Excerpt from Latin-American Year Book for Investors and Merchants for 1919 This fact, and also that latin-american territory covers altitudes ranging from sea level up to the highest suitable for human life - the Andes Chain of mountains with the Aconcagua, feet, being surpassed only by the Hima laya - accounts for the immense variety of natural products found there, and the possibility of cultivating practically any plant, and raising of any kind of live stock. The population of latin-america is only less than 82 millions. Imagine a country over twice as large as the United States, holding four fifths of its population, and you will have an idea of the wonderful possibilities for its development. The situation of latin-america is, in ref erence to population, like that of the United States about fifty years ago, and the marvellous development of this great country took place after that time. Latin-america furnishes American industries with a considerable portion of the necessary raw material. The following table shows the progress of latin-american im ports into the United States for the last decade, as com pared with the total imports. It shows that while the total imports have less than doubled in this period. The imports from latin-america have become nearly three times larger. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from South and Central American Trade Conditions of Today: New and Revised Edition With Complete Information to 1919 It is to fill the demand for information regard ing these countries that the present work has been prepared. In it will be found a vast amount Of informa tion regarding Spanish America and Spanish Americans, their customs, manners and point Of view as related to business, as well as a great deal of data concerning the exports, imports, debts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Latin American Common Market In order to produce these capital goods and develop all the intermediate goods industries required in order to launch these highly complex dynamic industries beginning with that of iron and steel, consumption of which is now million tons and should reach about 38 million by 1975 - Latin America needs a common market. True, the task of creating the common market is not, and never will be, an easy one. Although there is a solid body of Opinion in favour of the common market, unanimity is far from being reached as regards the form that it should take. This is by no means surprising. An undertaking of such scope requires some time to take shape; much patient explanation and public advocacy will be necessary before it can materialize, although this work may yield results earlier than we might expect. A doubt has been expressed as to whether the common market, as projected by the Working Group in Mexico, could Combine the features of a free-trade area, and thereby fulfil the conditions laid down by gatt for its formation. The Working Group did not study the juridical aspects of the common market in any detail. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from South and Central American Trade Conditions of Today: New and Revised Edition With Complete Information to 1919 This little book is intended as a handbook for all those interested in the question of South American, or more properly Latin-American, trade. It is not a book of travel, of history, of political or economic conditions, nor of descriptions of places and people; but a volume dealing with hard, cold facts, all of which are intimately connected with business and trade conditions in the republics to the South. The author has travelled extensively through South and Central America and the West Indies and is familiar with the customs, manners, life, and languages of the people of whom he writes. Moreover, he is heartily in sympathy with them, and believes that only one who is in sympathy with a people or race can properly appreciate their character and point of view. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.