New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-23
u AN-AMERICAN CONGRESS.
IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL AND POLIT-
ICAL RESULTS EXPECTED.
BELIEF THAT MUCH OF THE ENORMOUS
PUBLICS WILL BE RECOVERED

tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
Washington, March 22-The success attending
Secretary Hays proposition for Pan-American
Congress, to meet next year in the City Of Mex
leo. has awakened lively interest in Congress
since its announcement in The Tribune last
Monday. and appropriation of $4,000 for the
expenses of the United States delegates will be
made this session With this amount a it's dis
posal the State Department will be assured Of
creditable representation, and may appoint its
delegates early enough TO enable them to be-
come familiar with the questions TO be discussed
some time before the actual time of meeting. A
new insight into the good to be expected from
the conference and a strong argument against
postponng it beyond next February is given in
official figures issued from the Bureau of Amer
lean Republics to-day
The President attaches great Importance to
the successful working out of this project, the
main object of which is 20 bring into closer
touch the American republics and to cultivate
intimacy, not only in commercial exchanges, but
In political relations The State Department has
noted with much concern the malevolent efforts
of certain interests to incite deep seated Jeal-
ousy of the United States among the Latin
American republics. 1t is known that some of
these efforts originated with European residents
in South and Central America who were de-
sirOuS of Gripping the trade of the United States
with that section of the world. They also in
formed these people that the United States had
sinister designs on their political independence.
The astonishing fact is that these efforts act
ually obtained a considerable measure of sue
FALLING OFF IN COMMERCE.
The figures now in the possession of the off,
Gals here show that. contrary to the common
40 81 Init with
its southern neighbors has decreased enormous
ly the loss being stated at less than $780,
600 900 within the last decade. Ordinary COM
mercial factors are said to be insufficient to ex-
plain this loss, which is therefore attributed to
political elements. For instance, the exports OF
breadstuffs which in 1893 nearly SIS 000-
600 in value, decreased last year to a little
more than SIS 100000 Provisions fell off from
nearly S14,000000 in 1894 to less than SS,O0O0O0
last year. Cotton and manufactures of cotton
fell off from 49, 900 in 1895 to little over
So 900 900 last year. Oils and minerals decreased
from 50, 800 600 III 1896 to $4,0O0,000 last year.
About the only important article of export which
shows any increase in recent years is manu-
features of iron and steel, of which the total
last year reached S11,o0oGOo, as compared With
000 the highest previous record, in 1893.
The loss in imports from South and Central
America also was great In 1857 the United
States imported from these countries coffee 10
the value of S120,000,000; last year the imports
were about S4S000000 Sugar and moasses
imported in 1894 TO the amount of Sol, 000.-
600: last year the imports were valued at about
S3S 600 900 India rubber is practically the only
article showing any substantial increase in i'm
ports the figures being about S1S.OOO,OO0 last
year against S100OO,000 in 1890.
GOOD WORK OF MEXICO AND BRAZIL.
1t is confidently believed by the projectors Of
this congress that as one of its results much of
this lost trade can be recovered by Graduating
the unfounded suspicious entertained in some
of the South American republics. 1t is said that
Mexico and Brazil have done excellent work in
behalf of the United States in dissipatng the
false ideas entertained in some Of the other re-
publics this point, and 1t is well known that
Mexico completely extngushed a half devel-
oped project which contemplated league of the
South American republics inimical to the United
States.