State Department toward foreign investment, and with the idea of showing
our Latin American friends that we are sincerely interested in
establishing our trade relations with them on a reciprocal basis,
American capital in large sums is beginning to find its way into this
hitherto, for us, closed market. Panama has just been loaned $3,000,000
American money to be used in the construction of railways and roads,
thereby bringing the producer nearer to the markets and the shipping
points of the country. Within five years I venture to predict that as a
result of this investment, our trade with Panama will have materially
increased, owing to the fact that agricultural products heretofore
prevented from reaching the consumer will be able to do so with
comparative ease, especially in the case of tropical fruits, cocoanuts,
copra and sugar.
American bankers have loaned the Argentine Government $15,000,000 in 6
per cent. gold notes. The temperament of the public as to the
attractiveness of the loan may be readily estimated when I state that
the entire amount of securities to cover the indebtedness was sold
before four o’clock of the day on which they were offered. The
successful consummation of this business—the first ever concluded
directly between the Argentine Government and the bankers of this
country—will serve greatly to strengthen the “entente cordiale” now so
rapidly developing between the United States and the rest of Latin
America.
Nor is this all. Movements are now on foot leading to investments of
American capital in large sums in practically all of our sister
republics. With each step in this direction we as a nation, and also our
manufacturers and merchants, become more firmly entrenched in the Latin
American commercial world, and our mercantile supremacy in these lands
is more positively assured.
As a typical illustration of what can be done in these countries when
the subject is handled intelligently let me mention the case of the
United Fruit Company, which operates in Colombia, Cuba, and practically
all of Central America. Starting in 1870 with a small beginning, this
organization is now one of the most solid to be found anywhere in the
world. In Costa Rica alone they have invested over $19,000,000 in
bananas, while enormous sums are also being expended in other countries
in sugar, coffee, cocoa, cocoanuts, the development of mines and the
building of railroads and hotels. In fact the prosperity of all these
nations is directly due to the presence of this great organization,
which finds a market for its products in Europe and the United States,
and which through its various local branches and stores, as well as its
numerous employes, is a potent factor in introducing American goods and
American ideas to all with whom it comes in contact. Its large fleet of
ships come to all the leading seaports of this country, and the vast
trade which it now controls, and which is still in its infancy, is
capable of enormous growth. As one example of what its business means in
freight alone, I may state that from the port of New Orleans this
company shipped, last year, nearly 150,000 car-loads of bananas to the
West and Middle West. The model hospitals which it has installed in each
of the countries in which it operates for the free treatment of its
servants have caused our physicians to be highly respected throughout
this portion of Central and South America, and as a consequence the
native now comes to the United States for serious surgical operations
and medical treatment, instead of to Europe as formerly. Further than
this, the intimate association bound to result from so many Americans
living in Latin American communities has tended to develop in each due
respect for the ability and integrity of the other, and this has been
beneficial to all parties concerned.
It is to be hoped that all the countries of Latin America will take
advantage of the disposition so apparent on the part of our financiers
to extend external credits among them and that every effort will be used
by those in power to establish lasting internal peace and a guarantee of
protection against unwarranted attacks on foreign capital. Such an
assurance will do much to develop the commercial side of these really
wonderfully productive lands.
Is it not the duty of our State Department to assist such a movement by
giving capitalists and merchants of this country its positive and
definite assurance that legitimate investors and investments will be
efficiently and effectively protected by the United States Government,
along the same lines as those in general use by the European powers?
Such an edict on the part of the United States would remove the last
great barrier to American trade development in Latin America.
XXIX
HEALTH PRECAUTIONS
Travel in Latin America can be made comparatively safe, from a medical
point of view, by the strict observance of a few common sense
precautions. Perhaps the first thing to be considered is the question of
water. With but one or two exceptions, drinking water is notoriously bad
in all of these countries, being polluted and almost certain, if drunk,
to develop, sooner or later, either typhoid or some other intestinal
disorder. Credence should not be placed in the well-intentioned
statement of the native that the water is good. Like their ancestors,
through the continual drinking of the local water, they have become
self-immunized to any form of contagion from its use. Because the water
comes from snow-clad mountains does not insure its purity, either. Most
mountain streams, long before they reach reservoirs, are used for
washing clothes or bathing and become infected in this manner. It is
obviously out of the question to boil all water prior to drinking and if
you are obliged to take many trips to the interior or off the beaten
paths of travel, bottled mineral waters are not always obtainable.
