The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-13
COMMERCIAL LINES.
SOUTH AMERICAN COMMISSION
The Presidents Selection of Personal
Friends for a Junketing Expedition
Going Around the World to
Reach Our Neighbour.

The event of the week has Ebeen the
session Of the commission appointed TO
stir up our commerce with South Amer
lea. AS the performance of its duties |
involved some nice travelling and |
plenty to eat, President Arthur made it |
upfrom his own personal friends and po-
litical chums. Gen. Geo. Sharpe, the
chairman, was for nine wears the sur
veyor of this port, and has all the points
on the tariff: he graduated in the diplo
matte service in Stewards time and
speaks Spanish forcibly, the ysay. Key
nolds, the second member, has been in
carnated as lawyer, agitator, diplomatic
| (Spain), Confederate general, congress
man and Governor, aud he was on Max
imillian's staff and aiterward built a
railroad over the Andes. The other
member Scion Thatcher, was on the
bench in Kansas. The secretary is
| William T.. Curtis, of the Inter Ocean.
Thatcher was Arthur's schoolmate;
Sharpe had charge Of his interests IN
tho Chicago convention, ana Curtis
wrestled with journalists and boxed the
telegraph wires on that same occasion,
> having special charge of the private wire
running to the White House.
, The commission met here on Monday,
, and an assorted lot of our merchants
were delivered of crude notions concern
ing our southern neighbors. a remark
, able speech was made by the Brazilian
, consul general, who said he Thought
- the entire commerce OF BrazI coulu ue
! won to come here, whereas we now get
- only One-cighth OF it. A cable message
from New York to Brazil must now &c
by way of London, and the cable com
panV between London and Rio paid {
ia per cent. dividend on heavily watereC
stock. lie declared that tho brazilian
empire would subsidi2e any company
that would lay cable to New York, ant
y that it would pay as well as that to Lon
II don.
v The consul general of Peru made
10 similar statement, and said that it cos
S. Il merchant of Lima rs much to brini
n goods from the United States as to brin
n them from Liverpool Round the Horn
S. tThis because Of the Nxtorti0ns OF th
ID Pacific Mail company0'
I'd Capt. Bedford Pym. of the royal nav
In and n member of the British Parlamen
I'd made a significant speech, saying thG
il always has peen mystery and ems
ma to the English that lhe | nited State
did not go for this trade of South Ame
DO lea and get it. at is naturally, logical
Ill and legitimately yours" he saidi "
~ it goes to England and Germany.
Gil belongs to YOU geographically, and yC
as can get il il you want il, and IL IS wOrl
he hundreds OF millions every year. 1
er the way" he added, somew hat irrol
ch vanity, "sincG came to America ha'
Int had my lree-trade notions knocked o
u of my head. uenccforth ! am u tar
by man."
The commission leaves hero on Il
10th amt goes to Mexico to hold
months session; thence back to 81
90. francisco; thence to Guatemala, ~
"' the five republics of Central Amerc
on thence to Venezuela and Colombia, tn
TT down on the west coast, across PA
OF gonia, and zap on the east side. II Nv
re- be gone, / suppose, a' winter. One
lut the members with whom / talked ant
he ipates that as the result Of causes viii
I a they will put in motion in Congress q
ng elsewhere, our commerce with Sou
lu America ought TO quudrlrlp in the ne
five years. Washington Letter to
Kansas City journal.