New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-21
COLONIAL COMMERCE.
annual Trade nth Outlying Pos
sessions NorC S1O0,O0O.OO0.
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Washington March 2O-The cOunmsree OF tne
r-nit.d states with its non-contguous territory
now averages about 100000 a month. ana IL -
apparent that for the fun fiscal year 1t VIII assIe
gate round hundred millions OF dollars IN 'he
term s'non-contglous territory are Included Alas-
Ia the Hawaiian Islands. the Philippine Islands
Guam TutuiIa and Porto Rico Records OF thelE
shipments TO the ports OF the United states and OF
shipments from the various ports 70 them are no"
regularly presented by the Department OF COM
r,erce and Labor through its Bureau OF Statistics
These records show that the shipments from the
United States to Alaska, Hawaii. Porto RICO inc
Philippines, Guam and Tutuila aggregated IN tns
seven months ended with January, 1904. nearly
s21 cO O00 and the merchandise received from them
in the same period nearly $1,000 900. X to TINS -
added the gold bullion received from Alaska the
Grand total OF our commerce with tie territory In
question for the seven months ended with January
would amount to nearly s5Oo00Ooo which makes Il
quite apparent for the fiscal year ending Win
T,-ro an rext the total VIII be fully SCO.o0Ooo.
or the shipments to these nOn-contguous terri
tories the largest total for the seven months Under
consideration IS 70 Hawali-SI224,loS worth OF 40
r,astto merchandise and OF foreign merchandlse
81 81. Porto Rico Is next as purchaser from
,ns various ports OF the United states, the total
sbt-r,ents TO that island IN the seven months In
question being s. AT worth Of domestic Iner-
chandfse and S2s5e10 worth Of foreign merchanlse.
To Alaska the shipments from th' United S'A,sS
during the sane time were. OF domestic productS
e Goa 45t and Of foreign products. SSH To the
philippines our shipments during the seven months
ended with January. 1904 were. OF Domestic 'ner-
cbandlse g Ss7B. and Of foreign merchandise
& naN To Guam and Tutuila our shipments dur
ing tho period IN question were ~--'AO' I1li''s
total Of s2O7O0.E&
or the nearly 81 10000 worth OF merchandise re-
ceived from the territories IN question Hawaii was
.ba 1sr~es+ contributors 49 go worth OF domestic
90 s1s ~ worth OF foreign merchandise. Alaska
car,a next In order, - 3es. AS worth Of domestic
rroducts and %D72O worth OF foreign products
sbipped to the United States The PhihppineS
stood third In the list, the total shipments 70 the
T-nited States being S.7S4o73. From Porto RICO
The shipnnents during the seven months under con-
sideration were OF domestic merchandise. SSossSE
and Of foreign products S26S3 In nearly al cases
tbs 6guras Of the seven months ended with jan
,Iary 1904 show increase over those OF the cor
res'opding months OF tho preceding year
To Hawaii our shipments OF domestic merchan-
disc in the seven months ended with January 1901
were q 1s against SPA O0i in the correspond
ing months OF the preceding year. To Alaska the
total shipments Of domestic merchandise aggre-
Gated e 500 Al against g. 49, I93 IN the months
OF the preceding year To the Philippine Islands
the total for the months ended with January
1904 was s. IS 7S5 against S2tSS5o n the CORE
spending months OF the preceding year. To Porto
Rico the shipments show a tr.fng decrease. nose
~ domestic merchandise being =, "a az, against
S7O7g749 in the corresponding months or the pre-
,SI-5iSs to the shipments into the United States
from the territories in question Alaska SHOWS Tor
tic merchandise valued $934sfl5, against 81 So
526 in the corresponding months o. me pIecetilnS
wear and OF gold OF domestic productIon S0Il2oio.
and Of gold OF foreign production SS.21s5Z2 From
IeceiTe1 Was Ss7fs940 against s7,615S in the cor
~asDordirC months OF the preceding year FROM
Porto Rico the domestic merchandise received Was
z, 20 oSp In value against 8 e467f9 in the CORE
Philippines the receipts OF nlercha ndlse were 81 81
O73 in value. against s555Lo IN the corresponding
Tbe principal articles which form this large
comuerce OF S10OOo10O0 annually with TIE non
CONTIGUOUS territory the natural products OF
those territories shipped to the United states and
in return the finished manufactures and toodstutts
nestle ardise from the Hawaiian Islands 70
the United States which aggregated s.t+5St3 IN
value brown sugar alone amounted 20 $500 I
value against S131f73 IN the corresponding months
Of the preceding year.
OF the shipments from Porto Rico q the Cn!ted
states which cgEreEa-ed S55sss2 OF donestic rrer-
eIlq-dse brown amounted 20 Sli4Is-S cigars
Ssl7 -. oranges. S255g25 leaf tobacco. Sltst5 ana
M sFiy-Scvs f-or1 Alaska to the Urited States
which aggregated s95e6.fl5 Of dom eStlc ucrco9n-
disc canned salmon amounted IN waite 70 $500
states from IRE Philippines. aggreEounE S,Isl 90
for the period in question Ilanl1 he,ne IN 2ui.'eu
THE SHIPMENTS from the United states 20 the ter
ritories IN question Included al classes oI manu-
ror+ant articles iron and steel rr91ufe ,treS.
S52O e7q g,IupOvder and other explosives, SSll So;
s-.I,res sfS5 IS and wool md wood ma nu-
Factr1req sa157l3 To Hawaii breads5uffs amounted
leather and manufactures Of. &lZ3s: mineral os,
F71750C provisions. SiS.-f2; wines and spirits ~
SO and nanufa ctures Of tobacco. $3.50 To Porto
Rico. breadstufs amounted to SS}.fl9; cars and
carriages and other vehicles SIG2 92}. co5tCn
factu-es S1f5273; iron ard steel rnanufactures.
the Philippines. bresdstufrs amounted 70 N590ti;
iron and steel manufactures. Sit{sS2; lesthcr md
manufactures thereof. Sss ~; mineral oils sZS191;
thereof, SsS.az.