Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-15
GROWTH Of TRADE
Between island
AND THE STATES
Special to The Tribune.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Trade of
the United States with the Philippine
Islands has more than doubled since
the enactment in 1909 of the law pro-
yiding for the free interchange of
merchandise between those islands
and the United States. The total
trade with the Philippine Islands for
the 8 months ending with February,
1912, amounted to over 80 million
dollars, against less than IA million
in the corresponding months OF 1909
the last year prior to the enactment
OF the law admitting domestic mer-
chandise from the United States into
the Philippines free of duty, and
domestic products except rice, OF the
Philippines into the United States
free of duty The figures thus far re-
ceived by the Bureau of Statistics,
Department of Commerce and Labor,
suggest. that the total trade between
the United States and the Philippine
Islands during the fiscal year which
ends with the month of June will
exceed 40 million dollars. against 20h
million in the year ending June 30,
1909. the last fiscal year prior to the
enactment of the law providing for
free interchange of domestic products
of the United States and the Philip
pine Islands.
The increase in exports from the
United States to the Philippines since
the enactment of the law above men,
toned occures in nearly all Of the I'M
portant articles forming that trade,
but is especially marked in cotton
good, manufactures of iron and steel,
and a large variety of articles, the
product of the manufacturing estab-
lishments of the country. The total
value of the cotton goods exported to
the Philippines during the months
ending with February, 1912 is 3 1-S
million dollars, against less than II
million in the corresponding months
of 1909 the last year prior to the en-
actment of the law above referred to.
The value of iron and steel manu-
features sent to the Philippines in the
8 months ending with February, 1912;
of machinery alone the fatal for the |
s months ending with February. 1912, |
being considerably more than | mil
lion dollars, against less than y
million in the corresponding months
of 1909. Other manufactures Of iron
and steel show marked increase, in
iron sheets and plates. bars
and rods of steel, structural iron and
steel, pipes and fittings; and under
the head of machinery, sewing ma
chimes, mining machinery, and en-.
gines. In cotton goods the increase
is especially marked, in cloths of
which the exports to the Philippines
in the months ending with February
1912, were As 2-3million yards, were
in the same months Of 1909 less than
I million yards. In cars and carriages
the exports in the 8 months ending
with February, 1912, amounted to
more than Il million dollars, against
80 thousand in the same months of
1909; breadstuffs, more than l million
dollars against $50 thousand in the
months of 1909; fish,
over 400 thousand dollars, in 1912,
against 70 thousand in the months
ending with February, 1909; india
rubber manufactures, 227 thousand.
against II thousand in the same
of 1909; leather and manu-
features thereof, $50 thousand dollars
against 297 thousand in the same
months of 1909; mineral oils, nearly
l million dollars, against a little over
Y million in the same months of 1909.
On the import side the principal in
crease in merchandise occurred in
sugar and tobacco, the total value
of sugar coming from the Philippine
Islands in the 8 months ending with
February, 1912, being 8 1-3 million
dollars, against w million in the
months of 1909; cigars,
cigarettes, cheroots, "a million dol
lars in the months ending with |
February, 1912. against between and |
3 thousand dollars in the correspond
ing months of 1909; copra, 1913 thous-
and dollars in the 8 months ending |
with February, 1912, against 200
thousand in the same months of 1909;
and hats, bonnets and hoods of straw,
etc., 23S thousand dollars, against IS
fhNncon1 IL, thu h.