Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-25
Philippine Trade Figures.


to announce that last year saw an in
crease of s4,050,042 in the imports of
the Philippine Islands as compared
with 1906, and of s454,975 in the ex-
ports The total imports came to
800, Asa, So and the total exports to
s33. O97, S67. Gold and silver no
longer appear in the imports; those
metals are now free government en-
tries
OF the cash paid by the Philippine
purchasers for imported things, $5,-
067 ,538 came to the United States; &c.
81 $50 went to the United Kingdom,
$685. 91 to China and British Hong
kong, s1,974,714 to Australasia, ST.
91s,2O9 to Germany, s1,919,SO4 to
Spain, s1,572,152 to the British East
Indies. s1,0G4,303 to Japan. s903,277
to France, S304,279 to Belgium, $213,-
$50 to Italy; to "all other countries"
s5,S12, 1GS. The bureau explains that
items under this last total We're 3d.
962 661 paid for rice to the French
East Indies and $156,60S paid to Siam
for the same nutritious staple. For
imported cloth, knit fabrics, tulles and
laces, wearing apparel, yarn and
thread, and other cotton things the
people of the Philippines expended last
. Jr,,;t
got only $950,4G5 of it. The United
Kingdom got s4,G12,546; Spain got
5000, 1871; British India got s55S,Ol2;
Germany got $54O,94S; little Switzer-
land got $551,21O, and Japan got
s25o.5lO. Our last years sales of
iron and steel things (machinery in
cludcO to the Philippines tOtaled
$7G4 ,257 the United Kingdoms $Si2,-
437, Germany's 1876, POI. We have 65
per cent. of the trade in leather and
manufactures of leather; of the s419,
749 paid by the Philippines for boots
and shoes last year, $301,1 bought
American boots and shoes. Our rivals
have much the better of us as re-
CARDS medicines, chemicals and
cement, but we keep our lead in
mineral oil, paper and manufactures of
paper. lndia-rubber goods, and sci
entifc instruments. The official an
notator remarks:
an nearly all imports of manufac-
lures into the Philippines in 1907 the
share of the United States was only
partly satisfactory while it's share of
the imports of cotton manufactures,
especially cotton piece goods, was very
small With anything like proper eff
fort on the part of American factors
there is no reason why One-haif the
piece goods trade of the Philippines
should not be composed of American
cloth. With the proper efforts put
forth in this direction an increase in
all ether cOttons would necessarily
follow"
At present the Philippines are buy
ing cattle from China and the French
East Indies. coal from Australasia,
flour and fresh beef from Australasia,
other meats from China and Australia
sin. Up to four years ago we had a
practical monopoly of the Philippine
flour trade, but last year the islands
bought $G49, 704 worth of Australasian
flour and only 1896, l51 worth of Ameri-
can -four. The shorter haul and low
err price explain that.
The total value of the things sold
ard shipped to other countries by the
Philippines last year was Gas we have
SEEM $33.097.S 67. This country's total
purchase from the Philippines last
year was $1O,929,3S7; the United King
dom'.;, s9,375,44S: China's and Hong
kong's. s4,4l4,3 BOG; Frances, $3,4O7,
972; Span's. $1,752. 49S. The British
East Indies expended s9S9,59O for
Philippine merchandise. Japan SOL
S75, Germany $498,3S3, Australasia
$i71,667, Belgium $3l5,OO3, Italy
$l?i,9il: call other countries" $685.
S97 The Philippines shipped away
$196S9,493 worth of hemp last year
-s9.316,539 worth to the United
States-and A7S4,151 worth of copra
and S4195,611 worth of sugar.