The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-19

South America fully realized to
how great an extent misinfor-
nation with regard to their
several countries exists in the
United States and Canada, the
Pan-American Exposition would
be taxed beyond its limit to provide
space for the exhibits that would
come from those countries to enlighten
the people of the United States and
Canada concerning their neighbors to
the southwark. If, on the other hand,
the people of the United States and
Canada knew to any appreclable de-
gree Of the whole opportunities for the
profitable investment of money and en-
ergy which offer themselves in Central
and South America, they would not re-
quire such exhibits to awaken their in
terest, nor would such opportunities
long remain unknown or unpossessed.
The ideal had in view by those who
planned the Pan-American Exposition,
and toward the accomplishment of
which nothing is being left undone that
energy and effort can bring about or
suggest, is that in all that appertains
TO the industrial and intellectual devel-
opment of the countries of the Western
Hemisphere the Pan-American Exposi-
ton shall occupy the position of a
great International Information
Clearing House." While interesting
millions as a beautiful spectacle, 1t
will afford an opportunity to the peo-
pies of the three Americas to become
better acquainted with each other, and
1t will prove a very prominent factor,
too, in developing a proper and just
appreciation in each country of the in
dustrial wants and trade possibilities
of their neighboring countries OF the
Western Hemisphere.
While their view of the duty and
task imposed upon them in this regard
has been broad. the generosity and
public spirit of the promoters and
management of the Exposition in pro-
viding for the setting Of the EXPOSE
tion a magnificent fairy-like spectacle
in landscape and building effects. and
in arranging for the sumptuous intel
lectual entertainment of visitors with
In the grounds, has been broader 1t is
safe, ] believe to now risk the asser-
tion that as a result of all this the
verdict of those who visit Buffalo next
year will be that in certain phases,
and in not a few, the Pan n-American
Exposition will be justly entitled to
rank in history as the most beautiful
and successful of American eXposi-
tions.
No one who has approached the sub
ieCt of Industrial Pan-American SER
iOusly believes that the artificial trade
conditions now existing between Can
ada, the different Central and South
American republics and the United
States-as they affect and restrict
commerce and communication between
the different countries-can long con-
tinue Nor can IL be controverted that
great changes for the better in these
regards have taken place during the
past few years. Indeed, a 81 eater
advance has been made during the past
ten years in the countries of the West
ern Hemisphere in all that counts for
the better than during the 80 years
preceding. This statement, ma ilc
broadly, can be verified in detail. IT
applies to everything that has tended
toward stability of government, to-
ward the betterment and Improvement
of the people of the different coun-
tries, toward the building up therein
of permanent national wealth and in
the direction of utilizing to a great er
degree than heretofore the products
and resources of these countries.
1t is true that exceptions to this
statement can be easily pointed out:
but, broadly speaking, it will bear in
vestigation and will be found to be
correct. For example. with few ex-
ceptions, the seemingly unendns
boundary disputes-all of which, by
the way, came down from the old
Spanish regime as an inheritance, and
which have been for 20 years the
source of untold expense and of con-
stant irritation and oft threatene
war between practically all OF the
republics of Central and South Amer
ica-have been amicably concluded
The closing days of the century find
that chief source of trouble in Latin
America happily reduced to COM
paratively small point. 1t is but Just to
these republics to say In this connec-
tion that due credit should be given
them for the fact that in reaching this
result they have consistently recog-
nized the theory of arbitration to be
the proper and true method by which
such International disputes may be
solved. Today no boundary difficulty
of any kind affects the peace of the
east coast of South America, and but
two such questions are still to be ad.
justed upon the west coast Stable
government, we'll administered has
been reached in very many of the re.
publics south of us, In some-notably
In those toward the extreme south OF
the continent-the most striking and
rapid advances imaginable have beer
made during the vast ten years IN
their material development and in tht
prosperity of their people.
This has been especially true of tht
Argentine Republic and OF Chile. Fift,
years ago the latter supplied flour tc
the entire west coast of South, Centra
and even to that OF North America
The development of California am
oregon however, changed this, and
today the latter not only supply thei,
own wants, but as well a large section
of central and part of western South
America with breadstuffs. Chile, OF
her part, has become the worlds nj
trate producer and notably so in cop
per. while her vineyards have increase,
With each year.
In the Argentine Republic tn,
changes that have occurred are ever
more striking because they relate I,
things with which we of the Unite
States and Canada are more familiar
II Is, for example, relatively speaking
but few years since the United state
was shipping flour TO the Argentin
Republic and to Uruguay. Today, as ,
result of the immigration that ha
poured into those republics, but princi
pally into the first country, and as ,
result OF the application of Norti