Arizona republican., 1908-02-24

Meantime the value of merchandise
 exported through the Atlantic coast
 ports increased but 50 per cent. or less than that of any other of the five great divisions under which the bureau of
 statistics classifes the ports. namely gulf, Mexican, northern border, Pacific and Atlantic. The actual gain in the value of merchandise exported through Atlantic ports is, however greater than that of all the other great sections the increase during the decade being in the case of the Atlantic ports. 3S4 millions; gulf ports, 251 millions: northern border, 13O millions; Mexican border 2S millions. and Pacific ports, 30 millions, to which. for purposes of comparison with 1897, should be added about 13 of the 15 million dollars worth of merchandise sent to the Ha- Waiian islands, but not included in the figures of foreign trade.
 Taking the gulf, northern border and Pacific ports as a whole, and contrast ins their gain with that of the Atlantic ports. it may be said that during the
 decade the Atlantic coast ports show , a gain of 50 per cent in the value Of lltl NlidllulSt lltSSlllB lllTDuSu llltlll lu foreign countries, while all other ports
 as a whole show an increase of 131 per cent, exclusive of the figures of ship
 ments to the Hawaiian islands which. if included. would somewhat increase their percentage of gain.
 On the import side, the gain in trade through the gulf northern border and Pacific ports has not been so rapid.
 In fact. the Atlantic ports still retain
 the bulk of the importatiOns. the value of merchandise from foreign countries
 entering through them in 1907 being
 1.1O7 million dollars out of a grand to- tai of 1.423 millions. or practically 80 per cent of the total. Still. even in imports the Atlantic ports have lost
 slightly in the percentage of the total ! trade during the decade, since S3 per cent of the merchandise coming into the United States from foreign cOun- tries in 1897 entered through Atlantic ports. and in 1907, as above indicated, but so per cent.
 ] The value of merchandise imported ! through Atlantic ports in 1897 was 616
 million dollars, and in 1907, 1,iO7 mill | lions, an increase of 80 per cent;
 through Pacific ports the imports in | 1897 were 51 millions, and in 1907, 91 millions. an increase of SI per cent:
 the omission of the figures of trade with Hawaii having a less marked ef- | feet in imports through the Pacific ports than is the case with reference ! to the figures of outgoing merchandise, since a large part of the merchandise
 sent from the Hawaiian islands to the United States enters through Atlantic
 coast ports. especially in the case of
 sugar. which forms a large proportion of the merchandise sent out of those
 islands. The gulf ports show an in- ! crease in imports of from IS million dollars in. 1S91 to 62 millions in 1907 ] the Mexican border ports an increase ! from 1-3 millions in IS97 to Is 1-2
 millions in 1907: and the northern bor- der ports an increase from 46 3-4 mill ! lions in 1897 to l22 3-4 millions in 1907. | In imports Atlantis coast ports show during the decade an increase of 491 million dollars, a gain of so per cent, while all other ports show an increase | of 1S9 millions a gain of 150 per cent. ! in exports Atlantic coast ports show
 an increase during the decade of 3S4
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