Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-07
BIG GROWTH IN TRADE WITH
 NON-CONTIGUOU TERRITORIES

Trade of the United States with it's non-contiguous territories will make a | new high record in the calendar year 1920. In fact, says a statement by The National City Bank of New York, the trade with our non-contiguous territor- ies in the @ months ending with Aug ust of the trent year was greater than in any complete calendar year preceding. This term includes, of course, the Phil ippiner Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska, and Porto Rico. The total trade with this non-contiguous territory in the eight months ending with August. 1920. was S606, 100000 against S533, 100000 in the full calendar year 1919, and S236,- 000,000 in the full calendar year imme- diately preceding the war, 1913. In the single month of August, 1920, the latest for which we have figures, the total was S110,000,000 against S50,000, ,O00 in Aug ust of the preceding year, and while it is scarcely probable that this very high monthly re, will continue during the remaining tour months of the year, it is quite apparent that the trade with the territories in question will in the full cal endar year 1920 exceed $500, ,OOO, 900 against s533,OO0,O00 in the full calendar year 1919.
 from which it is produced, fruits, coffee, fish, hemp. tobacco, copper, and furs are the principal articles forming the $780, 000,000 worth of imports from the non contiguous territories, and manufactures and fosdstuffs the chief exports 1~areto. Frem the Philippines, we have drawn in | the eight months of 1920 for which fig ures are available S75,O00,000 worth of merchandise, including S14000,0 900 worth /. of Manila hemp, nearly S20, ,000. 900 worth i of cocoanut oil, S7,000,00O worth of ci- | aie +tr- i worth of sugar against sS 900 900 worth 'of su-% imported in the corresponding 1 months of 1919. From the Hawaiian isl ands the principal imports in the eight i months of 1920 are S131. .00O. 900 worth of sugar against $64 900 900 worth in tn, same months of the preceding year, anC | over S10,000,0 900 worth of canned pineap pies against S5,0o0,0O0 worth in the sam, l months of the preceding year. Frou Porto Rico the chief imports are suga1 Sll3,O00,000 against $i3, ,00O. 900 in in
 smae months of last year. 1-2 million dollarsr worth of fruits and nuts agains II 3-4 million dollars in the same month
 of last year, and 10000 .000 worth of to
 bacco and cigars, against less than sS.
 O00,0OO worth in the same months of las i year. From Alaska the chief inports ar
 canned salmon g 1-2 million dollar
 worth against 8 1-3 million dallars wort ! III lie coTTeSponclng months of 19l!
 copper 1-2 million dollars worth agains
 Is million dollars worth in the sam months of last year. and furs s3.OOO. co worth against 1 IA million dollars i
 the corresponding months of last wear.
 In our exports to the non-contaeio,, territories the variety of articles is
 greater To the Hawaiian Islands tb
 exports in the eight months total sAS
 ooO,OOO against s32,OOO.0 .0OO in the sam
 months of last year and Included 4 |.
 million dollars worth of breads+,,ff chiefly rice and flour, s3.0OO, oOO wort of cotton goods, sS,000, 900 worth of iro and steel mineral oils. 5 1-2 million do lars. petroleum in various forms |
 million dollars of which about s3. oOo or
 was fuel and gas oil and 1 IA millio 1 dollars gasoline. and no0hthas. manufa,
 lures of leather S1.o00. GOO, electrical m;
 chinery nearly s1,000, 000. passenger a1
 tomobies l 3-4 million dollars. and con
 mercial automobiles near half millic
 dollars To Porto Rico the principal a
 ticles forming the S7S.O0O.00O worth
 exports in the eight months ending wi August. 1920 include IS 1-2 million dc
 lars worth of foodstuffs: Of which 12 1
 million dollars was rice and SIP mi
 lion dollars flour. s15. 900. 900 worth
 cotton manufactures. 2 1-2 million dc Ii lars of fertilizers. s1o000 0o0 worth
 passenger automobiles. iron and ste
 manufactures, 1-2 million dollars. mei