The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-22
of Finance

United States exports to South
America In the fiscal year 1917 were
over two and one-half times as much
in value as in 1915, having been IN
exact terms s259,559,45S against $685.
423.e57 in 1915. To Argentina alone
the exports in 1917 were $S2,3S2,SS4
akainst s32, 549, sos in 1915; to Brazil
Sb6,761,252 against $25,629,555 in
1915; to Uruguay $14, 292,135 against
s5.171,323; to Chile S44, lSo
against $11.377,1S1; to Peru $ls,sSs,-
LA against. $5,s73,474, and to Colon
bia s14,so&7s6 against $6'679'eo4 IN
le15. a-,=.---A.-
9s,Impcz4s into the United States from
south America in 1917 were more
than double those of 1915, totaling
s542.212,s20 for the fiscal year 1917
against $261,4S9,563a in 1915. Inc
greatest INCREASE was from Chile, be-
ing s113.7Se,130 in the fiscal year
1917 against S27,6S9,7S0 in 1918;
from Argentina s152,612.411 AGAINST
s7a,776,25s in 1915; from Brazil
s15l,eS8,245 against $99,17S.1zs'
from Peru $36, 379,016 against ~
E16,S4S. and from Uruguay $So,4o
Bs2 in the fiscal year 1917 against
s10,4s2.649 in 1915.
! Argantina for the first time heads
the list of South American countries
exporting to the United States. our
total imports from that country IN
the fiscal year 1917 were $lb2,blZ,4ll
against $751;, 63s.245 from Brazil. UP
20 1917 Brazil continuously STOOD at
head of the South American countries
exporting to the United States put tns
imports from Argentina show IN .ne
fiscal year 1917 an increase OF saw
49,. fro
creased but $19,000.000 Imports
from Argentina increased in the dec
AIDE ending with 1917 from 1851 To-
s25 in 1907 to s152,612,411 in 1917.
while those from Brazil increased
from s97,s81,15S in 1907 $l51,6SS,-
245 In the fiscal year 1917.
3 Argentina is no longer a factor IN
the limited States meat supply, the
total imports of fresh beef from Ar
xentina, which amounted to $lsu,-
6e0,o21 lbs inS the fiscal year lSl .
and 52,6s0.436 lbs in 1915, were put
z.ze5.690 lbs. in the fiscal year 1917 /.
Arrentfna,s advance to the head of
the list OF South American countries
exporting to the United States is due
chiefly to the great demand made up
on her for wool, in view of the diff
Guilty of obtaining wool from the
countries and colonies controlled BY
Great Britain. The value of wool inn
uorts from Argentina in the fiscal
wear 1917 was SIS, 100000 against
SIS 5000, 900 in 1915,
Trade 5r the United States with
Latin America has practically doup-
led since 1915. showing for the fiscai
year 1917 a grand total OF s., pa 4'Oou,7
600 against $s10.oo0s000 In ls1S- Inc
EXPORTS to Latin America more than
doubled in that period, while the i'm
rorts show an increase of something
over so per cent The exports to all
Latin American countries in the fiscal
wear 1917 were 1892 900, 600 against
s252.0o0,O0o in 1915. and the imports
from all Latin American countries
1852 600. 600 in 1917 against $685.
900. 900 in 1916. For the ten-year
period ending with the fiscal year
1917 exports to Latin America snow
an increase from $3.50 100000 ana tne
imports an increase from s3s5,o00,-
600 TO see2. 900 900 in the fiscal veal
1917. the total for 1917 being the
highest on record both as to imports
and exports. H.
Argentina's exports in 1917 snow
marked fall off when compared WITH
1915 ana 1915 The exports of wheal
IN the first seven months of the veal
1917 amounted to only 1000 tons
: AGAINST .537 900 in the corresponding
period of last year; corn 66S,0o0 tons
against 1,279,000 and linseed to 3d.,
600 tons against 442,000 in the sam'
period of last year. This is mage up
however. in some degree by the in
crease In exports of frozen beef
which amounted to 2,935,000i quarter
In the seven months of 1917 agains
z.4e5 900 In the same months OF tn
preceding year. Wool shipments ais
arc making their. highest record ant
ut Internationally high prices.
. argentine railways are proposing
large advance in freight rates, aver
aging about % per cent. a rate which
they propose to put into effect IN De
cember OF the current year. This iarg
advance proposed Is based upon tn
Increased cost OF fuel, labor, construc
I. ton and, repairs. The proposition 70
a sweeping advance of 22 per cent
a. under consideration by the Direc
tor-GeneraI of Railways. who has re
ouested the railways to state thei
reasons for the, proposed large al
vance.
Chile is supplying to the Unite
: states enormous increases in copper
while Bolivia is entering an entirel
new field in sending her TIN ore. In
ports of copper into the United state
from Chile in> the fiscal year whlc
ended with June 1917 amounted t
1ss,0oo, edo lbs. of pig copper agains
SIS, 100000 in 1916 and 100000 Id
in 1915 Imports Of tin, ore from BE
livia amount to nearly $3,O0O,0oO !
1917 against practically nothing 4
preceding years
The National City Bank of Ne
Work
Berlin dispatch says statutes are &C
ing to be melted down fo- guns. Som
~ or,r cities would feel tlIat this is OH