The New York herald., 1879-12-14
AMERICAN INTERESTS ABROAD.

FACTS AND FIGURES FROM EUcADoR RELArISd
ENTERPRISE NOT YET ToUcHED-wnY THE
ENGLISH DO ALL THE TRADE.
GuAyAoUIL. Eucador. Oct. 81. 1879.
This port offers unusually good opportunities for
enterprising Americans and some attention should
be paid to them by those who anxious to increase
our foreign trade Every American who locates in
south American city is missionary who is doing
good service and should be encouraged in every way
by our manufacturers. He goes abroad imbued
with Yankee grit and goahead. and he buys from
home manufacturers. thus creating fresh demands.
Every article of American manufacture introduced
in this port finds ready sale at paying prices. and
every sale made Is an advertisements for more. The
prices paid here usually about 100 per above
New York rates, partly due to the freight charges
and partly the tariff. which is model of stupidity.
The average profit to retail dealers, however, is
about fifty per cent. There is growing demand for
our saddlery. hardware wooden aud willow ware,
soaps. groceries, -four canned goods. lard. butter.
shoes. hats, furniture. sewing machines, shoe fnd-
ings and notions OF every kind.
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES.
The mail facilities are very discouraging for
American correspondence, the mails for tho
United States pass through the inefficient native
Pest Office and are uncertain of delivery they
shows how should be. The British Consul
sends locked mail to London and o
letters for the United States are taken to him
and he forwards them to Panama for eighteen
cents per halt ounce. There they delivered
to the Unitsd States Consul, aud by him for
warded to the United States. The regularity and
safety OF the British mail draws all tho small
orders for goods and great majority OF
the large ones, and thus has diverted the
bulk OF the trade to England This has made such
u volume OF freight between here and England that
there discr animation in favor of London and
Liverpool of S5 OH the Freil,hts by steam, to
England f5 ton, and to the United States &C.
1t would oe great advantage to the trade with tho
United States il the United States Consul at this
port were authorized to send direct mail TO New
York.
TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES
The value OF the trade of Guayaquil to the United
States is considerable. and il somo attention
paid to it by the home govern ment 1t would become
much more valuable A heet OF men-of-war is kept
this coast but they carefully avoid Guayaquil,
which is stronghold for English trade. Lust year
the exports from this port amounted to 4.U76355 of
which only S537 .O25 81 went to the United States.
The imports exceeded the expovts; yet the United
States only sold S750.766 10. Thus out of trade
aggregatng over SS 000, 900 the United States only
secured S12S7.792 OIL. Still, this volume Of trade is
worthy Of consideration. The showing FOR 1879 will
be much better. and the balance will be much heav
ier in favor OF the States. The sho wing the way
OF tonnage ut this port proves tnat the American
merchant marine has practically gwen up long voy-
ages. The comparison III the following table,
piled from official records, is odious for Amer
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