The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-24
OVERSEAS TRADE
GAINS BY MILLIONS
United States Commerce with
Non Contiguous Territory
f, Shows Big Increase.

Washington, Nov. 24.-The commerce
of the United States with its non-con-
tiguous territory in 1905 seems likely
to exceed by many million dollars that
statement issued by the department of
commerce and labor thru it's bureau Of
statistics.
The bureaus nine-months statement
ending with September, shows that the
shipments from the United States to
its non-contiguous territory, amounted
to $S6,552,l74, against $2e ,se2, ,o7e in
ceding year. and that the shipments of
merchandise to the United States from
its non contiguous territory in the
same period amounted to $66,55O, 100,
against $47, All ,638 in the correspond
ing months of the preceding year.
The figures given relate to merchan-
disc only and do not include the gold
and silver, Of which the shipments from
Alaska to the United States were only
$7,OOO,OOO Of gold produced in that ter
ritory and $5,5O0,000 of foreign gold
shipped from Alaska, being presum-
ably that originating in British ter
ritory adjacent thereto. In the mer- M
United States there Is falling off of
little less than $2,000,O00, compared
with the previous year.
Shipments from States.
IN shipments from the United States
there was an increase Of nearly $2,0O0,-
Porto Rico, about $l,OOO,O0O to the
Philippines and $1,0oo,ooo to the Ha-
waiian islands.
In shipments from the non contiguous
territory to the United States, there
was an increase Of about $5, 900 900 from
Porto Rico. of over 81, 100000 from the
Philippines and Of about $l2,OOO,OO0
from the Hawaiian islands.
The statement makes comparisons of
the contrast in the trade Of the United
States with the above mentioned places
with the period prior to annexation. In
the nine months ended with September,
of Porto Rico, the shipments of mer
chandise Of that island to the United
States amounted to $1,767,02S, as
against $16,176,676 in the nine months
just ended. In the nine months of
1897 the shipments from the Hawaiian
island to the United States smoHnted sSn TED
in 1905. The shipments from the Phil
ippines for the nine months Of 1897
amounted to $3,362, ,060 as against $11,-
792,724 in 1905. Shipments to Porto
Rico from United States ports for the
nine months Of 1897 were $1,504,974,
against $l1 ,4S6,33 goo. in 1905; those to the
26S, against $8,96S,O49 in 1905, and
those to the Philippines in 1897 $54,660,
against $4,482,537 for 1905.
Close to $125,OOO,0oo.
The estimate is made that the total
commerce with the non-contiguous ter
ritory for the entire year Of 1905 will
approximate $125,O00,00O.-
The shipments of sugar from the Ha-
waiian islands for the nine months
ended with September amounted to
$33,113,471 Of raw sugar and $1,752,
791 Of refined sugar. The shipments of
refined sugar from Hawaii aggregated
33,136,S56 pounds as against no ship,
ments during the corresponding period
of the preceding year. . =. :.
Porto -2sico shipments Of sugar
amounted to $13,040,802; Of cigars,
$1,812,S55, and Of leaf tobacco, $780,:
651.
From the Philippines the most i'm.
portant shipments were Manila hemp
$e,522,s57, and sugar, $2,916, ,249.
The shipments to the Philippines
Porto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska include
practically all the articles Of genera
character which the United States ex
ports to other countries