The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
TRADE WITH SOUTHERN AMERICAS
Large Increase shown During the
Last Fiscal Year.

washington, July A.-E1xportS from
the United States to all American coun-
tries and islands south of her boundaries
show marked increase In the fiscal
year just ended, and exceed those of
any other year in the history OF our
commerce. This statement. just an
nounced by the Treasury Bureau OF Sta
tistics. is especially interesting in view
of the various efforts being made for
closer business, commercial and trans
portation relations between the United
States and her neighbors at the South.
New lines of steamers have recently
been put on between the Pacific coast
of the United States and western coast
OF Mexico. Central and South America ;
a recently published statement indicate
that the great financial interests of the
United States have obtained control of
the nearly completed transcon tinental
line connecting Argentina with Chile,
the establishment of additional direct
steamship lines between the eastern
coast of the United States and South
American ports is under discussion, and
the opening of an isthmian canal would
give straight line of water communi-
cation from the eastern coast OF the
United States to the western coast of
South America. All of these movements
In the direction of closer relations be-
tween the United States and her neigh
bors at the south add interest to the
announcement that our exports to those
countries in 1901 are larger than those
or any preceding year. and to some fig
ureS just presented by the Bureau of
Statistics showing the imports OF each
OF the South American countries at the
latest date and the exports from the
United States to each of those countries
in 1901
Exports 10 the south.
The growth Of exports from the United
States to Central and South America
has not kept pace in the past with the
growth in other directions. The total
exports to South America in 1900, for
instance. were not more than those OF
1880, being in each of those years, in
round numbers. $4,000, 900, while the same
statement holds good with reference to
central America, the total exports from
the United States to the Central Amer
lean states being in 1890 and 1900 in each
case In round numbers $5.000000. 1t Is
to Mexico and the West Indies that our
exports in tn edecade 1S90-19O0 show the
greatest Increase, being: To the West
Indies, in 1890 $SS000,00O and in 1900 $47,-
100000; and to Mexico. in 1890. $4,000, 600
and In 1880, 1874 100000 The fiscal year 1900
and 1901 show a much greater increase
In our sales to our neigbhors at the
south than in any preceding years. The
Total exports to Mexico. Central and
South America and the West Indies In
1899 were Sl03. 10000; In 1900, $4,000, 900,
and in 1901 $685. 900 In round numbers
Thus the figures OF 1901 are $35 0OO, 900
greater than those OF 1892 while the
1893 figures are only 100000 greater
than those of 1893
The importance of satisfactory trans
portation facilities is Illustrated by a
study OF the growth of our export trade
with the countries at the South Prior
to the construction of railway lines con-
meeting Mexico with the United States
our exports to Mexico seldom reached
$40. 100000; by 1896 they were 500. 900, OOO;
by 1899 S25,OOO.0OO; in 1900. $4,000, 900, and
In 1901, $a 900 ,OO0,in round numbers. To
the West Indies, the transportation sys-
tenn Is much more satisfactory than to
the South American countries. and to
those Islands our exports have grown
from $34OO0,000 in 1891 to 100000 In
1901. To Central and South America,
with which steamship communication
has not been satisfactory, the growth
has been less, the figures. as already in
dictated. being in 1900 practically the
same as in 1890 while the figures for
1900 and 1901 show In each case a con-
siderable increase. This increase is es-
pecially notable In the exports to the
countries on the western coast of South
America, reached by the recently estab-
lished lines connecting the western coast
OF the United States with that OF South
and Central Amtrica, ga which were
put into operation abou. The beginning
of the present calendar year The fig
ures of our exports to South America
show an increase of nearly 100 per cent
to Peru in eleven months, ending with
May, 1901, as compared with the same
period of the fiscal year 1900, and nearly
100 per cent. to chile in tn esame time.
OF the increase OF 100000 In exports
to South America in 1901 as compared
with 1900 more than two thirds is to the
countries Of the western coast
The following table shows the imports
Of the South American countries at the
latest date obtainable lin most cases 1880
and the exports from the United States
to each Of those countries in 1899 and
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