The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-17


go NJ u A. scientifically a. the der
mans Argentina Q. u Rirh Market,
Every once in "A while somebody II
heard To regr"- that tins country II not
getting more Of tn" South American
tradc Various reasons have been a.
signed for this state uI thing. Some
I-erson- have regretted what they called
the lack uf American banking facilities
and have Rewarded IN. fact that there
were no American banks down there
Lewis Nixon. who cam" back from the
Argentine republic the other day, empha-
sized this
Their. II nobody IN "A post ion to speak
more au,horlra, concerning trade
with South America than Thomas 4 Eddy
vice president Of the American Trading
Company This company ships 10 every
country IN he world and has branches IN
n dozen Ciil"-. lts business II conducted
on scientific principles born % long ex-
p-ri"nc''. and It exports almost every sort
of thing manufactured in this country
its South American business - very az
ten>lS. and II knows that field
The fact i- according Ia Mr.. Eddy
that tn. United States IL getting an in
and has no kick coming On that score.
A. for banking facilities. he says they are
ample and are better under existing
condit ions than they would he likely TO
he with American hanks down there and
high protaCtiv tarif IN force. as al
present And Mr. Eddy mainia aims that
there II no lack " Transportation facilities,
TIL. re ar. Giiiieren conditions IN the
tlf "r"nt South American countries.
said Mr. EDDY tn other day The great
market of today - IN" Argeniin" Repub-
hc. which j. doing greater business
with this country than ever lefore The
increase IL staa DIV end | haN" M doubt
will continue a. lnnga~ Argentina remains
tho highly prosperous country II ~ u II
enormously rich Up To 1890 u VAS pric-
tica!ly only "A pastoral country producing
wool. hides and animal products The
English for many years have had enor-
nous Investments Of capital th"r" and the
greater part II the railway mileage IL
owned in England
Argentine trade really began TO grow
very fast whom III" country added 10
pastoral pursuits that Of agriculture,
which n was nabled To- do hv IN. inCr.ase
Of immigration from southern Europe
To-day Argentina exports NOR" wheat
% Eng land than does II. I nit"d States
in fact last year 70 pr cent 81 "" v h"et
imported into Great Britain cam" from the
Argentine Republic
1T was virgin soil they had To begin
with a fine rich loan not unlike that III
Illinois and some Of tn" richest Western
States There are no minerals and prac-
tically NO timber except IN on" district,
the Gran Chaco. mp tn. Parana River.
which yields hsrd~ God only This DIS
triCt produces II great quantity OF que
bracho an int. nseiy hard " God. originally
used there. for f.'nCe pests End railway
sleepnrs. but " hiCh was discovered some
years ago 10 be full Of tannin Ten OF
twelve cargOes III 1t are brought up here
every year and tn" Argentinsns shiI
their raw goatskirs up her" 10 he tanned
and manufactured into fine lClt o. and
shipped hack
The growth Of American trade with
Argentina has been cumulative. The
first awakening OF Il was about IN 1895
Since then II has grown from year To year
because that country. with tn. exception
of food. has To import everything Il needs
from here or from Europe
Tbs. International Harvester Company
has done more than any on. other con
Germ to develop the agricultural resources
Of tn. Argentin. republic 10y furnishing
machines IN do work where labor was
scarce They carry their business To
"A wonderful extent just before harvest
time. comes on they send from here sew
ersl hundred men whose duty IL 20 spread
all through the country districts look
over the. harve>rrlng machinery In Use
and that IA. nee, s-ary repairs or
r-placement- ar" made. 80 that the, ma
chinery IL IN good order for the coming
crop.
-m course IN. import trad" from Ar
RenfIna consists manly of hides and
uuebracho. though Their" are small guam
titles of other imports. They cannot
send rs their corn and wheat. oats and
linsa"d because we produce these our
selves and besides there il duty against
them
There - no Lack II communication
between her. and BIenos Ayres. There
ar. six lines II steamships sailing from
New York to Argentina with probably
an averag" departure Of two week
Perhap -rOughly only twenty per cent. OF
thes. ships come directly hack, the Others
going to Europe with agricultural prod
uCTs for the markets over ther. The
ArgentInIans export enormous uantitis-
Of inca; TO EUROPE, hut they cannot bring
that meat here because. OF rh. duty upon
~ There ~ only one lin" III passenger
steamers running down there. line
which ia the last four or five years has
pnt on a fine Twp. Of passenger and freight
boats. with about on" departure month:
OF CoUr--' when We speak OF actual
yndey -lopsd wealth Brazil -. l supro-...
IN. richest country IN South America.
hur II has the misfortune To b.. div ldsti
into great many spheres III Influence
toT instance RI. territory surrounding
the rD'' ~ Para and ny th" Amazon
River j., d.p.ndent upon Para and it,
rad. l. controlled from there Then
there H. Pernambuco. another centre.
which ha- no communication with Para
or any other port except by water Then
there il the -ph..r. 81 Bahia. which com
n.rcially L. -eparst. and INDEPENDENT
Then rufn.. Rio and Santos. which being
a. IN. C.nir. OF the country. dominate
a much larger territory than any other
for
They are now rapidly building "a rail
way down toward Uruguay thu project
which percival targuhar an American
H. carving out to JON "A road at IN" Cru-
giiayan border. which l. b..Ing hlIilt by
lharl.- Bright another American.
straight across lysiS'Lay Ia folon!a
oppo~ite BIenO- Nyr'- In" tim" j.
no, far distant when "a" can 20 ~ rail
from Rio to Br"nD- Avre-. journey
which H. now pD--Ihl. only by 81 four
DAYS steamer trip IL addition = railway
from ihi- group l. h"ing projected across
to the Pacific In tact they are building
railroads all over South AMERICA
In Chile. whEch - NARROW strip he
tween the And'.- and IN" Pacific II I-
impossible to d"v"ioI ih'. country ayr
ct,trlIraly Ia any great extent, for th"
reason that such d"v-oprneni l. dependent
upon irrigation But ur ~ ~" TRY part