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States to these islands, however, the various manufactures of 

 cotton figure only to the extent of $9,714 ! Manufactures of flax, 

 hemp, wool, and silk appear in the Spanish exports to the value 

 of $286,841, or 76.7 per cent more than the entire export trade of 

 the United States to the islands in the year in question. The 

 exports of paper, leather, and wood from Spain in 1896 had an ag- 

 gregate value of $585,120, or nearly four times that of the total 

 exports from the United States. All these products, as well as 

 others that might be mentioned, could just as well be supplied 

 from this country. 



Of what the exports and imports to and from the United States 

 principally consist is shown in the following tables. The insig- 

 nificance of almost every item in the table of exports suggests, 

 in conjunction with the foregoing statements, the enormous pos- 

 sibilities of an extended commerce that now lie within our reach 

 as a nation : 



Values of domestic merchandise exported from the United States to the Philip- 

 pine Islands daring the years ending June 30, 1893-1897. 



Articles. 



1893. 



1894. 



1895. 



1896. 



1897. 



Wheat flour 



$7,800 



. 1,667 



8,444 



9,006 



105,936 



21,525 



$1,453 

 45,761 



16,388 

 35,325 

 46,539 



$11,250 



320 



3,355 



13,343 

 67,837 

 23,150 



$18,290 

 3,390 

 9,714 



10,204 

 89,958 

 30,785 



$10,068 



Chemicals, etc 



3,316 



Cotton, manufactures of . . 

 Iron and steel, manufactures 



of 



Oils, mineral, refined 



All other articles 



2,164 



9,655 

 45,908 

 23,486 



Total domestic exports. . 



154,378 



145,466 



119,255 



162,341 



94,597 



Values of merchandise imported, into the United States from the Philippine. 

 Islands during the years ending June 30, 1893-1897. 



Articles. 



1893. 



1894. 



1895. 



1896. 



1897. 



Sugar, cane and other.. 

 Textile grasses : 



Manila 



All other 



$2,865,966 

 6,217,192 



$3,655,627 

 3,324,223 



$1,111,006 



3,572,236 

 11,851 



$2,270,902 



2,499,494 



68,838 



6,237 



81,352 



56,034 



$1,199,202 



2,701,651 

 384,155 



Oils 



11,221 

 29,039 

 36,439 



3,041 

 12,353 

 13,098 



1,820 



Straw, manufactures of. 

 All other articles 



26,148 

 10,125 



72,137 

 24.775 



Total imports. . . . 



9,159,857 



7,008,342 



4,731,366 



4,982,857 



4,383,740 



J. H. 



