The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20
Heavy Trade with South A mer1cQ
Records for the Past Twelve Months Show That This Year
Will Be Banner 0ne-Some Statistics.

months of the preceding year; while
the articles next in importance are:
India rubber, 80 million dollars in
1909, against II millions in a like
period of 1908: hides of cattle, 13 mil
lion dollars, compared with millions
last year; wool, 8 million dollars,
compared with 81 millions last year;
goat skins, million dollars, against
less than 3 millions last year; cacao
| and cocoa, crude, 3 % million dollars,
practically the same value as that for
the 10 months of the preceding year:
| copper pigs, bars, etc. IL million dol
lars, decrease of about 5000, 900 COM
pared with last year, and copper ore
and matte, million dollars. compar-
ed with 1 million last year; while 9TH
err articles showing each a total of
less than 1 million dollars Of importa-
lions in the 10 month period of 1909
include raw cotton, 1873 thousand dol
lars; sugar, 625 thousand and bananas
329 thousand dollars.
South America furnishes about
eight-ninths of the coffee supply Of
the United States, the total imports of
months of 1909 having been 845 mil
lion pounds, valued at GA million dol
lars. of which 745 million pounds, val
ued at 81 million dollars came from
South America, BraziTs share alone
being $40 million pounds Brazil is
the largest single source of supply for
rubber imported into the United
States, furnishing nearly one-half of
the 7S million pounds imported in the
10 months of 1909 under review, the
remainder chiefly from Mexico, Africa
and the East Indies. OF the SO mil
lion pounds of goat skins imported in
to the United States in 10 months of
1909, % millions were from Brazil
and Is from other South America;
while of the total imports of cattle
hides, aggregating 2OS million pounds
in the period under discussion, Bra
zil's share was but 2-3 million
pounds out of a total importation of
SO millions from al South America.
or the 271 million pounds of wool i'm
ported during the 10 months of 1909,
BAN millions was clothing wool from
Argentina, 1-3 millions clothing wool
{
lions carpet wool from that continent.
Exports to South America in 1909
will approximate if not actually equal
the high record total of Sc millions
made in the calendar year 1907. For
the 10 months under review the total
is 67k millions, against II millions in
1907. Comparing 10 months exports
In 1909 with those of like period of
1908 exports to Brazil increased from
IA million dollars to is millions; those
to Argentina, from % millions to 20
millions; to Chile, from AZ millions
to 5k millions; Uruguay. from az
millions to 3!1s millions and those to
Venezuela, from nearly millions to a
little over millions.
Manufactures supply by far the larg-
est proportion of the exports to South
America, while raw materials and
foodstuffs supply most of the imports
from that continent. Exports of illum-
mating oil to South America showed
In the 10 months of 1909 a total of
million dollars; boards. etc, 5%
millions; agricultural implements, 5
millions; cotton cloth, scientific in
struments, rails. wire and hardware,
each about millions; and naval
stores, Irvine. sewing machines, up
per leather, lubricating oil, lard. To-
| comot1ves, cars and carriages, cotton
seed oil. furniture, electrical machin-
cry. and typewriters ranging down.
ward from 1 million to $500, 900 each.