East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-29
TRADE OF UNITED STATES
WITH PAN-AMERICA

WASHINGTON, Aus ss.-Trade of
the United states with other American
countries in the fiscal year ended
June so, 1914. aggregated 1908 mill
lion dollars, and constituted 80 per
cent Of the entire commerce handled
by domestic ports. OF this large new
world commerce, e66 million was with
North America and S47 million with
South America.
Our imports from North American
countries valued at 4s7 million dol
lars in the fiscal year, were chiefly
from Canada. Cubt, Mexico, the Cen
trail American states, and the Brit
ish West Indies. Our exports to North
American countries, 52s million dol
lars in value, were chiefly to Canada.
S45 million; Cuba, 50 million; ana
Central America and Mexico, each
about SO million. The United States
supplies a larger proportion of the
leading countries of North America
than any other nation, and In the
, case of Canada, Central America and
Cuba more than all other parts of the
world combined.
OF our 22S million dollars worth
of imports from South America, nearly
one-half were from Brazil, about 20
, per cent from Argentina. and the re-
maiuder chiefly from Chile. Column
( bia, Venezuela and Peru. Nearly
one-fourth of our total exports of l25
million dollars value to South Am
erica went to Brazil and over one
third to Argentina. In sharp contract
with the high position OF the United
States in the North American markets
is its low rank among the nations
selling goods in South America where
in the case of such important coun-
tries as Argentina. Brazil and Chile,
only about Is per cent of the imports
were from this country. South Ameri-
ca as whole imported in 1912 over
965 million dollars worth of foreign
goods. our share being about IA per
cent
The relatively small contributions
of American manufacturers and ex-
porters to the requirements of the
South American markets draws at.
, tention to a recent publication of the
. Bureal of Foreign and Domestic Com.
merce. department of commerce. en-
; titled South America as an Expor
Field" special agents series No. 81
and sold by the public printer at tn,
nominal price of 25 cents. In tha
publication Commercial Agent Ott'
Wilson outlines the conditions neces
sary for the successful sale of goods
the lines of manufactures required il
South America, and the standing o
the leading nations as contributors T.
| those requirements. 1t is pointed ou
| for example. that Argentina import
| large quantities of manufactures o
the class produced in the United State
but that the United Kingdom an
Germany supply more of them. as
:. whole. than this country; while Franc
sells there five times as many auto
( mobiles. Germany 30 times as man
,. iron beams. three times as many cot
5 ton goods, and England % times a
. much coal and twice as much machir
n cry in that market as the Unite
o States. This disparity in favor of Ell
er articles and practically all cour
tries OF South America. each
which is Interestingly discussed in tn
: monograph named.
y The mere enumeration of few {
/, the principal articles imported
e Brazil will serve to illustrate the oI
y portunities which await American e.
b porters in that and other South An
erican fields: Arms and ammunitio
cars. automobiles, cotton goods, pha
macutical preparations electrical al
h paratus. cutlery. machinery. leathe
II printing paper. perfumes. tin plat
It soap and wearing apparel, all
e which are bought in large quanttie
t. and in practically every case are o
4 tanned more largely from Englan
d Germany and France than from Il
Z. United States. The government
h Daily Consular and Trade Report
\. are also presenting cable dispatch
from South America which indica
the special needs of these marke
owing to the supplies from Euro
h being cut off