The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-14
SOME TRADE FACTS.
Proportion of South American Com
merce Held by United States.
While Trade with Countries on Car
ibbean Sea Is Fairly Satisfactory
That with Countries Farther
South IL Very Poor Indeed.
The recent departure from Wash

The recent departure from WASH
ington of the special train carrying
the United States and numerous
other delegates TO the approaching
Pan-AEierican conference 10 be he'd
at the City of Mexico lends especial
interest 10 some figures on the com
merce Of the United States with the
territory at the south. which the
treasury bureau Of statistics has COM
piled tor the convenience of the
United States members Of that con-
gress. The Importance of develop
ment of our commerce III this partic-
ular direction is pointed out by this
publication, which shows that our
exports have shown less growth to
the countries of Central and South
America than to any other parts OF
the world.
The commerce of ohe United
States with the American countries
lying south Of her borders," says
the opening page of this discussion,
has long been an object of soi.citude
to her STATESMEN, economists and
business men. With the English
speaking people of American terri
tory YIN. upon the north her COM
mcrcial relations have rapidly grown
ard proven mutually satisfactory.
With those Of another language, oc-
cupyiny the contiguous territory at
the south, the growth has been SLOW
er and less satisfactory, and as the
distance increases the growth de-
crea<eS To British North America
the United States supplies So per cent.
Of the total imports for consumption;
to Mexico, equally adjacent, but
speaking another language than our
own, ~ per cent; to the Central
American states, next removed by
distance, though readily reached by
water and now being tapped by rail.
w"y>, ~ ger ceilt.; to Colombia,
tritie father removed, but equally ac-
cessible by direct water communities
ton. 33 per cent; to Venezuela,
equally accessible, II per cent; to
the West Indies, which lie in close
proximity, but which have been UP
10 the present time controlled by
commercial nations whose policy in
many eases has been to retain their
commerce for their own people, 20
per cent ; to the GuianaS, also readi-
ly reached by water, IS per cent. OF
the imports of British Guiana, II
per csi5. of those of Dutch Guiana
and but less than per cent. Of those
OF Frc:;cI Guiana.
Up 10 this point the study OF the
growth of commerce between the
Unite, States and other American
countries is fairly satisfactory. Be
ginning with 50 per cent. of the i'm
port trade of Canada, 40 per cent.
of tEt:.; of Mexico, and ranging down
ward ::iong the Gulf of Mexico and
Caribbean sea, fairly satisfactory
share Of The commerce of those coun-
tries is enjoyed by the people of the
United States; though it viii be con-
ccdsd that her people have right
to expect larger share or the COM
nerce of the countries lying so near
at hand. especially in view of the fact
that our purchases from them are
much larger than our sales to them.
Even this somewhat unsatisfactory
condition os trade with the countries
bordering upon the Gulf of Mexico
and the Caribbean sea is, however,
gra tify:ny when compared with the
traffic reiat tions of the United States
with the countries of South America
bordering upon the Atlantic and Pa
cifc oceans. Of the total imports OF
all South America, 81 per cent. is
taken by the countries bordering
upon the two oceans, and but 13 per
cent. by those upon the Caribbean.
On the eastern coast of South Amer
lea we find Brazil importing in 1899
goods to the value of over 05,o00, ,G00,,
of which the United States supplied
about 10 per cent; Uruguay and Par
aguay, S26.00o,00o, of which our share
was less than per cent; and Ar
gentine, Sl12 100000, of which about
10 per cent. was from the United
States; while tour of the Pacifc
coast shows imports into Chill Of $685..
000,OoO, Peru Ss,5o0,oo0, Bolivia SILL
100000 and Ecuador 100000; the
proportion from the United States
averaging about 10 per cent. Thus
the northern coast of South America,
fronting on the Caribbean sea, i'm
ports goods to the value of s26,o00,-
600. of which we supply an average Of
25 per cent; the eastern coast, 'front.'
ing upon the Atlantic, s275, 1000, 900,
and the Pacific coast, S6o,o0o,o 900; of
which our proportion is in each case
about 10 per cent.