New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
TRADE AND FINANCE ABROAD.

The agent at Marseiles. France, of the Turkish I'm
periaI Reggie management OF the State tobacco
monopoly in the Ottoman Empire has puollshed
recently interesting information relative TO
the Lattakieh a highly priced Turkish tobacco.
The production of the Abourika tobacco in the dis
trict of Lattakoh. a. town of the Levant. was
rather unimportant until last year. and was not
generally above kilogrammes. the largest part
OF which exported to England But two years
ago certain British factories having created spe-
ciaty in which large proportion or AoourI lS
used and this new kinG osbY bv the army
in the Transvaa the result was strong GeliI i
Tb 5 rise resulted also in Considerable Increase
in the production which amounted last geda b ~
400 900 kogrammes. and which VIII reaCh proodpiE
100000 kilogrammes for the present year
The dispatches from the West reporting the prop
able discovery in the Death Valley of California or
immense beds OF nitrate furnish an additional IN
terest the official report recently puolSheu.
about CHILEAN nitrate by the British Consul General
at VALPARAISO Sir Berry Cusack Smith he says
that one the reasons for the decrease IN 1871 %
the customs receipts In Chill was that the export
of nitrate was seriously affected py Il slIlAe o'
Iahorers which took place at lquique at the o'os0
of the year which paralyzed the nitrate TRACE lor
nearly two months. The immediate effects OF the
strike had been to reduce considerably the exports
Of nitrate during December January and Feoruary'
and 70 leave the shipping OF nitrate by the Ihluule
Of February in an extremely congested state
Shining requirements were largely in excess or the
nitrate Ra,lvav Companys capacity to transport
and vessels had wait a long While Z" get ,her
cargoes. Another of the features OF TINS hri'isn
consular renort is one relative to the decrease IN
the wheat production of Chilli. which was notlced
ha-e como time ago when it was said that Feru
and Ecuador did not import cereals any Ioase o
from Gnu crT out c1eaek smith Chill the granary
not only OF South America out oil "a pas BECOME
an importer shipoads Of wheat from asf vea
RuSsld 49, Ta cahuano once great Gillian ex-
porting centre.
ON November ? next an exposition will be opened
at HanoYr the capital OF the Ionqulll' "iaiihF "
evbibit the different products OF the tFeich coio
iee in the Far East and also those Of the natlons
Of Furope and America which are anxious 10 Sc
cure a norton of the great trade which VIII oe the
result of the advance in civilization lately i'ae ~
that mart Of the world The products exhinlteo VIII
he avoided into three classes, and the gallery NJ
ea ts viii contain the finest collection of pictures
whiGn mas 4b apnasition will present speci
garGehS as OF grscept plants and the visitors will
find in the restaurants ana eato i.c as i've
ments Of European ana orlentdl pid'e7
The brazilian Government has caused its agents
abroad to DENY the rumors maliciously spread all
the world. that the Amazon River was ABOUT
to he closed to international Navigation Inc gov
eminent declares that II only restricts the Shipment
of Bolivian produce. with tEe object OF oohghS
Bolivia 70 sign another treaty with Brazil and
preventing the lease of the Acre territory to a
at Rio Janeiro. it is further asserted tavors the
idea of offering Argentine mediation between Brazli
and Bolivia with reference to the Acre question,
which is Of direct interest to the commerce of other
nations besides themselves.
The Chilian-Argentine trouble having been set
tied some Deputies in the Buenos Ayres Congress
demanded explanations in regard to the employ
ment of the S10000.Go0 gold which had been placed
the disposal of the government for purposes of
national defence The Finance Minister appeared
in Congress in to the Interpolation and
asked that he be granted few. days in which to
answer. and he further asked that the matter be
dealt with in secret sitting His request was
finally granted, after vivacous debates The Ar
gentine press is against this matter being dealt
with secretly.