New-York tribune., 1904-09-12
FRUITS OF EXPANSION.
Trade 5rith Over-Sea Territories
Nearly TrebIed.

Washington. Sept. 1.-THE commerce. Of tns
United States with its nou-contiguous territories
aggregated more than slo0ee0OoO in the fiscal year
just ended Under the term non-contiguous terri
tory included Porto Rico the Hawaiian Islands.
the Philippine Islands Guam. TUtuiia and Alaska
The reports OF the Department OF Commercs and
Labor through its bureau of statistics. show that
the total value Of shipments Of merchandise from
the United States TO all of these non-contixuous
possessions in the fiscal year 1904 was sSS0ss5 5s and
the value Of merchandise received from them s5s.-
lS7. 752. Adding these the gold bullion producsd
in Alaska and shipped the United States ths
total is s10s.5sSsos.
The merchandise sent from the United states 70
the markets of these nOn-eOnguoBs territories tn
cluded chiefly breadStuffs provisions and manu-
factureS OF all classes. To Porto Rico shipments
of breadstuffs amounted Sl.as4ea4 OF which ssss
Isl was -four Cotton shipments to Porto Rico
amounted $t670Oo5 Of which 81 ee0076 was cotton
cloths Iron ana steel manufactures amounted 10
IMS06l and provisions Si1s2el6. while the total
value of domestic merchandise shipped from the
United States TO Porto Rico was sle7z7.05 and OF
foreign merchandise SsSS.O45
The principal articles received from Porto Rico
were sugar. valued at ss,9s70ss tobacco. N72lOsz:
fruits and nuts s426 s7a, coffee s27s46l and other
articles. aS2S44 making total of af576s1s OF do
nestle products OF Porto Rico shipped to the unitsd
States. Foreign goods to the value OF n4Ssfs
were also shipped from Porto Rico to the Unitsd
States In addition this the exports from Porto
RICO TO foreign countries were A<Ssf7s. and TIA
imports from foreign countries amounted
y, ,9S9.
The shipments OF domestic merchandise to EzA-
wall during the fiscal year 1904 amounted to H.
5OzeeO. OF which H.5l2311 sreadstufs H-010iz5
cotton manufactures. S453 80 manufactures OF kcr
and steel, SS627oS mineral and the Remainder
| miscellaneous merchandise OF al descriptions,
| chiefly manufactures The chandss received
into the United States from th- Hawaiian Islands
during the year amounted &c ssS13352 523 IN vare, ck
which sugar amounted TO E-iS59.Ss5, representing
4 I3649i.S92 pounds.
To the Philippine Islands the shipments OF 90
| nestle merchandise from the United States
amounted 10 1881 $50 Of which s77sT67 was manu-
factures Of iron and steel S2225 cotton manutac-
lures $2S8.575 manufactures OF leather, s4l2sS3
fined mineral oil S311191 provisions and s6z1.lf1
wood and manufactures thereof. From the Phiftp-
pines the value of merchandise received into tha
United States 81 s34 OF which 81. s9 ~
manila hemp and SS4160 sugar. representing ST. 55k~
/ S14 pounds.
| To Alaska the shipments from the United Stats
nestle merchandise and s2e5,3s9 OF foreign goods.
The principal shipments consisted ot provisions
1871 in value; manufactures OF iron and STEEL H-
l26001, and wood and manufactures thereof s6Sy
The receipts OF merchandise rom Alaska arountsvs
to 1O1Oo1S1 of domestic merchandise and gse az
foreign goods. Canned salmon to the value az a
/ 552sSS was shipped from Alaska TO the JInitse
States The shipments to the United States OF rod
4 produced from mines In Alaska amounted to "a
/ S2s524. To Guam. the Midway Islards, and IN.
tuila the shipments of domestic merchandise from
i the United States amounted to S1e9,095 against
| Ss9s14 In the preceding year
| IMPORTS FROM NoN-CoNTrGUoUs rERR1roxr
| 1854 AND 1904
Value OF merchandise entering United state. fro.r
it's