The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-04-08

" M~"NINMMNWMf A. Ne NfFNM ~" Wv
forelan trade Of The u1lfcd States IN
fruits and nuts, t~e2.sto.f7a IN the
calender year f9lf. has doubled IN
M last decade. imports were ts9.-
asi,ssa and exports t~91.sos,11S, in
ciudlne IN each cane trade with Haw-
Inli. Porto Rico. Alaska, and the Phil
ippiae Islands.
bananas, with a total OF ie million
dollars; lemons, sA million; olives,
~ million: grapes. ~ mililon;
plneappics, Tia million; %eurranis.
|iA million. preserved fruits, : mil
lion: and aRs, nearly I million dollars,
ARE the ieadinr classes 81 fruits Inn
parted. Coconuts. cOpra, ETC.. ~
million dollars. wainuts. az million:
almonds. - million: peanuts, about
L mllion, and nlberts. 1 million coi-
lars value. are the PRINCIPAL nuts I'M
ported.
According 10 oalrial figures COM
piled by the bureau q fufeign n
|domestlc commerce. department OF
commerce. imports OF lemons have
Increased about 80 per cent. mas about
SO per cent. coco1uts have quintnpled'
and bananas, walnuts. and almonds
have doubled In import value durinE
the period under review. Mcantitno
Hawaiian piueapples. mainly canned,
OF which the Imports were not SUM-
.cientls large Ia 1904 % justify q sep
arntc enumeration. arc now being
shipped into the United States az the
rate Of s million dollars worth per
annam. last years total being 2ia
times a. much as in 1911. while im-
ports from Singapore. which al one
lime reached several hundred thous-
and dollars annually. have now near
~ ceased. Porto NHcan rincapplcs.
mainly fresh. are coming ia al the
rate OF ia million dollars worth a
year. a. aeainst a little more than
ha1 that am0unt in 1911. While Cuoa
is the leading source OF our fresh
placapplcs from foreign countries. the
amounts received ~therefrom remain
practically stationary aud the rapidly
growing consumption Is being sup
piled chiefly By canned Hawaiian and
fresh Porto Rican ~pincapplcs.
About half Of our imported ban
"a az. a~ggregatiag az million punches
Last year. Were from the Central
France supplies about three-fourths Of
we're from the British West Indies
the remainder chiefly from cuba
and south America. In normal years
France supplies about o~ne-fourth Of
orr imported w~ainuts, but In 1874
her share was only 10 million pounds
out Of 80 million pounds Imported.
Italy, Turkey In Asia. chile and China
rank next as sources Of imported wall
nuts. Greece continues 10 be the
great source Of our currauts import
ed from foreign countries, having sent
TO our ports practically 80 million
pounds last year, rs against 100000
pounds from the resi- OF the world.
Asiatlc Turkey furnished American
markets with nearly 80 million pounds
% dates. while 2h million pounds
came direct from other Asiatic ooun-
tries and "a mlllioa via English
ports. Turkey in Asia also Is the
leading source for our imported figs.
imports therofrom in 1914 being 10
million pounds. as against Ia mil
lion from Greece. I MILLION from
Italy and smaller amounts from
Egypt. French Africa. and Hongkong.
our imports ofxsrapes runge between 1
million and Ia million cubic feet
annually aud all Of them, except
negligible amouts. are from spain.
Italy occupies a similar position with
respect 10 our imported lemons, hnv-
ing supplied between ii0 million and
i50 million pounds annually during
the last few years. Spain sends US
between three million and four mil