barleymeal, ryemeal, per 100
kilograms, gross, $4 00
Pork, per 100 kilograms, net 9 90
Beef and all other meats, per 100 kilograms, net 6 50
Sausage, per 100 kilograms, gross 20
Hay, per 100 kilograms, gross 80
Pig iron, per 100 kilograms, net 50
Bar iron, per 100 kilograms, net 2 15
Barb wire (for fencing), per 100 kilograms, net 40
Coal, per 100 kilograms, net 60
Patent medicines, including weight of container
and wrapper 35

One hundred kilograms amounts to something over two hundred pounds.

The people on the island are rather luxurious, so much so that in one
year five million dollars worth of goods were carried there. These goods
consisted principally of manufactured products, such as clothing and
household wares.

The principal exports from the United States have been flour, pork,
lard, lumber and shooks.

But, of course, all this will be largely increased now that Porto Rico
is practically a portion of the United States, and the increased
commerce will be to the advantage of both.

During the five years from 1893 to 1897, the trade of Porto Rico with
the United States has been as follows:

Imports
Exports to from
United United
States: States:

1893 $4,008,623 $2,510,007
1894 3,135,634 2,720,508
1895 1,506,512 1,833,544
1896 2,296,653 2,102,094
1897 2,181,024 1,988,888

Whatever disadvantages Porto Rico may possess, and when all is said and
done, they are beyond question few, it is certainly lovely enough and
prolific enough to make one forget them all.

A writer in Ainslee's Magazine concludes his very clever article as
follows, and undoubtedly every word he says is true:

"Unfortunately for the development of Spanish countries the mental
activity of the people is principally manifested in an exuberant
imagination which finds expression in superlative and poetical language.
If there were any corresponding creative genius and executive ability in
material affairs such a fertile and well-watered land as Puerto Rico
would be the h