Telegram-herald., 1890-07-10
THE TELEGRAM HERALD THURSDAY MoRNlNd july 10 1891

xs - ns1 Uzy u Snsna. OF uecaase We
sax their 2roasess, has ben 2EalAlly
coE<rz1lcEed ~ Ehs sr4-lsL1cs u cor can
uaerce for . quarter 0f = celrury.
The lack u unszns for reaehlag their
markets Las bsen EAs chief obstacle il
the way II incEsased exports. The ear
ryinx trade LIS beSn controlled oy Eu-
rupeaa merchants. 'sh0 have forbidden
al exchangs Il oousno1lEiss- The rasr-
ehandlsss ss SCI IL south America Is car
red there u American sh1Es. OF forelgn
ships chartered by American commission
HOUSES. The nsrchandi-e We buy IN
south America l. brought u as Ia
European vessels that never take return
cargoes, but ssAil for Liverpool, Hayre.
Bremen or Hamburg with wheSI, corn
or cotton There they Load again with
manufactured goods for rbe south Amer
lean markets, and continue their trisn-
gular voyages, paying for the food they
are compelled % buy or us with the pro-
ceesis OF the sale Of their manufactures
IA markets that We could, would supply
If we controlled the carrying trade.
France taxes imports as We do, and in
$50 her merchants suffered, a. ours 90
now, from the lack of transportation
facilities with the Argentine Republic.
Under liberal encouragement from the
government direct and regular steam
ship lines were established between
Havre and Baenos Ayres, and. ~ di-
rect and natural result, her exports in
creased from 5, ,29e, ,s72 in 1880 10 S2s,-
gJ6, 600 IN 1888.
The experience OF Germany furnishes
an even more striking example In 1880
the exports from Germany 20 the Argen-
tine Republic We're only 81, ,S65,i In
1888 they were S13,3l0,000. This re-
suit" writes Ar. Baker, our most useful
and intelligent consul at Buenos Ayres,
''is due, first, 20 the establishment of
quick and regular steam communication
between the two countries; second, TO
the establishment OF branch houses by
German merchants and manufacturers,
and third, 10 the opening OF German
Argentine bank 10 facilitate exchange" :"
There is no direct steamship comrsuni-
cation whatever between the United
States and the Argentine Republic, and
there are no direct banking facilities
The International American conference
has earnestly recommended the estab-
lishment OF both; but reciprocal ex-
changes of tariff concessions will be
equally effective in stimulating com
merce, and in increasing the export of
the products of which we have the larg-
est surplus, not only to the progressive
republic named, but TO all the other
American nations.
The conference believed that while
great profit would come to all the
countries if reciprocity treaties should
be adopted, the United States would be
by far the greatest gamer. Nearly all
the articles we export to our neighbors
are subject TO heavy customs taxes; so
heavy, in many cases, as to prohibit
their consumption by the masses of the
people On the other hand, more than
81 per cent. OF our imports from Latin
America are admitted free, leaving but
70 per cent. upon which duties may still
be removed. But mindful of the fact
that the United States has from time to
time removed the duties from coffee,
cocoa, india rubber, hides, cinchona
bark, dye and cabinet woods, and other
Latin-American products, our govern
meut may confidently ask the conces-
sions suggested.
The increased exports would be drawn
alike from our farms, our factories and
our forests. None Of the Latin Ameri-
can countries produce building lumber;
the most of them are dependent upon
foreign markets for their breadstuffs and
provisions, and in few IS there any OPP
portUnity or inclination for mechanical
industry.
The effect of such reciprocity would
be felt in every portion Of the land. Not
long ago the Brazilian Mail Steamship
company took the trouble to trace TO its
origin every article that composed the
cargo carried by one of its steamers to
Rio de Janeiro. and the investigation
disclosed the fact that thirty-six states
and territories contributed to the total
as follows: