The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-01

nishes a market for $5O,OOo,OOO worth
of the products Of her people. \ state
ment just prepared shows that the
shipments from the United states to
it's noncontiguous territory during the
fiscal year just ended have BEEN in
round terms, as follows:
To the Hawaiian Islands 500 100000.
To Alaska .........,,..,.. loOOV,UUV'
TO Porto Rico ............ lOOOO,OOO.
TO the Philippines 100000.
TotaI.............. 600, 600.
This is practically five times as much
as the exports to these territories IN
| 1897 when none of them, except Alas
ka, was under the American flag. The
exports to Porto Rico in the fiscal year
| 1897, for example, were $1,9SS,SSS, and
in the fiscal year 1902 there We're over
| It. million dollars, the exact figures for
| eleven months being more than 9l5
millions; and while the figures Tor the
twelfth month have not been received,
it is certain that the total will exceed
$40, 100000.
To Hawaii the exports in the fiscal
year 1897 were $4,6SOO75, and for the
fiscal year 1902 the best estimate of
the customs authorities is, in round
terms, 800, 100000. Exact figures of the
shipments to this Territory are not at
present available but it is known that
the shipments from Hawaii to the
United States during the year will
amount to about $23, 100000, and it is
believed that the estimate of $20,0OO,OOO
for shipments to tho Hawaiian Islands
| is a conservative one.
To the Philippine Islands the exports
in the fiscal year 1897 were $94,597, and
in the fiscal GEAR 1902 they will be over
So, 600, 900, exclusive of shipments made
| by the Government for use of its
troops or other officers in the islands.
To Alaska, the best estimate obtain
able of the shipments in 1897 is 1924
co., while those for the fiscal year just
ended are estimated by the customs
authorities at $l5,OOO,OCO. This would
make the grand tota! of shipments
/
tiguous territory $5O,O0O,OOO, exclusive
of goods sent by the Government for
use of the Army or of it's officials.
In imports from the islands the in
crease has not been as great as that
in exports The total value of imports
from Porto Rico in the fiscal year 1897
was $2,1S1 ,O24 and in 1902 will be about
$S,OOO,OOl. From the Hawaiian Islands
the imports in the fiscal year 1897 were
$13,6S7,79J and the total for 1902 vii
be about % millions. From the Phil
ippnes the imports in the fiscal yeal
1897 were $4,3S3,740, and for 1902 the to-
tai will be over 100000. The value OF
merchandise including gold and sill
YER received from Alaska in 1897 is es.
timated at $4,000, COO and for 1902 about
$15,OOO,00O, making the total imports of
1897 from Porto Rico, Hawaii, the hill
ippines and Alaska about $25,0O0OO0
While the total for the fiscal year 1907
will be about 50 millions.
The Bureau of Statistics has just re-
ceived its first record, under the new
law, of shipments to Alaska. Former
iy no statistical record was made OF
the shipments to and from Alaska
which was a Gus toms district of the
United States and treated as such in
the commercial reports of the custom
houses. During the last session of
Congress- however, a law was enacted
applying to trade between the United
States and its noncontiguous territory
the provisions of the law relating to
the collection of statistics of foreign
commerce. and this will enable a COM
plete record of the movements of mer-
chandise between the United States
and its noncontiBuous territory. 1t is
in compliance with this law that the
first record of the shipments to Alaska
is now in the hands of the Bureau of
Statistics.
In the future there will be exact fig
ures for own trade. The better show
ing we can make the higher we shall
stand iE the estimation of economists
and statesmen. We stand at the top
of the tree now.