The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-02-01
Since Reciprocal Relations
Were Established with
That Country.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 27-Trade
of the United States with Cuba in the
year just ended aggregated les mill
lion dollars, having more than doubs-
ed during the reciprocity period The
exports to the island, according to
the figures OF the Bureau OF Statistics,
Department Of Commerce and Labor,
were about sixty-two million dollars
in value, having trebled under reci-
procity period The reciprocity
agreement with Cuba went into effect
December 81, 1903, the exports from
the United States to that island in
that year having been twenty-three
and one-half million dollars, against
sixty-two million in 1911, and the
| imports therefrom fifty-seyen and one
q6arter million dollars, against LOG
million in 1911.
The increase in imports from Cuba
during the decade has 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 Immediately preceding year.
In 1910 sugar from Cuba totaled
1878 million pounds with value of
over 100 million dollars; in 1911,
about 1892 million pounds, valued at
a little over seventy-six million dol
+; lars; in 1903, Just prior to the reci-
procity period, the total was 1894
million pounds, valued at thirty-sevcn
and one-half million dollars Leaf to-
bacco other than that used for cigar
wrappers shows a steady growth.
from ten million dollars in 1903 to
twelve and two-thirds million in 1910
and sixteen million in 1911. OF
cigars, cigarettes, etc, a total Of four
and one-quarter million dollars value
was imported in 1911, against a little
less than four million in 1907. I'm
ports of Cuban iron ore have doubled
since 1903, the total for that. year
having been one and one-half million
dollars, compared with three million
in the year just ended. Bananas,
cabinet wood, p!neapples, molasses.
and copper ore are the items next in
importance, with importations rang
ing from one million down to a half
million dollars annually.
On the export side, our trade with
Cuba covers a much larger range of
articles, chiefly manufactures and
various food products, such as flour
and other breadstuffs, meats. lard ana
lard compound, eggs, and coffee. Iron
and steel manufactures head the llst,
having grown from two and one-half
million dollars in 1903 to eight mil
lion in 1907 and approximately twelve
million in the year Just ended. Under
this head are included locomotives
and other machinery, wire, pipes and
fittings, steel rails, builders hardware
and numerous other articles. Boots
and shoes have sextupled in value OF
exports since 1908, having risen from
one-half million dollars value in that
year to three and one-quarter million
in 1911. On passenger and freight
cars the exports are also increasing,
having practically doubled in five
years In 1908 our exports of cotton
cloths TO Cuba were but little more
than a quarter million dollars, while
last year they were valuedlat one and
two-thirds million. OF lard the ex-
ports to Cuba have increased from
one and one-half to four million dol
lars in the period 19O3-19L; Of -four,
from two to four million dollars; of
corn, from twc-thirds million to one
and one-half million dollars; of veg
etables, from half million to ono
and one-half million dollars; picked
or sailed pork, from one-quarter to
three-quarter million dollars; and BIZ |
luminous coal, from one and one
fourth to two and three-quarter mil
lion dollars. The foregoing are butt
representatives of the growth which
has occurred in many other articles
such as milk. chemicals and medi-
cines. fertilizers, furniture, paper
manufacturers, mineral oils, and
scientific instruments, the exports Of
which in 1903 had not, in some cases,
attained sufficient importance to war
rant their separate enumeration in
the monthly summary OF the Bureau
of Etatistics.
Not only is the United States in
creasing its trade with Cuba, but It
is supplying a larger share of the
commerce of that island than ever
before. In the calendar year 1910,