The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-13

Total as S72 313 1909 9606l 7T2 14S ia 939 2t3
Braziia :. 27issss 1859 iSS q 90 is aoss 500
Tho most stirling feature in the figures Is the
s snor%Sus in the ssP,rtsSu Of the
ton into the 1t would DO still interesting
and instructive it instead Of the carried
nations could be taken the basis Of our gatiou
but unfortunately not In possession OF Official data
70 found our calculation upon
limiting ourselves, therefore, to thu commerce Of the
above named countries with France, point 6s to the
fact that in the 1885, well In 1854 the amount
OF importation from France exceeds that OF portson
to the same country by double the amount In regard
to each particular country it will that the great
est disproporon exists as to Mexico Cnili and Hayh
those whose impor and expectation are more
natural proportion are Venezuela Uruguay aud E,1Ador
From Bolivia there is no importation nO france at all
In rejecting the character of the natural
prod ucts which these countries can furnish as an
of which they want considering bssaes the high
price those products pay In Europe and their wing
necessity to many branches Of industry, csnaot
which they export are s, limited In ex aiming the diff
ierent classes OF products of esch country observe
ars that nearly the whole amount Of their
home producsion and second y, that this amount Of
expectation is very nsgnifcant compared with the
into France from all other countries which produce
them. Thus, for example, Of the amount Of four
Mexico than two millions proceed from dyewoods
cochneal and vanilla in Guatemala OF the whole
taton of le6 TAI francs one article thai Of lcochineal
amounts alone to 900 francs in New Gl anada the
quinquina composea about the half Of her portsion;
in Venezuela the expectation of coffee answers fvs
sixtbs Of the whole amount in Uruguay the sxportah
OF hides amounts to about FIVE millions OF the whole
which does not reach six millions; in La Plata hides and
wool mpose eight millions and half OF the whole
portaton OF ten millions in Peru, nitrate OF soda aud
guano form seven millions aud half Of expectation
Of eight millions; and in Chill the products
copper amount 70 three millions and half in expor-
taton OF little than four millions
If these quantities OF products proceeding from the
Spanish American repubis are compared with the en-
tire mass Of the same products which is consumed in
Europe, 1t will be how small the former, and
consequently to what extent their expectation cam in
future D. increased, At the same tine this
either the deveiopemen OF the rich primitive Of
production the fertile American soil Is still very little
enhance considerably the prices of all these products
that negligence and carelessness prevent them from 10
ing offered 8 exshange products In the European mar
ket. Probably not alone, but ill three toge
Their, contribute to produce this remarkable commercial
phenomenon
Were it but for their national pride and sefovs the
Spanish American republics ought to make great and
perseverug efforts in order to elevate themselves from
this deplorable mercantile ineriority After having
understand how to profit by II In culvatng to their
aovanta&e, the vast field Of progress which lay
D0rs Far dong So they d
them by the only possessions which Spain still holds
in the new word which, although deprived Of
produce and export in proportion with their territory
and population, Of agricultural and industrial
productions far superior quantity and value to the
portaton Of Of the most extended and p,puous
publics of the American continent Limiting curse yes
to the commerce with France, which, howevG occupies
only the third fourth place to it's importance ia the
whole Of their commercial TRANSACTIONS that In
the years 1858 1854 the ands Of Cuba and Porto
Rico have exported more than any Of the American
pubcs In fact, comparing the expectation 10 France
during the last year from both islands with thst from
the American continent Of Spanish origin nd that
amounts to nearly double the importation from the
latter.
To contnue- Supported by facts, this Oeres Of
sderatons commercial relations present resume
Of the imp ,raon Of exclusively French products into
Spanish American countries and Of the expectation Of
the latter to France during the year 1864