witb tbe Unites States, 185 



1896-97. 1895-96. 



Agricultural implements $130,825 $119,838 



Books, maps, etc $161,143 $107,384 



Carriages and cars .'... $615,468 $687,425 



Coal and coke, tons 219,111 121,269 



Value $643,715 $377,469 



Bicycles $73,117 $24,278 



Fruits and nuts $72,654 $78,497 



Hops $55,6io $8,289 



Hardware $2,874,283 $2,455,400 



Leather $16,456 $24,014 



Crude petroleum, gals 7,090,853 6,779,059 



Value $349,021 $392,510 



Refined petroleum, gals 836,628 631,147 



Value $174,107 $142,761 



(Includes lubricating oil.) 



Cotton-seed oil, gals 1,616,407 1,588,504 



Value $320,496 $337,892 



Paraffin, Ibs 2,888,475 2,975,476 



Value $144,805 $163,644 



Tallow, Ibs 997,216 1,783,788 



Value $36,561 $77,050 



Hams $28,976 $29,487 



Butter $40,089 $33, 169 



Wool, Ibs 1,698,952 2,605,150 



Value $140,609 $238,316 



Tropical Products Supplied by Mexico to the United States. It will be 

 interesting to state in what proportion Mexican imports of tropical pro- 

 ducts figure in the total imports of said commodities into this country. 



From 1892 to 1896 the annual average of importation of vanilla 

 beans into the United States was 205,197 pounds, of which Mexico fur- 

 nished 142,727 pounds, or 6pJ per cent. Mexico receives for her 

 vanilla crop, annually, $640,000 gold. 



Mexico's average annual exportation of coffee to the United States 

 for the past five years was 28,927,410 pounds, or 4.8 per cent, of the 

 total American purchase of coffee, Brazil furnishing 70 per cent., 

 Central America 7.6 per cent, Venezuela 6.4 per cent., and the 

 British West Indies i.i per cent There is plenty of room for the 

 Mexican coffee-growing industry to expand. Mexico's fine flavored, 

 mild coffees are steadily gaining in favor in the United States. 



In henequen, or sisal grass, Mexico takes the leading place in the im- 

 port trade of the United States, selling, of the total received there, 98.1 

 per cent. The average annual importation for the past five years was 

 50,129 tons, of which Mexico furnished 49,195, Cuba 277, British Aus- 

 tralia 386, and all other countries 271. Mexico received a yearly aver- 

 age, during the five years, for her henequen, of $4,218,267, gold. AIL 

 of which went to the State of Yucatan. 



