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counted for by one item—coal from the 
United States amounting to $550,000. Much 
bay rum is distilled here. The Panama Canal 
may revive the trade of this island, owing to 
its location in the lane of steamship travel. 
St. Croix, with 14,000 people in its 81 
square miles of area, raises sugar and cotton. 
They also make considerable rum. 
The United States in 1913 exported $600,- 
000 of St. Thomas’s $1,000,000 imports and 
$550,000 of St. Croix’s $800,000 worth of im 
ports. 
No fees are charged in these islands for 
commercial travelers. 
American money is used here as much as 
Danish. There are no banks, merchants 
maintaining credits in New York or Euro 
pean markets from the sale of their exports 
and drawing against them. English is spoken 
universally. 
The Quebec Steamship Company sailing 
from New York connects with St. Thomas; 
the other islands being reached by coasting 
vessels from this point. There are many op