Arizona republican., 1908-11-30
COMMERCE FOR A YEAR
The Trade of This Country With Its Non Contiguous Possessions Amounted to $179,0OO,O The Imports In Excess of the Exports.

Washington, Nov 29.-Trade of the
 United States with its noncOntiguous
 territories will approximate TO mill
 lion dollars in the year which ends with
 next month. Ten years ago the trade
 with the same territories amounted to
 approximately 60 million dollars. the
 Increase during the decade having thus
 been nearly 200 per cent During the
 same period the trade with foreign
 countries has increased less than 60 per
 cent
 The estimate of a grand total of TO
 millions as the value of the commerce
 between the United and its noncontig-
 uous territories is based upon ten months returns just compiled by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. which show
 S2 million dollars in value of shipments to the United States from those terri tories and 53 million dollars value of shipments from the United States to those territoriesi While for the single month of october, the latest available record, the shipments to the United states amounted to 11A million dollars and from the United States to the ter ritories in question over 6 millions.
 Curiously, one of the smallest of these noncOntiguOus territories, both as to population and area, furnishes the larges' amount of trade Of the S2 million dollars worth of merchandise reaching the United States from it's four principal noncOntiguOus territories Rico, Hawaii, the Philippine IClan6G .l,r lars worth, or practically one-half of the total was from Hawaii P 2-3 million dollars worth from Porto Rico; 101s millions from Alaska, and s mil lions from the Philippine Island, these figures being, as above indicated, for the ten months ending with October. 1908. Of the shipments from the Unit ed States to those territories, Porto Ri- co receives a larger amount than any other of the group, the value of the sent from the United States to Porto Rico in the ten months being, in round terms, IS million dol lars; to Alaska, practically IA millions; to Hawaii, 12A millions, and to the Philippines, Sz millions. The total trade of the year with each of these four principal noncontiguous territo- ries seems likely to be: With the Ha- waiian Islands. approximately 65 mill lion dollars; with Porto Rico. 45 mil lions; with the Philippine Island, about 20 millions. and with Ala-'-o apprOxi- nately 40 millions.
 The total value of the merchandise sent from the United States to Porto Rico. Hawaii. the Philippine Islands. and Alaska in the 10 months ending with october. 1908. was: To Porto Rico S17.953,745; Hawaii. S12, .71O; Philip pines, $s,492, ,1O6; and Alaska, s13,999,- 652. being in each case slightly less than in the corresponding months of ast year, this falling off being due, in part at least, to lower prices of many )f the articles exported, especially The value of the mer- ,handise shipped from Porto Rico. Ha- vail, the Philippines, and Alaska to he United in the 10 months ending with October, 1908, was: From Porto Rico, $22, 667 ,506; Hawaii. S4O,597,1 ,12O; he Philippines. $s.146.23S; and Alaska, l ;1O.6O1.733. being in each case, except l he Philippines, an increase over the |