The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-24
Round 100 MILLIONS
Commerce with Non-Contig-
uous Territory Is Growing
is 100000 A MONTH
Includes the Gold Dug in Alas
kan Fields.

Washington, March 22.-Commerce OF
the United States with its noncontiguous
territory now averages about eight mil
lion dollars per month, and it is appar-
ent that for the full fiscal year it VIII
aggregate a round 100 millions of dollars.
in the term ''noncontguous territory
are included Alaska, the Hawaiian isl
ands Guam, Tutuila and Porto Rico
Records Of their shipments TO the ports
Of the United States and Of shipments
from the various ports to them are now
regularly presented by the department of
commerce and labor through its bureau of
statistics.
These records show that the shipments
from the United States to Alaska, Hawaii,
Porto Rico. the Philippines, Guam and
Tutuila aggregated in the seven months
ending with January, 1894. nearly TWEEN
ty-one million dollars, and the merchan-
disc received from them in the same per
iod nearly thirty-on4 million dollars. II
10 this is added the gold bullion received
from Alaska, the grand total Of our com
marce with the territory in question for
the seven months ending with January
would amount to nearly sixty million
dollars. which makes it quite apparent
that for the fiscal year ending with juno
% next the total will be fully 100 million
dollars.
OF the shipments TO these nOncOntig-
uous territories, the largest total for the
seven months under consideration is to
Hawaii. S7,224156 forth Of domestic mer-
chandise and Of foreign merchandise,
hos -flTs
from the various ports of the United
States, the total shipments to that island
in the seven months in question being
s6.454417 worth of domestic merchandise
and S266 .9i5 worth of foreign merchandise.
To Alaska the shipments from the United
States during the same time We're, OF
domestic products, $3S04.45l, and of for
cign products, s16,123. To the Philippines
our shipments during the seven months
ending with January. 1904, were, of do
nestle merchandise. $2.S5S, 7S6, and of for
eign merchandise, $1,000. To Guam and
Tutuila our shipments durng the period
in question were $21, 40, making a total Of
S20.7oo.42S.
OF the nearly 81 million dollars worth
&C merchandise received from the terri
tories in question. Hawaii was the larG-
est contributors 1890 worth Of do
nestle, arr $l2,575 worth OF foreign mer-
chaudise. Alaska came next in order,
So. 1856 rs worth Of domestic products and
5000 worth Of foreign products shipped
to the United States The Philippines
stood third in the list. the total shipments
to the United States being $17SL073.
From Porto Rico the shipments during
the seven months under consideration
were. of domestic merchandise, $3,559,92
and OF foreign products, $92,6S3 In nearly
all cases the figures Of the seven months
ending with January, 1908. show an in
crease over those Of the corresponding
months Of the preceding year.
To Hawaii our shipments of domestic
merchandise in the seven months end
ing with January. 1904. were %2ii,156.
against S6214.00f in the corresponding
months of the preceding GEAR. To Alaska
the total shipments Of domestic mer-
chandise aggregated $3.S04.451. against
g. 4a5. 1873 in the same months of the pre-
ceding year. TO the Philippine Islands
the total Cor the seven months ending
with January. 1904 was S2.S5S7S6, against
s. PISS. SIS in the corresponding months Of
the preceding year. To Porto Rico the
shipments show trifling decrease. those
Of domestic merchandise being S6,454.417
against $7,079. 749 in the corresponding
months Of the preceding year.
Turning 10 the shipments into the
United St2tes from the territories in ques-
ton. AlasSl shows for the seven months
ending with January, 1904, domestic mer-
chandise valued at s9346,4l5, against
So Sq5536 in the corresponding months Of
the preceding year. and of geld of do
nestle production $5.1l26 Gao. and of gold
Of foreign production $S.27S522. From
Hawaii the merchandise of domestic pro-
duction received was S9.7i99io. against
S7.617.l5S in the corresponding months Of
the preceding year. From Porto Rico the
domestic merchandise received wcs Sc. S59.
So in value. against $3.945.749 in the cor
responding months Of the preceding year.
From the Philippines the receipts Of
merchandise were S7.7S407S in value.
against $6.5%5.29o in the corresponding
months of the previous year
The principal articles which form this
large commerce of a hundred million dol
lars annually with the noncontiguous
territory are the natural products Of
those territories shipped TO the United
States, and in turn the finished manu-
features and food stufTs of the United
States or the shipments Of domestic
merchandise from the United States
which aggregated S9749.9i0 in value
brown sugar alone amounted 70 S9273.09l
II value. against $7.lSl. 41S in the CORE .
spending months Of the preceding year.
or the shipments from Porto Rico to
the United States. which aggregated 4
$50 So Of domestic merchandise. brown (
susar amounted to $l.747.526; cifiars. ssh.
%; oranges. sos 235; leaf tobacco. $l79 7,6. /
and manufactures OF straw and palm leSf. (
$50 OF the shipments from Alaska to .
Tho United States. which aggregated +.
s.. Ssf as of domestic merchandise canned F.
salmon amounted in value II $S.ld66lf and +
furs. S2g2S1S OF the shipments 60 the .
United States from the Philippines as
ST eatinE S-.7S4.o.S for the period in cues .
ton. manila hemp amounted - $6.S33-,9
in value. and brown sugar. S75+66a
The shipments from the United States
to the territories in question included ali
classes Of manufactures and food stuos.
To Alaska, the more important articles
were iron and steel manufactures. $592.- f
279. sunpowGer and other explosives
.-ll.67G: bread stuffs. $iH.7S9: provisions
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