The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21
GROWTH IN EXPORTS
!. TO SOUTH AMERICA

Exports to South America have
shown phenomenal gain in the fiscal
year which ends with the present
month. Prior to 1911 the total value
OF exports to South America had never
reached 100 million dollars. In 1911,
the total was, speaking in round terms,
l09 million dollars, and in the current
fiscal year which ends with the pres
ent month, seems likely to be about
1856 million dollars, having more than
doubled since 1905.
Argentina is the country showing
by FAR the largest gain in our exports
to south America. The figures now
available in the bureau of statistics of
the department of commerce and labor
Indicate that the total exports TO Ar
gentina for the complete fiscal year
win amount to about % million dol
liars. against 2Sls million in 1908, hay-
ling thus considerably more than
doubled in the period in question. 70
Brazil the total exports for the fiscal
year will exceed 30 million dollars n
value. against II million in 1905, an
even larger percentage of gain than
lin the case of Argentina. To Chile
the total for the year will amount to
about Is million dollars, against 5f9
million in 1905. also gain of nearly
200 per cent TO urugury the figures
of exports for the fiscal year which
ends with the present month will ag
gregate about million dollars in
value. against little less than ? mil
lion in 1905
This increase In exports to Soutt
America, while occurring in large
number of articles, is especially not
able In lumber leather. mineral oils
and railway material For example
the exports of lumber TO Argentina Il
, 1.-THE 10 months ending with April last
! amounted to 5& million dollars il
j value against l. million in the CORES
ponding months of last year; aud thos'
, to other South America, over 8 mil
. lion dollars, against about million =
4 the corresponding period of the prg
0 eeding year. Illuminating oil exported
i. 10 Argentina in the 10 months in ques
\ ton amounted to about Il million ga
Ions. against about IS million in tn
, corresponding months a year ago, an
mbrieatng oil, over a million gallon,
against less than million in the sam
q months Of last year Glazed ki
i. Heather exported to Argentina in tn
|, 10 months Of 1912 amounted to over
. million dollars in value, against 81
q thousand dollars in the correspondent
ii months Of the preceding year, Aut'
1 mobiles exported to South America a
c q whole amounted in the 10 months
question to 4 million dollars in valu
a against 6SS thousand dollars in th
Ie corresponding months of the precedm
q year.
5. The total value OF exports from th
os United States to South America as
. whole was, ten years ago, in the fse'
s. year 1902, SS million dollars FiN
ID years ago. in the fiscal year 1897.
d was s. million dollars, and in the Gu
IN Trent year. as indicated above. vi
70 probably be about 1875 million dollar
5. an increase Of more than 250 per eel
70 in the decade. and of more than
,e lper cent in the last five years.
le Republican Committee Meeting.
4. Frank Franklin. chairman, and
NJ. Simms, secretary, OF the Cra
Is county republican central eommitte
OF have called meeting of the comm
b. tee to be held in this city next Satu
is day afternoon at . O'Clock. They all
" extend an invitation to all republican
st to meet with the committee. An effo
S. will be made to rattle the dry bone