The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-20

fees. The telephone service is 1891 consist
Ell OF 4,5UJ miles OF WIRE.
in 1880 the poStottice carried 6,0OoOi let
ters anu pacAages, 1890 postal cards anu
1i,b5S,3u pieces Vi printed matter, saIhpies,
etc.
There are many banking houses in Uru-
quay ana numoer Oh credit societies. Inc
National bank OF Uruguay has capital of
Slz,UvO,UVJ. the National Company OF Credit
and Public Works, S-u,UVU,OVJ. There are
twenty-1our oIner banks, with a nominal
capital OF 135,OO0,000 pesos. The note cir
cuiation of the SIX principal banks oI the
capital was, in June, loJl, 6,1o!IOoS pesos
anu their capital -U,UoJ,0JJ pesos.
trade WAN horeisn Countries.
Here is a country, rich III territory, popu-
lated by a hiSh-minded ana lnteIIiScHI peo-
PIE, IL magnificent held lor the merchant
and manufacturer. Yet the TACT RENAME
that Europe mas monopoly OF ner trade
even importing Articles from the Oilted
States 70 export them III turn 10 customers
in Monteyidco. Numerous lines OF goods
can be introduced if they are properly
handled, and il patience ana Indulgence,
as we'll attention. to the wants OF TINS
country are given by our merchants ana
manufacturers. The greatest trouble the
American trade meets here is tnat tHe
American merchant and manufacturer co
not seem to care to capture and hold
trade that would prove most valuable 10
them and to the entire country. Appar-
emily, they prefer to make all they can the
moment they conclude TO enter the market,
anu for this reason they do not cater 10
the wants of the country, out expect the
merchants here TO buy the goods as they
make them or such as they have on hand
In other words, the American merchant
wants TO reap Immediately, without sowing
and waiting for the crop TO grow ana rlpen,
where the European markets have for gem
erationS past planted seeds, the fruits OF
which they are reaping now. As showing
the disadvantage to which the United
States is put by the absence of suitable
commercial relations with Montevideo,
United States Consul Scnramm recently
"Montevideo is the headquarters for the
south Atlantic naval squadron OF the Uni
ted States At the present time there are
sour men-of-war lying here-the Charleston,
Newark, Alliance and Yantic-each OF them
using large quantities of coal. Coal COSTS
delivered alongside in lighters, $500 per ton.
All the coal used in South America by our
men-of-war, L am informed, is sold 10
them from England. England has mo-
nopoly in the sale of coal all over South
America, it seems, and our entire fleet is,
therefore, more or less, dependent ON Eng
land for fuel. The coal depots are in the
hands of English merchants. They ask
what they please and whenever any one
from another country tries to so into the
same line OF business they commence cut
ting prices until competitors are driven on
Some years ago, a French syndicate tired
TO establish coal depot here. They sur
nished coal from the beginning al a lower
rate, saving that they were making money
at it; but the combination, II Is claimed,
ran coal down to 81 per ton, so mat IL was
impossible for the French company 70 con-
tinue and they were forced TO sell out:
do not know at what price coal could De
delivered here from the United States, but
am informed at a much lower price than
$3.50 per ton alongside the ships needing IL
It. therefore, suggests itself to me, that II
+ha Trnitad States government would estdp-
ish a nxed price for coal at the various
ports in South America, and oblise Its navy
to buy only American coal from American
firms it would give an impetus TO the
American coal trade" -
The figures showing the imports INTO
Uruguay from Great Britain and the Uni
TED states respectively for the year 1891
tell the story OF American neglect but too
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