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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



pounds of other salts of soda, 128,683 tons of 

 crude sulphur, 12,975,970 pounds of ground su- 

 mac, and 272,174 pounds of vanilla beans. The 

 total value of chemicals, drugs, and dyes was 

 $42,681,504, of which $25,170,201 represent free 

 and $17,511,303 dutiable substances. The import 

 of raw chickory was only 159,269 pounds, against 

 16,930,162 pounds in 1897 before the duty was put 

 on'. The import of chocolate was 1,124,515 pounds, 

 showing a steady increase, but not greater than 

 that of crude cacao, of which 35,512,364 pounds 

 were imported, while the import of prepared co- 

 coa 926,219 pounds was less than in former 

 years. Of clays and earths, 116,757 tons were 

 imported. The importation of bituminous coal was 

 1,258,784 tons, about equal to the average for the 

 five years preceding. Coffee importations amount- 

 ed to 831,827,063 pounds, a little less than in 



1898, though much exceeding the total for pre- 

 vious years. Coffee substitute declined from 

 2,373,245 pounds in 1897 to 992,395 pounds in 



1899. The imports of copper were 39,812,667 

 pounds. The importation of raw cotton, which 

 has only attained considerable figures in the past 

 five years, was 50,158,158 pounds. The imports 

 of unbleached cotton cloth were 1,250,932 yards. 

 Those of fine cotton fabrics have increased of 

 late years, and in 1899 attained the figure of 

 51,196,236 square yards. The import of cotton 

 yarn was 14,550,015 pounds, surpassing all pre- 

 vious figures. 



E. The import of emery ore was 159,980 hun- 

 dredweight, that of grains and ground emery 

 707,185 pounds. 



F. Of flax, 6,474 tons were imported ; of hemp, 

 3,941 tons; of istle or Tampico fiber, 4.419 tons; 

 of jute and jute butts, 83,161 tons; of manila 

 hemp, 53,195 tons; of sisal grass, 71,898 tons; of 

 other vegetable fibers and textile grasses, 7,466 

 tons. The imports of cordage were 455,001 

 pounds; of carpets of jute and other vegetable 

 fibers, 254,827 square yards; of oilcloths, 416,658 

 square yards; of binding twine, 1,819,527 pounds; 

 of coir yarn, 2,530,914 pounds; of yarns or threads 

 of jute and similar fibers, 1,911,295 pounds. The 

 fish imports included 1,224,090 pounds of fresh 

 salmon, 11,382,462 pounds of dried, salted, or 

 smoked cod, haddock, hake, and pollock, 3,590,339 

 pounds of smoked or dried herring, 160,053 bar- 

 rels of pickled or salted herring, 6,897,328 pounds 

 of canned and fresh lobster, 81,045 barrels of 

 pickled or salted mackerel, and 521,905 pounds 

 of pickled or salted salmon. Among fruits, the 

 imports of dried currants were 30,849,253 pounds ; 

 of dates, 12,943,305 pounds; of figs, 7,284,058 

 pounds; of almonds, 9,957,427 pounds. The im- 

 port of prunes has decreased since the develop- 

 ment of the California fruit industry from 58,- 

 093,410 pounds in 1890 to only 600,360 pounds; 

 that of raisins from 36,914,330 pounds to 4,933,201 

 pounds. 



G. The extension of the glass industry is shown 

 in the decline since 1890 of imports of unpolished 

 window glass from 73,112,550 to 47,202,267 pounds, 

 of rough plate glass from 2,008,931 to 219,099 

 square feet, of cast and polished plate glass from 

 2,833,838 to 928,273 square feet. Of polished cyl- 

 inder and crown glass, 247,074 square feet were 

 imported unsilvered and 4,272,842 square feet sil- 

 vered; in 1890 only 896 square feet silvered and 

 2,651,524 square feet unsilvered. The import of 

 guano 4,210 tons was only half as great as in 

 1890, while that of phosphates leaped from 9,840 

 tons in 1898 to 114,954 tons. 



