Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-30
above mentioned OF about s.. 1000 from
Alaska. due apparently to a sh"rtaS" in
salr,cr shipments during the period in

ahovc mentioned OF about s..@,CoVo from
salrlcr shipments during the period in
question.
The contrast in the trade of tn. un,-
tod States with these territo re; AZ Col}-
llrci with IL. period prior to cuno atom
is interesting. In the min" months 'nd-
ing Soltcmher. 1897. tho year prior to w.
annexation Of Porto Rico, the shipments
Of merchandise from tho island ia tine
United Stat : amounted. to 81 .6,h-6 as
agtin~t Sl6.1 1860 in tire miro months lust
ended Tho shipments from the Hawaiian
ielarids t. tho United states in the u'u.
months ending with .;ept"riA'r, -.
amounted to $l3,oi: 33l rs aedms 81
GS.7W in tn" min" months just ended. Tho
Shipments FROM tho Philippine islln1S -
tho United states ia IT," nirc months
.nlng with September. 49,, 3nounl IT,
S,.;p, o6n IS against sl17''2.1-i in III NM
months lust ended. For Alaska tno'o are
no figures other than estimates for N'ars
prior +, 100, on the "Xro't s'!' t-itlf'-
1ur,r'S from the United states t. the 81
tcrrltoli"s). the shinmonts f'ou' "i.t own
PORTS e Porto Rice in I've mir" months
ending with Scntcmhcr. i>91. WOE ;l"h-
- against the sli iN;.H10 I'm IL" Nnp
r1onths ending with S'Nt'mlc' "i iu'
present year: those t. ITO Hawaiian
islands in thu nira 1rouths of 49, W'r'
E.. ~, %, against t>M.S or IN tho cpri"-
spending months q. Tho sent Nt''r, IN
edition to the above th.r" a'o s'iNul Shll'-
uents to and from smaller islands
Guam. Midway. Tutula. etc 70 rn'uili
during the nine months en'linl with sep
tomhcr. 1903, tn" shipment were f'>'-''' l."
tho Midway islands. $7.>i,
AS T." the character of tho a'tcl'S en-
torinv into this trade with III" nom
oontiguous territory of tho Vnttco states
which promises to amount to N-'roHoN
d,uing the rrcs, ut year. it may b" SAID
that tie chief itom Of shipments from
the Iavniian isl inds Is sugar, N1lch
amn,intcd in that n,riod to s'.l,3Ei Of
raw sugar and N1527a of r.uncd RMS
trade in Shinmcrts of ret ''d sut y it'''
Hawaii to the tinted Stit's Is uuii" n'W
and aggregated in tho 0'no moi''hs al
1903 80 l'6 >,S pounds Nnilr the record
Of tn" corresponding months "i t'h H''-
CodinG year shows no sh'rmoN'> =" ''
fined sugar from the island, 10 'h' N'-
ted States. In III, trade with l'''" '""
the most important II fhc -MnW ll'- 80
the United States is also sugar Wh"H
amounted to s13, oio >o2 out Of 4 total "'
SIS Acc: tn" next largest ll''n B" n'I
cigars, Sl,>i..'-5; leaf tobacco '''-'''
sea island cotton. sib ,an and coffee, So
81. FROM IT." Philippines the most nm
20, 'ant shipments to tho niod states
we're Manila honp So 81. 1nl sugar.
Sa."ije4a. against only S&,-.ii' "i suslr IN
the corresp"nlire months e last Year.
Tho shinmcnts 10 th,s' ISLANDS and Ia
Alaska include Dracuctuv all the articles
Of a general character winch We export
10 other countries. Io Ala'Na Tor "N-
ample. tie shipments of tn" nln' months
include. SAL 81 worth al hi'hd>luhs, Of
which -four was S2i>.i,l, oats Sl'-'''b and
prepare lions for table foe d. 'a', a. In adj
diti"n to This thcrn was Sl"i,En w"rth of
hituninnus coal, SANo WORTH of coffee,
s"N.'l. worth nf traits amt nuts. S,2ol,-
go worth of ,nanula, lures ~ IRON ana
steel. of which sii5.o>'' WIS TN plates for
Sc in making cans iul ill Shipment or
SALMON: also xl.Ail O. worth al provisions.
comprising meat and da'iN ~ MH'iS. or
III" 'N,SS0G,1 worth Of Merchandise ship
lh'l from the l'nitrd Slnl's ~ w" iil-
waiian islands. S7li,.io Was 'pttnn manu-
features Of Varods sorts, ln's'lN cotton
cloths Sl.mHi.o+0 manufactures ~ non
and stool. practically N,'Nl"" worth Of
mineral al. of which th' hI'h MAS ship
ped ont If tie 'uit,I St,'"S II the cru !"
form and about Snn,om worth "f lumber
NnI nnrnfaoturcs al wont I" Porto
','co th" shnnrnis nf cotton ilhnufh'-
tu''s lnlrrut q t. l,1i "N, If Nnn.i 81, p
"'nc'N MS IN cotton clothS.