Show A AMERICAN MEAT PACKERS STRONG IN ARGENTINE fiELD Already Handling One One- third of That Country's Export Trade WASHINGTON Nov No 21 So So far fal as known none nono of ot the Argentine meat companies com controlled by North Korth American Interests Interests in interests In- In is contemplating meat shipments to the United States according to further further fur fur- ther information concerning the operations operations operations opera opera- of United State States capital in the Argentine Argentine Argentine Ar Ar- gentine meat supply transmitted by Commercial Commercial Com Corn mercial Agent James D. D to the department of commerce and labor today This state of affairs will continue Mr reports until prices in the United States equal those of Europe as th the North American interests admittedly gained control of a part of the meat trade in with a view view- toward supplying supplying supply supply- ing the European Europe n demand after extensive increases In home consumption in the United States had caused a decline in American exports of the product The most important aspect of the meat situation in the Argentine republic continued con con- Mr Y is the growing In Influence Influence In- In fluence of pC United States- States capital in this direction The American companies which practically control the meat supply of the tha United States entered the Argen Argen- tine Une field barely half haIr a dozen years cars ago I but have already alread attained a commanding position by reason of their capital and anU progressive methods United States companies do not yet et control so far as is currently known a majority of the companies or the cold I storage output of the country but their production Is Increasing ing more mor rapidly than that of the Argentine or English plants and they have purchased land on the Parana river rivet pr presumably with a view to erecting freezing works Th The The- avowedly avowedly avowedly avow avow- edly North American companies alrea already are shipping about a third of the total of frozen beef and mutton d ar more than half of the chilled beef |