New-York tribune., 1901-01-25
TRADE AND FINANCE ABROAD.

The purchase OF American manufactures and in
dustrial products 10y South Americans has not suf-
fered from the Lrsteady political situation in which
these people are kept by the delay of Chill in set
Ting her old dispute with Perl and Bolivia On
the contrary, while Peru is now buying at San
Francisco the wheat il formerly ordered from
Valparaiso, the Bolivian Government has purchased
in the United States the rails and the rolling
material for the railroad I'm construction be-
tween La Paz and Lake Tlticaca This course Of
the Government OF Bolivia has already been iml-
tated by private concerns and merchants of that
country, = no order from NeW-York. Philadelphia
and Boston the kind of goods they formerly received
from British manufacturers through Chilian i'm
porting houses They have thus discovered by
practical comparison that the American articles
least good. and certainly cheaper, than those
made in Great Britain. This is the clearest COM
Tnercal consequence OF the anti-American interna-
tional policy OF the Chilians, who are surnamed
by some The English and by others the PTus-
siaHs OF AhleflSa aho VINO aCtea as elstrl lDuteIs
OF BRUSH and German eoocs, Whlch they cannon
sell any longer 10 neghboring nations in dispute
with them, as these nations have become the
customers Of the United States manufacturers and
agricuturists.
An agricultural congress c-lled by the Society
OF San Juan Bautista in the Tabasco Province OF
Mexico was close its session about January 20
No Information could have been received by mail
relative the dongs of that Congress, which
marked decidedly new era in the efforts indi-
viduaily made in separate provinces OF the MeXi-
can Republic toward the development of the nat
ural resources Of those provinces but the pub
in the congress showed sufficiently how useful
must have been and meetings OF similar con-
crosses viii undoubtedly be held in other agricul
tural centres Of the already prosperous Republic
Of Mexico.
Industrial and manufacturing progress though
not neglected dsdained the Latin American
countries. does not attract the attention Of the
governments Of private parties there as do the
subjects relative 10 the Improvement Of the natu-
raj resources Of those countries Thus, in the
Republic OF Uruguay. q mandatory of cocoa oil
ard Of butter is about 10 be established on large
neighboring country of Paraguay. where the fruit
grows In large quantities, and where the Govern
ofIered big premium TO the inventor OF hand
shelied without breaking the inside frut Two
barrels Of those nuts. which are peculiar Para
been sent 10 Buffalo nanufactOry OF agricultural
implements some three years ago so that a
machine for unshelling should be invented hut the
hms,ca issnsa ~ toe long on the yoyase from South
an nan rotten o. and in too bae shape to be worked
and Montevideo and the TTSsays5
chances are sun reaer h 70 qeesra es % t6 hese
faotory, since Uruguay Is known as a great cattle
the Uruguayan butter viii prove 10 he hppeh 1pp Inat
Pean markets. strong competitor of the Austria
Without speaking of Great Britain. where all
ports can be considered free ports'' the num-
ber OF the latter continues increase all over
the world. In this category can be counted the
ports Of Hamburg copenhagen. Lubeck. Bremen,
Kong etc. II is true that the ports OF Yladivos-
took and Zanzibar which enjoyed the franchise
until lately, have been deprived of It, the former
January l3, 1e9, and the latter since September
Is. of the same year. But compensation the
ssR Of free Is s suaed a a& TaNReS and
this latter country they talk of creation OF that
kind at Santa Maria di Leuca, at the eastern ex-
tremity OF the Gulf OF Taranto. about sixty miles
southeast from Brindisi. That free port the
lne OF the great maritime route the Levant
and the Orient would attract enormous traffic
and would make Of Italy one OF the principal ways
OF communication IN the world An English COM
pany, under an italian name. is already formed
for the construction OF that free port IL is
TOO. 20 mention the inauguration, on April o, 1893
s,S a free zone IN the port Of Dantzic, and an,
Other ouch zone has been opened ar Stettin