Therefore it is wise for the purposes of such excursions to carry any of
the well-known makes of pocket filter, which come especially made for
such purposes. Let me take advantage of this opportunity to correct the
erroneous idea entertained by so many of the laity that locally made
aerated mineral waters are free from bacteria. They should be shunned as
much as the local unboiled water. The best thing to do if you are going
to these countries, is to have your system rendered immune to the
typhoid bacillus, by having your family physician give you the
anti-typhoid vaccination, such as is used in the American army and navy.
There is but little inconvenience attending its administration and you
can rest assured that after taking the treatment you will not contract
typhoid fever. Drink bottled mineral water when possible. Its purity is
certain to eliminate tendencies to either stomachic or intestinal
troubles.
[Illustration:
_Photograph by Underwood & Underwood_
The Plaza Hotel in Buenos Aires
]
Pineapples, berries, melons or green uncooked vegetables such as
radishes, cucumbers, onions, water-cress, lettuce, salad and the like
should be avoided for the same reasons. Truck gardens wherein they are
grown mostly use dirty water for irrigation purposes. Even the native is
aware of this practice among many gardeners and I recall one man whose
farm on the outskirts of a large South American city bears this
announcement:—
“The vegetables from this place are not irrigated with water from the
sewers.”
Cholera, a rare visitor to these lands, need not be feared, if you are
careful in your diet and drinking water. Green vegetables, berries,
melons, and fruits should be avoided in the event of an epidemic and
only cooked vegetables eaten.
There is much small-pox, especially in communities where there is a
large percentage of Indian population, but this need not be a cause for
worry if one is vaccinated. A popular South American hotel, having had
many cases of this disease among its patrons, has hanging in each room
this sign:—
“Rooms disinfected when guests leave,”
in order to inspire confidence in its new clients. This sign might have
as a companion, another one displayed in a leading Latin American hotel,
reading:—
“Guests are requested not to spit through the mosquito netting.”
Yellow fever always exists in many of the towns of Ecuador, Colombia,
Venezuela, Brazil and most of the Mexican and Central American ports. It
is due to the bite of a certain species of mosquito. By observing
precautions, such as sleeping under a net and staying away from
districts known to breed these insects, the chances for contracting this
disease are materially minimized.
That bubonic plague is present in many localities cannot be denied.
Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil have this disease more than any
other countries of South America. It is caused by the bite of a specific
flea. Daily baths have a tendency to wash away the germs deposited by
this insect.
For the purpose of keeping away fleas, mosquitoes and other pests it is
well to apply daily to the exposed portions of the body a solution of
equal parts of spirits of camphor and oil of citronella, a pint bottle
of which should form part of one’s traveling kit.
Leprosy need not be feared. My experience of several years in one of the
largest leprosy hospitals in the world, in a country with many lepers
among its inhabitants warrants me in saying positively that the
probabilities of a temporary resident contracting this disorder are
almost _nil_.
It is a wise precaution, for obvious reasons, when travelling in remote
districts to carry your own pillow, sheets and bed-clothes, a hammock
being preferable to a bed because more sanitary and easily conveyed.
Oranges, bananas, limes and the many other delicious tropical fruits
need not be feared. You will meet persons who will warn you against
them, but they do no harm when eaten in moderation.
Whiskey, wines and beer, especially in the warm climates are to be
eschewed. They heat the blood and are over-stimulating. Every doctor
will tell you that the possibilities of recovery from disease are always
against the person who uses alcohol, and nowhere in the world is the
truth of this more exemplified than in Latin America. In one hospital of
which I was in charge in one of these lands, out of 47 cases of yellow
fever, among foreigners, during an epidemic, 44 succumbed. Each man who
died was an extreme user of alcohol in some form. Of the three
recoveries one man was a teetotaler, the other two being occasional
drinkers.
The old doctor’s advice to keep your head cool, your feet warm and your
bowels normal in order to avoid sickness is as appropriate for Latin
America as for anywhere else.
A small medical case containing calomel, quinine, soda-mint tablets,
peroxide of hydrogen, a bandage, some aseptic gauze, and a packet of
absorbent cotton is all that is needed for a trip. Symptoms of any
disorder should not be ignored or made light of. If they persist be sure
to call in the very best physician available.
