Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-02-08
SOME or ouR IMPORTS.
World Wide Contribution to the
Comforts of American Homes.

Comforts of American Homes.
The contributions which people OF other
parss of the world are making to the COM
forts and requirements Of homes in the
nited States are quite as interesting ~
the "a piect OF the article printed in THE
ANERIcAS recently regarding the articles
"a hieh producers in the United States had
contributed to the comforts OF homes in
ether parts OF the world.
Our tea. our coffee, our corks, our ba-
oanas. our campnor, cur Iicorice, our pep
per. nuruesz and other spices. our silk,
some Of oar cotton, considerable part OF
our wooi. and, strange as 1t may appear,
some part OF the onions, potatoes, and
cheese consumed in the United states are
brought iron other countries and IN many
cases from the opposite side Of the globe
and oat-of-the- parts OF the world
Few people would suppose, for example,
that This great agricultural country inn
ports onions. or potatoes, or clover seed,
or honey; yet the value of onions imported
in 1897 and 1905 was nearly q million dol
lars in each year, and they came from
Egypt, Australia, Japan, the Canary Is
lands Uruguay, Cuba, the British West
Spain OF potatoes more than $500, 600
sorsh we're imported in 1909. the largest
trie1ting country being Scotland With
oyer tl-Nn,Q 90 worth, Ireland and Great
Britain each y75o,om aorth. and the re-
r,ainoer largely from European countries
and, in smaller Quantities, from the Brit
isn West Indies Australia and even China
and Japan.
Pepper, OF course, Is not produced in
sse United States and il is not surprising.
therefore. thAt s-0D,0oo worth is i'm
ported Annually, much of il from the
Dutch East indies, although largely &C
credited 10 the Straits Settlements, the
so0shsrnnoss point Of eastern Asia, to
which this merchandise is transshipped
from the Esss Indian Islands, known q
century ago as the .-Spiee Islands; while
smaller quantities come direct from Meth
estS1cs, tie country which has for so
uAny years administered the government
sseIr lines Of production. Nutmegs. of
which the iuportatioas amour, TO a quar-
ter million dollars year, are also drawn
chiefly from the '-Spics Islands, or the
Dureh East Indies
Oas ~onid sarceiy expect that such an
Axrsceltarai country a. the United States
roal1 dnc il necessary to import clover
seed c0s the quantity imported runs as
high as q. no. coo pounds . year, chiefly
from Germany and IN smaller Quantities
from France, Italy and Scotland. Sau-
sag castings. which We would scarcely ex-
P~St TO see imported into q country
Strengthening food animals IN such large
auneers. are imported to the value OF
from two 20 three million dollars a year,
ny far the largest contributor being Eng
land. from which the iuporta,ions in
1913 we're oser q 500, oO. the remainder be-
ing from xic=iy-Sos;sered couatriss--trosn
eTsrnzny, Turkey in Europe. Chins,
Australia and Turkey in Asia. Natural
gas Is another article which we would
scarcely expect 10 sse imported, yet the
a1porrssions run as nigh as $4,000 per
snnr-a, o%SRg piped across the river from
CAEsca az or near Niagara Falls.
OF the more commonly used articles Of
which osner parts Of the xorld are the
ealef source, sugar Is the largest in value,
Us Expectations ranging aoocl 500 on. 600
year from foreign countries and SO
aH,no . year from cur Dan stand posses
slocs- Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philip-
pines Seariy all Of snac coming from
foreign countries Is drawn from Cuns.
<afch Supplied Us last fiscal year with
A-oAsnuo pounds, valued at ga so, 200
OF en-ee. the inportstions range from
SO .an, 90 10 ss5.oo, 100 a year and in ex-
cs5-ioazl years as high as 500 olo.
The bulk o. this comes from Brazil.
iho1sa considerable portion comes from
Java, Mexico, Central Aneric. and the
aorTAsrn section of Soath America. and a
comparatively small quantity from Africa.
Toe tea inpostacions. which amount 10
IRON sianm, ap to tis, Loo 900 q year, come
easeay fron Japan, China and India.
1ae1 OF the latter, hoxevsrsreachinr the
L aIied States By ~ay Of England
one would scarcely expect 10 see nav
eoSaoa imported into the United States.
~ are iACs th4s she prod cceS
ihrss- toarths of the cotton of the ~crtd.
oaz the vslus of cotton imports ranges As
aizh as saam.oo year, the bulk of i,
coming fron Egyps. though Mexico and
Pe-1 contribute considerable Quantities.
even India Caina. the Dutch East Indies
.-'c the British West Indies make small
co2trioations
Al OF the raS silk used in the CniteS,
STATES IN manufacturing the $50 Ooo. asl
~octh OF silk goods turned out annually
os cur factories IS oroaxht from other
parts Of tbs ~c-lc. chiefly from J.psu and
nina saoo<h in smaller Quantities from
Italy and France To the silaon. oo worth
CT hides and skins imported las; ve.,
oea-ly every grand division contributed
" goat skins alone the import. las. rear
A1oantsd 20 ksa0o.on, o-oagss from
s1ea distant ooaRsri=s a< India. Gains. the
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