The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-09
SP~ANISH-AMERICAN TRADE.
MANY H0NS or PROSPERITY AHoN0
~ SOUTHERN REPU BLICS.
Increased Argentine wheat Crop Part 10
Plays In the European Market England as
n Buyer OF brazilian Railroad
BuIldlnR I'm uayu hetIcu's Commerce.

a Buyer Of brazilian Cotton Raiiroad
Building In nayti &c MeXico's
Tho accounts OF the trade and navigation OF
Great Britain for the first six months Of 1900, by
comparison with the statistics for a like period IN
1907, show a remarkable increase In imports,
especially II wheat and corn, from the Argcn-
tine Republic into the United Kingdom. During
the first half Of 9OOthere were imported 3,l6i, 1857
bushels OF wheat. For the same period in 1899
the receipts were 2~.ss2,s33 bushels OF corn
As, 10000 pounds were imported in the first half
Of 1900, rs against 20, $1,000 pounds during the
same time In 1893.
The BuiiciH, published by the Manufacturers
Association OF Santiago, Chill, contains an
article on the foreign trade OF the Argentine
Republic. A table Of figures showing the inn
pOrtatlons for the years lS0s and 1890 j. given,
and these demonstrate that the United States.
which occupied fourth place among the nations
from which Argentine Imports came In 1905,
passed to second place in 1899, leaving Italy
and Germany far behind. Belgium, Brazil.
Spain, and Paraguay decreased the amount OF
their Exports to the Argentine in 1899. while the
exports from Chill increased in that one year
GO per cent
A Berlin trade paper prints the following
from It's correspondent in Buenos Ayres: Never
before has the export OF wheat from the Argen-
tine Republic reached such proportions as ab
present During Elk successive days OF one
week 4.293,OJ0 bushels or $4,000 bushels "A
day, we're exported. This euormou export OF
wheat Is attracting the attention OF the entire
world. In 1892 the Argentine Republic ex-
ported 100000 bushels. In 1899 the amount
had increased to G2.NUO,UOO bushels. With COM
ing years the Export OF wheat from the Areen-
tine Republic will continue to Increase. The
harvest this year promises TO be greater still.
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In all probability there will be 100000 bushels
exported. The wheat region Of the Argentine
Republic is favored in that IL s~eacoast Is not lar
distant. In this respect it has an advantage
over the wheat sections Of the United States,
but the freight from Buenos Ayre, To Europe
Is much greater than from any port IN the Tn
ted states, 50 that II costs three times as much
to send a cargo of wheat from the Argentine
Republic as IRON the [ nited States.
4 hondoG p9pG,T publishes q lGgg lGtte[ from
IS said that the Australian shippers are btcom-
ing uneasy at the RAJ i'd expansion OF trade
b.tween NE Argentine tILub1C ahI 5o9ia
increase of business between Australian and
south African ports vii be checked me
Australians are Chagrlntd over the TACT mat
their South American competitors have Just
placed 5000 head Of cattle and sheep on me
South African market, and it is also noted tlas
from the Argentine TO Durham
The Department Of Agriculture Of the Argen-
National Librarian, to comT lie a book on tho
Argentine Republic which shall embrace a study
Of its Intellectual. sociological and economic
progress in addition to . descriltiye summary
Of the country and such hlstorlcSl matter as
may be deemed necessary lhs hook Is to bs
It's Iurf Ose IL the encouragement OF lmmlgra-
ton and the attraction Of foreign capital 10 the
The Argentine Government has recently
bought sixty luminous ouoys TO be PLACED in
Buenos Ayres, harbor al a cost OF u GO q buoy
Cordova. exclusively for the treatment Of persons
afflicted with tuberculosis. The Institution will
be under the sole direction OF the state
Published data concerning the railroads OF
Brazil show that there are si1ty-three lines
% Gp 3. ls7 miles se'S of Which ods sT mtlrs ( fbStSoSayd gauge gauge.
7742 miles I % yards gauge and fifty-fve miles
are ? feet 4 As inches gauge,
Statistics Of BraZil's trade with Great Britain
for the first half of 1900 show a marked increase
in importation by Great Britain Of Brazilian
cotton, owing TO the advance in prices tn the
United States The quantity imT orted from
Brazil in the first half Of 1900 was 1871 200
pounds as against POS 700 pounds during tn.
nearly two-thlrds in the value Of Brazilian cofes
imported by Great Britain, while me number
IN E BSSna' was i'''i 30 !" i''O against ''V'''''
Brazil has lust begun to paw attention to
ing are arparont in many Brazilian news
papers. which are describing and booming 40
great length gold mica; manganese an ana a@iGbS-
lie; New c%apital,, principally. English ana
Belgian. f. coming into the country for the pur-
pose Of DEVELOPING these mines.
lumber is the principal industry of the state
Of Parana, Brazil, The Parana pine Is abun.
dant in the highlands. 1t is estimated that
there are so.OcoOOo pines now, standing. Tha
wood is said 10 be stronger and OF greater elias
ITCHY than the EnroGean pine. Test1 mads
show that II is 20 per cent. stronger than ina
elbow zine Of Sweden and much harder than
The Government Of Costa Rica has laid q
tax on every ticket sold BY any, railway or
il the value OF the ticket is from IS cents to
81, and 10 cents II the value exceeds 81 Thou
sand-mile books are taxed halt a cent a lnLs
a mile for second-cass tickets. Passenger
trains are taxed 81 a car, The product OF these
The Costa Rican Government has estab-
iished a central r scientific asT %,nr6ys f s1a1liGn;
s and oe eneonT al wn tSe Is faI sl G"G pf New iaG croPs'
T. will have an annex for, keeping imported
breeding animals Of he best stock ana i9r
mails. Seeds harvested at the station will
be distributed gratuitously. and plants VIII
OF the exports Of Ecuador In 1890 Germany
received more than an other naIlon. Inc
total, value OF exported products was 'i2.e's a.,
Of which Germany took products TO The value
4 lumber company has Just paid the Cow
eminent Of Guatemala sl250oo in national
currency for a concession for five, years 10. cut
mahogany and cedar timber TO the extern, OF
l5.OO trees on the banks Of four rivers. The
contract carries with il the introduction Of the
necessary labor. but the importation Of Chinese
labor Ii prohibited.
Hayti fas begun 10 make an earnest effort
TO get railroad facilities. Recently the Gov.
eminent has granted concessions To. several
companies to build railroads including one
on the south side Of the salt lakes, q distance
Of fifty miles, This road Is eventually TO con-
meet the capitals Of Hayti and Santo Domingo.
and 1t will open mp "A rich AGRICULTURAL ana MIN
eral region, Another projected line Is to the
north through 81. Mark aud Fort dc PAX, and
II will have its terminus dS TAPE haytlens e
road is now in course of construction from Cape
Haytien toGrau d. Riviere. II is expected thas
these roads will assist largely In the develop
ment OF the mineral Resources OF the Island,
principally Of copper, magnetic IRON ana gold.
For the first ten months Of the fiscal year
1900 the imports of Mexico were worth S9,-
$40, 787 In gold, while the exports were worth
SOL. 1873 IN gold. This shows an Increase
for the grand total OF foreign ommerc OF yl2..
6g2. 1874. ~ compared with the same period OF
1893. OF the imports for 1900 more than -
per cent, were received from the lnitcd States,
Mexico il making a determined effort to ex-
pand her commerce IN south America. All
her Consuls In the South American cities hav'.
been instructed 10 forward data as to prices
places of production and probable. ~freights,
and lists Of the principal buyers. Much en-
couraeement has been received, especially