The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-23
TRADE OF U. S. WITH
FlllPlNOS HAS DOUBLED
UNDER NEW TARIFF LAW


the Philippine Islands has more than
doubled in the brief period since the
enactment of the existing tariff law
which admits Philippine products ex-
cept rice free Of duty into the United
states and domestic products free OF
duty into the Philippines. Imports in.
TO the United states from the Philip
pine Islands in 1908. the last year prior
/ TO the enactment of the law i'm qucs.
ton, were S9.243,244 in value. and H.
| 1911, S20,212.917 while domestic eX-
ports 10 those islands were. in 1908
| S9,90f,097, and in 1911. $40, ,O29, both
Imports and exports having thus NOR,
tnan doubled in value in the period
between 1908 and 1911. The law In
question was enacted in August. 1909
the calendar year 1908 being thus tn,
last full year prior TO its enactment
This increase in trade between tho
two areas, the United States on the on,
hand and the Philippine on the other
occurs in practically all classes of mer
chandise forming that commerce, bu,
especially in sugar, cigars. and cocoa.
nut meat on the import side, and in
nearly all classes of manufactures anC
foOdstuns on the export side. For eN.
ample. the value of cotton manufac-
lures exported 10 the Philippine Is
lands IN 1911 was over million dol
lars. against but three quarters of
million in 1905, of iron and steel manu-.
features, > l-3 million dollars in 1871
against ~ million in 1908: of meat
and dairy products. nearly a million
dollars in 1911. against little NOR,
than third of Il million in 1908; ant
of cars and carriages, $S1O,41S. againsi
S261. 435 in 1908. over one-half of tn,
1911 total being automobiles and parts
thereof. Many other articles Of do
nestle production show greatly in
creased exports to the Philippines,
leather and manufactures thereof. from
Sjg2. Ol2 in 1903 To S747,S72 in 1911: pa
per and manufactures from S29S.13,
to s6GL649; fish. from S63,227 TO $42S,-
453: india rubber manufactures, from
S12j,2S2 TO Sf19,514; scientific instru-
ments; from $l55,2l7 To $399,245. wooo
and manufactures from S32S.S53 tc
S395.S4j; chemicals from S166,06S to
SS93,G49: vegetables. from Sl35,345 t.
$500. j23: fruits and nuts. from 1915
to S159.13S, and 50 on through tn.
list of manufactures and foodstums.
The growth in imports from the
Philippine Islands occurred chiefly i'm
sugar, which increased from 1903 million
pounds valued at about , million dol.
lars in 1908 to 4O2 million pounds val
ued nj about 10 million dollars i'm 1911.
manila, from 6 2-3 million dollars IL
1908 10 23 million in 1911; cocoanu
meat from million pounds valued an
S22O,i69 i'm 1908 to % million pounds
valued at Si194.703 in 1911; cigars. etc.
from $1,S47 i'm 1908 to $S7O,764 in 1911.
and hats, bonnets, etc, from $1S,9SS to
S161,57l.
OF the domestic exports from tn,
United States to the Philippine Islands
in 1911, foodstuffs formed 17@o anC
SEQ. Including thos,
ready for consumption 73%and those
for further use in manufacturing 9e6)
the remainder bein crude materials ano
miscellaneous articles.
The share Of the total commerce o.
the Philippines which passes between
those islands and the United States
has also greatly increased since 1908
Statistics compiled by the Insulal
Bureau Of the War Department show
that the share OF the imports into the
Philippines supplied by the Unite,
States increased from SO I'm the fisca
year 1900 to 16.496 in 1917 and tina,
the share of their exports sent TO thu
United States increased from 1870 Ia
1900 to 31.49o in 1908 and 429o in 1911