New-York tribune., 1901-10-10
TRADE AND FINANCE ABROAD.

The details Of the foreign trade of Russia have
been recently published by order OF the Minister of
Finance. Germany is the country which sells the
most to Russia. then comes England. France.
totai imp9rtatons of the Muscovite empire amount
OoO in 1899 and only 572 10000 in 1900 The influence
or the friendly political relations OF France and
sold only g te Worth 1aSt taf but neaT M S
In 1900 This is the more significant because that
pI, poIrtatons from other countries. Still Germany
is selling to Russia now seven times more t'r ,hsn
France and England sells four times
The Senate of the Argentine Republic has adopted
recently plan which will be favorable 10 the in
dustrial development of the country. This proposed
bll grants facilities TO private enterprises for the
be undertaken without the necessity Of appiyns ta
the Chambers for permits to begin the work
The railroad which the British actively con-
structing in Western Africa to connect their COLONY
Of Lagos with the Niger is already in operation for
a considerable distance between the terminus at
Lagos and Hadan, serving twelve stations some of
which belong to districts having large population
The track is of the one metre gauge, ana there are
metres The iron work was sent from EnsanS i bg aS
put In place by the natives under the direction of
European engineers and foremen,
The British Vice-ConsuI at Santa Catharina
Brazil, makes in his latest report an observation
which has often been made and the value of which
should be well considered by American exporters
He says "As the duties on many classes of goods
are payable by weight. the lightness of German
articles accounts to great extent for their cheap
ness as compared with the British. The great at
tention paid by foreign competitors lightness is
undoubtedly of the of the falling off of
od !" convae sd and he % b hrsh
upon it. much of the lost trade might be recov-
Catharna three get nearly all their goods from the
United Kingdom, while the fourth deals mostly in
articles from Germany"
lei Comercio" of Lima. Peru, publishes an inter-
esting article with the heading. "The First Peru
Wan Trust This applies TO wine production which
has always been large In that country. The trust
which Is In the process of formation, counts al
ready. according to "El Comercio" upon the sup
port OF the principal wine producers and sufficient
capital has been offered begin operations Accord
ing TO the latest adyices from Peru meeting of the
yticulurists had Just been held in the offices OF
In It's editorial "The idea or those trusts OF those
audacous manifestations OF activity. 10 which the
United States owes in great part its commercial
and industrial predominanee, has not yet ruled
among us But II wifi soon give an impetus
10 the slow but sure progress OF Peru. and TO
Industry. which is calculated to advance consider
ably national prosperity.
The maritime commerce OF Belgium In 1900 has
been carried mostly In foreign bottoms as II was
in the preceding years. But a movement in favor
OF the development of native Belgian commercial
marine continues TO emphasize itself and it is
probable. the Belgian papers, that within
few years the commerce OF the Kingdom will beeome
however and on December 81, 1900 the Belgian mer-
chant hest COUNTED only seventy y,tour vessels. the
same number of vessels. but they carried only
los5s7 tons.