The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-21
commerce. with Our Newly Acquired
Territory.


I'D its newly acquired territory is
owing with remarkable rapidity. In
s;o7 the year preceding that in which
norto Pico. Hawaii and the Philippines
ne under the American flag, the
-Sinnents to those islands were, ac-
onrding to the figures of the Treasury
pnreau of statistics, $6,773,560. In 1901
!Say were over $50, 900 and in the
s.ca1 year Just ended they will be,
aaccording to the best figures that the
pnreau of Statistics can obtain, fully
ak 0O0 OO0 To this may be added the
ssfimate of $4,000 900 of shipments to
Alaska in the last year. This would
bring the total sales of American goods
in the non-contiguous territory of the
United States up to about $50, 1000, 900
IN the last fiscal year, against about
en- 900 900 in that same territory in
1897.
considering the figures in detail, the
bureau of Statistics finds that the ex-
norris from the United States to Porto
Pico which were, in 1897, $1,9SS,SSS; in
1900. $3.50, 449; in 1901. $6,S61, 917, and
as they were 1851, 900 in the eleven
months ending with May, it Is safe
tn assume that the figures for the fiscal
year will show a total of over 100000
600 of shipments to Porto Rico for the
wear ending June 80, 1902. To Hawaii,
the exports in the fiscal year 1897 were
469O,075; by 1899 they had reached
40; in 1900, $13 500, las. Suisse
duent to that time the statistics of
SHIPMENTS to Hawaii are based upon
estimates supplied by collectors of GUS
toms at San Francisco and Honolulu
and are put at $20,000,000 as con-
sentative figure. To the Philippines
the exports in 1897 were $94,597; in 1899
they were $404, 103; in 1900, $3.50, 449;
In 1901 81, 027 ,064, and in the full fiscal
year 1902 will be fully $5,000,0 900. To
Alaska the shipments in 1894 were, ac-
cording to the best figures that the
Bureau of Statistics have been able
to obtain, $3,924,000, and for the cal
endar year 1901, $13,500,000, and for the
fiscal year just ended will probably be
$4,000 900, bringing the total shipments
from the United States to it's non-con-
tiguous territory UP to $50,000,000.
On the import side it may be said
that the non-contiguous territory of
the United States now supplies $50,000,-
900 worth (per annum) of it's products
for use in the United States. In 1897
the imports from Porto Rico were ST.
lSl,024; those from Hawaii, $13, 6S7, 799,
and from the PHILIPPINES, 4,383,740 By
1900 the imports from Porto Rico had
grown to $3,07S,64S, from Hawaii, $780,
7OI,9OS and from the Philippines, $5,-
91l,2OS In the fiscal year just ended
the merchandise received from Porto
Rico will be in round terms 100000;
from the Hawaiian Islands, $4,000, 900;
from the Philippines, 100000, and
from Alaska about 81 900, 900 in fish,
furs and other products of this char
acter, and an equal amount in gold
and silver, thus bringing the total con-
trihutions of the non-contiguous terri
tory considerably above $4,000, 900.
During the same time commerce with
Asia and Oceania has also increased
with very great rapidity, especially the
exports. In 1897 exports to Asia and
Oceania were SCI, 927 ,67S; in 1900, $685.
OS2 and in the fiscal year 1902, the
total, including shipments to Hawaiian
Islands, will amount to about $780,
100000