Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-16
UNCLE SANS COMMERCE
Trade of the United states with us
NoncOntiguous Territories in 1910

Trade OF the United states with Tts
NoncontiEuous Territories in 1910.
Trade in the United States with its non
contiguous territories aggregated two
hundred million dollars IN the calendar
wear 1910 against one hundred million in
the calendar year 1893. the first YEAR for
which complete statistics of this trade
are available. The figures OF the bureau
Of statistics. department Of commerce
and labor, Just completed. show the
total value OF this trade in the year end
ing December 81. 1910, to be 500. 494. 3 10.
and In the year ending December 81. 1903.
800, 1G7. ga. an increase Of 100 per cent.
while the trade with other parts of the
world was increasing about 40 per cent.
The territories in question are Alaska.
Hawaii. Porto Rico. the Philippines,
Guam. Tutula and the Midway Islands
The value NJ the merchandise shipped
from the territories in question to the
United States in 1910 was sl1I731 .o3l
against s6, SIG 1916 In 1903 The value of the
merchandise shipped from the United
states to the noucontiEuous territories
was $50, 763.3l2. against s3S go, rs in 1879
The increase IN the period from 1903 TO
1910 was thus 70 per cent. IN the value Of
| merchandise shipped from the territories
II In question 70 tho United States; and 1870
per cent In the valve of merchandise
shipped from the United states to those
territories
The above figures 10 not include move
ments of gold and silver The value of
domestic gold shipped from Alaska to the
United States IN 1910 was in round terms
, fifteen million dollars. and Of foreign gold
presumably from british territor nd
iac"nt to AlaskaJ approximately 10
million dollars; while the value of do
mesic gold shipped from Hawaii to the
United states In 1910 was about one-haf
million dollars
inc prlnc'paI articles FORMING this
trade of more than ~ million dollars be-
tween the hited states ana IT'S non
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