The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-09

tons of pitchforkks and 1000 tons Of
spades and shovels, picks and hoes.
The Argentine Republic is not a
manufacturing country. The land Is
generally fat, and the treams are
sluggish. Hence there is but little
water power. The most Of the coal
come from England, which is 5000
or 5000 miles away, or from AuStra-
liza, which is father. Hence, most
manufactured articles are imported.
In 1913 the country spent tens Of mil
lions for manufactures of steel. 1t
bought 1900 bathtubs, 1900
pounds of sewing machine needleS
more than 1000, 900 pocketknives and
$1,000 iron wheelbarrows. 1t bought
125 tons of augers and bits, 546 tons
Of axes, 490 tons of files and $50 tons
of wrenches. Its new typeWriters
were over 5000; r~evolvers, $4,000.
and razors $4,000. 1t bought 1884,
900 sewing machines, more than 5000
~windmills, 81 ons of sheep hears
and 10 tons of saws.
h Argentines arfe a musical peo-
pie and they are fond of a~musementS.
They buy about $4,000 monographs
and graphophones every year 10000
pairs of opera glasses and thirty or
forty thousand dollars worth of quit
ar and banjo strings. In 1913 they
brought in over 500, 900 ordinary
watches and 81, 900 timespieces Of
gold. During the same year they pur-
chased about 1000 900 fans, 3,0OO,O 900
mirros, 500 Wagon-loads of buttons,
100000 eyeglasses and $50, 900 dozen
watch crystals. They bought 1O7
tons Of combs, $4,000 pounds of hat
feathers, and toys to the amount Of
almost $1,000, 900.
The above shows something OF the
variety of goods that Argentina de-
sires. h wants everything under
the sun, and so far she has been get
ting her goods from all parts Of the
world, although the bulk has been
coming from Europe. In 1912 she
Fought five times as much from that
1 continent as from us and still she is
our chief South American customer.
The countries now at war have fur
nished the greatest proportion of the
good sem from Europe, n they
have also been taking the most of the
Argentine exports. Great Britain con.
sumes every year something like
500, 600 900 worth of Argentine pro.
ducts. Germany about $50, O0O, OOO
worth and Belgium $35, 600, 900 worth
or more. AS to the goods now cOmine
into the country, those from Grea'
Britain are Of their usual volume, blu
those Of France and Belgium hav,
greatly decreased, and the imports
from Germany AVE practically stop
ped.
In order to show the opening
which come from the Germans, 7 Civ,
you some of the articles that Ger
many sent here inHhe year of 1912
They include $1,000 typewriters, 200
: bicycles and $4,000 sewing machines
THny ~ ro 90 80.
!. and steel, from bars, sheets and rail
) to cutlery, needles anfnails. Anon
: them were $4,000 dozen penknives
:. 80, OOC pairs of scissors and 500 auto
= mobiles. Germany has been sendin
: all sorts Of textiles, and she has sol
most of the chemicals and drugs. 1
: 1912 she furnished 5000 bathtub:
: 1900 pianos and $1,000 leather peck
!, etbooks.
During the same year France ser
I goods to the amount Of $50, 600, 90
including $500 automobiles 400
dozen ladies' hats, and more tina
$ 200, 900 pounds OF buttons. The A,
gentine imports from Belgium wei
made up of iron and steel, glass an
" cement, and of textiles and misce
| laneOuS articles.
-Alu HOW let us lOOk at the Salt
Ie made by the United States. In tt
'e year that the above imports can
IS from Europe we sent out Sout
a American goods to the amount
1t $685. 900, 900, and Of that about ha
If went to Argentina. This country w;
e our best South American custome
1t toOk twice as much Of our gOot
lie as Chile, and more than Brazil, C,
to lombia, Peru and Venezuela combil
ed. 1t bought about $4,000, 600 wor1
ar Of agricultural implements, mo
y than $1,000, 900 worth of railw;
MS cars, $4,000, 900 worth of oil, al
er more than SIS, 900. 900 worth Of o.
l. iron and steel. Its purchases of Leaf
ry er manufactures. including shoe
o. brought US in about $4,000, 600, and
addition we sold it something lii
SIS, 900, 900 worth of wood. Much
D. this was lumber, and that, notwit
ng standing there are forests of Sc
IS. wood in the Chaco, north Of Tue
~ 49, ~ 100 .