The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-27
U. s. EXPORTS
MILLION A DAY
Trade With Latin America In.
creases 200 Per Cent

Washington, d G., Sept. 97.-EN-
ports from the United states 10 Latin
America I'm the fiscal year 1918
amounted To a million dollars for every
business day i'm the year and show an
increase of nearly 200 per cent since
1900 In the term Latin America" are
included South America lcXccpt the
Guianas). Central American republics,
Mexico. Cuba Haiti, and Santa Dom
lingo. The value of exports from the
United States to these countries in the
fiscal year 1913 was 81 million dol
lars against los million I'm 1890. AN in
crease OF l91 per cent, while the cN-
ports 10 other parts of the world were
increasing but 81 per cent.
The most rapid gains in the exports
To Latin American countries during
the period under consideration occur
red i'm tho trade with Argentina and
Brazil The value of merchandise en-
ported to Argentina I'm 1900 Was IL !.
million dollars. and in 1913, over 52A
million; to Brazil. in 1900, ll1a mill
lion dollars. and in 1913, A. 2-3 mill
lion. Cuba showed a marked gain,
though not 50 large a percentage of
gain as shown I'm the trade with Bra
iii. the exports To that island in 1900
having been 26ia million dollars, and in
1913. 70ie million, while TO Mexico the
exports OF 1900 were 50 million dollars,
ana in 1913, jila million.
Increase Is Enormous.
Exports 10 Uruguay show a very
large percentage of gain, the value of
merchandise sent to that country in
1900 having been less than million
dollars. and i'm 1913, az million. To
Peru the exports increased from IS
million in 1900 and : 1-3 million in
1918. To Chile. in 1900, "a million, in
/ 1913, 10 million to Colombia, in 1900,
/ pa million, and i'm 1913, lS million;
to Venezuela. in 1900, 2i2 million, and
! in 1913, "a million; to Ecuador, in
/ 1900, / million, and in 1913 2ia mill
! lion. To Haiti the exports increased
/ from less than million in 1900 to 2-3
/ million in 1913. and those To Santo
Domingo from l l-3 million i'm 1900 10
SO, million in 1913.
An examination of the official figures
of the countries in question just com
plctcd by the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, Department OF
Commerce, shows that % per cent OF
their imports, in the latest year fol
which their official statistics are avail
able Gin most cases 1870. were drawn
| Al, NJ
American countries in which imports
from the United States formed a dis
tinctly larger percentage of the totaI
imports in 1872 than in 1905 are Bra
I'll, Chile, Peru. Bolivia and Cuba
Cuba. Mexico Haiti and Santo Dom
ingo obtain from the United States
over one half of their respective i'm
Iports; Central America, as whole
about so per cent; Venezuela, over 81
, per cent: Colombia and Ecuador, eac,
about 20 per cent; Paraguay. "a pei
cent: and the remaining countries be
tween 10 and 20 per cent.
Imports into the United States from
? Latin America show also large gains
during the period since 1900, the tota
/ in 1913 having been AL million dol
lars. against l62 million in 1900. Tn
percentage of gain i'm imports from
5 those countries was thus III per cent
! against an increase of 1871 per cent II
f. exports from the United States thereto
, Manufactures form the bulk of tn
2 exports to the countries I'm question
and crude foodstuffs and manufactur
crs' materials the bulk of the import
from them Cotton goods, Hour man
ufacturcs of iron and steel, minerH
Q oils. automobiles. railway ears, furni
turc, lumber. agricultural implements
= leather aud leather goods, are III
g principal articles exported to the are
- i'm question; while sugar, coffee caca'
e tobacco india rubber, wool, nitrate Z
90 soda, copper, hides, and sisal are IN
# principal articles imported thcrefrom