New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-15

there are now elghty-iour OF tha' Ha"ona"'y Ill
the service
Although I'm the Republic Of Paraguay gold Is still
M a high premium. recently l6' per cent great con-
Adence is shown In the commercial future OF that
country by English and German firms In Buenos
,yres some wears ago they dlsdaned TO have
ANYTHING 10 do with Paraguay. but recently they
have been regularly sending agents there. who make
long agreeable and profitable stays at Asuncioh'
villa Rca and other centres OF the country III
looks as n Paraguay. which has NOT yet succeeded
in healing the terrible and nearly mortal wounds
made bv The war Of lS65'I0 against Brazil Uruguay
and the Argentine Republic, Is about TO emerge
rom financial and commercial depression. ms
win be due the honesty OF the Paraguayan trales
men which is shown by the tact that ,he; a!"ass
mini their commercial obligations. For instance,
one representative at Asuncion OF buenos Ayre IS
ana Monteyidco firms sold In the last FOUR Years
GODS to The amount 81 10000 In gold. and his losses
were only 5000 In gold In that time ms Is eH y,
nloincd also by the fact that. unlike too many o,
BE- snanish- American republics Paraguay has not
had 10 suffer from political insurrectons ana reVo'"-
tions In the last ten or tweVe years
Tho conoues. OF Khartoum. Omdurman and the
Mahdist soudan by the forces OF the Anglo EsyP.
,i,ns will open commercial held IN hl'"a' d"
Is to be hoped that the natural resources Vi ''oH'
vast regions will be developed according 10 iioie
sensible system than that pursued heretofore py
,h natives or the Arabian exploitcrs, VINO cut
r,lr trees TO get the cocoanuts. and Killed eie-
phants iudiscrminately The cry was raiseo "
comfy about the approaching extinction OF t"ese
animals and this fear seems to be )us'ii'eu' III
co s,dering the ups and downs OF the ivory traue
IN Antwerp when IL the greatest market IN ''ie
world for that article The latest buhet dIs az I'd
Sontsts a. Acclimata ton states that IN 1913 A lna
,"rn Imported 500 kilos OF Ivory, llSoV IN iS'a
", "a in sg and 3s2 O0O In 1895. But these nsuirs
NO fallen suddenly to 2DOO9 kllos III io'o' -.
ho,ys that the elephants were not so huins nrn
$3.50 NJ least In the Independent STATE Oh Son6v,
49, which the expectation or ivory ~ ihiE
i,na Tho Congo River is the great artery OF w
cn,nrerce of Central Afric' ana OF me s sO in
hare elephants were formerly 10 DE- lou"u W.
large herds
r,,. authorities OF tho French Custom House
.' ,,st nublshed the statement. or "taoleau' OF
-. o,ornerce of France with her colonies and for-
w., ,oup,ries for the year 1891. The total
n ~ .xportations and importations Is V9flooV-
ooo frames which represents an increase OF nv
ooo ooo francs over the preceding year ana o'S'-
nnn ooo francs over the average OF the nVe years
a,lo,s IN 1897 The importations amounted 70
P,. nm ooo francs n09OUO.oOO francs ABOVE thoss
is,s; and 10, 900 900 francs above the average oi
~ ~ ,iyo veo re preyious. The expectations amount
"a 70 SO3 OOOOOO francs. an excess OF SVV,vvo'VvV
srancs over 1896 and 3G.OOOOO francs over tne av-
rare ~ the hye preceding years they are dstrb
80 as follows: Articles OF food exported from
,ianco IoO 900 900: articles necessary 10 INDUSTRY
:, ,a2 nr, 900 francs: manufactured articles Zoiu-
,,.n 0no franco II these figures are compared with
.o ~ ism; II il that they are 7OoOO.Ooo francs
ro Tor articles II food. Ill 100000 francs more
~ ,rticles necessary TO Industry and 2s.OOO.OOO
francs more for manufactured artcies'