Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
It will Be More than Twenty
 Million This Year.
SALMON PACK ALONE
There Were Enough Canned in Ten Months to Bring S3,ooo, 900 More Than the United States Had to Pay tor Alaska.

Washington. June 1.-The commerce of Alaska during the fiscal year which ends with this month seems likely to aggregate over twenty millions of dol lars, exclusive of gold. The treasury bureau of statistics is now collecting and publishing monthly statements of the shipments of merchandise to and from Alaska. This information is now being collected under an act recently passed by congress al the recommer- dation of the bureau of statistics. giv- ing it authority to collect statistics or the commerce between the United States and its non-ccntiguous territory. Under it's operations the value of tho merchandise passing from the United States into Alaska. and from Alaska to the various ports of the United States is now for the first time presented
 The figures of shipments from the ports of the United States to Alaska during the ten months ending with April, 1905, aggregate S6,S3l. .0T0 Of mer- chandise, and $104.359 of gold and silver coin. During the month Of April the total shipments of merchandise to Alas ka amounted to S2.5s1. .7S4: and as the opening months of the season are thOs.. of heavy shipments to Alaska. it is quite apparent that the total shipments to Alaska during this first fiscal year in which their value is measured. will aggregate between 10 and F million dollars. A similar statement of the shipments from Alaska to the United States which is also published. shows the total value for ten months To hc S10,101 .060 of merchandise. In addition to this, the shipments of gold ore from Alaska, produced in United States ter ritoTy. amount to S4. .369. 496- The ship ments of foreign" gold ore from Alas ka during the period. by which Is meant that from the KlOndike Gan adian) territory reaching the United States through Alaska aggregates for the same period. sI0.972. .454
 By far the most important Of the articles shipped ficm Alaska to tho United States is canned salmon. the 'value of which during the ten months ending with April. 1903. was SS. 4Oi. .IeS. cr more in the ten months in question than the entire sum- paid Tor Alaska in 1867, the sum paid for the territory hav- ing been S7.20O. OOO The next largest items in the shipments from Alaska are: Other fish and fish products. S75i.- 9S4; furs and fur skins. S394. .5S0: whale bone. $115.994; and copper. S1Oo513. The shipments to Alaska are naturally Of an extremely varied character. includ- ing provisions. clothing and materials for use of miners and those engaged in the canning industry The largest single item is manufacture or iron and steel. st.6l6.604. of which s7S0.s1S Is tin plates and sheets. chiefly for use in manufacturing cans for the salmon oanneries. Next in order are: Provis- ions. $11S.2I3 (of which s162. 954 was but teD; manufactures of wood. including lumber. s562. 454; manufactures of tin. S440.011: breadstuffs. $29s 2S2: wines and liquors, s23S.e65; tobacco and manufac- lures of. S1SS.3S0; coal. S172.O33: fruits and nuts. S171.601 cotton manufactures. s129.192: and eggs. s12S.347.
 In addition to the above commerce between Alaska and the other districts of the United States. there is total Ot S46l.570. imports of foreign merchandise into Alaska during the ten months end ing with April. of which S+4S.S31 was from Canadian territory. S1O.776 from England. and S1.S7S from Asiatic Rus sia: also s1.337.197 of exports. all Of which went to Canadian territory.