The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-29
REPoRT TRou %, ENos aYREs.

sHtSorcS iuly - Dispatches from
Argentina report tho pros ssdings q the
Ian-American conferepce nov IN session
In Pu-nu- ivr--. b,iI little has been -aId
ahor' the International eNp".ition Which
is . PAT - Nrg~ntiNl's c-l~brPiion -
- hnndredih birthday comp"ten'
ohs~rv-r has been kind enough 10 send 20
! rHs SrS brief summary ~ h,- eyp~ri-
cnce and his observations IN onn"ytiun
uith the commercial phases - ;he 80 i,"si-
ton, HIS comment - Illuminating and
suggestive. and hers - every reason to
regard Il a. accurate and tru-t~ orthy
lie wri'~~ a. follows from B'eno~ Avr--,
June ~.
The last huldng ~ W. nnl,hei WAS ne one
80 aside - the opposition Or'iAls for The Amcf
can sShibiH In spite Of ,his fact Nc ArrrTicaus
w~re the arSt N have their exhibits lnstAils,i
Tn" onb counirics other taAn the : n'i-d states
that have made am subs ianuAl pTOgTr~S Nith
their displANs are Germany and Chils England
u far trhind In It, Wors aud ~ are rrancr ltay
Ani other countries The reason for itr deia,
In turning over the American sshibluOn building
SAs the neresAU for IT. enlargement when the
American CongTe~s male an appropriation Whirh
/ enabled the Go,rrnUirnt 10 be Officially trpFr
>rntrd The appropriation vas not made until
lA>i February We have huge rNpo,iu0n pal
with eo0OO ~. uaf- feet Of noor sps.r. and
ever inch Of II l. nIl-d
! Most American soncrrns are represented Ia
Argentina b. European hoses ~ agents. and
learn nom . meat trustworthy source that these
houses have an agreement or understanding ~
which the sale Of American merchandise II limited
Ny sien ton called a. pAr ocular case that IT
an American concern formerly represented here
Nv BRUSH nrm ndrr that arrangement salrS
averaged abou, 80 ON q year Disguised with
30 small business In a heid In which the Amer
I laaU hall
able trace. they ~ tAbrshsd independent agency
With one OF their own people IN charge Of 70
Their sales slreAiy amount to nearly sl.Untso
year
! am told that when the eIposlton WAS being
planned httr over a year ago = number of The
pToruinent foreign houses here agreed upon a
general OoS colt Of the cxposiuou. alleging mat
they could not ahord 10 take part IN ~ The Truth
- that they wanted the pans for the exposition
10 fall because they are afraid Of In, aston Of
this market by American Manufacturers. ~
there Il any ~ Eei fast ships between thls
port aud New WORK We can get . lot % this trade
\ few DAYS ago onr of my friends Weu' Ia >rNrrsl
bis stores here and assed TO different Arurlss
when he wAs told they DID not have them he sNi
Can you send 70 the niird states fer them 4
I give YOU an order In every case the rrply
Nas " nv. that wOIld lake too long let us
send TO Europe iOr them Ne could get great
deal Of thi. order business 10 thee va Fast regu
Lar steamship service Ordinarily m order sent
from here by mail 20 the nlted states would not
produce the goods ia murn les than ninety dAy~
NOu send orders IN Europe ~ steamships
every feW days. and some Of the vessels make
the run In nfts-n days
England would lose out hsrr very rapidly "
~ we're not fOr her iArge nnanrlaI Investments
English rAurosds have In ussny rass-s their pU-
sslng ornces IN England Germany i pushing
very hard Ia this mATke. There = German
commercial representative stationed here at hi {
salary. a. salaries go. lie i Independent OF both
the legation and the consulate lie T. q, WorE all
The time ami docs not merely sI~nd few week,
IN the place writing surernc;al renOr's a. do The
special agents ~ent out by the Department o:
'onrefcr and Labor In Washington
These are the plain words 81 an American
business man ~ no ~ in Argentina looking
into business conditions in that country
From an official Argentine publication
which accompanies his letter is taken the
follow ing statement Of the sources - the
ypO. OoO."OO worth OF merchandise I'M
ported by Argentina IN 1909
Unitsd Kingdom ~ - HS
GERMANY .... a. -4naU
United states Gass 80
frame 0~pUU
itAy ts"
B~tgium o. "a, ts'
SpAr saDnuU
BTAEi NrppU
All othrrs -fiOOuN
An analysis O: American shipments to
Argentina shows thai nearly all ~ the
trade Is IN special lines the result ~ the
enterprise and energy - u comparatively
limited number ~ concerns Tho i'm
ports Of Argentina are nearly three tiu.s
az larg" as they were ten years ego. The
opportunity for large Increase IN IN.
American share IN the rapIdlv grow rng
trade Of thar country - Indicated IN our
correspondent cornmsn, on 10" fears
entertained by otir ComIstitors that Amer
ican merchants will some day see those
opportunities and Use them