The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-29
TRADE WITH THE ISLANDS.
Department. of Commerce Issues q
Statement Coverinu Past Year.

ana 1T Is apparent that for The full flScal
year 1t will aggregate a round 100 mil
lions of dollars. In the term "noncon-
tiguous territory" are included Alaska,
the Hawaiian Islands. the Philippine
Islands, 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 snow that the ship
ments from the United States To
Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philip
pines, Guam, and Tutusla aggregated
IN the seven months ending with Jam
uary. 1904. nearly Il billion dollars, and
the merchandise received frn:1 them in
the same period nearly 81 million dol
lars. Ii to this is added til. gold bull
lion received from Alaska, the grand
total Of our commerce with the terri
tory in question for the seven months
ending with January would amount to
nearly 60 million dollars, which makes
1t quite apparent that for the fiscal
year ending with June 30 next. The total
VIII be fully 100 million dollars.
OF the shipments to these noncontigu-
Gus territories, the largest total for the
seven months under consideration is to
Hawaii, S7,224. 1856 worth Of domestic
m~erchandise and OF foreign merchan-
disc, So2,6T. Porto Rico is next as Il
from the various ports of the
United states, the total shipments to
that island In the sever months in
question being SG.A5i.4l7 worth OF do
nestle merchandise and $2G6,9 $40 worth
of foreign merchandise. TO Alaska the
shipments from the United States dur
ing the same time were, OF domestic
! -. NH - r 90. or = p - "a -.I
ucts, SIG, 123. To the philippines our
shipments during the saIcn months
I ending with ]January. 1904, were. Of do
nestle merchandise, Sa.35S. 7SG, and OF
foreign merchandise. $1,000. TO Guam
ana TutuiIa our shipments 3&rins the
period In question were 81. 80, making
! total or z3.IGO,a2
OF the nearly alMpijtlinn aaIIars' wGrtn
Of merchandise YeceiYcd from the terri
+ tories IN uunetion, llawaji was the
largest conu!bulor- SO. 1850 worth Of
domestic. and $l2.E75 worth ar foreign
merchandise. Alaska came ralt in or
! der, 50, 39G,4l5 worth of domestic prod.
ucts ana $40 720 wnrth az rnrs,ln nrnd-
ucts Skinned ia tho tinted S;ains THO
philippines stood third In ,Ee ligt 1}5a
total shipments TO mo rnit4i states
being ST 7S4 073 Frnm Porto pico +hn
shin,nents d,,rins ,ba eo,,.n n,nnths nm
der considera ttnn wnre nc lomestic
mrrchn ndisn Ga azo oS5 - - gnrn;ge
nrnducts 500 ~ :, ,o,,i i IN nasns
ttha Gy,,ro, "" - 40 du w. ood ~
rith 9n,na y ieca $50 49, r'',a'i u.u.ias
90, 49,. ,bnno fa - - y" -, 800.
~ ~ , =, ~ ~ '' 't't''.''
~ ptv.."in-, !ea'.
~ : y Va S"'pt'tSh'3 ~ ''f'c@l!E
~ LEI ~ Nv 100, =" - 20 49, W.
~ Wiz ,iuats ''uf, NsiE - t;ioo'
Ss'i,,5t Fo'-i''oUt ~ II 'oii' ,'tI'l5
nn ' - - wy iiIcGNillS YEA. :" "LI3-
nI eie tu,al SHlpii'cll'S u i",toSllc
~ : sti5 ~ @hSLtE"leu '",o"I,Ao4s
.s''.2t $1,000 ~ I'M SUI ,i"Hl'lS OF
w ilsoIulns Eeaf. &c me
"e'a,tua W. '1'1l iol ~ $500" H.oasdh5
Ean I'LL 80 Sa aln i"Vf, VS. H-,""e;,-
.oo' oSoilst @1,@os, 800 IN 'I@ GN'EeSponu-
I,iS' 'Honti'S or me pfeVS'ia@ @eaf 70
uofto iieo inc shipments al"" II trif-
nus ugtfeaSs, 'no"e o. ao'hsStlc ihef-
cnanuiSe nelhs %o'4ot'4At. aGaiEst 20.
o,'''i' III the o~rfeSpoAH'hS months OF
me Precedlhs year
turning TO the shipments into the
ol!ted states from the territories IN
question: Alaska SHOWS Tor the seven
ilohths ending win january, 1904, do
niestlc valued at S3,5d6,4l5,
against %9,a9o.odb IN the corresponding
months or the preceding year, and Of
foreign PRODUCTION $5,ll2,G4o, and of
sold OF foreign production SS,2IS,522.
i Hawaii the merchadise of do
meStlc production received was ", Ii9, $40
against $7,6I7,15S in the corresponding
Porto Rico the domestic merchandise
received was S3,359,9S2 in value, against
! 91,14o, ii3 IN the corresponding months