Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-10
UNITED STATES DID
LARGE TRADE WITH
SOUTH AMERICA
FoOdstuffs and Manufactur-
ers' Raw Materials Import
ed Into This Country; Many
Exports to Republics.

iNlAi'N NuiiHIh ~ Nhiutt Anlhl IN
excess OF that OF any earlier year ~
1900 the trade between the United
states and that continent aggregated
lii million dollars; IN 1905. 2ti mill
ION, Ia 1910. 290 million; and In tho
first eleven months OF 1914 for which
details are available. 273 million. Of
which over 20 million represented
the month Of November thus indi-
catiug for the complete calendar
year total OF fully 500 million doll
lars.
our Imports from South America
still exceed our exports to that con
tincnt, though the latter are rapidly
gaining In the proportion which they
form of the total trade. In 1900 i'm
ports were valued at 1913 million. cX-
ports az Al million. exports thus be-
Ing % per cent Of the total trade. Ia
the eleven months OF 1911 imports
We're l65 million and exports t0g
million, the latter being 40 per cent
Of the total trade
The imports into the United states
from south America are chiefly
drawn from the following countries.
la the order named. the totals being
estimates for the fun calendar year
based upon eleven months figures al
ready compiled by the bureau OF sta
tistics. department Of commerce and
labor. From Brazil the total rs like
~ TO bee 100 million dollars. compared
with loi million last year; from Ar
gentina. 90 million. compared with
30 million in 1910, from Chile. 10
million, against 20 million in the pre-
Hon, against Z 33-4 million In 1870
from Peru . million. against SH
million In 1910, ana from Venezuela,
Sla million. compared with ii
million dollars in the preceding year.
From Ecuador the years imports are
La little over 80 million dollars; from
British GUAM. little less than ,
million, and from Dutch Guiana
about / million dollars The bureau
of statistics estimates the years im-
ports from south America at APP
proXimatcly 1873 million dollars or
slightly less than the figures FOR 1910,
which were 1873 million.
Exports to south America, on the
other hand show marked growth
when compared with those og year
earlier tho estimated total for 1911
being t2O million. compared with i0C
million In 1910, the former high rec
ord year TO Argentina. the largest
South American market for American
products. our exports increased from
81 ga million dollars In 1910 to an
estimated total OF 80 million Ia the
year just ended. To Brazil, from 25
to 2S million dollars; 90 chile. from
10 10 10 million; SO Peru from less
than million TO practically 8 mill
ION; 10 Uruguay, from 4 n 20 5M
million; to Venezuela, from 3 to 4
million. and TO Colombia, from 4 2-3
to a little over million dollars.
Fo0dstufis ana manufacturers raw
materials are the principal classes OF
merchandise imported into the Unit
ed states from South America. while
manufactures make up the bulk Of
the exports from the United States
to that continent or the 10 million
dollars worth OF nitrate OF soda Inn
ported into the United states. prac-
ucally all liz from chile brazilian
coffee supplies large proportion of
this staple requirement of American
breakfast tables. from half to
three-quarter billion pounds per an
mum hUitiNN lihht iflunits ''lAiNiNf'
with about 60 million pounds from
Colombia. about 40 million pounds
from Venezuela, about IL million
pounds from the East Indies, ana
about y million pounds from other
countries OF Asia and Ocoanica. From
Peru we import nearly 40 million
pounds of copper pigs, ingots. etc.
and from chile about 10 million
pounds OF copper ore, About 20 per
cent of our imported cocoon and ceeaO,
crude. comes from Brazil and Ecua-
dor, their combined total ranging
between 25 and 80 million pounds
per annum out of an aggregate or
from 100 e. i2O million from all
countries Even cotton is Imported
20 some extent from Peru. about 4
million pounds I'm the year just ended
aud larger amounts Ia certain earlier
years. Between 2 and million
punches at bananas are imported into
the United states from South Amer
lea annually, while practically an the
one million dollars worth and up-
wards OF cream or brazil nuts i'm
ported last year came from Bra1iI
Argentina, Colombia. Uruguay ana
Venezuela are important sources for
imported cattle hides. while goat
skins and sheep skins are imported
from both Brazil and Argentina In
considerable quantities. Between one-
half and oHe-third of the imported
india rubber comes from Brazil, that
country having furnished IN 1910 80
million out OF total importation OF
l01 million pounds. our Imported
wool Is largely drawn from south
America. or the 40 million pounds
of clothing WOOL imported In 1911,
over ~ million pounds were from
Argentina, while the remainder was
mostly from the United Kingdom
Australia ana Tasmania. Considera-
bic quantities of carpet woods ana
some comhing woods are also import
cd from South America.
The leading articles participating
In the Increased exports to South
America are agricultural implements,
cars. carriages, manufactures Of iron
and steel. illuminating oil cotton
goods. lumber, flour, medicines ana
meats.
ss--s-e-----7=-H-- -----@
Medicines that aid nature are al
trava rnont effccfunl Cham horluiu'f