Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-04
cHILE's PURCHASES AND
 WHERE TT MAKES THEM Much Is Required from Other coun- tries and Constantly Growing.

The longest way round is not the shortest way home when it comes to
 transporting merchandise. To get
 there quickest with the best goods,
 other things being equal. means com
 mercial success, and that's what the
 Panama canal will enable the manu- featuring and other commercial inter
 ests of the United States to do along the 5000 miles of Pacific coast line
 of South America. Of that coast line nearly 5000 miles are taken up by the Republic of Chile. Wherefore Chile Is in the commercial limelight just now,t and bids fair to remain there for good many years to come. for her importance in the business world is steadily increasing and her future prospects are remarkably bright.
 Complete details of Chiles foreign trade for 1913 are not yet available
 but from some advance figures just
 received by the Pan American Unior.
 Washington. D. C.. some interesting
 facts may be gleaned which should claim the attention of those interests in the United States seeking to enter the Latin American field. In the first place, Chile's foreign trade in 1913 exceeded all previous records notwith- | standing a general and almost world wide financial depression. The total l amounted to s265, ,000, 900, of which the l imports were valued at $120, ,000, ,000 and the exports at nearly $145, ,000. GOO. l In this connection it is interesting to note that the United States has
 made very .perceptib1e gains on her
 two chief rivals, the United Kingdom | and Germany, in the total Chilean
 trade since 1909. Of Chilean imports | in 1913 the United States supplied
 nearly IT per cent. against only 10 per cent. in 1909; the United Kingdom
 30 per cent. against B per cent. in 1909; and Germany just held her own l with "A per cent. The United States gained per cent in 5 years without
 the Panama canal. How much should | the gain be during the next years with the canal open for business?
 l Now what does Chile buy? Accord I ing to values the five leading classi- I fications, for 1913 were: Textiles Gn- cluding cotton. wool. other flores. and silk) over S2S,O00.0 900 worth: mineral
 manufactures, earths and stones. pre-
 cious metals and jewelry), $22,275, ,000;
 coal, oils, etc, nearly $20, ,000, 900; ma chinery. $15,000.000; vegetable pro- and grains. woods and manufactures, etc.) nearly $14.000,000: and animal products, nearly sS,000,000. Under the above classification in
 the line of textiles the United States
 made very poor showing. The United
 Kingdom sold the ChileaHs over $11,- l 7ee 900 worth: Germany, nearly $6,- i S82, ,o0e; France, $2,50O, ,000; Belgium, over 1000, coo, and the United States only $S11,0 worth. With the Euro pean war expressing the attention of l the four countries enumerated, and with the Panama canal doing busi- ness, surely the manufacturers of cot | ton and wool textiles in the United l Stn+e~ --il' oet hue~ and make bet
 ter showing henceforth.
 1 nueI .mneral products are found lsuch manufactures of steel and iron
 as wire, granite cooking utensils, pipes, tubing, and connections, nails. railway lway spikes, fishplates, steel rails, wheels, structural steel, etc., and of the total Germany sold $8,120. 900
 worth, the United Kingdom $6,14S,000 worth. United States $4, 42s, 900, Bel gium $2, ,500,00
 Under coal, oils, etc, the details of the 1913 imports are not yet available, but we find that the United Kingdom sold Chile over $7,809. 900 worth while l the United States came second with about $6,000,O00 worth. In 1912 the United Kingdom sold the Chileans $7,-