Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

South Americans is wearing out just an
| fast as If there were no such thing
as war in the world, and the goods
| to replace them will have TO come IRON.
| they can be obtained is the United
| States and the little rivulet of trade
already running in that direction may
| well be expected to swell to torrent
Railway supplies and equipment are
always in demand, and If conditions
| remain such as to encourage the invest
| ment of capital. these goods VIII sun
| be In demand for an indefinite period
England has long lead in this trade
for ii has been very largely English
money and English engineering skill
that have made the railways OF South
America possible French and Belgian
capital has also been invested to q
| considerable extent and supplies OF
/ those nationalities sold as conss-
/ quence.
The United States has sold large or
| ders of locomotives. railway coaches.
| steel rails and other equipment but
| the trade has been rather uneven.
| which is partly due to the fact that
! South American. buyers have turned
| to the United States only when the
factories of Europe were fully oc-
cupied. This is true especially of Ar
gentina, which leads all other coun-
tries of the continent. with $1,000 miles
of railway and Brazil. which has some
$4,000 miles, but in Peru American
| materials have been used to a consid-
cradle extent.
The Central railway of Peru, said
to be the most wonderful railway ia
the world in that it rises from sea
level to a height of IS. 90 feet, the
greatest height to which a railway
mas ever. been built, was constructed
i h,-
Neiggs, and American enterprise has
been greatly respected ever since by
the Peruvians. Another American
! famed FarQuhar has made things hum
in the railway situation in southern
Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and north
ern Argentina.
He has used English and French
capital to great extent. but the sup
plies for many of the roads have been
purchased in the United States. In
Argentina most of the roads are pri-
| yatcly owned, while in Chile and
Brazil, and to certain extent in the
countries to the north, the government
. is largely interested in the ownership
and operation of the lines.
/ listing in many countries may serve to
, check railway construction in the i'm
mediate future, but eventually IL VIII
| continue until all the great resources
r of the continent are opened up. 1t is
. likely that American factories VIII
: furnish q very large share of the ma
, terials for these roads of the future,
Z
, Dozens of other lines might be men-
toned i'll which the several nations Of
Europe hold a lions share of the
trade, while the United States takes
what orders drift her way or forces
her competitors to yield a fair share
of the business. In some lines. such
nc humber and Kerosene and to 4
= great degree agricultural implements.
, this country has almost monopoly Of
the trade But in others she stands
on about the same footing as her Eu-
q ropean rivals.
In chemicals. perfumes. drugs, ETC..
, France has a good lead. but the United
. States equals or surpaSses England
and Germany. Machinery comes from
l all the principal countries in wideiE
q varying amounts, and little wards
= tracted Belgium has also had a goodiy
r share in this trade.
The United States has installed .
= great deal of machinery in South
America, and the trade was already
growing notably, especially in public
5 service equipment, such as telephones.
fre-fighting apparatus, etc II VIII
doubtless. expand now to as large pro-
S portions as American factories are
capable of supplying it.
The trade in wooden goods from the
: United States has been insignificant
heretofore, amounting to only a bare
, few thousand dollars worth out of "a
total trade of many millions. England.
with it's great and long-estabhshed
: wooden mills. has furnished the most
' of these goods, while some millions OF
, dollars worth have come from Ger
5 many American wooden mills will he
called on to fill the hole. and Will, no
l doubt. find it necessary to run to
e capacity to do so.