Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-04-18
INCREASED IMPORTS OF POI
TOES AND OTHER FooDsTUF
INTO THE UNITED STATES {

aggregated 262 million dollars.
against 224 million in the correspond
ing period of 1911 and 145 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
under this head have greatly increas-
ed during the decade. though in coffee
the growth is solely due to higher
prices. Eight months imports of
coffee show decrease in quantity
from 769 million pounds in 1902 to COZ
million in 1912, while the value in
creased from 49 million dollars to 7S
million, the average import price ad-
vancing from 6.3 cents pere pound in
1902 to nearly 13 cents in 1912. Cocoa
imports in the months under review
increased from "a million pounds in
1902 to 70 million in the current fis-
cal, and the value, including prepared
cocoa and chocolate, from AZ million
dollars to over 9 million. Tea i'm
ports have also increased both in
quantity and value, the months fig
ures being 81 million pounds valued
at Is Id million dollars, compared
with 81 million pounds valued at 8
million 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 value more than that
of a dozen years earlier. Eight
months' imports in 1900 aggregated
2,150 million pounds, valued at 4615
million dollars; in 1912, 2,153 million
pounds valued at 591k million dollars
the average price for each period be-
! ing 22c and Csc per pound, respec.
lively. These figures do not include
in either of the years named, the SUI.
gar from Porto Rico and Hawaii, now
customs districts of United States.
Fruits and Vegetables-Imports OF
fruits and nuts are increasing at a
rate of about 8 million dollars a year
the 8 months figures having advanc.
ed from 231a million dollars in 1910
to 261a million in 1911 and 291a mil
lion in 1912, or considerably more
than double the total of 1879 million
recorded in 8 months of 1902. Ba-
nanas, 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 in.
creased from 2-3 million dollars in
1902 to 8h million in 1912; almonds
from less than l million to 21h mil
! lion; and cocoanuts and copra, from
about / to 3 million dollars Raisins
have decreased from million pounds
! in s months of 1902 to million in
1912, and oranges from 90 million
pounds to less than Z million. In
Imports of vegetables the increase
from l 2-3 million dollars in months
of 1900 to 1917 million in the elapsed
months of the current year is chiefly
due to the unusually large increase
in potatoes already noted. Eight
| months, imnorto 0f pototooo orou
from $47,O98 in value in 1900 to near
ly $3,OO0,O0O in 1912. Beans and dried
peas more than doubled in a decade
from S931,S27 in months of 1902 to
$2,29O,2O9 in 1912.
Breadstuffs Under the title
'breadstuffs" the Baureau groups
wheat, corn, oats, rice, farinaceous
! substances (tapioca, etc. flour, mac
aroni, bread and biscuits, making 3
total for the months of over 10 mil
lion dollars, against 3 million in the
same months of 1902 The chief ar
ticle forming this 10 million dollars
worth of "breadstuffs' are macaroni
million; rice and rice flour, 2k mil
lion; tapioca, sago, ETC., / million
wheat, nearly l million; and flour
nearly u million dollars.
Meats and Food Animals.-Of mea
and dairy products the. 8 months i'm
ports increased from $2,183,338 il
1902 to $9,172,9O5 in 1912. Chees
/ formed more than half this total, it
growth in the period named bein,
from $1,745,754 to $5,744,644 saus
age and sausage castings and cream
are the other items of Importance. o
food animals imported, cattle is th
leading item, 8 months imports hay
ling increased from s9O6,666 in 100
i to S2.817.538 in 1912 ImnOrts of fis1