Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03

purchasing population" at present is
no more than 100000.
Next in the rank of inhabitants is
Argentina, with 100000 people. of
ers of commodities. The language Of
Brazil Is Portuguese; of Argentina.
Spanish. During the year 1916 Argen-
tina made sales in the United States
amounting to s116,00o,oo0. and pur-
chases of about $E 100000.
Articles sent from this country in
cluded lumber. principally white and
yellow pine and Douglas Ar, to the
value of several millions of dollars:
hardware. farm machinery. automo-
biles. furniture, cotton goods. leather.
rosin, Irvine. boots and shoes, electrical
supplies. coal. -four. kerosene, iron,
steel. wire, apples to large cities) and
aluminium ware.
Argentina sold to this country hides.
skins. wool. linseed. bones, bristles.
and tanning materials. Wheat. cattle.
sheep and wool are it's main products
Its wheat and meats are sold in Eng
land and it has close trade relations
with the merchants Of Liverpool and
London. In a sense. 1T completes with
the United States as seller of wheat
and meat in European markets.
Four years ago. a sixth of the popu-
lation was centered in Buenos Aires
the largest city in South America. OF
the $4,000 trading firms doing business
there. 10.S15 were Italians, 6,31S Span
ish. 75s German and TAT English. Every
fifth inhabitant was an Italian and
every eighth a Spaniard.
The United States Is also Colombias
best customer. taking from one-half
to three-fourths of its exports Of col
fee and hides, but selling 1t only from
one-fourth to one-third of its imports.
which from this country are mostly
wheat. -four and kerosene. American
manufacturers have made little effort
to get the trade of Colombia, which Is
in the hands Of Englishmen, Germans.
Austro- Hungarians. Italians and
French. The population of the country
is 5.473.ooo; only a tenth of it. how
ever. belongs to what DR.. Pratt terms
the buying class.
A city smaller than Baltimore. get
ting down to an understandable COM
parison. is spread over region about as
large in area as New York. Pennsylvania,
Ohio. Michigan. Illinois, Indiana, Mis-
souri,. Tennessee and Louisiana. Trade
with Colombia. however, since 1914. has
grown considerably. the imports in that
year having been s17.54s. 600 as against
S25.645.0O0 in 1915. In the meantime
exports expanded from 'S5.7s4.ooo to
s14,2s7 900.
There are only 100000 pure whites
dor. which country about EQUALS in
square miles both Colorado and Mary
land. Purchases were made there by
the United States of cacao. coffee,
of $7.976.0oO in 1915. Sales from this
country amounted to s5.Oo0.OOO.
From Chile. 1900 Diles long. and from
90 to 100 miles wide. and having less
lation. comes the nitrate from which
the United States manufactures Its
explosives. Business between Chile
and this country has been greatly
Chile by the United States totaled $o4.-
:3s,O00 in 1914. and So. 124 coo in 1916.
American exports increased from S13.-
62S.000 in the former year to $33.3S3.OO0
in the latter.
Great Britain Is Peru's first customer.
the United States is second. Peruvians
sell to this country coffee. cacao, to-
bacco etc, to the yearly value of $751;
100000. and buy $14.000,000 worth Of
steel, textiles, leather. furniture, paints.
does more business with the United
States than with any other country. 1t
purchased agricultural machinery, cot
ton goods. medicines. iron. steel. wire,
butter, flour. lard and kerosene to the
value of Sill 100000 last year, and sold
coffee, hides and rubber to the United
states to the value Of slS.7l1 900
Bolivia has but 214.ooo purchasing
pOpuidtlDH, fdTdk udy ~oi,poo anu VI u
quay $4,000, but their yearly imports
received from this country amount to
almost $14.OoO.0o0 Wool and ostrich
feathers are two Of the items coming
here from the latter country. War. Of
course. has given the exchange of
products between this country and
South America an unnatural energy.
Sales to South America. including the
Falkland Islands. and British. French
and Dutch Guiana. expanded from a
total of $91000.OO0 in 1914 to $780,
"ss.0O0 in 131e.l Imports during the
same period grew from $229,52O.0O0 to
1927. $4,000.
Formerly the trade Of the United
States with South America was him
dered by lack Of ships The trouble
thus caused Is being overcome. Secre-
tary Reddeld says that the clearances
Of American vessels for the ports Of