El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-03

times as much as their exports to
China In 1912 their sales to South
America amounted to almost halI
billion dollars, while their exports to
China during that year We're less than
$4,000, 900
Here are the figures: The United
Kingdom sent exports to the amount
Of s245.O 900 to South America, and
of only $4,000 600 to China; Germany
sent S136. 100000 to South America and
only $50 900 900 to China, while the eX-
ports of France to this continent
amounted to S54,OOo,OOu IN CONTRAST
with only S20OO,O0O to China
The imports from South America OF
the countries at war have been quite
as large, so that the trade altogether
represents. as 1 have said, more than
a thousand millions Of dollars
Figures Too Large for Comprehension
I once had an interview with Mrs Hetty
Green, the richest woman OF the world. IN
which she told me that her mind refused
20 comprehend more than SlO00OO0 al one
time II is the same here Let Us DIVIDE
the sums and look At the items Here are
some selections from the MYRIAD vans y.
the individual countries which show JUST
where the trade IS ana what we might DO.
Take this little republic Of Chile. with us
population Of three or four millions. and
begin at the bottom The nation buys Its
footEear from outside nations by the lnol-
sands Of pairs. and the American snoe :
popular with the better classes that OUT
OF the supplies sold last year more than
II 600 pairs came from the United States,
5000 from Great Britain. 5000 from Ger
many and 2000 from France We led in the
trade but we should have TO more than
double our business TO supply the present
demand. In babies and children's shoes
we did practically nothing The sales OF
such goods amounted TO 10000 pairs, ana
OF these only 1000 came from our country.
On the other hand France sold 10000 pairs
Great Britain 600 pairs and Germany 40
900. What Chile wants to know is whether
she United States can supply the lack OF
16g 900 pairs Of shoes for babies bare feet
There are many other goods which come
almost entirely from abroad This is so
vita toys. More than two-thirds Of them
have come from Germany and France ana
the Christmas OF 1919 will be lean unless
Uncle sam sends the playthings-
Great Market for American Cloths.
And then take our cotton and woollen
mills. We have been shipping less than a
million dollars worth OF textiles per annum
TO Chile, whereas the sales Of Great Brit
ain and India have amounted TO more than
$1,000, goo. and o. France to something ike
$4,000. 900 The total amount OF goods or
that kind that has come from the coun-
tries now at war is % times as great as
that from the United States This means
that an increase Of $500 percent IN our
sales Of textiles TO Chile is among the pos
sibiities-
II must be remembered. however that the
trade Is special one These people have
their own STYLES and wants. and they will
for the American factories. They use all
sorts Of staple goods such as cuttOns. wool
ems. and silks, but at the same time there
are may specialries peculiar 10 the country.
one Of these is the black shawl or mantas
which every woman wears in church or on
the street
The most OF these have come from Ger
many. France and Great Britain All kinds