Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-04


x vision appeared to Paul in the
night; there stood a man Of
b-.-.g-sl-- Macedonia, and prayed him.
tLqttfrts1S5Se saying: Come over into
SssssNs-SB Macedonia, and help us!'"
This, from Acts 1859, Is the text Of my
letter. Uncle Sam represents St Paul
and South America, Macedonia. The cry
is one of great need, and the sound
thereof flies across the oceans from one
continent TO the other 1t is the cry Of
more than 100000 souls, and It voices a
need of thousands Of millions of dollars.
1t tells of the wants created by the war
ring nations of Europe and 1t begs tTncle
sam to send his goods over the seas 10
satisfy them. 1t is a composite cry. made
Up of all our sister republics. Listen a
moment and hear how big the cry is. It
represents trade of hundreds of millions
of dollars. In 1912 Great Britain sold
South America 500 900. 900 worth Of goods
he sales of Germany amounted to $lUi,-
C00,COo, those of France to more than
SlO2 900, ono, and in addition Austria and
Belgium each had q large share. These
goods were scattered far and wide over
tho continent An equal supply Is de-
manded this year, but it Is shut out by
tue wal. lIulS lh6 cry lIOin MdNShOula
is loud.
Now stop again and listen more closely |!
out of the composite you can hear the
voices OF the individual countries. That
Of Chile represents the loss of SIS, 900, 900 in
foreign supplies from Great Britain. Ger
many and France. The country is alive
TO its needs, and the government is subsl-
dizing steamers to bring our goods here
TO make up the deficit.
But what is that shrill, small cry from
the top of the Andes? II personifies the
wants Of Bolivia. II says: 81 have been
buying goods from Great Britain TO tho
amount Of 600 a year. Germany
has been sending me its wares to the
amount of 81 100000 and have been buy
ing $4,000, 900 worth of France. My wants
now are the same, and rely on the
United States to supply them"
what Imports Cost.
And then the voice of Peru! my needs
last year supplied by the British cost me
S14oO0,OOO. got goods to the amount
OF 100000 from Germany, and Of 5000 600
from France. Where shall these goods
come from in 1857
The same sounds are heard from Bcua-
dor, Colombia and Venezuela. The im-
PORTS of each country represent millions;
hut they are drowned by the mega
phones Of the mighty republics on the
east and southern Atlantic. The needs
of Brazil and Argentina are enormous.
Last wear Argentina paid Great Britain
$40 900 600 for its daily supplies, It got
s52 OOO. 900 worth of goods from Germany
and 3S4OO0,OO0 from France. The pur-
chases of Brazil from the same source
amounted to more than s127 100000, and IN
addition was the enormouStrade with Bel
gum. Switzerland, Austria and other
countries, now tied up by the war.
Indeed, the foreign trade OF South
America bulks large in the trade OF the
world. Within recent years the exports
10 the continent OF the three great man
ufacturing countries now at war have
been averaging about six times as much
as their exports to China. In 1872 their
sales to South America amounted to al
most $500, 100000 while their their ex-
ports to China during that year were
less than sSOOOO,oOO, Here are the tis-
ures: The United Kingdom sent exports
TO the amount of s245,OOo,OOo to South
America, and of only S54,OOOeOo to China;
Germany sent $1S6. 90, 5000 to South America
and only $40, 900 to China, while the
exports of France to this continent
amounted to $54,OOO.OOO in contrast with
only 100000 to China.
A BiIIiOn-DoIIar Trade.
Tho imports from South America of the
countries at war have been quite as large
SO that the trade altogether represents as
I have said. more than N,OO'ooOOVo'
q a
medium for the conveyance of thought
They are all right for an Isaac Newton
but they slide from the back OF the
ordinary intellect like water from the
5ack of the typical duck. Still it Is only
" figures that we can get an idea OF
be trade losses caused by this war In
europe, and Of the wants which Uncle
Sam has now chance to supply Ihe
warning nations are among the great
raiders Of the world. Great Britain stands
sirst and then come Germany and FTence,
with Belgium and Austria each doing its
share. The total foreign commerce OF
Austria. Russia, France, England Ger
many and Belgian amounts to more than
10 coo O0O.OOO. That of Great Britain alone
,pproximates $1,000. 10000, and that OF
Germany is more than &.Ooo'VoVo'
France in its trade with foreign nations
employs more than $4,000. 10000 year,
md Austria and Russia each more than
Il 600, 1000. Little Belgium has a Tot
eign trade which exceeds u.bOO. oO'O 600
and the bulk OF all this buying and sell
ing and the making OF goods for the
trade is practically stopped by the war.
Here are some striking figures OF the
IMPORTS and exports for 1914 In that
ear Belgium sold s7l5,Ooo.ooo worth OF
FOODS; Russia $500, OOO.Ooo worth and Aus
tria $50. 900 worth. These were the
small merchants. The sales Of Great
Britain all over the world in that year
amounted TO more than ss,coOOo'OOO;
those Of Germany were almost 15Co'O 10000
while France came in with its share OF
q, *. 900 900. Each Of the warning nations