The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-24
INCREASE is MARKED
NOTABLE AIN IN OUR COMMERCE
WITH SISTER REPUBLICS.
over SI3S.OOO,OoO Worth of Goods Ex-
tries i'm the Past Fiscal Year.

WASHINGTON. July 21.-Exports from
the United States 10 all American coun-
tries and islands south of her boundaries
show a marked increase in the fiscal year
just ended and exceed those Of any other
year in the history of our commerce. This
statement. just announced by the Treasury
Bureau of Statistics, is especially interest
ing, in view Of the various efforts being
made for closer business. commercial and
transportation 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 the western coast Of
Mexico, Central and South America. A
recently published statement indicates that
great financial interests OF the united
States have obtained control OF the nearly
completed transcontinental 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 ar iSthmlan cahal
would give a straight line OF water com
United States to the western coast OF
South America. All of these movements In
the direction of closer relations between
the United States and her neighbors at the
south add interest to the announcement
that our exports 10 those countries In lyOl
are larger than those of any preceding
year, and to some figures just presented by
the Bureau of Statistics showing the i'm
ports of each OF the South American coun-
tries at the latest date and the exports
from the United States to each of those
countries in 1901.
The growth of exports from the United
States TO Central and South America has
in other directions. The total exports TO
South America in 1900. for instance. were
no more than those of 1890, being in each
of those years, In round numbers, SS,O0O,OV
while the same statement holds good with
reference TO Central America. the total eX-
ports from the United States TO the Cen
trail American states being in 1890 and 1900
in each case. in round numbers, 5000. 900.
1t is TO Mexico and the West Indies that
our exports in the decade 1S90-l900 show the
greatest increase. being: To the West In
dies. in 1890. $685. 00. 600. and in 1900 S47.0 600. 900.
and to Mexico in 1890 $l3. 900, GOO. and in 1900
s34. 100000. The fiscal years 1900 and 1901
show a much greater increase in our sales
to our ~neighborS at the south than In any
preceding years. The total exports 10
Mexico, Central and South America and
the West Indies in 1899 were sos, 0OO,O0O, in
1900 sl27. 600 600 and in 1901 s13S.000,O 900. in
round numbers. Thus the figures of 1901
are $35, 600, 900 greater than those of 1899.
while the 1899 figures are only 100000
greater than those of 1895.
The Importance of satisfactory transpor-
tation facilities is illustrated by a study
of the growth of our export trade with the
countries DIT Illt COAlh- Il ~ " a. WI
struction of railway lines connecting Mex
leo with the United States our exports to
Mexico seldom reached 10000. Geo; BY 1896
they were 500, 900, 900; by 1899, s25.000.9 G9: in
1900, $34, 900, 900. and in 1901, 50. 900 900, in
round numbers. To the West Indies the
transportation system is much more salts
factory than to the South American coun-
trses, and to those islands our exports have
grown from $34. 600. 600 in 1891 to $49.000,00 in
1901. To Central and South America. with
which steamship communication has not
been satisfactory, the growth has been
less, the figures, as already Indicated, being
in 1900 practically the same as in 1890, while
the figures for 1900 and 1901 show in each
case a considerable increase. This increase
is. especially 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 America and which were put
into operation about the beginning OF the
present calendar year. The figures 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 the
same time. OF the increase of $1,000, 900 in
exports TO South America in 1901 as COM
pared with 1900 more than two-thirds is to
the countries on the western coast.
The following table shows the imports
of the South American countries at the
latest date obtainable lin most cases 1890,
and the exports from the United States to
each of those countries in 1899 and 1901:
Imports Exports from L.. S.