The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-28
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. COMMERCE IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANUFAc.
TURERs OF v. 8. TO SOUTH
AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS
SMALL.

Trade Of the United States with
other American countries in the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1914, aggregated
1903 million dollars, and constituted
30 per cent Of the entire commerce
handled by domestic ports. OF this
large New World commerce, 956 mil.
lion was with North America and BAT
million with South America.
Our imports from North American
countries, valued at AIT million dol.
lars in the fiscal year, were chiefly
from Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Central
American States, and the British West
indies. Our exports to North Ameri.
can countries, 529 million dollars in
value, were chiefly to Canada, 345
million; Cuba, So million; and Cen.
trail America and Mexico, each about
80 million. The United States sup.
plies larger portion of the leading
countries of North America than any
other nation, and in the case of Can.
ada, Central America, and Cuba, more
than all other parts Of the world
combined.
Imports $22s,ooo,0 900.
OF our 223 million dollars worth
Of imports from South America, near.
ly one-half were from Brazil, about
20 per cent from Argentina, and the
remainder chiefly from Chile, Colon.
bia, Venezuela and Peru. Nearly one
fourth of our total exports of 1875 mil
lion dollars value to South America
went to Brazil and over 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 sell
\ ing goods in South America, where
in the case of such important coun
tries as Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
only 10 per cent Of the imports were
from this country. South America
as a whole imported in 1912 over
965 million dollars worth of foreign
goods, our share being about IA pei
cent.
Conditions of Trade Outlined.
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 bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce, department of commerce
etitled South America as an Expor
Field In that publication CONNER
cial Agent Otto Wilson outlines tn,
conditions necessary for the success
full sale of goods, the lines of manu-
features required in South America
and the standing of the leading ma
lions as contributors to those require
ments. 1t is pointed out, for example
that Argentina imports large guam
titles of manufactures of the clas
produced in the United States, blu
that the United Kingdom and Ger
many supply more of them, as {
whole, than this country; Will,
France sells there five times as man,
automobiles, Germany 20 times al
many iron beams, three times a.
many cotton goods, and England q
times as much coal and twice a
much machiery in that market as tn
United States. This disparity in favo
of European countries extends t,
many other articles and PRACTICAL,
all countries of South America, eacl
of which is Interestingly discusses
in the monograph named.
| Opportunity Awaits.
A mere enumeration of a few O
the principal articles imported 10y
Brazil will serve to illustrate the OF
portunities which await American eS
porters in that and other South Amer
i,an fields: Arms and ammunition
cars, automobiles, cotton goods, phai
maceutical preparations, electrical al
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