Arizona republican., 1900-09-01
OUR HAWAIIAN TRADE.
Last Statistical Report Which
 Will Be Submitted
Interesting As the Subject Is From Commercial View Point, It Is Lost In the General Business of the Pacific Coast.

Washington. Aug. 31.-CSpecial.)-The people of the United States are likely to be deprived or some much desired in formation regarding the commerce of the United States with the Hawaiian islands The recent act of congress which extended to these islands pracI- callv all of the laws of the United States. is construed as rendering the commerce between the United States and the islands 'cOastwise' in it's char acter The laws. with reference to the gathering of statistics of our commerce require importers and exporters tO file with the collector of customs at the ports at which their goods enter, or at which they leave the country, sp2- cific statement of the quantity and value of each article imported or eN- ported The law does not require, however. this detailed information with reference to goods passing from one port of the United States to another port of the United States. Taking ad- vantage of this condition, merchants Of San Francisco, who are engaged in the trade with the Hawaiian islands, are refusing to furnish to the collector at that point regarding goods sent to or from the Hawaiian islands. the general class of information which they have for years been furnishing, but from which they claim they are now exempt under the new conditions.
 The effect of this will be to deprive the bureau of statistics and the people of the United States, at present at le zst, of all information regarding the con- merce with the Hawaiian islands. No feature of our import and export trade has attracted so much attention during the past year as that with the Hawai- an islands It was one spot where tn effect of annexation upon commerce with the territory annexed could Ee studied. since with the other territories brought into close relations with the United States, conditions were not in our favor by reason Of the war which had existed previous to, or immediately following the new relationship. Whiln the growth of our commerce with Porto Rico. Cuba. and the Philippine is.ands has been very great, it has been dltn- cult to determine what proportion of the growth was due to war condition; ol. what proportion to the new rela- lions thus established. In the cas- of the Hawaiian islands. however, no war conditions existed. either previous or. subsequeEc to annexation and tn growth of the commerce with the United States may he attributed. oh CT ly. if not wholly. to the close relations brought about by annexation and the general business revival which fol- lowed that event.
 The growth of our commerce with the Hawaiian islands in the last few years. especially in the years 1899 and 1900, has been phenomenal This growth is especially interesting in view of the new relationship which has been estab- Iished with the islands and the marked increase which accomplished the final determination of that event. In lS90 the exports of the United States to the Hawaiian islands were $4711,41I, and in 1897 were $4,G9OO75. showing TO growth from 1890 to 1S97. In 1890 the imports into the United States from the Hawaiian islands were $l2 ,312 09S, and in 1897 were $lS.6S1.799, showing but slight growth.
 The treaty of annexation was signed at Washington. June 16, 1897, so that all the commerce of the fiscal year 1896
  of annexation. In that year the exports of the United States to the Hawaiian islands were S. .9O7. .155, an increase of = per cent over 1S97 when they amounted to $4, ,69GO75. The treaty was ratified July !, 1898. and sovereignty over the islands formally transferred to the United States on August F. 1898. thus bringing practically all of the fiscal year 1899 within the period following the complete annexation. The exports to the Hawaiian islands, in the hscal year 1899, amounted to $9,3O1,4'o, m increase Of over a per cent. On the inn port side. the year 1893 showed an in crease of s. .5O0. 800 over 1897 and the year 1900 showed another increase of S3. soc. GOO over 1898 and 1899.
 The following table shows the com merce between the United States and the Hawaiian islands in each year from 1890 to 1900
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