New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
SOUTHERN TRADE GROWS
MARKED INCREASE IN EXPORTS TO
LICS-PAN-AMERICAN
RAILWAY

Washington. July q (Special).-E,xports from the
United States to all American countries and islands
! TO the south show marked increase In the fiscal
year Just ended and exceed those of any other
| in the history of United States commerce. This
gratifying announcement, founded upon official
Treasury statistics. s especially interesting In
Of the various efforts being made for closer bust
ness commercial and transportation relations be-
tween 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; recently published statement
indicates that great financial interests of the United
States have obtained control of the nearly COM
pleted transcontinental line connecting Argentina
with Chill; the establishment of additional direct
steamship lines between the eastern Of the
| United States and South American ports is under
discussion, and the opening of an isthnIian canal
would give a straight line of water communication
from the eastern coast Of the United States the
western coast of South America. All Of these
movements In the direction of closer relations be-
tween the United States and her neighbors at the
South add interest to the announcement that the
exports to those countries in 1901 larger than
those Of any preceding year, and to some figures
just presented by the Bureau of Statistics showing
the imports of each of the South American coun-
tries at the latest date and the exports from the
United States each Of those countries In 1901
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
were more than those of 1890. being in each of
those years, in round numbers. $S o000o while the
same statement holds good with reference 70 Gen.
tral America, the total exports from the United
States to the Central American States being In
1890 and 19oo-in each case in round numbers
s5O00.00O 1t is Mexico and the West Indies that
the in the decade 1S9O19O0 show the great
est increase. being TO the West Indies, in 1880,
s33 600 o0o and In 1900. $470o0oo and to Mexico in
1880 S13.00o000. and in 1900 S3iO0a000 The fiscal
show q Increase
In sales to neighbors at the south than in any
preceding years. The total exports 20 Mexico. Cen
trail and South America and the West Indies in
1899 S103000000 in 1900 Sl27. coo coo, and In
1901, $13S. 100000 in round numbers. Thus the figures
of 1901 &5.ooo0o greater than those of 1Se"
while the 1899 figures only S1.OC00oo greater than
those Of 1898.
The Importance of satisfactory transportation
facilities is Illustrated by study of the growth
OF the export trade with the countries the south
Prior to the construction of railway lines connect
ing Mexico with the United States exports to
Mexico seldom reached $40 100000: by 1886 they
s900o000; by 1S99 s200o0o0 I'm 1860 $3iOO00o0, and
in 1901. $s7.coOOO in round numbers To the West
Indies the transportation system is much sat
isfactory than to the South American countries and
to those islands our exports have grown from
s3 00O000 in 1881 $4S 1901. To Central and
South America, with which steamship communica-
tion has not been satisfactory the growth has been
less, the figures already Indicated being in 1900
practically the same in 1890. while the figures
for 1900 and 1901 show in each a considerable
increase. This increase is especially notable In the
exports to the countries on the western coast OF
South America reached 10y the recently established
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 the
exports South America show increase of
nearly 100 cent TO Peru in eleven months end
Ing with May. 1901, compared with the
period of the fiscal year 1890 and nearly 100 per
cent Chill In the time. or the increase OF
100000 in exports South America in 1901,
compared with 1890 more than two-thrds Is to the
countries the western coast.
The following table shows the imports OF the
South American countries at the latest date OBJ
tainabe (in most 1881 and the exports from
the United States TO each of those countries in 1899
and 1901: