PARAGUAY 
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amounted to only $593. Germany is her 
largest European creditor, last year taking 
over $1,198,686 of her products. 
Paraguay in 1913, imported $7,671,531 in 
textiles, foods, hardware, fancy and toilet 
goods, shoes, hats, liquors, drugs, clothes, steel 
and iron, of which amount the United States 
contributed $181,367 as against Germany’s 
$989,898 and England’s $963,418. 
Commercial travelers are supposed to pay 
a duty proportionate to the business they do. 
As a matter of fact, no effort is made to collect 
this tax and the local merchant generally pro 
tects the traveler visiting him from such ex 
ploitation. 
The following cities should be visited: 
Population 
Asuncion 60,000 
Villa Rica 35,000 
Concepcion 25,000 
Encarnacion 10,000 
Owing to its situation it is necessary in order 
to reach Paraguay to go by train or boat from 
Buenos Aires, or by boat from Montevideo;