Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
thing In their path, and then lay
their young for a later harvest.
Agricultural Exports.

thing In their path, and then lay
their young for later harvest.
Agricultural Exports.
Oats were exported in 1912 to the
amount of 21,s5S.517$; linseeu, 4,213,-
56o$; Indian corn, 1oS, COS 1889; wheat
9i,oS5, l74s; potatoes, 4Sl,6b1$, and hay,
sQ7, l12S. 1t has a great wheat, corn
and potato soil. There is room for q
sLarcn industry, because corn and
potatoes are the coming crop. POTATO
nour, now made In Germany, would
prove q new industry. Llnseed oil
was imported to the amount of 52,-
237$, while linseed itself was exported
to the sum of 34,213565S. Catt.e rails
ing is a big industry and fattening
cattle a necessity. There is room 70,
depressing machinery extracting
the lInseed oil from the iaxseed, ex-
porting the concentrated oil and sell
ing the linseed cake to the cattle
raisers for a cheap fattening food
Lubricating oil is imported to the ex-
tent of 2,609,693s Linseed oil could be
exported in steel barrels to the United
States and lubricating oil imported
back in the same parrels, thereby
saving on the contalner, except where
tank steamers are used. The linseed
oil industry is in its infancy and the
exports of oil amounts to 250s only,
yet the linseed itself shipped abroad
to be extracted amounted to 34,315,-
565s.
Quebracho a Big Item.
The quebracho industry is puny
weakling, yet growing at great rate.
The tree is noted for Its hardness
hence the name was derived from q
combination Of the words "QuebIar,'
to break, and ''hacha," ak or hatehet
meaning, literally. break axes" Its
bark and wood contains tannin as
high as IA per cent. hence 1t is valu-
able in tanning or industries where
tannin extract Is required. Queb-
racho logs were exported to the
amount of 3,56S,5573; extract. 1885,
S6OS. and sawdust, 1,344s. There are
immense forests in the Gran Chaco
District awaiting the entry Of rail-
ways to carry out the product. Near
ly all the forests of Argentine are in
the Gran Chaco District or along the
slopes of the Andes but In the alb
sence of railroads they might as well
be in Tasmania for the value they
are to buildings hundreds Of miles
away in Buenos Ayres. The building
materials of Argentine are imported
There is a big field for reinforced
concrete construction materia o. The
high cost of building materials ieads
to high rents and expensive buildings
with their heavy upkeep. AS build
ings in Buenos Ayres must conf rm
with the asthe ic taste OF the munich
pal authorities, slSyscrapers are
barred.
No Mine Products.
In mine products Argentine doesn't
make a remarkable showing. II ts
true there are deposits of marble
building stone iron. copper and the
usual minerals, but not enough TO
make a noise about. and The lack OF
railroad facilities makes tho exist
ence Of minerals of minor impor-
tance An important export as yet
in small quantities is wofFam ore.
which while small. shows a great
prospect for the future This s use
in the manufacture OF tungsten fla
ments In electric light bulbs; 6S TITS
were exported in 1912, end future de-
velopments may reveal greater de-
posits
Farm Products Predominaie,
AS an exporter of agricultural prod
4icts Argentine has jumped in twenty
years from 3O,949, 624s to 27S,lSe.612S;
meat products from 57,023,776$ to
1856, ,2i5, 956s, a gain of 9e0 per cent. for
AGRICULTURAL products and 300 per cent
for meat products, making an average
gain of 45 per cent. per year for the
former.
What it Means.
Now, some will ask, what has all
this got to do with selling merchan-
disc b Argentine2 Very much The
comparison of exports with Imports
and the future posi- ibiIities in the way
of growth show just what can be ex-
pected In the way OF future buying
capacity Of the people. whether the
nation will grow and al what rate.,
the tendency Of their occupations and
what native competition may be lex-
pecied AS long as Argentine is
producing nation, with agricultural
and meat products, then she will be
compelled to purchase her manufae-
tured products abroad. 1t means an
elevation In the standard OF living
tho greater circulation Of money per
capita, Through increased produc-
tion) resulting easy spenders."
Balance of Trade.
Lest year the balance of trade was
In favor of Argentine-that Is. the
nation exported more than she inn
ported, thereby meaning the cash
difference must be paid TO Argentine.
The imports were 5s4,s53, ,4sSs and the
eyports 480 1891 .2b6s differences OF
sb.5s7.7 .7s7$ In her favor. This means
the Argentine people produced In raw
material more than they consumed in
manufactured materials. Q condition
that will continue AZ long 40 sfficient
methods are continued. II means
they will hAvs more OF horns money
FOR their own development and In ten
or a score years or more may begin
getting nd Of their debt to Europe
and start financing themselves. Money
will be more plentiful In the future.
and as the ArFentines are liberal
spenders everything points to con-