The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-02

competition for the trade of Uruguay,
and it sells the very things which we
should be able to make most cheaply.
1t has the monopoly In scythes, iron
beams and sporting guns. Our guns are
universally conceded the best, and there
Is no reason why we should not furnish
the other articles.
AMERICAN COAL.
I am glad to find that American coal
Is at last coming south. The coal trade
OF this continent amounts really to many
millions Of dollars, but so far it has been
practically monopolized by England and
Austria. Here at Montevideo over 100000
tons are sold every year, and coal brings
all the way from So to 81 ton There
is practically no coal of any value on
the east coast of South America, and
the coal of lower Chile, which is not of
the best quality, is the only commercial
coal so far used on the west coast. The
most of the steamers use Cardiff coal,
and this article is used as fuel by all
manufacturers. The coal business OF
Uruguay amounts to between 81 200, 900
and $2,000,000 a year. There Is a Vir-
ginia coal that is largely used by the
transatlantic steamers which Is fully as
good as the Cardiff coal, and IL depot for
the sale of this has been established here
I have no doubt that it will do a large
business, and l am told that there is a
good profit in selling at the present prices.
More American cotton should be sold in
Uruguay. Just now England and Ger
many have the bulk of this trade, max
ing their goods from our raw materials
and shipping them down here for sale.
We have the monopoly in kerosene be-
cause the good Lord filled the rocks of
Pennsylvania, Wes1 Virginia and Ohio
with it, and did not put 1t anywhere else
in quantities except in faraway Russia,
and we have also to a certain extent the
monopoly in timber, pitchforks, tar and
axes. The timber and the tar are on
much the same ground as the kerosene,
and we have no right to claim credit for
tho fact.
MONEY IN HIDES
The chief things we buy in Uruguay
are wool. hides and horse hair. We take
more than million of their dry OK hides
every year and also a great quantity of
wool. There is an enormous amount of
money made here in meat and hides. Uru-
quay is, you know, cattle and sheep
country. 1t has more cattle to it's popula.
ton than any other country OF the world.
There are so many cattle and sheep that
ii they were all in enc great corral and
divided among the people, every man,
woman and child in Uruguay would have
six cattle and sixteen sheep. and if they
were driven off by families each family
would be driving home thirty cattle and
eighty sheep. The cattle, indeed, are so
many that they are often killed for their
! hides. 1t Is the same with the horses
Every boy on an estancia has one or more
horses. Beggarg really so about on
horseback in the country districts of Uru-
quay and the Argentine, and the present
of horse to a guest is neither extrava-
giant nor uncommon.
A curious thing about the treatment of
horses in this part of the world is that
only the males are used for riding or
driving. A gaucho will not ride a mare.
He would consider It, below his dignity.
Mares are used for little else than breed
Ing and when they grow too numerous
are often killed for their hides.
l passed through one estancia where
they killed the mares for hog feed. This
seems a big story, but 1t is true. There
was an Enclosure on the farm which was
| filled with mares at the time OF nv visit
and just back of 1t in corral were at
least thousand fat hogs. They had
grown fat by eating mares meat, and by
| this time they have, 1 doubt not consum-
| ed the most OF the mares 1 saw In the In
closure. The mares are killed and care
fully skinned. The fat is rendered out
and the meat and entrails are thrown In
| the raw state to the hogs, who fight over
them and greedily devour them. Such
pork does not taste quite like our pork
| 1t is rather vealy, and confess since
| saw the mare killing establishment ]
nave decided to stick to our hams.
BIG MONEY IN MEAT.
Some Of the best things in South Amer.
lea In the way of money making are to
be found in Uruguay. 1 have not heard
OF anything that pays better than the
meat extract establishments at Fray Ben.
tos, on the Uruguay river These estab.
lishments have been capitalized for about
| two million and half dollars in shares
/ OF 500 each, and they pay about 20 Del
| cent year. From a report published
I last February I see that the profits ir
1886 and 1897, one year, amounted to more
than S550000. The company Is an English
one, and the stock Is nearly all held ir
London. 1t kills about 100000 cattle an
nually, and reduces them to extract, saw
ing the hides, tallow, horns, hair ant
blood and everything else connected will
the animal for other purposes. 1t take.
100 pounds Of meat to make two and :
/ half pounds of extract, which is worth a
wholesale about a collar pound.
The work Is done during seven month,
4 of theSyear. and at this time 1000 cattl'