APPENDIX
LATEST STATISTICS AVAILABLE IN 1915 ABOUT SOUTH AMERICAN IMPORTS
Argentine
Articles. From United From United From From Total
States. Kingdom. Germany. France. Imports.
Automobiles $543,930 $430,530 $822,315 $2,252,835 $5,159,030
Bagging 13,025 3,299,705 68,130 5,230 8,355,140
Beams, iron 94,440 91,035 1,846,070 495,815 3,276,365
Beverages 46,690 169,155 168,350 129,525 1,149,360
Binder twine 2,729,950 10,655 5,835 8,760 2,765,130
Books and
pamphlets 30,515 462,520 58,015 154,900 1,254,810
Book paper 7,395 61,275 947,850 2,900 1,154,760
Brick, paving 8,375 98,520 153,625 109,400 1,055,840
Bridge materials 66,905 776,810 110,240 3,265 997,670
Carriages and
cars,
accessories
and parts of 64,550 350,550 406,335 389,360 1,504,605
Cement,
hydraulic 13,545 640,520 258,135 752,880 3,989,340
Cheese 15,825 7,010 73,890 2,074,590
Chemical and
pharmaceutical
products:
Candles,
stearin 1,700 272,460 104,675 9,520 1,094,570
Medicinal
preparations 340,680 153,065 206,685 1,154,280 2,191,620
Perfumery 27,550 206,740 86,690 1,043,180 1,411,500
All other 1,982,965 2,086,355 1,764,010 1,101,350 9,083,685
Cigars 32,045 21,605 20,935 8,685 1,415,630
Coal 782,910 23,642,425 381,320 25,047,240
Coffee 585 4,980 7,020 1,631,615
Cotton and silk
goods 10,635 430,995 275,395 518,345 1,447,725
Cotton and
woolen goods 75 682,520 303,845 76,075 251,842
Cotton goods
made up 8,200 157,340 497,315 430,635 1,186,140
Cotton hose 750 22,000 1,101,325 223,015 1,407,220
Cotton laces $2,810 $559,200 $415,285 $123,525 $1,349,000
Cotton tissues:
White 21,305 4,099,620 133,420 77,075 4,813,065
Unbleached
(linen) 12,500 874,610 3,920 4,485 1,127,060
Printed 1,605 2,610,395 460,140 68,935 3,693,435
Dyed 9,370 4,377,675 920,095 244,910 10,315,680
Color not
specified 3,015 534,595 170,910 121,190 1,059,655
Cotton yarn:
Colored 2,705 111,845 129,475 20,195 1,003,695
Unbleached 70,735 326,310 52,430 46,420 1,508,790
Cotton goods,
all other 301,675 2,568,815 1,064,295 619,455 6,632,860
Ducks 550 493,600 162,180 156,150 1,156,655
Dyes and colors 249,550 997,635 722,980 199,185 2,427,250
Dynamos and
motors,
electric 28,545 219,935 1,212,775 42,385 1,637,755
Electric and
wire cable 102,885 1,205,515 1,227,695 96,465 3,087,700
Furniture,
wooden 587,060 513,055 308,515 489,640 2,668,230
Glass and plain
crystal 12,145 663,930 201,380 68,860 1,538,850
Harvesting
machines 1,948,165 46,200 14 2,712,855
Household and
cooking
utensils. 52,450 89,910 741,430 95,940 1,210,210
Iron and steel
wire,
galvanized:
Smooth—
Up to No. 14 638,990 249,100 1,027,250 1,500 2,015,735
No. 15 and
higher 625 53,430 13,590 465 75,945
Barbed 635,030 106,320 137,085 2,825 926,250
Twisted 3,599 16,485 3,410 27 25,300
Iron and steel
wire, not
galvanized:
Up to No. 14 408,200 16,495 213,970 75 720,060
No. 15 and
higher 19,645 2,905 15,975 175 41,395
Iron and steel
wire, plated
(with bronze
copper,
nickel, or
tin) 79 5,750 27,630 307 35,605
Iron axles and
wheels 87,685 1,156,005 7,750 1,256,735
Iron bars and
sheets 408,135 656,150 2,489,430 80,800 6,288,590
Iron, galvanized 1,398,165 4,088,950 381,955 24,985 6,160,145
Iron, wrought 321,005 1,156,670 377,870 77,300 2,753,025
