New-York tribune., 1906-12-08

about equally divided between eTregses Of PARTIES
in the field and salaries OF netd ana oI'g- .oI.s,
place I'm widely separated localities Of the Alaska
os The s5-zev 10 nee. the Immediate demands tor
Information for the benefit OF arr Increasing COM
i"e''f BUREAU OF sTArIsTI-
The work OF the bureau OF statistics, Mr Met
calf says increases with tho expansion Of tho fo--
eigu and iuterna- commerce OF the country and tile
growing public Interest in tais subject TIE roc
ords OF both the foreign ard Internal commerce of
the country show larger totals for the fiscal year
1896 than for any preylo-s ear Inc iHlI"ll u ana
@ ol.rs 61 10y ~ ~ i "a an ,.ati. and fa move
able 10 measure also sho" iaTse' totals iian
The foreign commerce OF the year was grea,sr in
both imports and exports than iE any pre- eili-
ie-ritories Imports which had never reached the
billion dollar mark until 1893 amounted 10 SIT
244S, or an average Of more than one huEGre1
millions a month.
The exports, which first touched The billion doIar
mark in 1872 and e&creaec one ana - - ot5-
i'm 1865 were IN 1896 N.1iS56l,JU an increase OF 70
millions over 1915.
Trade with rhe uon-contiguoue territories Of tse
United States shows marked lnelta m hs,aig s
Rico Increased more than I'VE million dollars over
the preceding Eear and reretplS ot me- 't'i'7s 3
IsiaJs stru, . eIicbf Increase bat the value Of
~ he n~i~e ~ sugar tha clief article sent from
Hawaii 20 The United states Shipments to Alaska
ebov an frrrrease of about three million dollars
willie rnerrIa ndi-s received from Alaska SHOWS q
decrease Of about one million dollars. due e" Il re-
ductiau So tho quantity Of canned "a lfl"' iut m
SbIUrnetfs 10 the Philippine ISLANDS snow u ne
crease g12g 5l-. due apparently 10 ID ral 'ifl --
rerelou Of orders during the penh"'. 3i '-''
fiou relating 20 rates of dut2 on morrhAHdi-, I
ING Tho Islands from the Hlteu Sfdi"- "hi'r u.
ruer-,iauGee received from tAe FW'IpWh' l-l'i pos
shows 2 ,lerroa-a ~ S2l@AIt. Tie fll@ii dr.I'-'
ing due ia faIl iu the price "f h@mp "i wac ,r
quantity brought from the islands "'- -''"'''
than IN tH@ preceding Efaf $50.
T.t4- rar-9n1el if'-f'f
,tra al tho close oc tho fiscal "ear ended j''f' -
1905 consisted - z33 officers and clerks 4'd one
ne Iu.-c- of ,-ceeel@ .ue.-.f-8 aud .@rii1'al@4
va 500 with total 'f 6.1"'-i- toms. ~''' ih-
evsctIv The same nUmhoT ~ vessels Inspected e0
Ia the previous fiscal year hut Tith an lr..@iS"
- The propagation and distribution of food ashes
n ie0s reached magnitude ueEN- before ~
ba4rl,+d and distributed being l.82ffaa
q rizureaentatlFe cf she bureau E'-l-fG inc so
nHrpos4 of observing the conditions u1dtr wi-1
lie American fishermen We're conducting tie u-f
rina fishery ana of advising the gov r1n'hnt as T."
re eveIopments under the new resolutions pre-
In conjunction with tI i7q1lrF regarding tn"
,,oerlSnts Of mackcr-l on th' shores or t'o Brit
;.i. r,~o,iuccs The uumr-r 20 Aur~t .-4 tr-7'l B
10, visited The west and south "rH~ES uf %"V-
f.,1,ndiand 10 engage iG the rrine 5sf.rE under
- -ishts conveyed 10y t4F f-.atV tf ISIS sa-
-+,f2yo. these brought hCF1e a. barrels OF Sat
herring and "a sf' 6arreiS q ,l'ea h'srins nagias
LII cIosed in DcceuIE"r ft..oEt hHFfr- pro
l,scaB rnV special roHpl't'.if WIT '1t.i o. iit
'.a,..esfl tn Ame Hear f@lIar.-.t
Notwithstanding ere rTofs pf f.lis @1v-rHnf. G
30 mt st0p. thr'nsf iu tII.d l-'-riu-uf t1
.f-e.rft ~ FifrEf-r .f s.a's ..tacr
- ,lers under tl.e hl~s 1f faral-4 uatloHs. o..
4I.,iea z-..l i.e'o s-!ier- E-.e a-,esey iio ,.s