Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-14
CAIN IN trade.
Outlying Territories Were
Good Customers.
Our Commerce Last Year Ag.
gregated S14i 100000.
The Exports During the Same Peri
cd Were Valued at $4,000, 900.

| Washington, March 13.-The trade or
the United States with it's noncon-
tiguous territories aggregated last
year s147.QOOO0O, 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
Hawaiian Islands, the Philippine
Islands, the Midway Islands, Guam and
Tutuila. To those territories was sent
from the United States in the calendar
year of 1907, $7O,O0O,O0O worth of
| merchandise and from them was sent
to the United States $7S,000,000 worth
of merchandise and $12,000,0OO worth
of gold produced within Alaska.
OF the $70,000,000 worth of merchan-
disc sent to those Territories during
| 1907, $11,000,000 worth went to the
Philippine Islands; $16,000,000 worth to
the Hawaiian Islands $17,5OO.OOO to
Alaska and $25,OOO,O00 to Porto Rico.
OF the $7S,OOO,00O worth of merchan-l
disc received from those Territories,
81 100000 worth was from Alaska;
$12,000,000 worth from the Philippines,
$23, 100000 from Porto Rico, and $780,
100000 from Hawaii
Ten years earlier, in the calendar
year 1897, when all of this area, except
Alaska, was foreign territory, the value
of our exports to the Philippine Islands
was $69,459, against the $lO,926,01l in
1907; to the Hawaiian Islands in 1897
$5,47S,224, against the $15,732.O74 of
1907, and to Porto Rico in 1897 $2,023,-
| ISL, against the $25,225,1S4 of 1907.
The total value of merchandise sent in
1897 to the Philippine Islands, Hawaii
and Porto Rico, was $7,571 ,434, and in
1907 $51,SS3,329. The imports from the
Philippine Islands in 1897 were $4,352,-
1S1, against $12,264,47S in 1907; from
Porto Rico in 1897 $1,943,251, against
$22,SO6,O47 in 1907. and from the
Hawaiian Islands in 1897, 1881 ,6S5,
against $32,017.054 in 1907. The value
of the merchandise received from
| Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippine
Islands in 1897 was s21,607,117, and in
1907 $67,0S7,579. In the case of Alaska
there is no opportunity to compare the
figures of 1897 with those of 1907 SINCE
no record of the trade with Alaska was
made prior to 1907 in which year the
merchand!lsse sent thereto from the
| ! ni,ed States was a little less than
/ $4,000, 900, against $17,5OO,0O0 in 1907,
and the merchandise received there
from about $1O,O00,0O0 against about
81, 900, 900 in merchandise and $12,-
900, 900 worth of gold in 1907.
The principal articles forming this
s147, 10000 worth of merchandise
passing between the United States and
it's noncontiguous territories are, as
regards shipments into the United
States from the noncontiguous terri
tories, 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 $12,000,000 worth of gold mined
in Alaska and sent to the United
States. The merchandise sent from
the United States to these nom
contiguous territories was of q miScel-
laneous character. though manufac-
lures formed a very large proportion
in all cases
OF the $11,000,000 worth of domestic
merchandise of all kinds sent to Alaska
in 1907, $S,50O,000 worth, or nearly one
half Of the total, was finished manu-
features: about $2,000,000 manufactures
for further use in manufacturing
Chiefly tin plate for making cans for
use in the salmon packing establish
ments), and nearly $6000,000 worth of
foodstufts OF the $l5,000,00) worth
sent to the Hawaiian Islands, more
than $10,000.000 was manufactures and
$4,000 900 foodstuffs. OF the $25.000,0 900
worth sent to Porto Rico. $l4,000,000
was manufactures and nearly $4,000.
900 worth foOdStulfS. OF the 10000 900
worth sent to the Philippine Islands.
nearly S9O00,000 was manufactures and
600 foodstuffs, Manufactures
formed 81 per cent of the merchandise
sent to Porto Rico, 81 per cent. of that
sent to Alaska, 81 per cent. If that
sent to the Hawaiian islands and so per
cent. sent to the Philippine Islands.
OF the $10000,000 worth of manufact-
ures sent to Alaska those of iron and
steel amounted to nearly Sf,OOO,O 900
value, those Of wool and cotton to 81,
100000, while meat and dairy products
amounted to $2,000,000 and breadstuffs
to o little over 100000. OF the S10000,-
900 worth OF manufactures sent to the
Hawaiian Islands 100000 was iron
and steel manufactures, $1,500.660 cotton
manufactures, nearly $1,G00,000 worth
wood and manufactures thereof. and
nearly $4,000 900 worth of mineral oil;
while meat and dairy products amount
ed to over s500,000 in value and bread
stuffs s1,5O0,O0O. or the $14,000.0O0 worth
of manufactures sent to Porto Rico
during the year nearly S4,000,000 worth
was manufactures of iron and steel
over 100000 worth cotton manufact-
ures, about s1,5O0,000 worth wood and
manufactures thereof, and nearly ST.
100000 worth leather and manufactures
thereof: while meat and dairy products
amounted to s2.500,o00 and brcadstuffs
TO s1,15O.000. Of the nearly $s,O0000r
worth Of manufactures sent to the
Philippine Islands manufactures of iror
and steel amounted to over $1,000 00t
and cotton goods to about Si,333 900
mineral oil nearly 81 900. 900. leather and
manufactures thereof $750,000, explo-
sives nearly 100000. while meats and
dairy products amounted to about
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