Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-23
Trade With Noneontiguous Terrific
ries. 1eoe.s.

Trade between the United States
and its noncoHtiguous territories will
aggregate approximately $50 million
dollars in the fiscal year which ends
with June next, against approximately
70 millions in 1899, q decade earlier.
For the eight months for which the
Bureau of Statistics Of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor has
complete figures the shipments OF
merchandise from the United States
to its noncontiguous territories
Alaska, Hawaii. Porto Rico. Philip
pine Islands, Guam, Midway Islands,
and Tutuiula-amounted to 43 IL mil
lion dollars, and the shipments Of
merchandise from those territories TO
the United states amounted to 81 IL
million dollars. These figures relate
only to merchandise. The value OF
the native gold shipped from Alaska
to the United States In the period
in question was 16 81 million dollars
or more than twice the pure base, price
Of Alaska -: -,
The shipments Of merchandise from
the noncontignous territories to. the
United States for the. eight months
ending with February, 1909 CSC ~
million .dollars) show an increase OF
about two million dollars over the
corresponding period Of 1908, and
5 IL million dollars over the CORE
spending period Of 1907. The mer.
ohandise shipped from the United
States to the noucontiguous terrific
ries in the same period t43 IL miIIioa
dcllarsD shows q decrease Of about q
half million dollars as compared with
the corresponding months OF 1908.
but an Increase Of about three
quarters of a million dollars as com
pared with the corresponding months
ssf 1907.
This slight decrease In the ship
ments to the noncontiHuous territories
in 1909. as compared with 1903. IS
due in part at least to the fall In
prices Of certain classes Of articles
sent to those territories. Prices OF
many manufactures have ranged
somewhat lower in the eight months
ending with February. 1909. than
those Of the corresponding periods OF
1898 and 1907. and as . consequence
ibis fall in prices has given lower
total Of values even in cases where
the quantity shipped was greater. In
manufactures Of iron and steel. which
form an important item in the ship
ments to Alaska, prices are less than
those Of 1903 and 1907; in cotton man
ufactures. which form IN important
item IN the shipmeots to Porto Rico.
HawsH. and the Philippines. prices
are also less than those Of the imme-
diately preceding years.
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Daring The time beginning WITH
fhankaesvipg Day s1l eoding VIII
New Years day New York city
bas1les oNetvelfth q ~ The turkeys
eoeaumed in the Uaitel States.
We~do q Fr0ess tNs Sssi.
Your SOC has consumption. His
case n hopclcsa.- These appalling
words were SPOKEN 10 Geo. Z. Bleveue
leading merchant 81 Springfield, ~
&c. b. two expcrt doctors-ooe . lwns
: specialist. Then was shown the woa'
dcsfu, power Of u. Kines New Dss
covery. Amer three wceSs use,
writes Mr.. Rlcvcns. he VS. ~ re"
- ever. would not take all the
/! moaer IN the world for what q otd
Tor NV boy yafailibje for Coughs
~ Gods. ~ the ssfest sure2 csse
a NeoVrrste Lang daseeses o. easta
&c ssd Styeo. Cwsrsatec ssftssac
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