New-York tribune., 1919-09-26
J9(ztz7>Bt,77t- Industries j.,
<'' South America Expand
D. S. Trade Commissioner Foresees Increasing Com.
petition Between Native and Foreign Manufact-
urers; Need Construction Materials Machinery

atm AMERICAS demand for CON
Llstruction materials and machinery
I. GREATER than American firms have
Nm able to supply, according to W.
wsEw!ng trade commissioner for the
,,,sted States Bureau of Foreign and
Seusstie Commerce, who is confer
.tns With manufacturers interested in
.tsSs commodities.
stsel products, cement finishing mate
,l.ls snd pain, are among the materials
rhteh NJ Ewing says are most needed
u South American countries. Western
sad acuthsrn lumber men may find an
.,oor.unity in Zoe sale of Oregon fir
"a yellow pine. Textile machinery is
.sn.c,a.!y desired. but American manu-
;smurers have been unable to supply
4 There 70 also a strong market for
.sehins tools and railway equipment.
10 this demand American locomotive
hu;ld.rs have responded by an effort
to divert their wartime capacity south
ward. A special opportunity is open
ior the ssle Of glazed tales for bath
rooms and meat markets. etc. provided
that our factories Will produce a thin
rer tile. like the English.
The shipping situation is improving.
An increasing number OF ships are be-
ing diverted TO the Latin American
field. according to Commi ssioner Ewing,
snd many cargoes of low grade mate
rials are now on their way.
Native Industries Expand
The demand for American machinery
comes largely from factories which
sprung up during the war 20 supplv
the necessities which Europe and the
United States could not furnish. The
manufacturing industry has developed
principally in Argentina, Chile and
Brazil Mr.. Ewing, who spent two
years in Central and South America
preparing q report on business condi-
ions there, states that in southern
Brazil, for instance, the number Of
1ative industries has increased to five
hundred. These industries are strong
enough to furnish American producers
with competition that cannot be
igaored Their products are not OF
such high grade as those furnished
by the United States and Europe. bat
they are good enough 10 satisfy some
native consumers. In the commits
neners opinion, however. reason
able decline III he apnormal 2rice level
will put our exporters in p position 70
compete with these industries advan-
tageously.
European markets have not yet
come back as strongly as they may"
saii Mr.. Ewing. The Germans are on
,he ground and active, but Will be q
long wh-e before they can attempt to
regain the position they once held.
"lf American manufacturers have
suffered in comparison with those OF
Europe it is largely due to the more
recent entry of America into export
trade. ard the tendency on the part
Of certain INSCRIPTIONS exporters t.
exploit, as el as similar tendency
on the part of certain dishonest i'm.
porters in these countries. We dc
have many reputable exporters en-
gagged 70 : long time in world trade
who have demonstrated that they coulC
compete anywhere with European
business.
American manufacturers have beer
prone 10 lay greatest stress on kint
and quality of goods offered which i.
meritorious, but which does not always
serve Latin-American buyers who have
been able 10 secure from European
exporters less expensive products. The
European exporters, moreover. have
always been ready to provide particular
items in accordance with the buyers
own suggestions.
1.-THE matter of terms is also OF