The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-26

merce and Labor:
The trade of the United States with
its noncontiguous territories aggregat-
ed last year 147 million dollars, or
more than our trade with all foreign
countries in 1880, and practically half
as much as our trade with all foreign
countries in 1850.
The term 'noncontiguous territories"
includes Porto Rico, Alaska, the Ha-
waiian Islands, the Philippine Islands,
the Midway Islands, Guam and Tutu-
liza To those territories was sent from
the United States in the calendar year
1907, 20 million dollars worth of mer-
chandise and from them was sent to
the United States 7S million dollars
worth of merchandise and II million
dollars worth of gold produced within
Alaska.
OF the 20 million dollars worth OF
merchandise sent to those territories
during 1907 IL million dollars worth
went to the Philippine Islands; Is mill
lion dollars worth to the Hawaiian Is
lands; IL IL millions to Alaska, and
25 millions to Porto Rico. OF the Is
million dollars worth of merchandise
received from those territories II mil
lion dollars worth was from Alaska;
II million dollars worth from the Phil
ippines; % millions from Porto Rico,
and 80 millions from Hawaii.
Ten years earlier, in the calendar
year 1897, when all OF this area, eX-
cept Alaska. was foreign territory, the
value of our exports to the Philippine
Islands was S69, 459, against the Sl0,-
OH in 1907; to the Hawaiian Islands
in 1897 $5,47S,224, against the $15,7S2.-
O74 of 1907, and to Porto Rico in 1897
s. or, ISL, against the s25, 225, 184 of 1907.
The total value of merchandise sent in
1897 to the Philippine Islands, Hawaii,
and Porto Rico was 1851, 434, and in
1907 So, S83, 1923. The imports from the
Philippine Islands in 1897 were $4,352,-
1S1, against $12,264, ATS in 1907; from
Porto Rico in 1897 $1,943,251, against
s22, ,047 in 1907, and from the Hawai-
ian Islands in 1897 SIS, ,6S5, against
$32. 017 054 in 1907. The value of the
merchandise received from Porto Rico,
Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands in
1897 was $21 607. III, and in 1907 $751;
087.579. In the case of Alaska there is
no opportunity to compare the figures
of 1897 with those OF 1907. since no rec
ord of the trade with Alaska was made
prior to 1903, in which year the mer-
chandise sent thereto from the United
States was a little less than 10 million
dollars, against II 1-2 million dollars
in 1907, and the merchandise received
therefrom about 10 million dollars,
against about IL million dollars in mer-
chandise and II million dollars worth
of gold in 1907.
The principal articles forming this
lat million dollars worth of merckan
disc passing between the United
States and it's noncontiguous terri
tories are, as regards shipments into
the United States from the noncon-
| tiguous territories, sugar, chiefly from
Hawaii; sugar, tobacco. and fruits from
Porto Rico; hemp from the Philippine
Islands, and fish, furs, and copper ore
from Alaska, and in addition to these
about IL millions worth of gold mined
in Alaska and sent to the United
States. The merchandise sent from
the United States to these noncon-
tiguous territories was of a miscel
laneous character, though manufac-
lures formed a very large proportion
in all cases.
OF the II million dollars worth of
to Alaska in 1907. S1a million dollars
worth, or nearly one-half of the total,
was finished manufactures: about 2
millions manufactures for further use
in manufacturing Chiefly tin plate for
making cans for use in the salmon
packing establishments), and nearly 6
million dollars worth of foodstuffs. OF
the Is million dollars worth sent to
/ ha a 81
millions waD manufactures and 4 mil
lions foodstuffs. OF the % millions
worth sent to Porto Rico. IA millions
was manufactures and nearly 10 mill
lion dollars worth foodstuffs. OF the
II million dollars worth sent to the
Philippine Islands, nearly millions
was manufactures and IL millions
foodstuffs Manufactures formed 81
per cent of the merchandise sent to
Porto Rico, 81 per cent. of that sent
to Alaska, 81 per cent. of that sent to
the Hawaiian Islands, and so per cent
sent to the Philippine Islands.
Of the 10 million dollars worth of
manufactures sent to Alaska, those Of
iron and steel amounted to nearly
million dollars value, those of wool
and cotton to IL millions, while meat
and dairy products amounted to mill
lions and breadstuffs to a little over
half million. OF the 10 million dol
lars worth of manufactures sent to
the Hawaiian Islands, millions was
iron and steel manufactures, ~ mill
lions cotton manufactures, nearly a
million dollars worth wood and manu-
features thereof, and nearly a million
dollars worth mineral oil; while meat
and dairy products amounted to over
half million in value and breadstuffs
~ millions. OF the IA million dollars
worth of manufactures sent to Porto
Rico during the year nearly million
dollars worth was manufactures of
iron and steel, over million dollars
worth cotton manufactures, about IL
millions worth wood and manufac-
lures thereof, and nearly million dol
lars worth leather and manufactures
thereof: while meat and dairy products
amounted to 215 million dollars and
breadstuffs to ~ millions. Of the
nearly million dollars worth of man
ufactures sent to the Philippine Is
lands, manufactures of iron and steel
amounted to over millions and cot
ton goods to about l 1-3 millions, min
eral oil nearly a million, leather and
manufactures thereof three-quarters of
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