The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-20
PRODUCT SHIPMENTS
ARE INCREASING
From the United States to All Its Non
Contiguous Territories, While the
Receipts From the Same Coun-
tries Showed Decrease.

Washington, d. c., June 20.--Accord
ing to the official figures of the bureau
OF foreign and domestic commerce, the
| total of the shipments from the United
States to all its noncontiguous terri,
tories (including in this term Alaska
| Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippine Is
lands, Guam, and Tutuila) is, for the
ten months ended with April, 1913
500, ls8,0a3, against ss5,970,947 in the
corresponding months OF last year;
while the value OF the shipments to
GUS territories in the ten months ended
with April, 1918, amounted to Sl04,-
315.S0D, against S1l2.062, $50 in the
same months OF last year.
From these figures it is estimated
that shipments from the United States
to its noncontiguous territories will
show a larger total in 1918 than ever
before. aggregating approximately 40
million dollars against 100 million in
1912. SO million in 1910. and 36a mill
lion in 1903; also that shipments from
the noneontiguous territories to the
United States viii show a slightly low
er total in 1913 than in 1912, the high
record year, or approximately 1876 mill
lion dollars, against 143 million in
1912, los million in 1910, and 50 mil
lion in 1908. Thus the shipments from
noneontiguous territories To the United
States have little more than doubled
in the last ten years. while shipments
from the United States to the terri
tories in question trebled in the same
period.
The fall in 1913 of about million
dollars in the value of merchandise
shipped from the noncontiguous terri
tories to the United States is due in
part to reduction in the quantity of
sugar shipped from Porto Rico, Hawaii,
and the Philippine Islands, and also to
a reduction in the price of the sugar
thus shipped. The quantity OF sugar
shipped from the PHILIPPINE Islands to
the United States in the ten months
ended with April, 1913, was about 1870
million pounds, valued at Al million
dollars, against 347 million pounds, val
red at S%4 million dollars, in the same
months eff last year, the average price
having been in 1912, 2.52 cents per
pound, and in 1918, 2.25 cents per
pound. From the Hawaiian Islands
the shipment in the ten months end
ed with April, 1913, amounted to sl7
million pounds. valued at 2S million
dollars, against 900 million puonds, val
ned at 3S million dollars, in the same
months of last year, the average price
per pound on the refined having been
in 1912, 422 cents, and in 1918, 3.44
'ents. From Porto Rico the shipments |
amounted to 4s4 million pounds, val |
ned at II 1-3 million dollars. against |
lsS million pounds, valued at 2l13 mill !
ion dollars, in the same months of last !
rear, the average price having been in |
he ten months of 1912, 4.40 cents, and |
n 1918, 3.5s cents per pound.
While this reduction in the quanti- |
y and price per pound of sugar sent
rom the islands has resulted in a de-
rease of the total value of their ship
nents TO the United States, they have
meantime slightly increased their pur-
bases of our productions. The ship
nents of merchandise from the United 4
'tstes TO the Philippine Islands in the
EN- months ended with April. 1918, show
gain of about 11a million dollars over
he corresponding months of last wear,
nd those to Hawaii a gain of mil
ion. while those TO Porto Rico show
decrease of about 4 million, making
he total shipments to the three Is
lnds in the ten months ended with
Ipril, 1913, s74.l24.000, gainst s7l .6s5.-
90 in the same months of last year
o Alaska the shipments in the ten
ionths ended with April, 1913. were
ractically 16 million dollars. against :
Az million in the same months OF last
ear, and the shipments from Alaska
} the United States were practically
3 million dollars. against 20 1-3 million
! the same months Of last year.