
e.r,c,inn .,o,m motors iron bridges.
| vessels DESIGNED for III" Cnasal scr
, vice. hooks. printing and binding ma
! trrial raw materials for the manu-
| fa"ture of beer, candles and soap ral-
| low cxcpptedD. and coal imported by
! comranies for heir own u-,e. Tn"
conv. ntiOn between the Unit"i safes
and Panama provides that tn" United
States may import at any tim" In'o
he Canal Zone. free OF customs dut.
Jos. taxes. or other charges any ana
| all vessels, drsdges. "ngln 's, car"
machinery. tools, explosives ana o'"''
materials necessary ana CONVENIENT II,
the construction. maih''n"h' anu
sanitation OF N" cana! anu
works. ana all PROVISIONS. "''
clio hlH2. SppiieS. ana "'il'' ,'''r
necessary ana convenient LOT ',ie
n ''FS. employees ""fh'i' H. ''''' ia"
CTS m he service ana 'ihp'"' v,
United states ana 'neif RAM '''ies.
! Export dimes are cha'S'h vi ~"
articles: HananaS. cent re. p''.'n,
cocoanu's' =" cents per '.'"o; PIE lo"'
Meals. per cent OH 'he ,ai''
IN me cef'lnca'f VI s'''''nS ''1'"
say: So'h c"i, All" '"r... o.,
OF insured 'ai"'. ana hi'''tia' ''''
per ron.
! The Panama Republic has an area
OF "l.50o squar" miles. or about equal
to that of Maine, and a ropu atom o.
; a little less than 4oo.00". or a"ut
one-half that of Maine. rs sea from
age aggregates 1.245 miles. AIS on IN"
Atlantic and 7G1 on the Pacihc. though
there are only four ports Tor foreign
commercial entry: Colon. CriS'otal. ana
,! ROcas del Toro on the Atlantic. ana
Ancon on the Pacific.
l I'll 0ono :. CT IF tarri-