The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-02-01

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other parts of the world are making
to the comforts and requirements of
homes in the United States are quite
as interesting as the subject regard
ing the articles which producers in
the United States had contributed
to the comforts of homes in other
parts of the world. Our tea. our
coffee, our corks, our bananas, our
camphor, our icorice, our pepper,
mutmegs and other spices, our silk,
some Of our cotton, a considerable
part of our wool and strange as it
may appear, some part of the onions,
potatoes and cheese consumed in the
United States are brought from other
countries, and in many cases from
the opposite side of the globe and
out of the places of the world.
Few people would suppose that
this great agricultural country i'm
ports onions, or potatoes, or clover
seed or honey; yet the value of on
ions imported in 1907 and 1908 was
nearly a million dollars in each year,
and they came from Egypt, Aus
tralia, Japan, the Canary islands,
Uruguay, Cuba, the British West In
des, Bermuda, Canada, Mexico and
Spain. OF potatoes more than So
100000 worth were imported in
1909 the largest contributing coun-
try being Scotland with over a mil
lion dollars worth, and the remain
der largely from European countries
and, in smaller quantities, from the
British West Indies, Australia and
even China and Japan. Pepper, of
course, is not produced in the United
States, and it is not surprising there
fore that 100000 WORTH imported
annually, most of it from the Dutch
East hides although largely accred- |
tied to the Straits Settlements, the
southernmost point of eastern Asia, |
10 which the merchandise is trans |
shipped from the last Indian is |
lands, known century ago as the !
Spice Islands," while smaller guam !
titles come direct from Netherlands, |
the country which has for SO many
years administered the government |
of those islands and controlled large |
1y their lines of production. Nut /
megs, of which the impOrtations
amount to $2,250,000 a year, are
also drawn chiefly from the Spice |,
Islands," or the Dutch East hides.
One would scarcely expect that :
such an agricultural country as the
United States would find it necessary
to import clover seed, but the guam
tity imported runs as high as 90 !
10000 pounds a year, chiefly from
Germany, and in smaller quantities /.
from France. Italy and Scotland |
Sausage castings, which we would
scarcely expect to see imported into |
a country slaughtering food animals !
in such large numbers, are imported
to the value Of 100000 a year, /
by far the largest contributor being
England, from which the importa-
tons in 1909 were over S1,500.OOO, /
the remainder being from widely
scattered countries-frOm Germany,
Turkey in Europe, China, Australia
and Turkey in Asia. Natural gas
is another article which We would
scarcely expect to see imported yet
the importations run as high as $50
600 per annum, being piped across
the river from Canada at or near
Niagara Falls.
Of the more commonly used ar
ticles of which other parts of the
world are the chief source sugar is
the largest in value, it's importations
ranging about $100,0O0,000 a year
from foreign countries and $70,O00,-
600 year from our own island pos
sessions-Hawaii Porto Rico and
the Philippines, Nearly all Of that
coming from foreign countries is
drawn from Cuba which supplied
AS last fiscal year with 3,500.00O,00O
pounds valued at $93,50O.0O0. of
coffee the importations range from
$50, 100000 to $75,00O,0O0 a year.
The bulk of this comes from Brazil,
though considerable portion comes
from Java, Mexico, Central America,
and the northern section of South
America, and comparatively small
quantity from Africa The tea i'm
portations, which amount to more
than $12, 100000 a year come chief
ly from Japan, China and India,
much of the latter, however, reach
ing the United States by way of Eng
land.
One would hardly expect to see
raw cotton imported into the United
States in view Of the fact that she
produces three-fourths of the cotton