ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 



It la, oow*T*r. isniaTiiil that, with the con- 

 'm of foreign population, the pro- 

 of the republic will 1000 revert* the 



_ > of trad*. 

 Tke export reMnu for 187t embraoe 60 dis- 

 tinct HMM, M of which are subject to duty. 

 lniagSTuvfree. The follow ing 

 i comprehend* view of all : 



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 1.IIH.VI4 

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 m.tt 

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It U her* Men that nearly half the value of 

 the export* i* made up by the tingle article* 

 of wool and theepskinx. which together equal 

 th procedi of the bidet, tallow, and jerked 



Among other proof* of the lack of handt for 

 the perfect development of the national in- 

 dtJttrie* may be cited the fact that, of every 

 SOO Ib*. of wool exported, only 1 Ib. U wathed ; 

 if waabed wool were exempt from export duty, 

 the industry would be encooraged, and the 

 frriirbt oa 0,000,000 Ib*. of grease and dirt 

 tared annually. 



The amount of wool tent oat of the repub- 

 lic dualilet every five Tear*, at thown below : 

 la 1M2, 68.1M.675 fbt. ; 1806, 116,494,970 

 Ib*.; 187*. *,!0,900 Ib*. 



After the wool and tbeepikins In the first 

 fwral lltt of exports, all the other articles 

 ar* of eomparative intignificance, except the 

 lUta of cattle, the** being mostly fattened for 

 tb* Chilian market. 



Although Mr. Soarec, in a teriet of able and 

 Interwting article* pablithed recently by him 

 ! the A M!~ RmralM, wtlmtto* the numb, r 

 of .hp in the republic at 58,000,000 head, the 

 export of wool and tbeptkint would show that 

 UM number mut be tt I cut 70,000,000. The 

 v*r*M aonoal increate oftbete animals, over 

 a*d above the launbu-r. it fully 1" 



TtoMmbt* of boned cattle it computed to 

 k*l,OOJ,000 bead. The export of hide* hat 

 NMrMa*d 50 p*r cent, within the four year* 

 frw 1AM to 1871; and that of Jerked beef 

 dotjbltd: 



a lisa ra 



TU cU*f (Mom** for wool U Belgium, to 

 which U wot one-half; a quarter goe* to 

 Fraac*; sad the remainder i. u.iiaJlr divided 

 MW*M (irrat Britain an.l 0,. 

 TV. Utter country uke. one-third of the dry 

 UM other two-third* g..j n( r to France. 

 Italy, an.) England. To thit last la chipped 



the greater portion of the tallow ; while be- 

 tween it and France the sheepskins are nearly 

 equally divided. 



The import* consist of wines, woolens, cot- 

 tons, tugar, groceries, clothing, fancy goods, 

 railway materials, iron, lumber, silks, yerba 

 mate, grain, tobacco, oil, etc. Imports frum 

 England were $17,000,000, atanding for 20 per 

 . over 1870. In return, was sent produce 

 to the value of $9,000,000. Thus the gross 

 trade with England was $26,000,000 against 

 $9,500,000 in 1868. Imports from Frnnro 

 were nearly $14,000,000 (the same as in 1870), 

 and that country took $8,600,000 of produce. 

 The gross trnde with France has also more 

 than doubled since 1863. Belgium, Holland, 

 and Germany, may be treated in a group aa 

 the third customer, representing $6,000,000 in 

 imports, and $18,500,000 in exports. The 

 former increased 60 per cent, since 1870, the 

 exports being doubled. Compan-d with 1863, 

 the gro* trade has trebled. The United States 

 sent $8,500,000 of the imports, and took in 

 exchange $4,500,000 of produce, showing little 

 or no increase of trade over the returns of 

 1868 or of 1870. Brazil figures in the import 

 table for $3.000,000, and takes $1,000,000 in 

 produce, such as jerked beef; the latter is 

 double what it was in 1870, and four times as 

 much as in 1868. Spain stands for a gross 

 trade of $4,600,000. an increase of 50 per cent, 

 over 1870, two-thirds imports. Italy stands 

 for $4,000,000, of which two-thirds are im- 

 ports. The trade with that country lias also 

 increased over 50 per cent, since 1870. 



The total value of the imports lor I^7'2 was 

 $69,599,148. " Of this sum, fully one-third 

 might," says Mr. Suarcz, " be saved to the 

 country if th' hitter had an adequate number 

 of hands and the requisite carrying facilities to 

 bring to market the national produce, espe- 

 cially sugar, wines, tobacco, lumber, etc., which 

 articles now figure in the imports as follows: " 



fnjmr I.878.HM 



W6*I 9.801.708 



Lombrr l,S21,'.i7 



Tohcwco U6S.7W 



FruiU.cbmM. cereal* S.M.M43 



Total tl8.<00,118 



All these arc produced in (rrc.-it ulinndflnce 

 in tin' upper provinces; mid, with the inwurd 

 How of immigrants, the importation of such 

 'list naturally diminish from 

 year to year. But ten years ago Americ.-m 

 flour was consumed in the republic ; now flour 

 has become a staple of export. In :i word, 

 while the aggregate trade of the country only 

 doable* every ten years, the exports are quad- 

 rupled in the same period. 



than one half of the commerce of the 



ropul'lic is now carried on in steamers, the ag- 



' t 'linage of which is l,l]n.4!U'>, out of a 



total of 'J.l.'il.r.io tons. Government offers an 



annual subvention of $40,000 to any line of 



monthly temers between the republic and 



the United States. 



The unremitting efforts of President 8ar- 



