Arizona republican., 1904-03-28
Our Business With Outlying
 Territory, SS,OOO,0O
so STEADILY INCREASING
That Business for the Year Will Reach One Hundred Millions - The Insular Possessions of the United States Among Which It Is Divided.

Washington. March 7-Commerce of the United States with it's non-contig- uous territory now averages about SS.- O0O, 00O per month. and it is apparent that for, the full fiscal year il will az sregate round S1OO.OOO,0 GOO. In the terms "non-contiguous territory are included Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippine Islands. Guam. Tutui'a and Porto Rico. Records of their ship ments to the ports Of the United States and of shipments from the various ports to them are now regularly pre- sented by the department of commerce and labor through its bureau Of stat S. tics.
 These records show that the sh.p- ments from the United States to Alaska. Hawaii, Porto Rico. the Philip pines, Guam and Tutuila aggregated in the seven months ending with January. 1894, nearly s21, 900, ,O00. and the mer- ctandise received from their in the same period nearly SS1.OOOOOO. If to this Is added the gold bullion received from Alaska. the grand total of cur commerce with the territory in Qucs- ton for the seven months ending with January would amount to nearly S6O,- C00.G0O. which makes it quite apparent that for the fiscal year ending with June 30 next the total will be fully s1nO. GOO. GOO.
 or the shipments to these non-contig- u0us territories. the largest total for the seven months under consideration is to Hawaii. S7.224.I5G worth of do,res- Nu ar chandise S52.677. Porto Rico is next as a purchaser from the various ports of the United States. the total shipments to that island in the seven mcntLs in question being s6,454.4l7 worth of do- mest;c merchandise and -s2e6. BIO worth of foreign merchandise. To Alaska the shipments from the United States dur inc the same time were. of domestic products. S3.S0i.451. and of foreign nro1- ucts S15.123. To the PhilIpp:nss our shipments during tiTe-sevc-1 months ending with January, 1904. were. Of do- mestic merchandise, -..S5S. .7S6. and of foreign merchandise. $1.o4O. To Cuau, and Tutuila our shipments during the period in question were $21. .439. making 9 total of S20. .7OO.4 .42S
 Of the nearly S3l. .OOO. 900 worth of n,er- ohandise received from the territories in question. Hawsii was the largest contributor-S1.7 .749. 94O worth Of domes tic and Sl2.55- worth of foreign mer- chandisc. Alaska came next in order. S9.396.4l5 worth Of domestic products and SS0, 20 worth of fo. eign products shipped to the United States. Tn Philippines stoCd third in the list the total shipments to the United States being $7,7S4,O72. From Porto Rico the shipments during the seven months u7fer consideration were of dOm5stc c merchandise 8, ,S5G, ,eS2 and of fo-e-ga products $92,CsS. In nearly all cases the figures of the seven months enc ing with January, 1904, snow an iu- crease over those of the correspond ing months of the preceding year.
 To Hawaii our shipments of domestic merchandise in the seven months end ing with January, 19Ci, were S-.224. .156. against ss,21LOO4 in the corresponding months of the preceding year. To Alaska the total shipments of domes- tic merchandise aggregated s. .S04, ,451, against s. 945, l9S :n the same months of the preceding year. To the Philippin Islands the total for the seven months ending with January, 1904, wss S2 S5S.- 7S6, against g, ,26S,S5 iu the correspond ing months of the preceding year. T. Porto Rico the shipments show a trihing decrease, those of domestic merchandise being se.454.417. against Si,0,9,I49 in the corresponding months Of the preceding year.
 Turning to the shipments into the United States from the territories in question, Alaska. shows for the seven months ending with January. 1904. do- mestic merchandise valued at S9.3i6,4l5, against S9.S95.536 in the corresponding months of the preceding year, and of gold of domestic production SHIP 645, and of gold of foreign production SS,- 27S.522. From Hawcii the mercha ndise of domestic production received was $e,74a,940, against $7. G., ,15S in the corre- spending months of the preceding year. From Porto Rico the domestic mer- chardise received was SS. ,9S2 in val ue, against S3.946. 749 in the correspond ing months of the preceding year. From the Philippines the receipts of mer- chandise were $7,7S4. O7$ in value, against $6,5S5. .29O in the corresponding months of the previous year.
 The principal articles which form this large commerce Of a hundred mill lion dollars annually with the non- contiguous territory are the natural products of those territories shipped to the United States. and in return tte finished manufactures and foodstuff= of the United States. Of the shipments Of domestic merchandise from the Ha- waiian Islands to the United States, which aggregated S9.749.94O in value brown sugar alone amounted to $s,- 273.O@1 in value. against s7.13j.47S in the corresponding months of the preceding year.
 or the shipments from Porto Rico te the United States. which aggregated SS.35",9S2 of domestic merchar dis Q, brown sugar amounted to $1,T4..526; cigars. SS17:2SS; oranges. S255,2S5; leai , tobacco. S17s,77e, and manufactures of straw and palm leaf. S35.52O. of the shipments from Alaska to the United