Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-15

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OUR COMMERCE WITH THE COLONIES
The commerce of the United States
| with its contiguous territory vii
amount to nearly S100,0GO,0O0 in the
1 fiscal year just ended. The figures fol
eleven months ending with May 1903
as announced by the department 81
commerce thru it's bureau of statistics
amount to sS6,5S1, 026. and as those foI
nearly 100000, it is apparent that
| the total for the full year will fail but
little below 100000, 900. OF this grand
total of nearly one hundred millions Of
commerce with the nom contiguous ter
| ritory, more than one-third is merchal-
disc shipped to that territory.
OF the grand total Of sS6.5S1 OPS IN
| the eleven months ending with May,
S33,0S0,179 was merchandise shipped 70
ippines Guam. Tutuila and Alaska. 'of
this total of practically thirty-three
millions of merchandise skipped to non-
contiguous territory in the eleven
months ending with May, little over
eleven millions went to Pcrto Rico, ten
millions to the Hawaiian islands, eight
millions to Alaska. a little over three
and one-haif millions to The Philippines
ard nearly one hundred thousand dol
lars worth TO Guam and Tutuila. Of
the fifty three millions of merchandise
received from the non- contiguous ter
twenty-five millions dollars worth
came from the Hawaiian islands, elev-
Ell millions from the Philippines, ten
and one-half millions from Porto Rico
and ten millions from Alaska. This len
millions from Alaska is merchandise
and does not include the gold we'd
from that territory, which amounted in
the eleven months to S4.5i0,677. Adding
these shipments Of gold Alaska sent us
to the grand total of merchandise above
mentioned, and estimating the NORTH
of June, the grand total will probably
reach the found sum of s1Oo.OO0,000.
Taking up the details of this COM
merce of s100,00o,000 between the
United States and its non contiguous
territory, 1t may be said that the pr4n-
cipal articles received from that terri
tory, during the eleven months for
which the detailed figures are given.
are as follows: From the Hawaiian
Islands. sugar amounted TO s2l,00oo0o,
coffee S225,S29. hides and skins s69.l71, !
and fruits and nu., sG.,sJe. from ror- |
to Rico, sugar S6,997,64l. tobacco and |
thereof S1,S1S,642 (of
which s1,6Sl,60S is cigars), coffee s7l2,-
500, and fruits and nuts s2S1.S42. From |
the Philippines islands. manila hemp |
$40, $685. sugar s270,729. tobacco and |
cigars $56,732. From Alaska the riin- |
sS,4O1,124. other fish $753,412. furs and
,ur skins s395,79S, whalebone sl1a994,
md copper $1O0,553.
The shipments to the territory in
question include much wider range of
articles. To the Hawaiian islands the
-otal for the eleven months amounted
% over s10,o0o,ooo. of which s1.ael,3O6
was breadstuffs, little over one mill
on manufactures of iron and steel an
,ther million manufactures of cotton,
-fourths of million manufactures
# wood, half million provisions, near
! like value in fertilizers. To Porto
Rico the principal shipments Were cot
.on manufactures about S2,00U.000,
of iron and steel over a
million and quarter, provisions over
4 million and a quarter, breadstuffs |
over a million. and manufactures of |
wood a half million. To the Philippines |
he principal items of exports were
ron and steel manufactures over half |
4 million, spirits, wines and malt liz
Tors over 100000, cotton manufactures
,ver 100000, mineral oils nearly $780,,
200 and breadstuffs abou. quarter of
i million. To Alaska the largest item
was iron and steel manufactures nearly
100000, provisions nearly a million,
nearly half a million, man
fractures of tin nearly half million, |
of wool over qlarter
If million, vegetables over quarter
If a million. and tobacco and manu-
actures thereof nearly quarter of
million. To GUAM and Tutuila the to-
al shipments for the eleven months
we're 500, S12, of which $20,579 was man
fractures of wood, s13,o67 manufac-
ures of iron and steel. Sa,524 fish, So
.0S manufactures of cotton and bread
;tuffs SS,337.
WOODMEN AND CHARITY.
Recent editorial criticism in these
Columns of the action of the head
amp of Modern Woodmen in voting