The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-18
Commerce of the United States
With Noncontiguous Territory
Shows Heavy Increase.
BULK OF TRAFFIC is EXPORTS.
Sugar Shipped From Hawaii
Amounts to sd, 900. 900 for the
Iear-Pr0ducts of Alaska
and Philippines.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington July 1.-THE commerce OF
the United States, with its noncon;inguous
territory. will amount to nearly aOO,Gc,OJo
In the fiscal year just ended.
The figures for eleven months. ending with
May, as announced ny the Department or
commerce through its bureau of statistics.
amount to $S65sl.025. and az those for the
single month of May amount TO nearly 81
oc.ea, it IL apparent that the total for the
inll year Will fall but little below Slo0.00G.oo'
of this Srand total Of nearly SiO0.ON.cO
OF commerce with the noncontiguous terri
tory. more than one-third Is merchandise
shipped TO that territory.
OF the grand total OF sS6.5sl0 es In the
eleven months ending with May s3S,oso.I9
was merchandise shipped TO Porto Rico.
Hawaiian Islands. Philippines, Guam. Tu-
tuna ana Alaska. OF this total of practical
ly S3G.o00.000 a little over Sll oc0,c00 went to
Porto Rico. slO.GG0003 to Hawaii, $1,000 10
Alaska. little over s. $1,000 to the Philip
pines and nearly 100000 worth to Guam
and Tutuila. OF the S53.OO0.G0) of merchan-
disc received from this territory nearly &c.
CGo.oOo came from Hawaii, sll.0o0O00 from
the Philippines sl0.500.CcO from Porto Rico,
and Slo,oo0,oGj from Alaska. The si0.oto010
from Alaska Is merchandise. and does not
include the gold received from that terri
tory. which amounted in the eleven months
TO si.5io.677. Adding these shipments OF
gold Alaska sent us to the grand total OF
merchandise above mentioned. and esti
mating the month of June. the grand total
will probably reach the round sum of $780,
OolOON
Taking up the details of this commerce, 1t
may be said that the principal articles re-
ceived for which the detailed figures are
given are as follows:
From the Hawaiian Islands sugar
amounted TO sci Coo 600 in value: coffee. s225.-
so: hides and skins, s69111. and fruits and
nuts. $3.50. From Porto Rico. sugar. &c..
S9i,5ii: tobacco and manufactures thereof.
Sl.Sl3,6i2 tof which sl6Sl, COS is Cigars; cof-
fee. sIle,s90, and fruits and nuts, seS1Si2.
From the Philippines. Manila hemp. &c..
66S.65I; sugar. 1910. 729; tobacco and cigars.
s56.7S2 From Alaska the principal ship
ments were canned salmon. ss.4ol 12i: other
fish. Si53.il2: furS and fur skins. S395. 195;
whalebone sll5,994. and copper sl0n,553.
The shipments to the territory i'll question
include much wider range of articles. To
the Hawaiian Islands. with a total Of over
SloCO.OOe N@6l.S06 was breadstuffs, little
over Sl,0C0.G00 manufactures of iron and
steel. ANOTHER million manufactures of cot
provisions. $500 eco mineral oils and a like
value in fertilizers
To Porto Rico the PRINCIPAL shipments
were cotton manufactures. about s2o0l,OOo;
manufactures Of iron and steel sl.25O.0OO;
provisions. 81, 25s.0o0: breadstuffs over $780,
coo: manufactures of wood. $500 900.
To the Philippines the principal items of
exports We're iron and steel manufactures,
over $500. 600; spirits. wines and malt liquors.
ever $500 900; cotton manufactures. over $780,
900: mineral oils, nearly 100000. and bread
stCfs, about S25, 0t0
To Alaska the largest item was iron and
steel manufactures, nearly 100000; pro-
100000; manufactures of tin. nearly $500. 600:
manufactures of wool. over a quarter of
million: vegetables. over a quarter of a mil
a like amount.
TO Guam and Tutuila the total was $780,
Sl2. of which S20.519 was manufactures of
wood. Sl3.061 manufactures of iron and steel,
S9.52i fish. S9.S0S manufactures of cotton, S.
33i breadstuffs.