The Washington times., 1902-07-07
The United States Makes
Gins in Traffic With
New Territories.
STEADY UPWARD TREND
Shipments to and From Porto Rico
Many Times Larger Than Before ISL
and Was Acquired-Some Compare
tive Figures by Treasury Bureau.

Commerce between the United States
and its newly acquired territory is grow
ing with remarkable rapidity. In 1897,
the year preceding that in which Porto
Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines came
under the American flag-the shipments
to those islands were, according to the
figures of the Treasury Bureau of Sta
tistics, s6,773,5 $50 In 1901 they were over
S30, ,000, 900, and in the fiscal year just
erded they will be, according to the best
figures that the Bureau of Statistics can
obtain. fully So, ,O00.0 .000. To this may
be added the estimate of S15.000,000 of
shipments to Alaska IL 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 ,O00, ,00O in the last fiscal year,
against about s1O,0O0,oC0 in that same
territory in 1897.
Figures in Detail.
Considering the figures in detail, the
Bureau of Statistics finds that the ex-
ports from the United States to Porto
Rico, which were, in 1897, s1.9SS. .SSS,
were, in 1900, s4,64O. .449; in 1901. s6,s61.-
9i7, and as they were s9,651, 600 in the
eleven months ending with May, it is
safe to assume that the figures for the
fiscal year will show a toal of over
s10,0o0,000 Of shipments to Porto Rico
for the year ending June go 1902. To
Hawaii, the exports in the fiscal year
1897 were s4.690, ,075; by 1899 they had
reached s9,3O5, 40: in 1900, $500 ,1is.
Subsequent to that time the sta
tistics Of shipments to Hawaii are
based upon estimates supplied by col
lectors of customs at San Francisco and
Honolulu, and are put at 500, ,000. 600 as
n conservative figure. To the Philip
pines the exports in 1897 were s9i,597:
in 1889 they were s4O4. 1888; in 1900.
s2.64o.449; in 1901. s4,O27. .os4. and in the
full fiscal year 1902 will be fully s5,OO0,-
600.
Shipments to Alaska
To Alaska the shipments in 1894 were
according to the best figures that the
Bureau of Statistics has been able to
obtain, S3,924,000, and for the calendar
year 1901, s1S.5oO. 900, and for the Gsca
year just ended will probably be s15, ,000.-
0o0-bringing the total shipments from
the United States to it's non-contigu-
GUS territory up to $1,000. 900.
On the import side it may be said that
the non-contiguous territory of the
United States now supplies $50, ,000, ,0OC
worth (per annum) of its products for
use in the United States In 1887 the
imports from Porto Rico were s2,1sl.-
024; those from Hawaii, s13. .6S7. 799. and
from the. Philippines, 81, ,3S3, 740. By 1s0i
the imports from Porto Rico had
grown TO s3,07S,s4 from Hawaii. $40
707 903, and from the Philippines, s5,97l,-
2eS.
Shipments From Porto Rico.
In the fiscal year just ended the mer-
chandise received from Porto Rico will
be in round terms 100000; from the
Hawaiian Islands. 5000, ,OOO; from the
Philippines. $1,000, 900, and from Alaska
about s7,oOO.0eO, in fish, furs, and other
products Of this character, and an equal
amount in gold and silver-thus bringing
the total contributions of the non-eon-
tiguous territory considerably above
$50. 600 0c0.
During the same time commerce with
Asia and 0ceania has also increased
with very great rapidity. especially the
exports. In 1897 exports to Asia and
oceania were s61. 1.927 673; in 1900. $685.
3oi ,0S2 and in the fiscal year 1902. the
total, including shipments 10 Hawaiian
Islands, will amount to about Sl20,000,-