34 THE FARMER'S OUTLOOK 



than wheat were not called in question, the lower 

 tariffs on agricultural produce likely to result 

 from recent political changes in the United States 

 would be important. 1 At the moment the 

 demand for meat and dairy products is as urgent 

 to the South as to the North of the 49th parallel. 

 The easiest way of escape from the vicious circle 

 of high prices and an increasing demand in the 

 North American Continent is to give the cattle 

 industry a breathing space by imports on a large 

 scale. 



THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC 



The Argentine Republic is now the chief 

 exporter of food-stuffs. The shipments of beef, 

 totalled, for 1912, 4,096,048 quarters. Exports 

 of mutton, though more irregular, amount to 

 about 3,000,000 carcases per annum. Nor does 

 the frozen meat trade account for all meat ex- 

 ports, shipments of jerked beef and beef essence 

 being still considerable. Cereal exports, unlike 



1 The new U.S.A. Tariff proposes the following altera- 

 tions : — 



Duty on wheat reduced from 25 cents bushel to 10 cents, 

 cattle 



