The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-06-12

TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES
WITH ITS NONCONTIGUOUs
TERRITORIES, 1911.
Trade of the United States with
it's contiguous territories in the
| fiscal year which ends with the cur
rent month will exceed 200 million
| dollars, against less than 100 million
in 1904. During the 10 months end
| ing with April, for which details
| have been received by the Bureau of
| Statistics, Department of Commerce
and Labor the trade in question has
proceeded at the rate of 202 million
dollars per annum, compared with
1905, and 96 million in 1904. In
this trade merchandise received in
the United States slightly exceeds i'll
value that sent to the territories in
question, though shipments from the
United States show the larger and
more rapid growth. In 1908, the
earliest year for which complete rec
ords are available. the shipments
from the United States to the terri
tories under discussion-Alaska, Por-
to Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines
aggregated Sc million dollars; in
1910, SO million; and in 1911, seem
likely to be SO million-a gain of
60 million dollars, or nearly 1000.
Inward shipme nts from the territor-
les were SO million dollars in 1903,
los million in 1910 and at the rate
of 107 million in the 10 months Of
1911, a gain of 48 million dollars or
5000 over 1908.
The largest gain in outward trade
with the noh-contiguous territories
was in shipments to Porto Rico, those
in 1911 during the 10 months for
which figures are at hand having
been at the rate of 35 million dol
lars per annun, against 81 million in
1910, IL million in 1903, and Z mil
lion in 1901, the year following its
organization as a customs district Of
shipments during 1911 to date have
been at the rate of % million dol
lars per annum, against 201a million
last year. II million in 1903, and 8 q
million in 1900. To alaska the do
mestic shipments during the fiscal
year 1911 have been at the rate of
20 million dollars per annum, COM
pared with Is 2-3 million last year
and 91a million in 1903, the year in
which the official record began. To
the Philippine Islands the years
shipments of domestic merchandise
will aggregate about 10 million dol
lars, against 1634 millions last year,
4 million in 1903 and l 2-3 million
in 1900.
Hawaii ranks first among the non
uOuS territories the Ndlue Oh
shipments to the United States,
though this years figures are con-
siderabIy below those for 1910.
During 1911 the shipments have
thus far been at the rate of 40 mil
lion dollars per annum, against AZ
million last year, 26 million in 1903
and Ia million in 1900. Porto Rico
shows a large increase in outward
as well as in inward shipments, a
total of 81 million dollars being in
Dictated as the probable value of her
sales to the United States in the fis-
lion last year, IL million in 1908, and
2-3 million in 1901. From the
PHILIPPINES the shipments seem like
ly to be 1914 million dollars for the
year now closing. against II million
in 1910, II million in 1903 and 6
million in 1900. From Alaska the
value of the shipments of merchan-
disc in 1911 will be about 10 u mil
lion dollars. against IL Il million last
year and Is million dollars, against
1914 million last year.
The principal articles showing IT.
creased shipments to Porto Rico dur
ing the 10 months of 1911 as COM
pared with those Of last year are:
cotton manufactures, AZ million dol
lars, against less than 3 million in
steel, Az million, against less than
million last year; rice, 3A mill
lion, against 2A million last year; |
wheat flour. 1 23 million; cars and
carriages, 1 million; boards and |
other wood manufactures, Ia mill |
turers thereof, 1 million; and vege-
tables, 2-3 of a million dollars. The |
gain in shipments to Hawaii are dis |
tributed among numerous items of |
a miscellaneous character, chiefly |
manufa lectures, iron and steel, lum- |
Der and meats. The decreased ship |
ments to Alaska occurred principally |
in iron and steel, breadstuffs, ex-
plosives, meat and dairy products, |
and lumber. Gains occurred in cot |
dollars in 10 months of 1910 to q |
million in 1911. Substantial i'm |
provement was also made in auto
mo biles. iron and steel manufac-
lures, Illuminating OIL and paper |
Alaska's gain in shipment to the
United States during 1911 occurred |
in canned salmon an increase of 1 |
million dollars; dried, smoked, and |
cured fish, a gain of Il million; and |
copper in ore, matte and regulus,
an increase of s177,OO. Losses oc-
CURED in fur skins and whalebone;
also in domestic gold, as already
stated. Receipts of Hawaiian sugar
during the 10 months of 1911 aggre-
gated 26a4 million dollars. against
nuts, however, increased from liz
million to million dollars in the
respective 10 months periods. Porto
Rico's increased shipments occurred
in sugar and mollasses which in
creased from 16A million dollars in
10 months of 1910 to IS million mil
lion this year; cigars, from 3A mil
lion dollars to 1-3 million; I'M
tobacco, from 1 mil
lion to 1 1-3 million; and fruits and
nuts, from "A million to u mil
lion. loss of q million dollars
occurred in shipment of Manila from
the Philippine Island and a gain Of
million dollars in sugar Cigars.
cigarettes and cheroots decreased
about one-thlrd million dollars in the
10 months under review.
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