The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-13
UNCLE SANS NEW MARKET.

ply with the staff Of life hitherto
breadless continent.
Forty-five millions Of people south
OF the Gulf of Mexico and the Rio
Grande produce no breadstuffs. Wheat
cannot be profltably grown in South
America outside of Chilli and the
Argentine Republic, because the eli
mate is not suited to its cultivation.
Thus it comes about that ordinary
bread is regarded there as the great
est and rarest of luxurles, so that the
prudent housewife, at the conclusion
OF a repaet, locks up the bread in the
cupboard and leaves the wine on the
table.
Tho heavy duties imposed by the
South American countries upon wheat
and other breadstuffs make bread 10
costly that only the Weather classes
can afford to eat it. II is the same
way with Goldfish, imported from New
England, which, under the name bf
"bacaloa," Is esteemed as great a
luxury as is terrapin here. At a recent
State dinner given to the diplomatic
corps by the President of Guatemala,
Goldfish was made to compose five Of
the nine courses, cooked in as many
different ways. Supplies of this dell
cacy, which retails at 60 cents a pound
are bought dried and sailed froIh
Boston.
BUTTER A RARITY.
Butter is as rare a luxury in South
America as bread. The sort one pays
80 cents pound for here, sells there
for 81 q pound. For every pound Of
this commodity manufactured in that
part OF the world 1000 pounds are im-
ported from abroad. Again, il is the
climate that is at fault. There are
COWS, plenty OF them, and the milk has
the usual amount OF cream, but the
cream will not rise. Besides, there arp
no conveniences for refrigeration, such
as cool spring houses, etc.
All these things Will suddenly be
made cheap for the people of South
America when the reciprocity treaties
have been signed, as has just been
done with Brazil. They will no longeE
be compelled to pay 20 cents a pound
for bacon, as hitherto. For they car
not raise hogs for lack of corn to feed
them with, and anyway these animals
do not seem to thrive in warm climates
South of Mason and Dfxon's line M
this country, they present degeDer
ated type, the unwieldly and corpu'
lent porker of the North being trans
formed into the ''razor-back."
These and other agricultural pro
ducts the South American republics
will buy from the United States, adj
hitting them duty free, so that an
enormous and most profitable market
will at once be opened TO the farmers
of this country. The same market
will also be thrown open TO all oul
manufactured goods, such as cotton
y Ill
shoes to trunks, hardware, glassware,
cutlery, and particularly machinery.
Brazil estimates its loss of revenue
by the removal of duties on imports
from the United States, according To
the treaty just signed, at S5,00O.O0O
yearly. The other republics will loss
proportionately when they come into
the agreement. But they are willing
to make the sacrifice for the sake OF
finding an open market in this coun.
try, tariff removed, for their coffee
sugar rubber, coehineal, woods
chocolate and cinchona.
The taking OF OF duties on these
commodities brought from South
America at our ports will give the
greatest possible encouragement to
planters, and all their agricultural III
dustries will be enormously stmulat'
eu' 1oilet Is great lTouuct vi tIlul
part of the world, though rubber
gathered all over it, save in Chill and
the Argentine, perhaps equals il in
value. The sugar of Brazil stands
with these two. For the quality of its
iieeccs the Argentine is celebrated, as
well as for the hard and beautiful
woods SO useful for veneering pur
poses, which are not to be found any
where else in the world, except in Cen
trial America. All these things ought
to become much cheaper for us before
very long.