New-York tribune., 1901-12-25
TRADE AND FINANCE ABROAD.

Rrn,or Of war between the republics OF Argentina
and Chilli give additional Importance 70 the sta
ristcs relative the immigration INTO 'hose tou'
tries OF foreigners, who form portion ol 'h0
armies II is known that while immigration rom
Europe is almost nothing In Chill II mas Dec"
a1v,avs large in the Argentine Republic The ou-
reau of immigration. whose offices are at Duelo'
Avras has lust published in La Tribuna' the
ministerial and semi-officVl paper OF tne cou''''
the immigration figures for the month OF OCTOBER.
There arrived in the Argentine Republic lSZo I'M
migrants and 25os returned TO Europe. The largest
number of these people were. as usual, OF Itaiah
nationality: then came the Spaniards, lheh the
French. and finally the Syrans The occupations
of these people as follows: four IHouSdliu
nine hundred and six agrculturalists. 16SS common
laborers. 553 commercial men, and 40 without any
special trade or profession. The bureau OF labor @
and forwarding has furnGhed employment 10 o3So 80
interior of the Buenos Ayres Province. 1913 to Cor
doba. 507 to Mendoza: l4S to Tucuman ana - 10 me
rrovince of ,Juiuy. Thus II is that the new
arrivals are distributed all over the country; ana
not remaning IN cities It Is 80 IL 9e confused mopea Of
agricultural people, precisely what is needed ny te
fquag co N H Sew of of Securing such results that the
fcial bureau of labor and forwarding sends the
With the bureau OF immigration and the results for
the month of October IN regard IT 70 she s oTn
from Europe to Argentina
The cable dispatch announcing the great success
upon the Chinese indemnity, which will be paid
within the next thirty-nine years. shows that the
people in France and in Continental Europe are
perfectly satisfied that the financial situation OF
the republic will be improved. That situation
is at present somewhat embarrassed, as it is ad-
mitted, even by lie Temps" of Paris, moderate
and we'll known Ministerial newspaper which says
While the Treasury had IN the Bank of France
running account to its credit of 3S3r500O00 francs
on November a. 1900 this had decreased TO 9s00000
>fe~ IA Ia far Ia
State had made the bank advance to It iso 600 o0o
credit establishment This is precedent Infinitely
regrettable. 1t is explained by the exceptional
gwen by the Minister Of Finances when interrupt
ing NJ. Denys Cochin he exclaimed: I have @ TT told old
since one year ago and that nd myself in con.
months This is what L have said in the most
formal terms"
While the strikers on the Central Argentine
Buenos Ayres and Rosario Railway returning
to work another strike taking place in the
Rosario sugar refining establishment, and in the
electric light and water supply departments. A
message been sent to the delegates of the
strikers by directors of the sugar refinery to
the effect that changes could be made in the
working hours, owing to standing contracts with
be increased beyond s. day At the end Of the
contracts however the directors proposed taking
alterations that would be 10 everybodys satsfac,
to mediate but, in going from the refinery TO the
shed where the representatives OF the were
meeting he is said to have been fired on, as well
as the police who with him, and one of the
men, said be anarchist. shot dead.
In Brazil there has been some trouble caused
by the labor questions. On some plantations, owing
to the low price of coffee which has deprived GER
tain planters of profit. the payment of the labor
ers has been difficult ana friction has resulted
between them producing hardship and ill-feeng.
Under these circumstances some modification of
of things has been shown to be requisite,
and a scheme has been formed with the object OF
according the wages of la borers coffee plan
tations the character of privileged debts The new
| Minister of Italy many of whose countrymen
are working on the coffee estates has just made a
personal inquiry into the true situation of the
italian emigrants in San Paulo. He has found that
| on those estates which we'll situated and we'll
administered all goes satisfactorily. but others.
where the circumstances are different. it is the
| can Journal" what can the Brazilian government
do beyond what it has done and is doing to allevi-
/ ate the evil effects OF unavoidable economic
| Crisis2