The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-08-03
GOOD FOR HAWAII.

The States with its non-conguous terri
tories for the fiscal close on to S1ooooo
So the Department Commerce over by
Secretary Corekou As the figures for the eleven ending
81 were $50 $1,000 and those for Nav were nearly So
the estimate very much way total rather more
than onehrdw be merchandise shipped the territories.
grand total for o2O no ISIS than @ o8o
10 consisted of merchandise shipped the Territory of Hawaii
Porto Rico, Philippines, Guam, 1utuia and Alaska.
O this S35oooooo or SO eleven millions Porto Rico,
millions to Hawaii eight millions Alaska and only three and
hall millions the Philippines may strange that Porto
consumes million dollars worth OF goods than the Hawaiian
Islands consume but then the population of Porto Rico much
larger than the population OF territory The population
Porto co IS close on to one million that OF the Hawaiian Islands is
very little 10000 An export $ Porto Rico
the rate OF eleven dollars per capita An export OF ooooooo the
Territory OF Hawaii means consumption OF American goods equal to
500 per capita Hawaii really in proportion popu
laon six times than Porto Rico and profit
able goods. ....
The imports nonconguous during
months ending May amounted $oooOOo and here
Hawaii has Overwhelmingly leading place Our this trade
was $22oooooo The Philippines second with
Porto Rico supplied and Alaska 81 The $o
from Alaska represents the merchandise sent and not the gold
which amounts to $ooooo and Adding gold shipments Alas
ka would stand second instead of the Philippines
The imports from Territory for the eleven months
$2Ioooooo coffee $225Ooo hides and skins $6ooo fruits $ooo
Porto Rico to the value close to oooooooo tobacco
$Sooooo coffee $t2ooo and fruits and $Soooo The Philip
give $oooooo of manila hemp only $oooo and obac
upon main staple. What American energy will do
future Alaska
significant and consist of dried fish, u and skins whale bone and
copper When look such matters grouped they
ed States and how valuable the United States is her congu
territories.
also interesting up the articles shipped from
the mainland. To 100000 bread
million dollars worth of
million of million
of manufactures OF wood and half million each of provisions mineral
oil fertilizer Porto Rico takes million dollars worth
and steel million and
million and quarter breadus million, manufactures of wood
half million The Philippines take half million of iron and steel
manufactures, spirits, and liquors close to half Million
beadus quarter of Million manufactures oils $780,
each One remned of alsta big bill for sack only
worth of bread They be thirsty lot in the Philippines The
goods taken by Alaska Guam Tuua do interest any
great To the former go large quantities of tin for the
les and manufactures Of wool for clothing.
The placing OF these facts before the public grouped the
which the Department Commerce and Labor has Them most
valuable. 1t enables the the commercial and the
the relative outside the mainland
shore line Hawaii the valuable of these terri
tories 1t valuable absolutely necessary the United States
the dominance of the North Pacific And
that point Of would be worth paying for But Hawaii
also valuable commercially which
little 10000 inhabitants and in eleven months does trade of
of dollars only valuable commercial but
future possibilities simply The Department of Com
and Labor has done good turn to Hawaii.