Jewelry, fine,
except watches
and loose
precious
stones 15,885 180,215 769,525 620,660 1,849,545
Leather and
manufactures 1,283,105 758,510 688,340 792,230 3,766,540
Locomotives 1,847,135 293,845 627 2,188,660
Machinery,
general 1,119,225 2,022,795 2,572,365 459,975 6,939,140
Machines, spare
parts 1,132,290 684,510 692,340 119,950 2,909,925
Malt 59,385 1,074,280
Manufactures of
copper and
bronze 100,795 402,430 281,845 144,120 1,073,095
Manufactures of
stone, earth,
glass, etc. 170,240 987,185 2,050,820 616,460 4,667,250
Materials for
port works 105 110,280 66,075 14,580 204,035
Materials for
sanitary works 962,525 57,135 3,045 1,066,365
Motors:
Windmills,
with or
without
framework,
and pumps 372,580 13,980 555 393,275
Other various 631,820 316,015 85,765 6,800 1,142,485
News print paper 727,970 85,595 603,725 7,735 1,610,380
Oil:
Lubricating 1,301,930 787,995 63,980 10,815 2,518,350
Olive 146,075 3,645 5,240 143,525 4,748,915
Kerosene 2,289,115 156 2,289,275
Naphtha,
unrefined 5,495,150 126,010 75,895 43 5,710,755
Pine, unplaned:
White 1,728,450 140,350 11,773 23,160 2,130,015
Pitch 8,078,590 3,880 29,170 30 8,164,720
Spruce 1,662,050 76,925 50,635 14,065 3,689,605
Pipes, iron:
Galvanized 229,180 966,955 83,565 3,205 1,294,550
Other 51,460 756,245 238,810 34,290 1,171,965
Railway coaches 117,730 1,073,510 1,191,240
Railway
couplings,
steel 136,585 485,835 397,810 2,480 1,147,350
Railway freight
cars 558,855 2,650,155 74,190 16,095 3,812,510
Railway
materials 132,810 4,152,660 237,460 93,345 5,013,430
Rice:
Unhulled 30,685 286,055
Hulled 378 76,860 5,020 2,476,215
Sand for
building 115 1,024,380
Sardines 516 27,130 26,120 44,485 1,031,425
Screws and nuts $170,230 $401,675 $156,050 $183,830 $1,061,980
Seeds:
Alfalfa 482 155,145 73,230 740,945
Flax 1,020 100 1,335
Corn 332 1 100 1,115
Wheat 1,175 39 48 265 7,630
Other kinds 41,510 26,170 281,195 201,115 1,069,415
Silk 635 208,055 428,735 1,287,600 2,341,730
Steel rails 737,685 2,226,600 1,343,315 17,290 5,088,405
Spirits and
cordials 12,070 462,545 44,365 1,685,810 3,183,410
Sugar:
Refined 215 467,710 228,260 852,550
Other 1,669 1,110,785 1,575 1,117,385
Tea 230 306,100 18,930 374 1,072,030
Tin plate,
unworked 345,530 673,230 5 67 1,036,860
Threshing
machines with
or without
motor 1,182,175 179,385 119,385 97 1,517,030
Tobacco dip 95,545 2,153,045 6,285 520 2,348,005
Tobacco, leaf 378,260 19,495 82,675 4,615 3,485,160
Tramway
materials 107,725 506,110 599,020 20,920 1,688,460
Watches:
Gold 2,270 15,420 64,010 209,035 593,300
Other kinds 115,450 26,985 230,270 302,665 1,395,305
Wines 9,160 21,235 39,985 8,031,335 9,830,910
Woolen goods:
Made up 4,150 235,295 586,865 504,855 1,418,170
Tissues, all
wool 4,425 3,571,105 1,039,340 888,125 5,957,735
Mixed 3,245 2,018,030 441,055 133,225 2,799,150
Yerba, Brazilian 4,946,085
Imports by
parcel post,
etc. 3,070 609,945 839,485 944,510 3,308,795
All other
articles 12,223,614 19,315,571 21,833,634 11,791,528 90,808,013
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Total $57,057,505 $114,515,800 $61,703,550 $36,301,925 $371,383,595
Bolivia
IMPORTS
Articles. Value.
