Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-14

70 the island gained In the perlO,
from 1897 TO 1Pl1 $~3i,76a.S95, OF
about i12o per cent. while receipt,
Of merchandise therefrom increased
|a.tO2.93 or l725 per cent.
The ira le with Porto Rico since
lis annexation has grown more rapid.
~ than with any other Commercial
community Of importance, and now
exceeds the value OF oar trade with
Spain, or China. or India, is nearly
elual To that with Argentina and is
more than that with al British
Occanla including Australia or with
the entire "ontinen- Of Africa. Dur
ing the period since 1897 in which
shipments from tho i'nitcl states TO
Porto Rico increased - per cent
exports 10 Cana Ia. with which cur
trade has grown unusually rapid in
recent years. increased 800 pcr cent.
those to Cuba so per cent. 10 Ar
rortina a. per Gem. China 100 per
cont. Japan rs per cent. Germany
~ per cent. and 10 rho United King
dom II per cont.
Manufacturers and fondstuffs form
by far the largest part Of the domes-
tie merchandise shipped 10 Porto
Rico from the United Staies Of the
articles cllsscd as manufactures,
cotton goods Iron AMI steel. lumber
and other manufactures of wood.
boots and shoes, automobiles. cars.
patent and proprietary medicines.
soap. papJr manufacture wooden
goods india rubber manufacturer
and cement are the most Important
and ~ many of these. notably cotton.
cloths. boots and shoes ears and ear
riapes tho growth has been verv ran
ia. OF cotton cloths the value in
creased from but 5000 In 1897 -
"S3.lS1.o55 I'm tQ1l Of other cotton
manufactures, frow s2.99- to 50
525.CSt: " boots AMI shoes. fror
about st.0oo TO sl.1ii53S. cf cars
and oarriases from S!2.95P 10 81.
557.l95; patent and proprietary
medicines. from about $4,000 n
S25G.627: and SOAP, from $500 10
s5S2lSO
or ~fOOdstuffs ~ domestic produc-
ticn shipped 10 Porto Riro. rice meat
and dairy products. flcpr. vegetables.
sugar. fish. bread and biscuit
and confectionery arc tho lead'no
In tho period from 1897 70
1911 shipments thereto ~ rico from
no United States increased from NIL
tSo7 10 Si.i1i $50 In 1911 those
IF flour. from S5734t1 To 81 GO.
10: hams from sS5.2oi 10 S-3s
IS'' por,k picklel, from S195 $50 -
.S2. pork picked. from St95. $50 TO
no.. 9G7. cheese. from 80 col -
't217i6 lard from sPSa rs -
'3h5.15t: refined sugar. from less T
han s1c0 10 s665.279. and confeo-
ionerv. from about $500 10 Slq-
AZ.
or MANY other articles the shin
nents - Porto Rico last year were
lrce' lumber aud manufacture o. |.
God. 2.O2q 621 vegetables. s>05. !
-. leaf tobacco. $4,000 tela-
raph. telephone and other scientific
1struments. S.23.7l2: wool mann.
lctures, S?2N.7i7; bituminous coal
3I0.66G. cement, ~s32i.763. fish. /
2a9. Oo2. fertilizers. s5SO.17i: min
raj oils stGl.o07 and silk manu-
~S355,153.
The United States sends to Porto
leo more cotton cloths than 10 any
country except China. five
meg as much as to Canada. and
ore than 10 Cuba aud Haiti CON
ned more boots and shoes than 10
I Central America; as many auto
measured by value. as 10 (
and Germany combined. and
ore flour than TO Germany.
The principal articles entering con
nenta' United States from Porto
leo are sugar. cigars ana cigarettes.
bacco and fruits AMI nuts or SUI
IT the value increased from II
illion in 1897 to S~24.7iO.1Gt IN
III; cigars and cigarettes. from nil
1897 70 s5.34s,166 in 1911; to-
eco. from si5C TO s~t.SO7.2O9: and
nlis and nuts from about s21.O0
S2~,?27,745. The comparative
Of certain staples Skinned
I'm Porto Rico. from Hawaii. anc
I'm foreisn countries into Tho Init
States last year are: suear from
.rto iico. % million dollars value
I'm Hawaii i2A million from for
IN countries roc million dollars
'ars AMI cigarettes. from Porto
co. 5.3 million and from foreign
antilles 81 million dollars. q