Telegram-herald., 1889-10-13

EfE-0.. ~ H41- A--l4 H. 49, M --fi1-
ner. arrived in the Argentine not l0nx
az sgith herd ~ maznacent Hereford
cattle. Your horseulen Iag be Interested
tn knosTi inz Jila1 the Arzenti1-ans are Ia
farlass3 with american rrottinS hoses.
wh.eh h-d = really market there Ea5u-
laus prices zrs p4ld fJr so1ae animals by
sear.eulsn 4 bs1ezos AYres. tat I al
sorre - say Ghat = hsa LAst Ia that city
vas tod = number Of gentlernen had
been slameflAy imposed Ga by Yankes
horse traters. The animals sold them
had long laf brilliant Pzlgrs@s. traced
back D. llsting9Iishe-d thorougs bas
slen put ln races against ArgentinS balf
breeds they failed q get place. As yoa
may easily imagine, <uenos Ayres l. not
n8w a promising market for American
tr.iters. The Argentine gentlemen who
have paid from $. 90 70 SO. .OC0 Der All
laal lor the refuse u New York auctisn
stables are now pretty careful hat they
bug
4 singular fact with references To the
recent great boom Ia building. RAILWAYS
and manufactures ia the Argentine Pc
public IS that practically al q the hIna-
oer and timber used there has been
brought from the United States. While
There re large forests q soft woods In
tle country. they are 50 remote from the
rivers ard the coast that it has been
found cheaper 70 import from North
American ports Buenos Ayres has
splendid harbOr. which IS constantly
crowded with shipping from all parts Of
the world l say all parts. Perhaps l
had better except the United States.
Though large number of sailing vessels
from American ports arrive at BuenOs
Ayres each year, but = small number of
them tly the flag Of the United States
Among hundreds Of steamers in that
port 1 have again and again looked in
vain Tor the flag OF your country. While
the trade OF the Argentine Republic with
the United States is growing rapidly, |
believe there are not more than one hum
dred Americans IN the whole republic.
There are thousands Of Englishmen,
Frenchrnen and Italians.
every time l sit down to dinner here
and drink a cup Of coffee / think OF the
fact that you are the greatest coffee CON
suming country in the world, while the
Central and South American countries
represented In this congress are the cOf-
fee growers for the whole universe.
Therefore II we should over the coffee
reach better understanding OF our re-
ciprocal trade relations, il would DO most
fitting. I am told that the people OF the
United States consume more coffee each
year than Germany. Great Britain, Aus
tria and France combined. Four-ffths
Of your requirements are produced in
Brazil a0l Venezuela, and nearly all OF
the remaining fifth in Guatemala, Mex
leo. San Salvador, Columbia. Costa Rica
and Havti. Brazil alone supplies one
half of what IS regarded as the average
annual COf.e crop Of the world. be-
love American enterprise and American
machinery are needed In this industry.
Why. the best Brazilian plantations de-
pcud almost entirely upon the hoe. They
use the plow very little. The coffee
farmers know little or nothing about
conserving the soil. II is never en-
ri-heI. arl tho art of rotation In crops,
So commonly practiced by your farmers.
is almost unknown to ours Coffee is,
iu many sections, the only crop, and
whcn disaster comes TO that, as it does
sometimes come, both planter and mer-
chant find themselves on the verge of
ruin.
Daring n winters residence IN Cuba
I became somewhat familiar with the
Z coffee industry there. 1t is a wonder TO
me tLat a greater number Of Americans
/ do not engage in that business
"All over South and Central America
there are iinc opportunities for your capi-
tai and your men Of ability and energy.
Take, for instance, tho Argentine Re
public. American trade with that coun-
try Is confined chiefly 70 lumber and
I petroleum, though something is being
I done IN agricultural implements and
I machinery. American pianos, cook
stoves. beer and salt and canned fsh are
T also fading a market there. But In the
whole Of the Argentine Republic there is
Z not one distinctive American importing
house. Anuraber OF wealthy firms handle
I American roods, but tlcy are either Eng
/ lsu or German houses, which DO busi-
I ness with the United States simply be-
+ cause It paws them % do 20. Consul
+ Baker. Of BueDOs Ayrvs. told me last fall
/ shat Of more than a million dollars worth
/ Of cheese imported By the Argentinians
7 last year Just thousand dollars worth
came from the United States Your
I country sends great quantities of cheese
I 20 Europe, and Europe sands cheese 70
\ south America. So with hams You
/ export hams BY the shipload. but you DO
/ not export 70 ~ OF 216 tons OF hams
shipped 70 Buenos Ayrss las. year only
/ thirteen tons came direct from the United
/ States, though nearly all Of the imported
I hams were grown and cured in your
/ country and exported 10 England, Of
/ whom Our people purchased
'fTou ask ne how American trade m
Central and South America can be best
promoted. Nv rvplT r., bv the establish
I ment u regular lines Of steamers between
/ YOUR ports and ours. giving certain and
/ raud communication. That Is the first
I step Co be taken. and it muse Be taken oy
: t1e people of the United States IL IL
/ easier for US TO croSs the Atlantic 20 Lon
T don 0r Paris than T. come 20 New YORK
. or View Orleans The Europeans have
T sought "a ont with their stesnsbips, and
+ their c0rr nlercial AGENTS. Englishmen,
+ Ereuchmen. Geruarrs and Dutchnsn are
T prominent IN The commerce and finances
ct many IF our countries. it - not yet
. t1o lare for the American. II be viii
orir hestir himself"
WALTER WEILMAS.