Arizona republican., 1904-09-19
Our Business With NOn-
 Contiguous Territory
ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS
The Balance of Trade In Favor of the Mainland by Twenty Millions in the Last Fiscal Year = How the Com merce Was Distributed.

Washington, Sept. 1s.-The commerce of the United States with it's noncon- tiguous territories aggregated more than 100 million dollars in the fiscal year just ended. Under the term non contiguous territory are included Por- to Rico, the Hawaiian Islands. tbe Philippine Islands. Guam, TutuiIa. and Alaska. The reports of the department of commerce and labor, through it's bu- reau of statistics, show that the total shipments of merchandise from the United States to all these noncontfru- ous possessions in the fiscal year 1904 was $SS,096,52S and the value of mer- chandise received from them S5s. .Is7.7 .752. Adding to these the gold bullion pro- duced in Alaska and shipped to the United States. the total is SIO3. .5ss. sos
 The merchandise sent from the Unit ed States to the markets of these non contiguous territories included chiefly breadstuffs, provisions. and mauufac- lures of all classes. To Porto Rico ship ments of breadstuffs amounted 10 S.- OS4,694, of which $9S3,I5I was flour. Cot ton shipments to Porto Rico amounted to S1,67O.OO5, of which S1,0sO O76 was cot ton cloths. Iron and steel manufac- lures amounted to SI.O1S. .O5I. and provi- sions, $1,192.O16. while the total value of domestic merchandise shipped from the United States to Porto Rico was SIG, 015, and of foreign merchandise. s4S3.O4
 The principal articles received from Porto Rico were sugar. valued at Ss.- 997,O66; tobacco, S1. 721. .O62; fruits and nuts, $426.979; coffee, S279, ,461, and other articles, S152,344, making a total of SI1.- 5fS,sl2 of domestic products of Porto Rico shipped to the United States. Foreign goods to the value of sI45.al4 were also shipped from Porto Rico to the United States. In addition to thfs- the exports from Porto Rico to fur eign countries were s4.4S6. .47s. and the imports from foreign couHtr es amounted to S1.s5S ss9
 The shipments of domestic merchan- disc to Hawaii during the fiscal year 1904 amounted to S11, ,602. .OS0. of which S1' '512,S11 was bTeadstuffs. SI. .O20. .Iz5 cot ton manufactures, S1, ,453.I50 nauufac- lures of iron and steel, s9s2. T63 mineral oil, and the remainder miscellaneous merchandise of all descriptions. chiefly manufactures The merchandise re- ceived into the United States from the Hawaiian Islands during the year amounted to S25, ,133. .533 in value. of which sugar amounted to S24 359. .SSs. representing 7S6, ,491. .992 pounds
 To the Philippine Islands the ship ments of domestic merchandise from the United States amounted to s4Ssf.- S60, of which SITS, ,767 was manufactures of iron and steel. s322. .259 cotton Tnanu- factures, Sa6S, ,575 manufactures Of leather, $41S,SS3 refined mineral oil. SS11191 provisions, and S62I.I7I wood and manufactures thereof From the Philippines the value of merchandise received into the United States was s12,O66,934. of which s11.O44. .7s9 was ma nila hemp and sSS4, ,1sO sugar. represent ing 61,570.614 pounds.
 To Alaska the shipments from the United States during the fiscal year amounted to Ss.6S9. .72I of domestic merchandise and S295. .3ss of foreign goods. The principal shipments con sisted of provisions. S1. 165. .27I in value: manufactures of iron and steel. g. .1es.- O51, and wood and manufactures there of. S657, ,566. The receipts of merchan- disc from Alaska amounted to sI0. .I00.- 1S1 of domestic merchandise and S64.- 959 of foreign goods. Canned salmon to the value of SS 552. .eS5 was shipped from Alaska to the United States The ship ments to the United States of gold pro duced from mines in Alaska amounted to S6. 1928, ,524. To Guam, the Midway Is- lands, and Tutuila the shipments or domestic merchandise from the United States amounted to S199, ,O95. against $S9,614 in the preceding year.