X, A, 6 Cox and Dar Juan: Salt Industry and Resources 393 

 Table IV. — Showing source of imported salt." 



[Value in dollars. United States currency.] 



Source. 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1906 



1907 



United States 















United Kingdom _- _ 















Belgium 















Denmark 















France 















Germany 















Spain 















China.- _ 















Singapore 















All other British East Indies 













































Total . . 















3,693 



8,583 



20,985 



5,176 



1,852 



2.321 





Source. 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



United States 



216 

 2,322 



137 



2,504 



114 



4,508 

 4 



2,030 

 3,061 



6,026 

 4,938 



5,069 

 3,244 



United Kingdom 









68 



41 



66 



6 



54,102 



[ 1,204 



171 

 366 











5 

 29 

 11 



67, 557 

 ( 206 

 1 405 









Germany _ _ _ -- -_ 



24 



51 



9 



51, 498 



171 



95 







Spain - - _ 







China __ _ _ 



396 



38 



49, 187 

 182 



816 

 142 



47 

 216 



1 

 324 



Singapore 



All other British East Indies 





39 



238 



299 



Total 



3.035 



71, 092 



56, 775 



61, 105 



61,291 



8,901 





" No figures obtainable for 1905. The Philippine Customs reports are issued in dollars U. S. 



currency. 



fire of 1911 there were thirty-six in that section of the city, each 

 using large amounts of coarse salt for the purpose of curing fish. 

 Considering the increased importation and the import tax of 

 25 per cent ad valorem, the manufacturers should find a great 

 deal of encouragement and there should be a good margin. If 

 the producer here had to compete with the salt of the United 

 States at an average price of 44 centavos per kilogram, which 

 includes not only the cheap grades of salt, such as the coarse salt 

 made here by solar evaporation, but also the very finest grades 

 of table and dairy salt, which are prepared with great care and 

 expense and which constitute a considerable percentage of the 

 total, it would be more difficult. However, the manufacturer 

 in the Philippines has to compete only with salt produced by the 

 same methods as he himself employs and is protected by the 



