The Washington times., 1915-02-27

iry. Already the German business in
mat country is being taken over by
considerable part Of the British and
french. In short, the present-day out
look Is FOR q pretty complete CONNER
clal conquest Of Mexico in the next
Few years.
The Cuban conditions give excellent
Illustration Of how American business
mas been making it's way in recent
time. The United states provides com
fortably more than half the imports of
Cuba; Great Britain. less than one
fourth as much as the United States:
france and Germany. each about half
as much as Britain and Spain still
noids considerable business, though
~ S, ls NOT standing up before the aggres-
one of the interesting facts about this
I.atln- American Invasion Of ours In the
steadiness with which 1t has marched
sEu.hward. ,;, taking country or two at a
as the canal. The first country beyond
the canal Is Colombia; and here we And
that. despite much that has been writ
zen about the great commerce Of Ger.
many many the United States sold more
goods in 1918 than any other country:
almost twice as many as Germany sold.
me percentages were: United States
.s7; Britain. 2o4: Germany, IA; France.
l5'5; all Others. 23.1.
U. s. Leads In Venezuela,
Going step farther down the Allan.
tic coast. comes Venezuela. Here again,
IT Is widely understood, Germany has
been aggressive and successfv. Yet in
fact the United States sold almost three
times as much values to Venezuela az
did Germany, and almost twice as much
as did Great Britain. The American
percentage was &5: that Of Britain
80; OF Germany. 143; OF France, 6.1
and OF all others together. l7.3.
on the west coast. Ecuador is mex,
| IN the southward progression. Here We
lnd the United States second to Eng.
| land. but almost tieihg her for the lead
ersh!p. while the opening of the cana
Is throwing an increasing share Of the
the canal was opened. Britain had 2s.t
per cent of the business, the United
| States. SO; Germany. 203: France. o.
all others. 1874. For 1914 it is expected
and for 1915 that lead will be power.
fully increased.
Going on down the western coast. the
| | ntted states regains primacy in Peru
, with ?s;s per cent Of the business
| against 26.9 credited to England; I73. tc
! Germany; 4.6, to France. and 2J.1. tc
I all others together. The Peruvian situa
ton represents the development OF
| American commercial houses for many
years past.
Now the invasion begins to reacn the
more southerly countries. where the
United states is not so strong. In Brazil
Great Britain leads. With o4.5 per cent
| OF the business: Germany has l7.3. and
| the United States 157. But In Brazi
, the United States Is gaining fast be
caust important lines OF American
goods have lately been gaining grounc
very fast, largely on their superior
quality. as against the Germans. VIII
| the war squeezing the Germans out. tn,
| United States Is already increasing IT.
| totals at rapid rate.
Quality Tells For America.
Chile and Argentina give the mos
unsatisfactory showing. In Chill
| Great Britain controls 29.3 per cent
Germany 27.9 rer cent. the United
Il67. and France 5.5 per cent Argen
| tina buys 31.l per cent from Britain
l6.9 per cent from Germany, 14.7 pei
cent from the United States. and
per cent from France.
! Quality is beginning to tell in favo
of American goods. especially D.
iagainst those from Germany. Belgium
and Germany have come to be looked
upon as the countries that sent
out Of business just now. and thei
regulations bad at best, the Amer
lean statesmen are getting a hearing
easier than ever before. The othe
side Of the case is that all Soutl
America Is hard up at present: tota
business is falling Off at an astonish
ing rate But the United States 1
Strengthening its position for tn,
future.