Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-27
TRADE WITH CUBA DOUBLED
Commerce Show Great Growth Since
Reciprocity Treaty Was Signed.
EXPORTS TAKE A WIDE RANGE
United states Sends Flour, Meats,
Eggs, Steel Manufactures, Foot
wear, Locomotives and
Cars to Island.

WASHINGTON, Jan. eS.-Trade Of the
United States with Cuba for the year
Just ended aggregated sieS,oooDta. having
more than doubled during the reciprocity
period. The exports to the island. &C.
cording to the figures CT the bureau OF
statistics, Department Of Commerce and
Labor, were about ss2.00o0Je in value
having trebled under reciprocity, and i'm
ports from the island were slO6COo.OoO in
value, having doubled during the recip-
rocity period The reciprocity agreement
with Cuba went into eIfect December 81.
1895. the exports from the United States
TO that island in that year having been
s935oo.000 against s69 0oO, 600 in 1911. and
the imports therefrom $3.50, 0oo against
sl06.eoo0o9 in 1911.
The increase in imports from Cuba
during the decade mas occurred chiefly
In sugar and leaf tobacco though in the
case Of sugar shortage In the crop Of
last Year caused a material decline in
the Imports when compared with the i'm
mediately preceding year. In 1910 sugar
from Cuba totaled S,673,oOo.eoo pounds
with value Of over S1oo.0O0,0oo: in 1911.
SlS,W0,00 pounds, valued at a little over
s'Soooooo; in 1903. just prior to the reel
procity period. the total was 1894, 10000
pounds. valued at $37.500.0a Leaf tobacco
other than that used for cigar wrappers
shows steady growth. from 100000
in 1905 to sl2.6s6,OO0 in 1919 and sls,0ooOoo
in 1911 OF cigars, cigarettes. etc. total
OF $4,000 value was imported I'm 1911,
against little less than 100000 in
1907. Imports Of Cuban iron ore have
doubled since 1903. the total for that year
having been s1.5oo.oo0 compared with
100000 in the year just ended. Bananas,
cabinet wood, pineapples, molasses and
copper ore are the items next in import
anee. with importstions ranging from
100000 down TO $4,000 annually.
Wide Range of Exports.
On the export side. our trade with
Cuba covers a much larger range Of
articles, chiefly manufactures and vari-
Gus food products, such as flour and
other breadstuffs. meats, lard and lard
compounds, eggs and coffee. Iron and
steel manufactures head the list. having
grown from s25oo.oN9 m 1893 to $4,000
In 1907. and approximately 100000 in
the year Just ended. Under this head
are included locomotives and other ma
chinery. wire pipes and fittings, steel
rails. builders hardware, and numerous
other articles. Boots and shoes have
sexiupled In value OF exports since 1908,
having risen from $4,000 value in that
year 10 S,5.5,0o0 in 1911. or passenger
and freight cars the exports are also
increasing, having practically doubled In
five years. In 1900 our exports of cotton
cloths to Cuba were but little more than
$4,000 while last year they were valued
10000, OF lard the exports to
Cuba have increased from $780,
900 to 100000 in the period 1906
1911, Of flour. from 100000 to $780,
600; OF corn. from t2.750.oco to $4,000; OF
vegetables, from 10000 to 81, 200 900; pick
led or salted pork. from $4,000 to $50, 900;
and bituminous coal, from $4,000 to
s2,76e,ooo The foregoing are but repre-
sentative Of the growth which has oc-
CURED In many other articles. suoh as
milk, chemicals and medicines. fertinzers.
furniture, paper manufactures, mineral
oil. and scientific Instruments, the ex-
ports OF which In 1908 had not, in some
cases, attained sufficient Importance 10
warrant their separate enumeration In
the monthly summary by the bureau OF,
statistics.
Trade of Others Decreases.
Not only Is the United States increas-
ing its trade with Cuba, but II is supply
ing a larger share OF the commerce Of
that island than ever before. In the
calendar year 1910. according to the Of
fetal figures of that island, the United |
States supplied SIS per cent OF the I'M
ports, compared with 4as per cent In |
1900, and IA per cent in 1903, the year
Immediately preceding reciprocity; and OF |
the exports from Cuba in 1910 SIS per
cent were sent to the United States. as
against s. per cent In 1900 and 77.g per
cent In 1903 Meantime both Spain and |
the United Kingdom have lost in the
share which they supply of the imports |
into Cuba and are also taking a smaller |
share Of the exports from that island |
OF the total imports into Cuba, the share |
of the United Kingdom was, in 1900, ISL |
per cent. in 1893. ISL per cent, in 1910 |
11.9 per cent; Spain. in 1900, 1L6 per cent. |
in 1903. 1L3 per cent. in 1910, 81 per cent:
Germany, in 1900, As per cent, in 1903 |
Sc per cent in. 1910. IS per cent: and |
France, in 1900. 40 per cent, in 1905, Sc
per cent. in 1910 So per cent OF the
exports from Cuba, there was exported !
10 the United Kingdom. Ill per cent in
1850. 81 per cent in 1903 and IL per cent
in 1910; TO Spain, Ii per cent In 1890, 10
per cent in Iss, and o6 per cent in 1910;
10 Germany. ll.3 per cent in 1900, SIS per /
cent in 1893. and "a per cent in 1910; and |
TO France, &c per cent in 1900. rs per |
cent in 1905, and per cent In 1910 From /
the foregoing II would appear that every |
leading country except the United States
had in 1910 smaller part In the foreign |
trade Of Cuba than in 1900, while during |
the same period marked increase oS- (
cured both in the share which We sup
piled Of the total imports into and share
which we took OF the exports from |
Cuba. -
MAN AVOIDS PRISON TERM BY !