90 THE IRRIGA 2 ION AGE. 



EXPORTS TO PORTO RICO FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



Month of 1896 1897 1899 1900 



May $113,069 $161.845 $305,564 $696,479 



June 173,313 167,138 361,423 890,999 



July 101,944 156,296 213.302 529,729 



August 194,361 143,945 251,843 408,638 



September 130,058 . 130,578 246,490 282,064 



Total, five months. . . .$717,744 $768,802 $1,378,622 $2,807,909 

 The following table shows the exports from the United States to 

 Porto Rico of fifteen representative articles during the five months 

 ending October 1, 1900, compared with the same months of 1897: 

 Articles. Five months ending Oct. 1. 



1887 1900 



Cotton cloth $ 1,423 $406,194 



Flour 294,278 402.912 



Pork 75,829 94,567 



Petroleum 12,930 65,956 



Bacon 6,949 28,481 



Coal 14,680 26,565 



Cheese 1,062 26,463 



Furniture 3,392 23,220 



Builders' hardware 4,335 22,086 



Cars and carriages . , 2,344 12,209 



Books, maps, etc 2,516 11,034 



Fruits and nuts 399 6,077 



Butter 3,151 5,420 



Agricultural implements 1,217 3,856 



Sewing machine 1,508 3,132 



The abrogation of the Porto Rican tariff is being seriously dis- 

 cussed by the press of Porto Rico. The Porto Rican Tariff Act it 

 will be remembered provides that "whenever the legislative assembly 

 of Porto Rico shall have enacted and put into operation a system 

 of local taxation to meet the necessities of the government of Porto 

 Rico, by this act established, and shall by resolution duly passed so 

 notify the president, he shall make proclamation thereof and there- 

 upon all tariff duties on merchandise and articles going into Porto 

 Rico from the United States or coming into the United States from 

 Porto Rico shall cease, and from and after such date all such mer- 

 chandise and articles shall be entered at the several ports of entry 

 free of duty. The Porto Rican Legislature elected on November 6th, 

 the date of the general election in the United States, is to meet 

 shortly and will, under the provisions of the Porto Rican Act above 

 quoted, have the power to immediately terminate the Porto Rican 

 tariff by enacting legislation which will provide funds for the neces- 

 sities of the government, of Porto Ri.co and the question whether this 



