The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-21
AN AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY.


figure last year. To be q little more ex-
act, it was about $3.50. 0oo. 900. That IL
nearly $125 per capita. The foreign
trade of the United States IL ABOUT
1870 per capita. Evidently Argentina
is some trading nation. and the ques-
lions What and from whom does that
country buy? and What and to whom
does it sell? are just now OF pecuhar
This Pan-European war 10
stirring I'D the business interests OF the
United States as they have never oeen
stirred before, and they want to kno"
a number of things.
In this connection the Pan-Americah
Union, Washington. d. c.. puDhshes !"
the July number of its Monthly Buietin
q detailed review of the commerce Oh
Argentina for 1913 which reveals some
very important facts. For instance we
find that in textiles. including manu-
features of silk, wool, cotton. and other
fibres. Argentina imported nearly *So'-
OO0, 900 worth: iron. steel and manuiAc
lures thereof. to the value of $50 900. 600;
railway cars, automobiles, and otheF
vehicles. worth over $s7. 600 900; earths.
stone, coal, ETC.. nearly $S1'Vo'voo'
building materials, nearly $So'uO'Vov'
and food products. $35.00O.OO0. ihese
are but six of the 10 minor classinca-
lions given in detail.
Who sold Argentina the goods! The
following are. the amounts In rouho
numbers of the imports from eacn
of the leading six countries give"
in Argentine dollars and an Argentine
dollar is worth about 81 cents IN
limited States money: From the
limited Kingdom (Great Britain not IN
Guiding Canada, Australia or other pos
sessions), $3.50, sOo. 900: Germany. $71.Ooo'-
600: United States. $50, o0o. 600; France
sss. oo0, 900; Italy, $35.000.o00: Belgium
s22. 900. 900. OF the total imports the
United Kingdom furnished 81 per
cent. Germany. 1863 per cent; United
States 147; France, .; italy, e'S, oe
GUM, 81 In other words over % Pc
cent. of Argentina's imports IN 1910
came from four of the European coun-
tries now busily engaged In trying u
exterminate one another.
The second question, What and TO
whom does the country sell! Is
about as important as the nrst' Il
Argentina can't sell her prooucts sne
can't get the money to buy. mat
q pretty plain proposition. Now. WHAT
does she sell. Pre- eminently FOOD proo-
nets. needed Just now by the "arrne
nations as perhaps never before. Las.
,e.r Argentina sold over $3OO,OOO,OUV
worth of agricultural products. con-
s;st;r, principally of corn. 112.OOO,OOO'
wheat. SOB .OOO, 600; Hnseed, $5O,ooo'ooV'
oats. so, o00. 900; barley. $1'ooo'VOo' rye
1857. 900; potatoes. fruits, nay etc., III
smaller quantities.
Or live animals and meat products
che sold $166, OO0, 900 worth. or frozen
beef over 321 900 tons went to the uniteo
Kingdom: s.415 tons to Italy; z.SSz IONS
- Tho limited States; and 767 tons TO
U~.nce OF frozen mutton 45.131 tons
went n the United Kingdom: 254 tons
20 France. and 245 tons to the Umteo
States
Food products like those mentioheu
will, he i'm such demand that ways anu
,reans will be found to transport tnein
+o Europe, and If there should De any
.urn,us doubtless the United STATES
will he clad to be a larger purchaser
other products, however. may not De
- civ disposed Of For instance. OF
tho exports of salt cattle hides over
20 600 tons went to Germany, A.'o00
+ons to the United Kingdom; 11.ooV IONS
To the United States; 1000 TONS ~
Belgium. etc. OF flint cattle hlues,
nearly II 900 tons went to the Onl'eu
states. 400 tons to Germany; 2.6So tons
IN Jtalv: over 300 tons to hele UNI
otc or unwashed wool over 4O.oOo tons
went to Germany; $1,000 tons to
rrorce. "a. 500 tons to the United King
dom. IL. 900 tons to Belgium; ana S'so'
tons to the United States. oueoracne
logs and quebracho extract tor tan
ming purpo-es) were exported 10 ths
amount of about $10,000.00O. The ques'
+ion for the consumers of such prooucts
as these in the United States Will OF
how much of them can this couhtr'
Inv? The greater the imports into tne
limited States from Argentina, tn
greater will be the amount OF exports
to that country. Both sides OF TN
question must be considered.
RENARE OF GRAIN MAKERS"
Tn the current issue of Farm an
Fireside, the national farm paper pup
llished at Springfield. Ohio. contrlou
TOR calls attention to the fact tina
every summer when the growing crop
begin to perish for lack of water me-
called '.rain makers" begin their worA
Thew move to some drouth-stricke
locality and proclaim their ability t
bring showers for a financial consider
alton. OF course farmers are willin
to pay we'll for rain when rain Is need
ed and often considerable money
raised for this purpose and paid t
the rain makers"
Now the question arises as
wbether these men can produce rail-
The experience of a Texas communit
in the summer Of 1912 is worth cor
.iderinx. Tho story was publishe
,+nrcrvhout the United States that o