The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-05

from South America are chiefly drawn
from the following countries. in the
order named. the totals being est
mates for the full calendar year based
upon n months figures already com
piled by the bureau Of statistics. De.
parfment Of Commerce and Labor
From Brazil the total is likely 70 BE-
100 million dollars. compared with i04
million last year; from Argentina. IS
million. compared with % million ia
1919 from Chile. IS million. against
20 million in the preceding year; from
Colombia. 10 million. against "a mil
lion in 1910. from Peru, 9 million,
against Slz million in 1915. and from
7 lVenezuela. 81 million. compared with
az million dollars in the preceding
year. From Ecuador the years i'm
ports are a little over 8 million dol
lars. from British Guiana. a little less
than 2 million and from Dutch Guiana
about million dollars. The bureau
iof statistics estimates the years i'm
ports from South America al aproxi-
maiely 1ss million dollars. or slightly
less than the figures for 1910. which
we're lSs million.
Exports to South America. on the
other hand. show a marked growth
when compared with those Of a year
earlier the estimated total for 1911 be
ing 12O million. compared with 100
million in 1910. the former high rec.
ord year. To Argentina. the largest
South American market for American
products. our exports increased from
423l million dollars in 1910 to an esti-
mated total OF 50 million in the year
just ended: TO Brazil, from 25 to 2s
million dollars; to Chile. from 10 to
rs million; to Peru. from less than )
million TO practically 6 million to
Uruguay from Az to 514 million; to
Venezuela, from 3 to 4 Million and
TO Colombia from % to a little over
million dollars
Foodstuffs and manufacturers raw
materials ar the principal classes Of
merchandise imported into the United
States from South America, while man
ufactures make up the bulk of the ex-
ports from the United States to that
continent OF the IL million dollars
worth of nitrate of soda imported into
the United States, practically all is
from Chile Brazilian coffee supplies
large proportion of this staple re-
quirement Of American breakfast
tables, from a half to three-quarter bill
lion pounds per annum comnig from
Brazil, compared with about 60 mil
lion pounds from Colombia, about 40
million pounds from Venezuela about
i2 million pounds from the East Indies
and about IL million pounds from
other countries of Asia and Oceania
From Peru we import nearly 40 mil
iieH p5H4itia of copper pigs, ingots,
etc, and from Chile about Is million
pounts Of copper ore. About 25 per
cent of our imported cocoa and cocao,
crude. comes from Brazil and Ecuador,
their combined total ranging between
25 and 30 million pounds per annum,
out Of an aggregate Of from 100 to 12O
million from all countries Even cot
ton il imported to some extent from
Peru, about 4 million pounds in the
year just ended and larger amounts
in certain earlier years Between 2
and 3 million punches of bananas are
imported into the United States from
South America annually, while prac-
tically all the one million dollars
worth and upwards of cream, or Bra
zil, nuts imported last year came from
Brazil Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay
and Venezuela are important sources
for imported cattle hides, while goat
skins and sheep skins are imported |
from both Brazil and Argentina in con
siderable quantities Between one
half and one-third of the imported In
dia rubber is from Brazil, that country |
having furnished in 1910 40 million
out Of total importation Of 101 million |
pounds. Our imported wool is largely |
drawn from South America. OF the |
40 million pounds of clothing wool |
imported in 1911. over l3 million I
pounds were from Argentina, while
the remainder was mostly from the
United Kingdom, Australia adm Tas-
mania Considerable quantities of