The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-26
ISLAND COMMERCE
SHOWS BIG GAINS
More Than $lOO,Ooo,oOo
With Non-Contiguou8 Territory
HAWAII HEADS THE LIST
Shipments to Alaska During the Past
Year Amounted to $s,sss,721.
Big Business With the
Philippines.
HAWAII HEADS THE LIST

Washington October 5-(Special)-The
commerce of the United States with It's
noncontiguous territories aggregated more
than 100 million dollars in the fiscal year
just ended Under the term noncontigu-
Gus territory are included Porto Rico the
Hawaiian islands, the Philippine islands,
Guam, Tutula and Alaska. Ihe reports
of the department of commerce and Ia
Dor, through its bureau o. statistics snow
that the total shipments. of merchandise
from the United States to all of these
noncontiguous possessions in the fiscal
year 1904 was ssS O96.52S and the value of
merchandise received from them S59lS7'-
752. Adding to these the gold bullion pro-
duced in Alaska and shipped to the
United States, the totel is $105, 5S6,3oS
The merchandise sent from the United
States to the markets Of these noncon-
tiguous territories included chiefly bread
stuffs, provisions and manufactures OF all
classes. To Porto Rico shipments OF
breadstuffs amounted to $l,0S4.694, of
which $983,151 was flour. Cotton ship
ments to Porto Rico amounted to S1,670'-
0O5, of which $1,09O,076 was cotton cloths.
Iron and steel manufactures amounted to
$1,O13,061, and provisions, s1,192,016, while
the total value of domestic merchandise
shipped from the United States to Porto
Rico was s10,727,Ol5, and of foreign mer-
chandise. s4S3,O45
The principal articles received from
Porto Rico were sugar valued at ss.997,
066 tobacco, $1,721 ,062; fruits and nuts,
u. Al 9TH fa1a
$152, 344, making a total of 11,576912 of
domestic products of Porto Rico shipped
to the United States Foreign goods to
the value of $145,914 were also shipped
from Porto Rico to the United States. In
addition to this, the exports from Porto
Rico to foreign countries were 81, 1885, AS,
and the imports from foreign countries
amounted to 81, 95S, 1863
The shipments of domestic merchandise
to Hawaii during the fiscal year 1904
amounted to 81, co., 0S0 of which s1.512, 81
was breadstuffs, $1,02O,125 cotton manufac-
lures, 81, 453. $50 manufactures of iron and
steel, 1862, 1853 mineral oil and the remain
der miscellaneous merchandise of all de-
scriptions, chiefly manufactures. The mer-
ehandise received into the United States
from the Hawaiian Islands during the
year amounted to s25 1879, 53S in value, of
NIlIu sugar dllbuilltu u sZtioOJ, ooO ItDIt-
senting 1856 491 1892 pounds.
To the Philippine islands the shipments
of domestic merchandise from the United
States amounted to $4,S3l,S6 of which
$778, 767 was manufactures of Iron and
steel, 1922 259 cotton manufactures $26S,o75
manufactures of leather s4lSSS3 refined
mineral oil, 1911, 191 provisions, and 1921, III
wood and manufactures thereof. From
the Philippines the value of merchandise
received into the United States was $12.
066, 1884, of which 81 ,044, 7S9 was Manila
hemp and 160 sugar, representing 6l
6l4 pounds.
To Alaska the shipments from the Uni
ted States during the fiscal year amount
ed to $9.S69, 721 of domestic merchandise
and S2953S9 of foreign goods. The prin-
cipal shipments consisted of provisions,
ST. 1921 In value; manufactures of iron
and steel, $2126.051 and wood and manu-
features thereof, 1857, $50 The receipts of
merchandise from Alaska amounted to
$40, 1O0,1S1 of domestic merchandise and
S64, 939 of foreign goods. Canned salmon to
the value of IS, $685. S5 was shipped from
Alaska to the United States. The ship
ment to the United States of gold pro-
duced from mines in Alaska amounted to
Sc. 32S 524 To Guam, the Midway islands
and Tutuila the shipments of domestic
merchandise from the United States
amounted to $199.095, against s996l4 In the
preceding year.