Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-01
TRADE WITH pAN-AMrRcA.


Trade ~ the United states with other
American countries la the fiscal year
ended June 80. 1914, aggregated ST.
803. 0H0. 900. or 80 per cent below The
high record Of 1913. and constituted 80
per cent Of the entire commerce han
died by domestic ports. OF this large
New World commerce. ta56,0OV.00J
was with North America and $34i,-
600 900 with South America.
Our Imports from South American
countries. valued at $4l7Q0o,000 IN
the fiscal year, were chiefly from
Canada. Cuba. Mexico, the Central
American states and the British West
Indies. our exports TO North Ameri-
can countries S529,000, 900 in value,
were chiefly to Canada. 100000.
cuba. $4,000, 900. and Central Amer
ioa and Mexico. each about $4,000
600 The United states supplies the
larger proportion of the leading coun-
tries of North America than any other
nation. and in the ease of Canada.
Central America and Cuba more than
am other parts ~ the world com
bincd.
OF our sees. 100000 worth Of i'm
ports from South America. nearly one
half were from Brazil. about 20 per
cent from Argentina, ana the remain
der chiefly from chile, Colombia,
Venezuela and Peru. The notable fea-
lures of this trade were the large and
increasing shipments of Argentine
hecf into the domestic markets CO.
cocoon pounds IN the first nine
months following the transfer OF
meats to The free llaD and the mrgo
arrivals OF Brazilian coffee GA per
cent of our entire supply al substan-
tally lower prices. Nearly one-fourih
OF our total exports Of 25,000.000
value TO South America went to Bra
I'll and over one-third 10 Argentina
In sharp contrast with the high posi-
ton Of the United states IN the North
American markets Is rs low rank
among the nations selling goods IN
South America. where ia the case OF
such important countries as Argen-
tina. Brazil ana chile. only about -
per cent of The imports were from this
country South America, az whole
imported In 1912. over 1865, 1000 600
worth Of foreign goods, our share be-
ing about II per cent.
The relatively small contributions
Of American manufacturers and ex-
porters 10 the requirements OF the
South American markets draw sfttea-
ton to a recent publication of the bu-
reau Of foreign and domestic COM
mcrce. entitled south America rs an
Export Field" Special Agents Series
40 81, ana sold By the public printer
~ the nominal price of IS cents In
that publication Commercial Agent
otto Wilson outlines the conditions
necessary Ia the successful sale OF
goods. the lines Of manufactures re-
qured In South America, and the
Standing Of the leading nations as con-
trlhutors TO those requirements. II Is
pointed out. for example, that Argen-
tina imports large quantities Of man
ufactures of the class produced IN the
United States. but thnt the United
Kingdom and Germany supply more
OF them. ms whole than this country,
while France sells there five times as
many automobiles. Germany twenty
times as many iron beams and three
times az many cotton goods, and Eng
land twenty-five times as much coal
and twice as much machinery In that
market as the United states. This dis
parity In favor OF European countries
extends to many other articles and
practically all countries of South
America, each Of which Is interest
ingly discussed IN the monograph
named