The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-02-13
TERRITORY HAS
SPLENDID YEAR,
/ STATES REPORT
Customs Report Shows Com
merce Is Largest of Any
Year Since 1920.

The largest of any year since
1920, Alaskan commerce last year
aggregated $95,423,246, according
to the annual report of the U. S.
Customs made public by Collector
j. c. Mcbride. Outgoing shipments
for the year, including all mer-
chandise, gold and silver were val
ued at $62,223,725 and merchandise
shipped into Alaska $33, 1851.
Both shipments from and into
the Territory experienced gains over
1924 while the balance of trade
in favor of the Territory amounted
to $29,024,224. There was a larger
number of people leaving Alaska
during the year than arrived from
the States but it is understood that
this does not represent loss on
permanent population but is ac-
counted for by the fact that many
cannery employees who came into
the Territory on company vessels
and of whose arrival there was no
record, went back to the south on
commercial steamers.
Fisheries Continue to Lead
The fisheries industry continued
to be the most important factor in
the Territory's comerce. It's pro-
ducts last year were worth $37,
609,451. The report of the Col
lector carries graph showing
how closely related is the fisheries
industry to the import business of
Alaska, the rise and fall of commo-
dities shipped in corresponding al
most identically to the rise and fall
in fisheries operations and produc
tion.
Products of Alaskan mines for
the year had value of $17,772,-
Ga. The largest item in the list
of mineral shipments was copper
with a value of 1.529,637. Other
mineral products included gold and
silver, lead, tin, palladium and
marble.
Shipments of animals and furI
during 1925 aggregated $3.252.1o?.
Mail shipments worth s1,4S4, ?S
constituted the largest item in ~
fur list
ElrSt DIVISION Ud1nS
Increases in both incoming AMI
outgoing shipments in the First D.
vision marked the years commerce.
This Divisions total commerce
amounted to $41,643,439, divided asI
follows: merchandise shipped to the
States, $23,4O0.473; gold and silver
shipped, $2,665,730; merchandise
imported from the States, $15,577,-
236. Each of these items showed
healthy gains.
The Third Division, which con-
tinued to hold first place, exper-
fenced small declines in all three
items. It's total commerce for the
year was $43,304,52S, as follows;
merchandise exported, $30,40O 0ie:
gold and silver, $s49,S36; merchan-
disc imported, $12,054,652.
The Second Divisions commerce
continued in last place, although It
made some gains and it's gold pro-
duction ranked next to that of the
First Division. The total commerce
was valued at $3,901,034, and was
made up of shipments outbound Of
merchandise to the value o. SSa2,-
1877; gold and silver. s1,l31.337,
incoming merchandise shipments,
S1.S7e,3l0.
Commerce in the Fourth Division
totaled $4,625,421 divided as fol-
lows: outgoing merchandise. S945,-
7SO: gold and silver. $l,o35."So;
shipments Of merchandise from the
States, $2,644,302. 1t lost slightly
in the value Of merchandise shipped
outside and gained materially in
gold and silver production and IN
incoming merchandise shipments.
Text of Report
In his report Collector Mcbrlde
said:
IAN increase in the total value
of merchandise shipped both from,
and into the Territory of Alaska
over that of 1924, is pleasing con-
dition to be noted in this, the an
nual report of commerce of Alaska
for the year 1925.
"While such increases in trade
represent but a little over one mil
lion dollars, yet such figures present
concrete evidence OF the steady
commercial growth of the Territory.