New Britain herald., 1917-07-13
S0. AMERICAN TRADE WITH U. s. DOUBLED
Aggregates $800,000,000 in Com.
 parison With S400,00o,00o

Trade of the United States with South America in the fiscal year Just ended will aggregate nearly SS0O,- 100000 against less than $400,000,0OO in any year prior to the war The to- tai trade with that continent in the ten months, for which complete rec ord is now at hand, is S632, 900, 900, and for the latest month (ApriD of that period s79,0oo,o00. Should the two remaining months of the fiscal year, for which figures are not yet available, make respectively as high a record as did the month of April, the total for the fiscal year would aggre- gate 790,O000oo as against $s64,- GOO, 900 in 1913, the highest pre-war record of our. trade with South Amer lea. In 1915, the first year of the war, our total trade with that continent was s36O,O0O00O, in 1916 $571 ,00O,- 900 and in 1917 seems likely to be as above indicated, nearly or quite $SOO,- 'a00,0OO.
 This very rapid gain in the trade with South Am erica occurs in both imports and exports, though the gain in imports is much more strongly marked than in exports Imports from South America in 1913 Cher banner pre-war trade year) were s21S,OO0,OO0 and in 1917 promise to be about $540, 100000, an increase or approximately 150 per cent. Exports to that continent in 1918 were $146,- OOO,0 ,0OO, and in 1917 promise to De about $250, 100000, an increase ot ap- proximately 75 per cent.
 This more rapid growth in our pur- chases from South American than in her own purchases from us IS que to natural conditions. This importing mower of that continent was greatly reduced by the depression which fol- lowed the war, while our own import ing power was greatly increased oy the stimulation of commerce ana o1 industries which followed the war. South American imports show a very great fall in 1914 (the first year of the uyar> and have made but extremely slow recovery, the total imports oL that continent having been in 1918 little over $1,0OO, 100000, and m 1914 but about 50,0o0,000. 1915 approx inately the same as in lsl4' ana III 1916 approximately $750, 0,ooo'ooo' HI our own case imports and our import inc mower have steadily advanced, the total value of imports in 1917 beng nearly 50 per cent greater than Ill ro13 while the marked advance III prices of certain of the hatelia'o brought from South America, hotaolS copper. wool, hides and tanning nia, ter1al, has greatly increased the to'a, va1ne of the merchandise imported from that continent.
 Increase Is General.
 This increase occurs Tn tns ''"ue A1ith practically all the South Anleii- can countries The imports 1ro1l Areentina, in the ten months enolnt with April 1917 are s123'ooo,ou. against $61,o0O,000 in the sant months of 1915; Brazil $125, ooo,oo' against ss4,0Oo,0o0 two years carrier Chile s8O,0OO,OO0 against $21 ,ooo,ooo Colombia s23,oo0,o0o against S.o, 900 900; Ecuador $9,ooO,ooo agaihs s4.Ooo,OOO; Peru $29,ooo'ooo agalns n' s9,0OO,O00 and Uruguay @11'ooo'o0' against s9,000,ooo. IL.
 Tha exnorts to Argentina in thu +en months ending with April 19l
 ra sss GOO. 900 against s22,O0O,o00 il the same months two years ago Rrazil s45,0Ooo0O against @2o,0oo'o ooo Emile s34,OOO,O00 against $9,ooo'ooV Co1on7hia, S12,OOO,OOO against So' , noo 900: Ecuador $b,0oO.00o agalns E. ooo 900; Peru $16,ooo,0oo agafns s4,0oo.ooO; Uruguay S11 1'ooo'oo aeainst s4,OoO,OOO and Venezuei s1O ooo. 900 against $4,oo0,oOO for tn corresponding months two yeal earlier. All of these are, of course in very round terms
 The principal articles in "hlcn 'n increase in exports are as follows Automobiles for the ten months elio ing with April 1917 over $5,ooo'oo .eainst less than $1.0O0,O0O in tn same period two years ago; coal Argentina Brazil and Uruguay near s6,0OO,ooO against a little over ~A oO.ooO in the same months two veal a.earlier; cotton cloths to all sou' America over $13,O0O,Ooo asaln about s2,ooo,o 900 in the same montf of 1915: agricultural implements al nroxinately s3,OOO,O00 against $l soo oo0: tinplate about $4,o0o, o( against about quarter OF a m1lne two o~years earlier; and structur iron and steel over $1,600,O00 agaln a 1ftt1e over $5OO,O00 in the co , responding months two years earhe
 Tn imports, coppers, nitrate or soc and hides show remarkable increase Cooper importations from Peru al Chile alone in the ten months endl1 in April 1917 amount to s49,ooo'o' against less than $12,O0O,ooO ln u same months of 1915; nitrate of so' .s34,O00 900 against $12,0oo,Ooo III u corresponding months of two yea ago: cattle hides $50, 100000 aga1n about $26,O0O,000 in the correspohdl' months of 1915, and WOOL appro>
 mately s7O.OOO,OOO against less tht
 s2o noO u0o in the same months tv
 years earlier.