Arizona republican., 1904-06-06
Business Between the U. 5.
 and lis Colonies
.0Nf HUNDRED MILLIONS
A Slight Increase Over the Figures of Lass Year - All the Islands Except the Philippines Favor the Home Country.

Washington, June 5-Commerce ba- tween the United States and it's nom contiguous territory shows a slight ia- crease in the present year. as com pared with last year. For the full fiscal year it seems likely to aggregate hundred million dollars. For the nine months ending with March. 1904. the total of merchandise is S66, 7SI.3IN. and of domestic gold received from Alaeka. SJ,SG6,50i, making the total S72.5S..lIs. The total of merchandise. SG6.lsl. .-1s. exceeds by about S200.0O0 that for the corresponding period last year. iu which the total was $64. .Sf3.OS5. OF this grand total of commerce with the non contiguous territory of the Tinted States, shipments thereto aggregate $25,SO6,G21 and shipments from th see territories to. the United StIjec ags.e- gate $4O,974,59
 Both the shipments tC the loECuu- tiguous territory and the merchandise received from tha, territory show slight increase as compared yi-h iEat of last year. The total value of ship ments to the noncontiguous terr.t tory in the nine months ending with EIat,h, 19Gi, was S25. 5.SO6, ,621, and in tne c,Ircs- ! e-- -t.. H. The total value of merchluIise re- ceived from the ncncontiguous terri tory in the nine months -niiIs with March, 1904 was S4O,974.5S7. anI n the corresponding period of last year. S40.- 2S7,24c. The value of the domestic gold received from Alaska in he riae months ending with March. iyJi. was ! S5. SO6, ,5O1.
 ha ravr D, | of the sections in questi-n. tables i=- sued by the department of comineree and labor through it's bUrelu c: sts- | tistics show with reference % Hawaii- that the shipments to the islands I. l the nine months ending win Mlrcr. 1904, were $9,0I2,6S0. against SN.1s-.'gJ | in the corresponding moCths of last year; and the merchandise lCcpsVel | from those islands S14e13,650 il value. | against S14.O45.4S6 in the corresponding months of last year. To Porto l. co | the shipments were $S,360SS3 il the nine mon,hs of the present fiscal year. | against $9,129,S44 in the corresponding months of last year; while the met l chandise received from that iSard | was $6,52l,514 in value in the EI1c months of the present year. against ] S6,9i4,441 in the corresponding Iou,hs | of the preceding year.
 To the Philippines the shipments in 1 the nine months ending with March
 1904, were S365l.9iO. against g.. 9UG g62 1 in the corresponding months oC last
 year, and the merchandise received | from those islands was valued at Ss.-
 S63 in the nine mOhths ending with | March, 1904, compared with S9..35 gI3 | in the same months Cf last year. To | Guam and Tutuila the shipments dur | ing the nine months ending with l March, 1904, were $123.S1O in value. | against S5S,95I in the corr esponding
 months last year. To Alaska the | shipments in the nine months ending
 with March, 1904, were S4.59l s63 in
 value, against S4,2e7.275 in the cores bonding months last year; and the
 merchandise received from Alaska. S9 ] 966,1 in the nine months ending With March, 1904, against S1O.G6l. .331 in the
 corresponding months of the preceding year. In addition to this, there was re-
 ceiVed from Alaska. as already indi-
 cated, gold produced in Alaska to the
 value of S5,SO6, ,5O1, besides over SS.c05.-
 GOO of foreign gold" by which term
 is menat gold from British territory
 adjacent, shipped to the United States
 through Alaska.
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