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Show UNCLE SAM IS BUYING FROM . THE: PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON,- an. It A statement compiled by the bureau of Insular affairs af-fairs o the War department from official offi-cial returns " shows,' that k. during the month of-September, 1902, Hbe Imports of merchandise Into he Philippines amounted to J2.785.009. an Increase of mors than a half -million dollars over the corresponding. tnonth of 1902, and considerably above the average monthly month-ly value for nine months of the current year. -..:-.. i . The export trade of J3.58S.535 Is the largest of any single month since American occupation, the exportation of hemp alone amounting1 to over two and a half million- dollars, practically three-fourths of which was sent to the United States. Sugar and tobacco shipments ship-ments to all countries during the month aggregated $573,679 The recent legislation favorable to the direct shipments of hemp to this country Is apparent, beginning with the month of May, 1902. This trade for the five months ended September 0, 1902. was $5,081,165. as compared wltti $1,624,-, $1,624,-, (27 for the corresponding period of 1901. Imports of merchandise during the 'jilne. months ended September 30, 1902, were valued at $24,339,322. against $21,-818,212 $21,-818,212 for the same period of 1901 and ' J17.1S7.991 in 1900. . Manufactured articles arti-cles continue so make up more than j half the purchases, although two-fifths of the current nine months' trade (Including (In-cluding nearly $6,000,000 worth of rife) consists of foodstuffs, as compared with one-fourth In the corresponding period of the preceding -; year, in which the value of rice aggregates, approximately, approximate-ly, $3,500,000. Reports received show a steady growth. - ' The total value pt- exports for pine months ended September SO, 1902.: was $19,239,018. as compared with $18,860,798 during the previous year, and $17,853,200 in 1900. Almost two-fifths, or $7,232,411 Worth, of the total export trade for nine months of the current year is credited to Jthe United States, placing; this country coun-try far In advance as the leading buyer of Philippine products. . . ' , |