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Show AMERICANS ENTER ARGENTINE FIELD i Washington, Nov , 21. So far as known, none of the Argentine meat companies controlled by North American Amer-ican interests Is contemplating meat shipments to the United States, according ac-cording to further information concerning con-cerning the operations of United States Capital In the Argentine meat supply, transmitted by Commercial Agent James D, Whelplcy to the IV- , parlment of Commerce and Iabor to- j tiny. I This state of affairs will continue, Mr. helpley reports, until prices In the United States equal those of Europe, Eu-rope, as the North American interests inter-ests admittedly have gained control of a part of the meat trade in Argen-Ine Argen-Ine with a view toward supplying the European demand alter extensive increases in-creases In home 'consumption in the United States has caused a decline in American exports of the product. "The most important aspect of the meat situation In the Argentine Republic,' Re-public,' continued Mr. Whelpley. "is the growing influence of United States capital in this direction. .The Anierl-terlallv Anierl-terlallv the meat supply of the United States entered the Argintine field barely half a dozen years ago, but I have already attained a command. ng I position by reason of their capital an.l progressive methods. United I States companies don't yet control, so far as Is currently known, a majority ma-jority of the companies or the cold storage output of the country, but their production Is increasing more rapidly than that of the Argentine or English plunts, and they hae purchased pur-chased land on the Panama river. presumably with a view to erecting freezing works. The avowerly North American companies already are ship-j ship-j ping about a third of the total of I frozen beef and mutton and more than half of the chilled beef." |