Animals, live:
Cattle $302,553
Horses 482,528
Arms and ammunition 692,047
Breadstuffs:
Cereals 111,462
Pastes, alimentary 72,617
Rice 194,541
Wheat flour 857,148
Candles 366,220
Cars and carriages:
Railway cars 272,219
Other 102,944
Cement 148,292
Coal and briquettes 674,512
Cotton manufactures, not mixed with other material 1,684,088
Earthenware, tiles, and piping of, and porcelain 151,840
Explosives, including powder 452,490
Fish, fresh, including shellfish 125,027
Fruits 100,636
Gold, coined 107,082
Hats 447,937
Hides and skins, manufactures of 118,023
Instruments, musical and scientific 107,238
Iron and steel and manufactures:
Beaten, drawn, and in sheets 348,456
Machinery and apparatus:
Electric 339,731
Mining 446,881
Other and parts 633,095
Tools 225,340
Iron manufacturers 2,046,497
Jewelry:
Genuine (of precious metals) 105,702
Other 104,271
Leather boots and shoes 155,088
Medicines, prepared 154,297
Oils, mineral, and products 86,315
Paints, colors, and varnishes 99,604
Paper and manufactures 386,503
Soap 97,209
Spirits, wines, and malt liquors:
Beer, cider, and “chicha” 80,160
Spirituous liquors 644,226
Wines 380,603
Sugar, refined 1,195,665
Textile manufactures:
Laces, embroideries, and trimmings 188,666
Knitted goods 174,418
Wearing apparel, ready-made, except waterproof 763,364
Wood and manufactures:
Unmanufactured, except dyewood 248,087
Manufactures:
Furniture 130,702
Other 75,794
Wool, pure 689,861
All other articles 1,887,017
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Total $19,258,996
EXPORTS
Bismuth $836,366
Coca 286,417
Copper 1,318,389
Rubber 6,032,892
Silver:
Crude $1,675,940
Coined 168,204
Tin 23,432,658
Wolfram $202,165
All other articles 1,104,816
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Total $35,057,841
Brazil
Articles United United
Year States Kingdom Germany
Arms and ammunition:
Ammunition 1912 $457,294 $1,369,956
Firearms 1912 572,302 $21,756 1,111,676
Asphalt 1912 39,334
Belting 1912 44,394 206,090 42,740
Bicycles 1912 37,116 103,249 41,287
Blacking, boot 1912 19,573 29,039 17,163
Breadstuffs:
Flours and meals, not wheat 1912 57,540 48,186
Wheat 1912 213
Wheat flour 1912 4,007,047
Cars, carriages, motor cars, etc.:
Railway cars 1912 1,915,701 991,730 331,761
Axles and wheels, for railway
cars 1912 271,653 268,616 431,786
Carriages, etc. 1912 161,351 31,658 41,716
Axles, etc., for carriages 1912 26,803 18,790
Motor cars 1912 924,045 317,873 1,526,018
Motor-car accessories 1912 110,530 112,434 320,209
Cement 1912 275,942 1,138,048 2,525,183
Cordage, jute and hemp 1912 12,168 34,919 17,643
Cotton manufactures:
Piece goods—
Bleached 1912 12,094 1,310,654
Unbleached 1912 4,386 237,242
Dyed 1912 54,865 2,905,293 74,654
Printed 1912 1,195 836,941
Other 1912 69,650 4,608,054 1,461,724
Other 1912 187,005 1,091,231 2,272,635
Coal 1912 2,788,601 15,490,137
Patent fuel 1912 2,099,247
Clocks and watches:
Clocks 1912 100,479 93,059
Watches 1912 10,027 14,586
Chemicals and drugs:
Calcium carbide 1912 52,939
Pills, etc. 1912 47,158 .....
Pharmaceutical goods, etc. 1912 423,164 962,656 1,364,543
Dynamite and other explosives 1912 10,257 417,202 91,324
Electrical machinery and supplies:
Cable 1912 250,047 241,369 49,997
Insulators 1912 55,044 125,582
Machinery 1912 2,060,944 569,562 1,375,764
Fishhooks, locks, stirrups, etc. 1912 140,729 106,077 236,351
Fish:
Codfish 1912 279,415 449,641
Preserved extracts, etc. 1912 144,028
Fruits:
Dried 1912 19,544 . .....
Fresh 1912 212,010 .
Preserved, and extracts 1912 33,304
Glass and manufactures:
Bottles and tumblers 1912 58,245 564,005
Window glass 1912 4,042 135,855
Hats 1912 89,217
Ink:
Printing 1912 18,148 59,066
Writing 1912 2,923 25,160 .
