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Show Tropical rriuliuU iifOnr rv I'liiirxlom, Tim commercial iiotilbilitiea which await the tropical itland terriloriet w blub have e une into eloier lei itlomhip with the I'nllnl otatet dining the pait year In tupplyliga rmr.eiit and growing market In thl country are tuggetted Ly the figure whh h the Treaaury Hereau of htatlitic haveobtalneil ol the linpor-tallon linpor-tallon ol tropical ami mb-troplcal pro-durtt pro-durtt into the I'nited blalee during the ten iiioiilht of Ihe pretent year, eoir-paied eoir-paied with that ol tho corretpoudlng mouth f tho ptecedliig ywir, Thuy amount tn not In than 3tiO,0(X),000, or an average ol over 11,000,000 lor each butlnet day ol the year. The 8guie Include raw till, tea, rice and the tuiall rtiou of tugar which it mauufaetuied froio beet, but even if thete be endued, the total whiih would beilearly entitled lo be cloned a tropical trop-ical piodtiLU would eaieed 1260,000,000 annually, Including augar, cft"o, India rubbir, fibvri, tropica) Iriiltt and nntt, cacao, loUrio ol finer grade, ipice, dye vvowli, cablnit wood, etc. Cur-iouely Cur-iouely cnougli, all theie article can be and are now inoduceil to a greater or lei extent In tbe lilandt In quettlon, nifir taue being grown In large iunntl- tleeln Cuba, Fnrlo Itlco, Hawaii, and S3 the l'hlllppliie. Filer 1 ol which the jfl lin)Mttnilon in the preint year will fl amntinttu (20,000,000 In value can be QV 11 adlly grown In allot the liland. The i(3 I'hlllpplnrt are alreidy itipplylng tho MB mint lmvrtaiit feature of our fiber, Kfl Manila hemp, which alone In the pret- HR cut year wilt amonnt to about (6,000, 9 W0 In value -Hrientlrle tmeriean. 9E |