H. The imports of hides were 130,396,020 

 pounds; of goatskins, 69,728,945 pounds; of other 

 skins, 66,965,785 pounds. The quantity of honey 



imported was 126,217 gallons. The importation 

 of hops, which varies according to the results 

 of the domestic crop but has declined on the 

 whole, was 1,319,319 pounds. The import of gutta- 

 percha was only 518,939 pounds, although the 

 value was almost the same as for 3,843,854 pounds 

 in 1890. The import of rubber was 61,063,066 

 pounds, which was considerably greater than in 

 any previous year. 



I. The import of iron ore was only 269,013 ton- : 

 of pig iron, 23,316 tons. The importation of bar 

 iron has fallen from 64,125,976 pounds in ls'.(> 

 to 44,745,118 pounds; of hoop, band, and scroll 

 iron, from 18,706,180 to 19,800 pounds; of steel 

 ingots, blooms, slabs, billets, and bars, from 81,- 

 395,033 to 23,797,994 pounds; of sheet, plate, and 

 taggers iron or steel, from 16.978,263 to 4,243.296 

 pounds; of manufactured ties and hoops for bales 

 and barrels, from 44,621,523 pounds to almost 

 nothing: of tin plates and taggers tin, from 

 680,060,925 to 108,484,826 pounds; of wire rods,, 

 from 139,658,120 to 34.610,656 pounds; of wire. 

 from 9,589,140 to 5,278,044 pounds; of anvil*. 

 from 3,162,305 to 530,113 pounds; of chains, from 

 1 .485.606 to 362,855 pounds. The inijwrt of ivory 

 was 321,315 pounds; of vegetable iv..iy. s.s!4.:i.Y7 

 pounds. 



L. The quantity of lead imported \\a- 1!2,- 

 345,318 pounds. 



M. The import of manganese ore and oxide 

 grows yearly, amounting to 257,817,560 pounds 

 in 1899. 



N. Of nickel ore and matte, 208 tons were im- 

 ported. 



O. The import of whale and fish oil was 

 531.932 gallons; of olive oil, 930.042 gallons. 



P. The importation of rags for paper stock was 

 55,596,560 pounds, only a third as much as in 

 former years. The import of plaster of Paris 

 was 182J979 tons; of platinum, 6.357 pound-: of 

 plumbago, 15.070 tons. Of cheese, Il.s2r,.175 

 I >oi Mid- were imported; of butter, only 23,700 

 pounds. 



B. Of rice, 2,595,600 pounds came from the 

 Hawaiian Islands and 151,241,426 pounds from 

 other countries, besides 50,340,267 pounds of rice 

 flour and meal and broken rice. 



S. The import of salt was 363,782,933 pounds. 

 Linseed was formerly imported in large quanti- 

 ties; now still larger quantities are rxpm ted. and 

 the imports have fallen to 81,953 bushels. The 

 import of silk cocoons was only 13,537 pounds 

 in 1899, while of raw silk 9,691.145 pounds were 

 imported and of silk waste 1,545,701 pounds. The 

 imports of fancy soap were 793,940 pounds, an 

 average quantity. The imports of spices \\ere 

 1,530,102 pounds of nutmegs. 12,332,747 pounds 

 of black and white peppers, 13,851,055 pounds of 

 other unground spices, and 3,346,925 pound! 

 ground. The quantity of American spirit - re- 

 turned after being stored abroad was 99S.173 

 proof gallons; the import of brandy, 219,960 gal- 

 lons; of other foreign spirits, 1,227,824 gallon*. 

 The import of molasses 5,821,556 gallons- wmi 

 less than a third of the imports live years Lack. 

 The importation of beet sugar was 723.3:{<, :; ,2 

 pounds; of raw cane sugar, free of duty. 462,- 

 299.880 pounds; of dutiable cane sugar for re- 

 fining, 2.731,868,574 pounds: of cane sugar al>o\e 

 No. 16, Dutch standard, 62,745.763 pounds; total 

 sugar, 3,980,250,569 pounds. The sulphur ore 

 imported was 296,216 tons. The importation of 

 tea was 74,089,809 pounds, showing a decline of 

 over 25 per cent, since the duty was imposed. 



T. The tin import was 67.342,107 pounds. The 

 tobacco imports were 4,147,048 pounds of wrapper 

 leaf, 4,349,034 pounds of other leaf, and 418,634 



