Evening journal., 1914-08-29

American countries in the fiscal year ended Juno 3d.
1914 aggregated s1SOS0OO0oo and constituted 30 per
cent OF the entire commerce handled by domestic
ports sOf this large New World commerce $956OOOO0O
was with North America and $s47.ooOOOO with South
America
Our imports from North American countries valued
at S427 900 in the fiscal year, were chiefly from
Canada Cuta. Mexico, the Central American States,
and the British West Indies. Our exports to North
American countries. 100000 in value chiefly
to Canada ss45OoOOoO. Cuba, s69,OOOOOO. and Cen
tral America Mexico. each about $S9OOOOOO. The
United States supplies larger proportion Of the
leading countries of North America than any other
nation and in the of Canada Central America, and
Cuba, than all other parts Of the world com
bined.
or our s22sOOOOOO worth of imports from South
America nearly one-haf we're from Brazil, about 20
per cent from Argentina, and the remainder chiefly
from Chile Colombia Venezuela and Peru. Nearly
fourth Of total exports OF Sl25,000000 value to
South America went to Brazil and one-third TO
Argentina In sharp contrast 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 of such important
countries as Argentina, Brazil and Chile only about
IS per cent of the imports from this country.
South America a whole imported in 1912 over $685.
100000 dollars worth of foreign goods, share be-
ing about IA per cent
The relatively small contributions Of American man
ufacturers and exporters to the requirements Of the
South American markets draws attention to recent
publication OF the Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Department of Commerce. entitled South
America as an Export Field" Special Agents Series
No 81 and sold by the Public Printer at the nominal
price OF twenty-five cents In that publication Com
mercal Agent Otto Wilson outlines the conditions
cessary for the successful of goods the lines of
manufactures required In South America and the
standing Of the leading nations contributors to
those requirements, II is pointed out, for example,
that Argentina imports large quantities Of manufac-
Of the class produced in the United States but
that the United Kingdom and Germany supply more
of them as a whole. than this country while France
sells there five times many automobiles, Germany
twenty times as many iron beams three times as much
cotton goods, and England twenty-five times much
coal and twice as much machinery in that market as
the United States This disparity in favor Of Euro
pean countries extends to many other articles and
practically all countries Of South America, each OF
which is Interestingly discussed in the monograph
named.
mere enumeration of a few Of the principal arti-
cles imported by Brazil will to illustrate the
opportunities which await American exporters in that
and other South American fields: Arms and ammu-
milton, cars automobiles cotton goods pharmaceuti-
cal preparations, electrical apparatus cutlery. machn-
cry, leather printing paper perfumerles tin plate
soap, and wearing apparel, all of which are bought
in large quantities, and I'm practically every
obtained more largely from England, Germany, and
France than from the United States. The Govern
monts DAILY Consular and Trade Reports also
presenting cable dispatches South America which
indicates the special needs of these markets owing
to the supplies from Europe being cut off,