Charlevoix county herald., 1914-09-12
Argentine Is A
Trading Nation

worth: iron, steel and manufactures
thereof to the value of $50, 000,000;
railway cars, automobiles and other
vehicles worth over $37 900, 900; earths,
stone, coal, etc, nearly 100000;
building materials nearly $4,000, 900,
and food products $35,000,000. These
are but six of the nineteen major
classifcations given in detail.
Who Sold Goods.
Who sold Argentina the goods The
following are the amounts in round
numbers of the imports from each of
the leading six countries, given in Ar
gentine dollars, and an Argentine dol
lar is worth about 81 cents in United
States money: From United Kingdom
Great Britain not including Canada,
Australia or other possessions), $780,
100000; Germany. ST. 100000; United
States, $50, 900 900; France, $38,000,-
90; Italy, $35, 100000; Belgium, $22,-
100000 Of the total imports the
United Kingdom furnished 81 per
cent; Germany, 1863 per cent; United
States 14.7; France 9; Italy, 8.3; Bel
GUM 81. In other words over "a per
cent of Argentina's imports in 1913
came from four of the European coun-
tries now busily engaged in trying
to exterminate one another.
The second question, What and to
whom does the country sell? is about
as important as the first. If Argentina
can't sell her products she can't get
the money to buy. That's a pretty
plain proposition. Now, what does she
sell? Pre-eminently food products,
needed just now by the warning ma
lions as perhaps never before. Last
year Argentina sold over 100000
worth of agricultural products, con-
sisting principally of corn, $112,000,-
900; wheat 100000, 1000; linseed $780,
100000; oats S20,O00,000 barley ST.
600, 900; rye 1857 900; potatoes, fruits,
hay, etc, in smaller quantities.
Sales of Meat.
Of live animals and meat products
she sold S1G6,O00,O0O worth. OF frozen
beef over 321 900 tons went to the
United Kingdom: 2415 tons went to
Italy: 1892 tons TO the United States
and 767 tons TO France. Of frozen NUT
ton 451%1 tons went to the United
Kingdom. 25t tons 10 France and 245
tons to the United States
Food products like those mentioned
viii be I'm such demand that ways and
means viii be found o transport them
90 Europe. and if there should be any
surplus doubtless the United States
VIII be glad to be a larger purchaser.
Other products, however. may not
he so easily disposed Of. For instance.
of the exports of salt cattle hides, over
10000 tons went to Germany; 1900
tons to the United Kingdom; 1000
tons to the United States 1000 tons to
Belgium, etc. Of flint cattle hides,
nearly ! 600 tons went to the United
States, 1900 tons to Germany, 2650
tons to Italy, over 1900 tons to Bel
GUM, etc OF unwashed wool over 40
600 tons went to Germany, $4,000 tons
to France, 1880 tons to the United
Kingdom, 10000 tons to Belgium and
5000 tons to the United States. Que
bracho logs and quebracho extract
(for tanning purposes) were exported
to the amount Of about S10,000,0 600.
The question for the consumers Of
such products as these in the United
States will be how much of them can
this country buy? The greater the
imports into the United States from
Argentina, the greater will be the
amount of exports to that country.
Both sides Of the question must be
considered.