New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
TRADE WITH ISLANDS.
Distant Possessions Building Up
Commerce scith the United States.
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Washington, July 17.-Commerce with the distant
possessions of the United States including the Phil
ippines. Guam, Tutuila, Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico has developed with great rapidity during the
Department OF Commerce and Labor that by July
l. when the fiscal year ended. this commerce
reached the snug sum of sleoeO0Vo0. Figures for
eleven months of this year have been completed.
and make total of $S6 5s1 .G26
The United States proper received more from its
non-contiguous territory during this time than it
sent to that territory. Something over $SS.oOl00
In merchandise was supplied to this territory. while
S300000 worth of the products of our distant pos
sessions received OF this total of practically
SS3 39000 of merchandise shipped to nen-cOntiguous
territory in the eleven months ended with May, a
little over S1 100000 went to Porto Rico. S00O0o
to the Hawaiian Islands, $s09o.O0O to Alaska, a
little over $500 eco to the Philippines and nearly
100000 worth to Guam and Tutuila- OF the S3.-
100000 Of merchandise received from the non-con-
tguous territory in the eleven months, nearly
100000 worth came from the Hawaiian Islands,
Sn0oG00 from the Philippines. s10,50oo 600 from Porto
Rico and $lOOOoO00 from Alaska.
The principal articles received in the eleven
months, for which the detailed figures are given,
are as follows From the Hawaiian Islands. sugar
amounted to s21 10000 in value: Coffee $599 hides
and skins. $50 III and fruits and nuts $50. From
Porto Rico. sugar $6997s44; tobacco and manufact-
ures thereof $LS1S6R (of which SOS is eigars:
coffee. $7299O. and fruits and nuts $2S1 .S42 From
the Philippine Islands manila hemp, lO66S.657
sugar. $2O72S and tobacco and cigars. s56 1872 From
Alaska the principal shipments were canned sal
mon, IS 4O1A; other fish, s753 l2; furs and fur skins,
S395 793; whalebone, 1884. and copper $100,553
The shipments to the territory i'm question include
much wider range OF articles. To the Hawaiian
Islands the total for the eleven months amounted
over s10O00oOO of which s1561.3o6 was breadstuffs
a little over S0o0000 manufactures of iron and
steel another $1,c0OOo0 MANUFACTURES of cotton
$4,000 manufactures of wood. s500OC0 provisions
nearly another S50Ge0 mineral oils. and like value
in fertilizers. To Porto Rico the principal ship
ments were; Cotton manufactures about S2.o00. 600:
manufactures of iron and steel. over 81. $50 CO.
provisions s1,250000; breadstuffs, 100000
and manufactures of wood, $90Ooj0. To the Philip
pines the principal items of export were; Iron
aiu steel manufactures, over 100000: spirits wines
and malt liquors, 100000 cotton manufactures
over $500 GOO; mineral oils nearly s9GD0g0 and bread
stuffs, about $4,000. To Alaska the largest item
was iron ai16 steel manufactures, nearly 100000
provisions. nearly $1000000; breadstuffs. nearly
$4,000; manufactares of tin, nearly $50o00o manu-
factureS or WOOL $3.50. .000 Vegetables over
S200QO. and tobacco and manufactures thereof
nearly $4,000. To Guam and Tutua the total
shipments for the eleven months were $96,S12 of
which @ @SC5l9 was manufactures Of wood. s3.0i7
manufactures OF iron and steel So 524 fish. S9.3B
manufactures of cotton. and breadstuffs. SS.3S7