Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-26
TROPICAL IMPORTS
SHOW LARGE GAIN
OVER THREE BILLION DOLLARS
width or PRODUCTS ENTER
NATION DURING YEAR

h,sial 10 tn" News.
NEW YORK. Sept s5--Thc incrcas
Ing reliance Of the United States upo',
the tropics Tor food aud manufacturin
material II evidenced by the fact that
over three billion dollars worth Of trop
lchl ana subtrppical products entered
continental United States IN the fsrnl
year 1870. again less than one billion
uollnrs worth In 1919. and less thar
hidi billion IN 1900 or course. saws =
statement Of The National city bank
ui New York. discussing this closer r..
lauon Of the United States with its
nclghbors In the tropics. some part OF
thls tremendous Increase In values ~
due 10 thc'high cost Of" but ncverthc.
lcsS. II In "a fact that the quantity Of
tropical products consumed IN the
United States has tremendously in.
creased and seems likely 10 go an in.
crcaSing. irrespective nf high and sti'l
advancing prices For example. the
quantity u cane sugar all tropical. ot
CourHe, entering continental United
states In the fiscal year 1920 was nearly
~, billion pounds against a little more
Tran "a, billions IN the Immediately
preceding year. and less than xix hil.
Hons decade ago. OF coffee. strictly
tropical. the quantity imported IN tn"
fiscal year 1890 WIS 400. 600. 600
pounds. against one billion year EARL
CT. and only S7i 000. 900 In 1910. Cocoa.
also exclusively tropical. shows total
u 10000. 900 pounds IN the imports of
1890 against 100. GOA. 600 In 1910. Coco.
nut ull. now ~ largely used for FOO 1
purposes In various forms was 200 600.
900 pounds In 1920. against 5000, goo
IN 1919. and all Of these at much higher
prices than heretofore.
In manufacturing material IT,. In.
cicasing demands upon the tropics are
quite az striking AZ In those Of food.
stuffs. OF indiarubber strictly trOpi.
cal. the imports IN 1890 were G3?. 600.
900 pounds, In 1910 only i0l 900. 600
lounds. IL raw cutton the imports into
this greatest ootton.growing country
~ the world were In 1920 3i5. 600. 900
pounds against A6. 0OO. 900 in 1910: of
raw silk. the product OF at least a sub.
tropical climate. thu 1920 imports were
100000 pounds against 100000 IN
1910: tobacco. 100000 pounds In 1920
against t7ioO.o00 In 1910.
This increase In quantities import.
ed has been made despite trcncn.
dous advances Ia prices meantime.
The average price OF raw sugar Inn
pottel from foreign countries In the
fiscal year 1899 was Be- per pound
against an average Of lsc per pound
IN 1910. yet the quantity imported IN
1920 was, az already shown. more than
30 percent In excess 81 that az 1910.
Coffee imported In 1920 averaged &c
per pound against a little less than &C.
lpr pound In 1919, Yet the quantity i'm.
ported In 1920 was 60 percent greater
than In 1910 Cocoa imports in 1920 aV.
erag. lie per pound against lie pcg
pound In 1919. Yet the quantity import.
I'd In 1899 was four times as great as
In 1910. Raw silk imports In 1920 Nv.
craze sg.3O per pound against an nv.
trage II t3.2l In 1910. Yet the quanti.
~ imported IN 1920 was double that uf
1910 Raw cotton imported In 1920 nv.
craEed For the full year i2c per pound
against about lsc per pound In 1910,
yet the quantity In 1929 was four
times nv much as In 1910. irrespective
ef tho fact that the price per pound
had advanced $50 per cent
These figures of IN. increasing i'm.
portation Of tropical products irrcspcc'
tive OF the advance In price explain IN
some dgrcc AT least the fact that we
are now sending 60 the tropical and
sub tropical world thrc billion dollars
u year 90 purchase IT. varied products
~ against little over half billion
dolarrs decade ago.
Happily. continues the Ranks state
mcnt. our tropical friends have appar.
entity recognized the increase IN our
calls upon them for their natural PRO
ducts and are rcciprocating this atu
tudc by large increase In their tai,
lnas of our products. Manufactures of
I'll sorts and certain foods,utis, 80
recially meats condensed milk and
-four. az. the principal impcriations
into the tropics. and its people are
rtcadily and rapidly increasing their
usc OF these articles a. proluccd In the
United States. The value of our ex.
ports To- the tropical world in the fis.
cal year 1890 aggregated. IN round |
terms. nearly two billion dollars |
against lcss than hal u billion In 1910