Instruments, scientific:
Dental 1912 165,793 34,385 23,810
Optical, and goods 1912 19,065 25,612
Surgical, and goods 1912 36,873 70,598
Other 1912 172,381 75,190 191,322
Iron and steel, and manufactures
of:
Cutlery 1912 $178,465 $337,214 $576,594
Enameled ware 1912 13,020 59,051 379,110
Galvanized corrugated sheets 1912 328,994 1,540,600 91,931
Furniture 1912 54,393 51,471 42,635
Bars, rods, plates, and sheets 1912 114,879 529,803 569,338
Cast, pig, and puddled iron 1912 7,019 331,278
Locomotives 1912 1,871,639 459,850 1,290,737
Motors and stationary engines 1912 425,918 333,763 507,533
Machinery—
Agricultural 1912 409,458 84,233 179,056
Industrial 1912 230,799 2,776,668 1,784,057
Other 1912 3,556,371 2,379,798 2,249,642
Nails, screws, etc. 1912 117,401 143,478 116,929
Rails, joints, etc. 1912 1,868,840 751,474 1,344,151
Scales 1912 67,337 24,013 31,839
Sewing machines 1912 1,563,131 105,297 963,594
Steel bars and rods 1912 94,276 518,345 81,098
Stills, boilers, etc. 1912 77,836 466,263 78,623
Structural material 1912 196,928 648,719 1,223,603
Tubes, pipes, fittings 1912 419,678 1,988,125 985,359
Typewriters and accessories 1912 354,833 60,116
Tools 1912 694,927 1,537,651 661,834
Telegraph poles, bridge and
fence material 1912 328,901 391,635 360,880
Leather, and manufactures of:
Boots and shoes 1912 333,285
Sole leather 1912 40 20,150
Other leather 1912 561,458 224,854 1,585,747
Manufactures of leather and
skins 1912 35,724 92,322 120,066
Lighting apparatus 1912 60,656 107,021 223,470
Meats and products:
Bacon 1912 157,373 .....
Hams 1912 15,210 458,846
Lard 1912 92,275
Preserved, and extracts 1912 25,202
Milk, condensed 1912 18,541
Mills 1912 15,332 48,325
Musical instruments:
Phonographs and accessories 1912 138,602 303,147
Pianos 1912 126,894 607,091
Oils:
Gasoline 1912 1,164,021
Kerosene 1912 4,383,101
Lubricating 1912 812,756 152,101 129,294
Paper, and manufactures of:
Card and mill board 1912 4,413 261,009
Playing cards 1912 4,414 2,451
Printing paper 1912 13,595 61,101 881,228
Stationery, etc. 1912 57,291 115,605 261,500
Writing paper 1912 12,974 220,869
Paraffine 1912 13,151 29,405 14,266
Photographic apparatus and
accessories 1912 51,521 72,405
Presses 1912 6,333 14,712 10,237
Pumps, hydraulic, and parts 1912 92,776 118,906 86,698
Pipe, lead 1912 1,776 45,491
Plated ware 1912 3,368 32,398 26,423
Perfumery, dyes, etc., and
materials for 1912 277,532 620,696 301,905
Paints, prepared 1912 130,806 394,256 127,948
Resin 1912 1,547,214
Rubber manufacture 1912 182,828 278,553 288,933
Soap, unscented 1912 35,734 198,953 56,998
Starch 1912 1,502 59,796 69,984
Salt 1912 137,923
Tallow and grease 1912 2,871 15,137
Tin plates, in sheets 1912 271,451 1,112,935
Tinware 1912 6,678 47,953
Tents 1912 2,054 13,480 14,226
Type, printers’ 1912 2,089 107,021
Tobacco leaf 1912 44,602
Varnishes 1912 $49,260 $115,833
Vegetables:
Dried 1912 815 $9,859
Preserved and extracts 1912 15,389
Wire:
Copper 1912 851,550 65,115 285,042
Other 1912 823,876 227,990 1,403,714
Wearing apparel 1912 40,577 214,689 222,144
Wood, and manufactures of:
Furniture 1912 137,340 76,271 115,560
Pine blocks and boards 1912 2,302,576
Staves and hoops 1912 7,886 28,931 112,666
Rough, sawed, planed, and
veneered 1912 33,123 25,621