Arizona republican., 1910-05-23
|PANAMANS BUY THINGS Trade Between This C0uR-
 try and the |sthmus MOST OF II EXPORTS Total Commerce For Year
 Will Exceed S22,OOO, 900
 Decided Growth Since 1904 When the Total Was $13,OO0,0O0
MOST OF II EXPORTS

Washington. May 22-Trade between the United states and the Republic Of Panama will exceed S22.O00.00o in the fiscal year which ends next month, and for the seven years since the Republic of Panama came into existence will ap- proximate S10O0O009O About nine tenths of this total. speaking in very round terms. is merchandise exported from the United states to Panama and about one-tenth merchandise imported
 into the country from that republic. Even these figures do not show the grand total of merchandise sent from the United states to Panama during this period, since such portion of the supplies for the Panama canal and those engaged in it's construction were
 sent from time to time upon govern ment vessels were not including in
 the figures reaching the bureau of sta ststics of the department of commerce and labor by which this statement of trade with Panama is reported. Just what proportion Of the merchandise
 sent to Panama has been for use in the
 construction of the canal cannot be definitely determined. though the Brit
 ish minister at Panama recently estim- ated that about one-fifth of the total imports of the republic were for the
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 proximately two-fifths for the canal supplies. and the remaining two-fifths for general use.
 The trade with Panama has steadily grown and the figures of both imports and exports for the fiscal year 1910 will exceed those of any earlier year. In 1904. the earliest fiscal year for which figures have been presented by the bureau of statistics. imports from Panama were valued at $440,7i7. By 1906 they had grown to $l,06j,SS7 and in 1909 were S1.676,99i Meantime ex- ports tO the republic show an even more rapid growth. having advanced from $979.T24 in 1904 to S12.4G0,2S9 in 1906 and $16. 797.53O in 1909. In the nine months ending with March. 1910, inn ports were s1.596.O4s. against s1,139.- 4S3 in the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year. and exports s15,- 303,5S5 against $12.505. .607. indicating that for the complete fiscal year which will end June 90 next the imports from the isthmian republic will exceed two million and the exports thereto 20 mil- lion dollars.
 Bananas. vegetable ivory, india rub Der and cattle hides comprise the prin- cipal articles imported from Panama. In the nine months ending with March. the latest period for which detailed statistics are available. the imports of bananas aggregated 2.506,0O0 punches. valued at S604,5Sl: india rubber, 292, 5SS pounds valued at s21f.976; vege- table ivory. 4,6S9.545 pounds valued at s147.261, and hides of cattle, 617,642 pounds, valued at s67,654.
 Iron and steel manufactures. meat
 
 Der. coal. cotton manufactures. eXplo- sives. cement, boots and shoes, and cars. carriages, etc, constitute by far the larger part of the merchandise eX- ported to Panama; while soap, malt liquors. sugar, Illuminating oil, scien- tific instruments. india rubber manU factures. fruits and nuts. eggs. copper manufactures. chemicals and lubricat-
 ing oil are also exported in consider able quantities.
 With few exceptions, all of the ar ticles named show increased exports in the present year. Those of iron and steel. in the nine months ending with March of the years named. increased from $3,SsS,69l in 1909 to s4.032.322 in 1910; the principal growth named in structural iron and steel, pumps and pumping machinery. iron sheets and plates and wire; while steel rails. build CTS hardware and locomotives de- creased. Meat and dairy products as whole increased from s1.163.73S in 1909 to s1.291.290 in 1910: boards, deals and blanks. from s516,639 to sS19,3Ss: breadstuffs, from s544,40S to S62S.SS5, the growth occurring chiefly in flour; bituminous coal. from $677,45s to s996,- 2S5i cement, from s107,345 to $702,551;