The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-09
OUR TRADE SOUTH.
THE SOUTH AMERICAN REsEARcn
OF the Late cOn,u,is.iop-cio.sr CONNER.
elal Relations Advissd--PlAns for an In.
crease of Trade with Braalia Tho
Other COustrIsS-Ratss Charged.

NEw York, Sept. s.-Mr. William Will
lliamp, late United States Minister to Urn
quay and Paraguay, arrived home yester-
day, and this afternoon a reporter met
him at the Grand Central Hotel. When
asked what kind Of report he thought
the South American Commission would
make to Congress on these two countries,
he said; "0h. l think they will advise
closer trade and q subsidy for mail steam.
ers every ten days from New York TO Rio
Jsneiro, Montevideo aud Bueuoa Ayres.
II the United States wants that trade, it
will be necessary to subsidize steamship
line TO compete with other countries.
Brazil now gives $4,000 TO the line
that runs from New York to Rio Janeiro.
Without that amount the steamship COM
pany could not pay expenses. There arc
very few passengers 10 that country, and
their treights are very low. Tho many
tramp lines, as we call them, plying be-
tween the two countries, put the freight
trade down. Think OF carrying coffee at
twenty-five cents sack (l60 pounds
distance OF $500 miles; yet that is dono
between New York aud Rio. The stean-
ship Finance, in which | came, brought
eighteen sacks Of coffee and one hundred
tons OF raw rubber"
HOW often does the American. Brazil
line run steamers?"
"onIy once month; and they stop at
Rio. Bat the European steamers run not
nos Ayres. They catch up all the trade
fS,t tha DIakn fNi,o
by stopping at Rio, loses very rich trade.
Three more steamers put In the trade
from New York TO BIO direct and thence
to Uruguay and Paraguay could capture
all thattrade. 1t will require subsidy at
first / have no eight years experience in
Congress and four years III South America,
and II l were member Of Congress now,
l would vote for any reasonable subsidy
TO put line between here and that coun-
try. The trade would increase from three
to five millions q year. Buenos AyIes
offered to give ST. 900 subsidy toward
mail line and Montevideo offered to con-
cede all port dues and light dues free.
Our government has only to adopt
liberal policy. The merchants there would
rather trade in New York than In Lon
don, but now everything has TO be. trapH-
ferrcd from Rio, causing great delay. II
takes six months to get a bill OF goods
from here and only thirty-three days from
London. The American goods 60 out Of
fashion before they arrive"
"What should our merchants dop
''They should form ByndicateB and cs-
tablikh branch houses In those countries
in charge Of natives. Our trade last year
with South America was $I0,OO0,O0O. It
could he increased easily one hundred
percent in few years II Congress would
adopt the proper policy and our mer-
chants sell on the same terms as they do
in Europe. No failures lave occurred in
Montevideo, city Of 100000 Inhabitants,
for the past ioaf years. Alltheprominent
merchants own large ranches, well stocked
with cattle and sheep. They have the
slaughter and wool crop once a year, there
fore the .cledit systcm ia in vogue and
they are paid generally once a year. The
English have o strong hold on the mer-
chants. They will sell them on timeat O
percent, while the Americans demand
cash before the goods are delivered. This
does not suit the Spaniards. They want
to sec tho goods beforethey pay,"f