The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-13
TRADE OF UNITED STATES
 WITH ARGENTINA IN 1913

Washington, D. C., March 12.- Popular interest in the trade and in~ dustry of Argentina, which has re- gently been aroused by reason of it's | contributions to our food | supply, is heightened by the an that the American mis- | sion to Buenos Ayres is to be raised | from the rank of a. ministry to that | of an embassy.
 Argentina is the foremost South | American country market for. products of the United States, our sales thereto in the last calendar year l ue, compared with 40 million to Bra gil and 52 million to the remaining twelve countries of that continent.
 Our trade with Argentina shows constant and rapid expansion, exports thereto having grown from 5 million dollars in 1898 to IA million in 1903 and 5 5 million in 1913; while imports therefrom rose from million m 1893 to g million in 1903 and 27 million in 1913. Thus exports to Ar gentina quadrupIed and imports therefrom treb1ed during the last 10 years.
 American manufactures have long been popular in Argentina and con stftute an important part of the growing exports to that country. Sales
 
 year, as shown by statements recent Iy prepared by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, included many articles of wide use in an agricultural and rapidly developing country, such as farming in.pI.hnents, ( 1-3 million dollars; twine, million; traction and windnills, half a snillion. Auto mobiles were exported to the extent of 1.4 million dollars worth; oth-l CT cars and carriages, million; sew ing machines, Ss0 thousand dollars worth; typewriters, 355 thousand; cash registers, 261 thousand and miscellaneous machinery, 3-4 miI-s lion dollars. Other articles exported in large quantities included boards and blanks. 5 2-3 million dollars, shocks. 1-3 million; furniture and other wood manufactures, 1 million; gasoline and naphthas, 2 1&3 million; illuminating oil, 1-4 million; cot ton-Seed oil, 1 million. leather man ufactures, including boots and shoes, 2 1-4 million; chemicals, drugs, and medicines, 1-4 million; and cotton goods and electrical appliances each about half million dollars. Musi- cal instruments, clocks and watches, glassware, Wheelbarl ows, soap. black ing. firearms and scales and balances are among the numerous other items illustrative of the wide range covered by the experts from the United States to Argentina.
 States are chiefly of hides and skins, wool, chemicals. and, in recent months, corn and beef. Imports of cattle hides in the last fiscal year aggregated F million pounds, valued at 12 1=2 million dollars; the last six months, however, being only about half as much those of the cores bonding months of 1912. Imports Of Argentine goat skins during the year amounted to 1-2 million pour ds valued at | 1-2 million dollars; wool 25 1-4 million pounds, value mil
 lion; and quebracho wood and ex- tract thereof, used in the tanning in- dustry, 1-4 million dollars in value
 Corn and beef show greatly in- creased imports from Argentina in the period following the enactment
 of the new tariff law which placed those articles on the free list In the fiscal year 1912 only 23,sO9 bush els of corn arrived from Argentina, and in the fiscal year 1918, only 879,822 bushels. Of meat and meat extracts 1exclusive of sausage cas- ings) the imports during 1912 were but $2,929 and. $7,395, respectiveIy. In the three months of October, No venber and December of last year. however, imports of Argentine corn rose to 4,102, 598 bushels, and those of Argentine beef to 6.606SS6 pounds. while unofficial reports indicate even larger arrivals during January and February of the present year.
 In general terms, Argentina takes about 5 per cent. of it's imports from the United Kingdom and IT per cent from Germany. Of its exports it sends about 1-2 per cent to the United States, a portion of the ship ments being consigned direct to this country and a portion leaving Argen- tina flor orders,'' but eventually sold in our market. Consular advices from Argentina indicate that it's total imports in 1913 were valued at S406, ' 1905, 200, and it's total exports, s466- l 581,SS8.
 Argentina's present foreign com l merce of 873 million dollars year
 is an earnest of what may before l long be expected of 8 country possess ing it's wealth in the basic factors of l econ Oraic progress. Its productivity rests upon an area of 1,139 900 square miles, or 729 million acres of which 253 million are available for | agriculture and grazing. The coun- try also possesses certain minerals
 including petroleum, gold, silver, cop per, lead and coal. Small quantities l of copper, copper ore, and wolfram ore are. being exported, and produc- l ton of petroleum and coal has be- gun. There are. however, no Gov l ernment statistics of mineral produc- ton.
 While Argentina is five times as