The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-19
NICE FOR ST. LOUIS
PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS PRE-
SENTS COMPLIMENTS.
THE EXPOSITION ENDORSED.
ARGENTINE DELEGATE TALKS
SENSE ABOUT BANKS.

Banks Must Follow Commerce.
Republics Must Increase Their In
ternationaI Trade and Commerce
Will FollOw-Argcntine Delegate
Tells Why United States Does Not
Increase Its south American
Trade-Its Tariff Chinese Wall One
of the Main Causes.
City of Mexico, Dec. 16.-The Pan
American Conference to-day resolved
to hold extra sessions in the afternoon
and at other times demanded by the
work on hand.
Senior Matte of Chilli withdrew his
proposal that interested governments
give aid to the projected Pan American
bank.
The delegations of Guatemala, Mic
aragua, Mexico, Honduras. Salvador
and Costa Rica presented the following
draft of the proposed communication
to the city of st. Louis:
Resolved That the city of St. Louis
and its inhabitants, assisted by the
United States, are making at this time
great preparations, seen by many of
the delegates here present, for the uni
versal exposition of 1908, to which all
the nations of this continent have bees
invited. 1t seems natural that taking
into consideration the Importance of
expositions of that character and their
influence to foment the commercial and
industrial growth of nations, the eff
forts and the work tending to their
realization be stimulated and looking
to that end the delegations have to
submit the following resolution:
Resolved, That the second Interna-
uonal American Conference appreciates
fully the efforts of ST. Louis and it's
inhabitants, which are taking place.
with the help of the United States, to
prepare an international exposition
which is to take place in 1903. These
resolutions shall be forwarded for his
information to the Mayor of the city
of st. Louis"
In speech, Lorenzo Anadon. the Ar
gentine delegate, reiterated the state
ment of Joaquin Cassasus of Mexico,
referring to the proposed Pan-Ameri-
can bank, that the banks follow com
merce; therefore, what the American
republics must first do is to increase
their International trade. In this con-
nection Senior Anadon alluded to the
difficulties of South American coun-
tries in trading with the United States.
In the United States, he said, it was
impossible for our merchants to buy on
time, whereas European firms grant
liberal terms of credit Senior Anadon
went on to say that it would be inn
possible for Spanish America to have
large commercial dealings with the
United States until those Chinese walls
known as the Mckinley and Dingley
tariffs We're swept away. The world,
concluded Senior Anadon, is ruled by
self-interest and not by sentiment
President DiaZ to-day received John
Barrett, delegate of the United States
to the PanAmerican Conference, in
special private audience, prior to Mr..
Barrett's return to Washington on Fri
day. Mr.. Barrett delivered to the
President an autograph photograph of
President Roosevelt. In appreciation of
this personal remembrance on the part
of the American executive the Mexi-
can President gave Mr.. Barrett an au-
tograph photograph of himself to de-
liver to President Roosevelt. In the
course of the interview President Diaz
took occasion to commend in particu-
lar terms the most cordial relations
existing between Mexico and the Unit
ed States.