The sun., 1905-10-01
American Foreign Commerce Notes.


Hull. England, writing Of the decline OF Britains
homo and export trade In boots and shoes. says
tho remark, II never wore a well htung, com.
Portable shoe until put on one OF American make,
Ia common. That. ard not the price OF leather.
governs the situation, even though English shoe
manufacturers get free trade hides American
manufacturer pay is to IS per cent duty on hides
yet arc underselling British houses and getting
control OF the worlds shoe business" Our shoe
exports increased $4,000 In 1905, nsca year.
England and Canada bought 5000 900 worth from
us.
Electric machinery aud supplies of German
mako are increased 10 per cent. In price, Does not
that open the door for American mskesf We sent
Germany last nscal year $4,000 worth; Increase
over ieo., s:e?aee.
Uruguay wants American catalogues and sam.
pies. Address The Manager" Union Industrial
Uruguay. Cale Juncal. 1T. Montevtdeo. Uruguay.
s. A.
Susar beet crop In Germany excellent this year.
We bought A2oo. 900 worth OF beet sugar rated
not above No. 10 Dutch standard from that coun-
try in 1906. nscal year. an increase OF t,15.00o
over 1904.
England imported AZ COZ 900 pounds OF butter In
1901 worth siOi 77e 900. but all we supplied Of that
was 6O45,OOO pounds. worth $4,000. Denmark
supplied iei 900 pounds OF tho value oO
Is there not trade hero worth seeking for vigor
ously by American dairyment
Tariff reductions by Argentina are from so 10
40 per cent boots. furniture. ready made clothing
and hats and caps; from various higher rates TO
IS per cent. on blankets. wooden goods. screws.
bolts and nuts; from 10 to per cent. anhydrous
ammonia, tin, machinery In gene raj. and lead
also reductions oils. starch, rice, macaroni.
sardines wood matches. kerosene. paper nails
and hats. All these reductions arc Important, as
Argentna's total imports increased from sos, ,0ooo0o
in 1895 to slS7 900 In 1901. though the popua-
ton only increased from 400o.000 70 5.oOo.0oo. In
1904 we sold Argentina 3lo002 900. being s64os00o
over 1908 In 1905 our sales were S2S66%oo0, or
%, s,6o2 600 further increase Our purchases from
her In 1905 were SIS $40 600. 10000 more than
in 1904. Still, In 1904 our share OF Argentinas
total imports only 1871 per cent. against Great
Britain 344 per cent and Germany's SIS Sperccnt.
Paraguay has reduced Its import duty on -four
from &C per cent. I'D vsiorem to per cent. the
same as the wheat duty. t.
Automobiles can now be sent Into Uruguay at
per cent. ad valorem. instead Of 80 per cent, for
one year. after which the duty will be 10 per cent;
on naphtha and benxnc the duty is also scaled down
to 10 per cent.
Building materials OF all kinds should be good
sale In Buenos Ayres Argentina, "as In three
months building permits were issued covering
frontage of 5000 mcters," says the local CORES.
pondent OF Dun's Rerep. For the iron and steel
girders we must meet German prices and terms.
Tramways In Argentina, several arc being cleo
triGed. and German competition has 10 be met TOT
power apparatus. motors and cars. For rails lot
these and for about 1900 kilometors Of steam
railway. and for the freight cars, &C. English
competition has to be faced.
Brazil. lacking fuel. can never become . manu-
featuring country In iron and steel. machinery
and the like. She must depend on Europe and the
United States In those lines. Just there Is the
place for a far greater display of American trade
energy than has yet appeared in the efforts to
secure Brazilian trade. One hundred million
dollars year bought of her. and only Sil,0oo.ooo
sold toher. The bulk of what We buy other sconee.
We must forget that Brazil's value to the world
buyer is decreasing, as comparative statistics
from 1894 to 1908 prove. These statistics indicate
moreover. the strength of the point made above
as to the necessity OF our aiming to sell Brazil,
chiefly, the heavier lines OF goods she cannot make
Her home production is incrt ashg right along In
the lighter lines. We must also remember that
Brazil numbers among her population nearly
s,OoO,O00 foreigners, who are apt to prefer goods
made ln'the countries they came from. That alone
Is a serious handicap on the sale OF American
goods, needing still more energy to overcome.
These the dlfilcultles. but they are not nsur.
mountabe. American energy has overcome
greater difficulties. or our total exports to the
world would not have reached their present figures
of 900 900 year. or more than 10000 day
for 800 das of the calendar year.