Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-15
j. s. FOREIGN
TRADE WILL SET
NEW HIGH MARK
Business With Non-Contigu-
GUS Territories for 1920
viii Be the Largest in
History, Says Report.

New York, Nov. 14-Trade OF
the United States with its non
contiguous territories will make a
new high record in the calendar
year 1920. In fact, says a state
ment by The National City bank OF
New York, the trade with our non
contiguous territories in the eight
months ending with August of the
current year was greater than IN
any complete calendar year pre-
ceding This term includes, OF
course the Philippine islands, the
Hawaiian islands, Alaska, and
Porto Rico. The total trade with
this n-contiguous territory in the
eight months ending with August,
1920, was $6O6, 100000, against
$533, 100000 in the full calendar
year 1919, and 1886, 100000 in the
fun calendar year Immediately pre-
ceding the war, 1918. In the single
month of August, 1920, the latest
for which we have figures, the total
was $1l0,000,000 against $4,000
coo in August of the preceding year
and while it is scarcely probable
that this very high monthly record
will continue during the remain
ing four months of the year, it is
quite apparent that the trade with
the territories in question will in
the fun calendar year 1920 eX-
coed $500, 100000, against $685.
100000 in the full calendar year
1919.
Sugar, coconut oil and the copra
from which it is produced, fruits,
coffee, fish, hemp, tobacco, copper
and furs are the principal articles
| forming the $4,000, 900 worth of
imports from the -continguous
territories, and manufactures ana
foOdstuffs the chief exports thereto.
! From the Philippines, we have
drawn in the eight months of 1870
| for which figures are available
1875, 600, 000 worth of merchandise,
including $14,000,000 worth Of
Manila hemp, nearly $2O,OOO,OOO
worth of Coconut oil, $7,0OO,O0O
worth OF cigars and cigarettes, and
| SIS. 600, 600 worth of sugar against
| 100000 worth of sugar imported
| in the corresponding months oil
1919. From the Hawaiian islands
the principal imports in the eight
months of 1920 are $l3l, 100000
worth of sugar against $G4,OOO,O0O
worth in the same months of the
preceding year, and over 10000
| GOO worth of canned pineapples
| against 100000 worth in the
same months of the preceding year.
From Porto Rico the chief imports
are sugar, $113,000,O0O agains;:
| SAB, 100000 in the same months OF
| last year, $2,500,000 worth of
fruits and nuts against $l,75O,0O0
| in the same months of last year,
land $20,000,00O worth of tobacco
and cigars, against less than 50
| eco, 900 worth in the same months
of last year. From Alaska the
chief imports are canned salmon,
$9.5O0.O0O worth against $S,333,0OO
worth in the corresponding months
of 1919, copper $9,500,00O worth
against $5,333, 600 worth in the
same months of last year, and turs
100000 worth against 1890
| GOO in the corresponding months
Of last year.
In our exports to the non-contig-
uous territories the variety of artI-
cles is much greater. TO the
| Hawaiian islands the exports IN
the eight months total $4S,OOO,OOO
against $32,000,0O0 in the same
months of last year and included
s4.5OO,OOO worth of bread-stuffs,
chiefly rice and flour, $3,000,00O
worth of cotton goods, $S,oO0,0oO
worth of iron and steel, mineral
oils $5,50O,000, petroleum in Varl-
GUS forms $5,500,0O0, of which
about $3,000,000 was fuel and gas
oil and $1,250,000 gasoline ana
napthas, manufactures of leather
81, 100000, electrical machinery
nearly $1,000,000, passenger auto
mobiles $1,750,000 and commercial
automobiles nearly a half million
dollars. To Porto Rico the prln-
cipal articles forming the $7S,O00'-
600 worth of exports in the eight
months ending with August, 1870,
| include $1S,500,000 worth Of food
! stuffs, of which $12,500,0O0 was
rice and $3,500,00 flour, $15,OOOOOO
worth of cotton manufactures, ~
| 100000 of fertilizers, $l,OOO,ooV
worth of passenger automobiles
| iron and steel manufactures. 50
| 100000, meat and meat products
nearly $7000,00O, petroleum in all
it's forms about $2,O00,000, and
vegetables $2,500,000. To the Phil
ippine islands the exports for the
eight months of 1920 include 81
100000 worth of passenger auto
mobiles, $1,500,000 worth of auto
mobile tires, 100000 worth OF
cotton cloths, manufactures OF IRON
and steel approximately $S,OoO,oOO,
illuminating oil 100000, and
cigarettes $750,O00 TO Alaska the
chief articles forming the exports
! of $270OO,O0O worth in the eight
months ending with August, 1870
were brcadstuffs 100000, iron
and steel manufactures $7,0Oe,O9O
of which tin plate for the manu-
facture of containers for the can
ned salmon amounted to $500
600, meat and dairy products w.
100000, cotton manufactures a lit
tie over 100000 and wooden
manufacture a quarter of mil