The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-11

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rapidly gToun and proven mufuaIly salts
occupy.n4 contiguous terrifosy q Tie
south. the 9roWrh has hen slower ssA
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Plies = Per cent Of the total imports
for consumption: TO Mexico, equally nd-
taeent. but speaking anothef language
Ansrican ssies, next rsmo g sis s. n ais.
lance. though readily reached by water
and nov being tapped BY railways. q per
ed. but equally accessible. q per cent.
10 the West Indies which lie II close
proximity. but which have been up TO
nattone whose policy ii many caves
has been to retain their commerce Tor
their own people. 80 per cent: ID the
Gu:anas: also readily reached By water.
Guiana, n per cent. OF those Of Dutch
Guiana, and but less than s per cent. OF
those Of French Guiana
Of commerce between the United states
and other American countries Il fairly sat-
isfactory. Beginning WITH $ Der cent. OF
Of that OF Mexico and ranging downward
along the Gulf OF Mexico to the Carihtean
sea. fairly satisfactory share of the ccm-
merce OF those countries Il enjoyed by the
Be conceded that her people have right
60 expect larger share Of the commerce
Of the countries lying 10 near AZ hand, ~r-
chas<s from them are much iareer than
our sales to them
Even this somewhat unsatisfactory con-
n,.'o ,, 9, g. trace Eitn nc countries border
bean sea y. however. gratifying when COM
pared With the trade relations Of the Uni
Ted states .ith the countries OF South
Pacific oceans. OF the total imports Of
all South America, 81 per cent Il taken BY
the Countries bordering upon the two
dersnx upon the Caribbean. Marching
down the eastern coast or South America
wc md Brasil importing. In 1871. goods to
ted States supplied about IL per cent: rru-
xuay and Paraguay. "a O06 900. OF which
our share was less than per cent. and
DER eens xss rom Is. q n mss sss than
tour Of the Pacific coast Shove importa-
lions into Chile OF S24.000O0e: Peru, II 30
e es 10 ~; soooec and Ecuador; .voo.-
averaging abouf 10 per cent Thus the
northern coast az South America. fronting
on the Caribbean sea. imports goods 10 tae
value Of &360001D0 OF which ne sup,Iy = =
average Of 3 per cent. the eastern coast.
fronting on the Atlantic. S211 oo0,O0, ard
the Pacific coasf. SSi000.00o. 81 which our
proportion y In each case about 10 ner
cent
Nor can n he urred that fht. rnrssttc,
In a Temporary one. Whiis sxnorss srcs,
the United States 70 Mexi~n ksva grcSsr
ranttiiy esneeiaiiv stncs ~. crH,,nr ~
railway communication. and have exn~r-
fenced a moderate deveiopment IN the case
Of the countries bordering upon the Carib-
bean sea. the total saies 10 the c,uniriea
south OF us have not rrovn with the randi
ity which has chararterixed fhose Ia sfe
world nj large. In ms our aales 60 the
per cent Of our total srnorfs. in I'm 8
little less than 10 per cent: in iesS 4 frac
ton above 10 per cant. and IN iS0e hut
per cent OF our total exports
An examination az our In AZ nurcha Sos
from the Central and South Amerscan
countries seems 10 increase the anomalv
presented by their Rman purchases from
US or Brasil. we are ~ fsr IRE iarreet
single customer In her chief arttcies ~
export coffee and rubber: while from Ar
Eentina and Chile our purchases Of wool
and hides are Also heavy and FOR the
tropical products II the other countries az
South America-sugar. spices fruits. dye-
woods. cahlnet woods textflea and eheYni-
cais-~fha United States offers q constant
and rapidly increasing market From the
South American countries fronting upon
the Atlantic and Pacific the United States
ia 1897 purchased Foods valued al teS - iia
while her sales TO them In that year were
hut 81. Snln17. ar less than one-third Of her
purchases from them: IA isaA despite the
fact that to the whole world our sales
were double the amount Of our purchases,
thosr 10 the South American countries be-
yond the Caribbean sea were still hut
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