The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-04-23
Increased Imports
OF Potatoes

Inc tact tnat TWO ana One-nall mil
lion bushels of potatoes were import
ed into the United States in Febru-
airy, or about twice as much as the
annual importations during the dec
ade ending with 1912, lends interest
to figures compiled by the bureau of
statistics, department Of commerce
and labor, showing the imports of
foodstuffs into the United States. I'm.
ports of foodstuffs OF all kinds in the
eight months ending with February,
1919, aggregated 262 million dollars,
against 224 million in the correspond
ing period of 1911 and las million in
1902, having thus nearly doubled in
ten years. The chief growth occurs
in the class of articles not grown In
the United States, such as coffee, tea,
cocoa and tropical fruits.
Coffee, Cocoa and tea.-Imports I'M
der this head have greatly increased
during the decade, though in coffee
the growth is solely due to higher
prices. Eight months imports of cot
fee show decrease in quantity from
| 769 million pounds in 1902 to 602 mil
lion in 1912, while the value increased
| from 40 million dollars to rs million
the average import price advancing
from 6.3 cents per pound in 1902 TO
nearly 10 cents in 1912. Cocoa i'm
ports in the eight months under re-
view increased from "a million
pounds in 1902 to 70 million in the
current fiscal, and the value, includ-
ing prepared cocoa and chocolate,
from four and one-half million dollars
to over nine million. Tea imports
have also increased both in quantity
and value, the eight months figures
being 81 million pounds valued at
I15A million dollars, compared with
Ga million pounds valued at eight mil
lion dollars a decade earlier.
Sugar-Of sugar the imports are
about the same as in 1900, though
higher prices give the imports of the
present year a value more than that
lof a dozen years earlier. Eight
months imports in 1900 aggregated
l2,15O million pounds valued at 46A
million dollars; in 1912, 2,153 million
pounds valued at 591s million dollars,
the average price for each period be-
ing 2.2c and Use per pound, respect
lively These figures do not include,
in either of the years named, the SUI
gar from Porto Rico and Hawaii, now
customs districts of the United States.
Fruits and egetables.-Imports of
fruits and nuts are increasing at
rate of about three million dollars
year, the eight months figures having
advanced from 231a million dollars in
1910 to 26la million in 1911 and 261a
million in 1912, or considerably more
than double the total of 1874 million
recorded in the eight months of 1912.
Bananas, almonds, cocoanuts and
copra scored the largest gain under
this head; while raisins and oranges
have lost ground during the decade.
Eight months imports of bananas
have increased from three and two
thirds million dollars in 1902 to eight
and one-half million in 1912; almonds,
from less than one-million to 21A mil
llion, and cocoanuts and copra, from
about one to three million dollars.
Raisins have decreased from six mil
lion pounds in eight months OF 1902
to three million In 1912, and oranges
from 3S million pounds to less than
seven million. In imports OF vege-
tables the increase from one and two
thirds million dollars in eight months
OF 1900 to 1914 million in the elapsed
months Of the current year is chiefly
due to the unusually large increase
in potatoes already noted. Eight
months imports OF potatoes grew
from s47O9s in value in 1900 to near
ly 100000 in 1912. Beans and dried
J pease more than doubled in decade,
from 1891 1927 in eight months of 1902