Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
PHILIPPINE TRADE
SHOWS BIC GAINS
$18,OO0,00O in Gold Is Received
by United States from
Alaska Mines

Trade of the United States with its
noncontlguous territories aggregated
about 100000, 900 in value in the fiscal
year just ended, against a little more
than $35,00O,000 in 1897. For the eleven
months of the fiscal year for which
the bureau of statistics of the. depart
ment of commerce and labor mas ac-
curate figures the shipments from the
United States to its noncontiguous ter
ritories porto Rico, Hawaii, the Phil
ippines, Guam, Midway, Tutuila and
Alaska) amounted to $75000,000, and
the shipments therefrom to the United
States $96 666, $3.50. Should the June
figures equal those of May the total
value of the merchandise sent to all
this noncontiguous territory will ag-
gregate about $S2. 100000, while the
merchandise received therefrom will
be about $110,000,00 bringing the grand
total of the trade up to $192, 100000 In
merchandise, to say nothing of the
SIS, 1000, 900 worth of domestic gold re-
ceived from Alaska.
With practically all the territories
in question the trade with the United
States during the year just ended was
larger than in the preceding year, or
in any earlier year, and this relates
to both imports and exports. The
value of shipments from the United
States to Alaska in the eleven months
against a little over Sis, 900 in the
same months of 1909; to Hawaii, $1S,
100000, against a little less than $751;
900 900 in the corresponding months of
1909 to Porto Rico, $24,750,000, against
slightly less than So, 900, ,00C in the same
period of 1909; and to the Philippines
$15,000,000, against slightly less than
$40 100000 in the same months of 1909
Meantime shipments to the United
States from Alaska aggregated in the
eleven months ending with May $12,-
225, 900, against $13,000,000 in the cor
responding months of 1909; from Ha-
wall $40, 100000, against $35,666666 in
1909; from Porto Rico $28,000,000,
against $22, 333. 1873 in the same months
of 1909; and from the Philippines little
less than $16,00O,0O0, against slightly
less than $9,OOOOOO in the same months
of 1909.
PHILIPPINE TRADE
The largest gains. both in actual
values and percentage, occurs in the
trade with the Philippine islands, to
which the recent tariff act extended
the privilege already extended to Porto
Rico, Hawaii and Alaska of inter-
change of merchandise with the United
States free of tariff duties. The i'm
ports from the Philippines in the
eleven months ending with May, 1910,
were $15,S 1897 418, against $S,S60, 429 in the
same months of 1909; while in the
single month of May, the latest month
for which figures are available, the
total was $1,935, lilo, against $336,097
in May of the preceding year. The ex-
ports to the Philippines in the eleven
months ending with May were $751;
14O,4 ,445, against $9,S25,OS3 in the cor
responding months of 1909; and in the
single month of May, $1,363, 1888, against
$960,541 in May, 1909. From this it
would appear that the trade of the
United States with the Philippine
islands in the first fiscal year follow
ing the removal of the tariff will
amount to about $33,000,000, against
500, ,000, 900 in 1909, al increase Of over
so per cent.
OF the $16,000,000 worth of domestic
merchandise sent to the Philippines in
the eleven months ending with May
$11, 500, 900 worth consisted of manu-
features and little over $S,000,000
worth foodstuffs. OF the $24,500, 900
worth sent to Porto Rico in the same
period $13,000,000 worth was manufac-
lures and $10,000000 worth foodstuffs;
of the $18,500, 900 worth sent to Hawaii
in the eleven months $13,0O0,000 worth
was manufactures and $4,000,000 worth
foodstuffs; and OF the SIS, ,666,666 worth
sent to Alaska $9,500,000 worth was
manufactures and $5,5OO,000 worth
foodstuffs, indicating that the exports
of manufactures from the United
States to it's noncontiguous territories
during the full year will aggregate
more than $50,000,000, or about two
thirds of the total.
In the trade with the Philippines.