Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-25
OUR 1918 TRADE
W|TH0UR ISLANDS
lie TOTAL FOR PAST YEAR Is
LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY
IRENIOUS YEAR. SAYS DEPART
MENT OF COMMERCE.
RAPID INCREASE
VALUE OF MERCHANDISE SENT
TO ISLANDS IL LARGER THAN
FOR PRECEDING YEAR But
AMOUNT RECEIVED SMALLER.

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Washington. -. G.. Feb. American
merchandise valued al Sill 600. 600 found
markets in the Gon contiguous territory
al the United States in 1913 against
s5',0VO,OOO ten years ago, and 1000. 900
twenty years ago. Figures received BY
The Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic
put The value II shipments to
Porto Rico at So. O0O. 900: To Hawaii.
$4,000 900; 10 the Philippines, $4,000,
oOU; To Alaska. 81 .OUu.Du0. and to Guam
and American Samoa, less than S35o.OO0,
making the approximate total for the
Twelve months ending with December.
l?lJ, Sill 100000. The total for 1919 Is
larger han that of any previous year.
that of 1917 having been ~lD>. 0UO. 1000,
that of 1911. Sa:,..JGO.0 900. and that of 1910
$s?,OOO.O0O. The 1911; shipments "a the
Hawaiian and Philippine Islands are
larger than those Of any pre-, iou, year,
those To Porto Rico about enc mil ion
below those Of 1917. aud those "a Alaska
about one quarter million less than IN
1912. The shipments to the Philippines
show an increase 81 more than three nil.
lion dollars in 1913 compared with 1872;
those Ia Hawaii an increase -l.lJu.OU0.
while those to Porto Rico and Alaska. rs
above Indicated, show "A slight decline.
On the other side of the account. The
value Of merchandise received from the
non cOntinguCuS territory shows i dis
tinci decline. cSpo.ialy IA those eases ia
which sugar forms the shipments Of chief
value To the United States. The value
Of the merchandise shipped from Hawaii
10 the United States ia the calendar wear
1913 is but slO.0UO.OU against sJ0.uDn.
QUO IN 1912; from Porto Rico. S,i9.0UO
OAJ against -.,O.ntO.OO1 ia 1872: from the
Philippines, approximately @l>.5O00 uU
against S~.O.250.o0o ia 1872; AMI from
Alaska, S20.20000O against - 1000 in
1917.
Smaller quantities and lower prices Of
sugar ARE the causes ~ the large rcduc
ton in the value of shipments from the
Hawaiian and Philippine Islands to the
United States. while the lower prices of
suger is the cause of the decline in the
case Of Porto Rico. The quantity of
sugar shipped from the Hawaiian
Islands L. the United tSalcS were larger
in quantity than IN the preceding year.
but the value was smaller. AZ guantinty
in 1913 being 1j0Oo0000 pounds against
GS0,O0O,OO pounds Ia 1917. The value of
this larger shipment being .2l.0UO O00 in
1913. against 80. OuU. Vno for The smaller
quantity in 1917. The sugar received
from the PHILIPPINES WAS but lOn.uUo.0Oo
pounds against 2>2.und.0 n0 pounds in
lo12. In the ease 81 Alaska. the slight
falling off in the total value of ship
sicnts occurs ia copper ore, the value of
which was S3,3JO.O0o ~ 1912 against
Sl.l10.OO0 in the same months of 1917.
In the merchandise sent from the
United States Ia the territories IN uucS.
ton, the increase occurs ~ many articles.
especially food >tuffS aLd manufactures.
In the case Of the Hawaiian Islands.
brcadstuffs. meats. iron and steel mann
features and miscellaneous manufac-
lures show an increase. I'm the ease If
Porto Rico. brrad>tutf>. meat. cotton
cloths. and miscellaneous manufactures
show an incrca>. while manufacture Of
wood. iron and Steel show a slight de-
cline. In the ease al the Philippines.
cotton goods. iron and steel manuiac
lures. and miscellaneous manufactures
show an increase. and meat aud dairy
products a slight decrease. I'm the ease
uf Alaska. hrcad>tufi>. iron and steel
manufactures and miscellaneous manu-
lectures show 4 slight decrease. while
meat and dairy products and lumber
show n slight increase.
The total value Of merchandise sent
from the United States a. IT, non con
,iguous territory in 1913 shows an ia
crease OF IN per cent when compared
With 1909. while the increase in the ~
ports 10 ~forgcin countries III the same
leriod il but - per cent.