Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-20
Els SECTION OF THE ARGUS

| tina is some trading nation, and the
question what and from whom does
that country buy? and what and to
whom does it sell? are just now of pc
culiar Importance. The Pan-European
war is stirring up the business inter
ests of the United States as they have
never been stirred before. and they
want to know a number Of things.
In this connection the Pan-American
Union, Washington, ID. c., publishes
in the July number of its Monthly
Bulletin a detailed review of the com
merce of Argentina for 1913, which re-
veals some very important facts. For
instance, we find that in textiles, in
Guiding manufactures of silk, wool,
cotton, and other fbres, Argentina i'm
ported nearly S90,000,000 worth; iron,
steel and manufacturers thereof, to
the value of S50,00O,000; railway cars,
automobiles, and other vehicles, worth
over $3700O,000; earths, stone, COAL
etc, nearly S37,0O0,O00; building ma
terials nearly S36,00O,00O; and food
products S35,000,O00. These are but
six of the 10 major classifications Civ
en- in detail.
Who sold Argentina the goods? The
Following are the amounts in round
numbers of the imports from each of
the leading six counties, given in Ar
gentine dollars and an Argentine dol
lar is worth about 81 cents in United
States money. From the United
Kingdom (Great Britain, not including
Canada, Australia, or other posses
sions) $130,900,000; Germany, II ,OOO,-
COO; United States, SCI, OOO, 900;
France, $3S,00O,000; Italy, S35, zoo, 900;
Belgium, $22,000,OOO. Of the total i'm
ports the United Kingdom furnished
BIZ per cent; Germany, 169 per cent;
United States, 14,7; France, 9; Italy,
SO; Belgium, 90. In other words over
"a per cent of Argentina's imports in
1913 came from four of the European
countries now busily engaged in try
ing to exterminate one another
The second question, what and to
whom does the country sell, is about
as important as the first. If Argen-
tina can't sell her products she can't
get the money to buy. That's pretty
plain proposition. Now, what does
she sell? Prominently food products,
needed just now by the warning ma
lions as perhaps never before Last
year Argentina sold over $500, 0OO, 900
worth of agricultural products, con-
sisting principally of corn, SIP ,OOO,- |
900; wheat S103, 100000; linseed, $780, |
100000; oats, $4,000, 900; barley, ST.
100000 rye, S567,000, potatoes, fruits, |
hay. etc, in smaller quantities.
OF live animals and meat products |
she sold 66,O00,0OO worth. OF fro |
zen beef over 321, 900 tons went to
the United Kingdom; 3.415 tons to
Italy; 1882 tons to the United States,
and 767 tons to France. OF frozen
mutton 45,131 tons went to the United
254 tons to France, and 245
tons to the United States.
Food products like those mentioned
will be in such demand that ways and
means will be found to transport them
to Europe, and if there should be any
surplus doubtless the United States
will be glad to be a larger purchaser.
Other products, however, may not be
the exports of salt cattle hides, over
10000 tons went to Germany; $4,000
tons to the United Kingdom; 1900
tons to the United States; 1000 tons
to Belgium, etc OF flint cattle hides,
nearly II 900 tons went to the United
States; 1900 tons to Germany; $3.50
tons to Italy; over 1900 tons to Bel
GUM, etc. OF unwashed wool over
&c, 900 tons went to Germany, $4,000
.ons to France; 1880 tons to the
United Kingdom; 10000 tons to Bel
GUM, and $500 tons to the United
States Quebracho logs and que
Oracho extract (for tanning purposes)
we're exported to the amount of about
s1O,OOO,0OO The question for the con-
;umers of such products as those in
he United States will be how much of
hem can this country buy? The
greater the imports into the United
States from Argentina, the greater
will be the amount of exports to that
Both sides of the question
must be considered.