The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-06-19


\ dian. Nothing stands out illus
trative of the good purposes y
4 the matter with which the table.
4 are connected. Its dead matte.
figures, and figures and figure.
with no flesh and no bone t,
give power and emphasis 50 tha
A the ordinary reader may proper
Hay digest il.
The heretofore commercial in
tercourse Of the United State,
with Latin America has been D
SO unsatisfactory a character, 81
Icompletely q dead loss To fhi,
d country, and just as completely
4 d source Of profits To Europe, tha
lone would think tEatany table D.
4 exports and Imports would con
|cern the people Of this country
Il = g = \ 4l
4 but not SO. No one voluntarily
lscans d paragraph Of solid para
4 graph Of solid figures unless i'm
pelled by an immediate interest,
no matter Of what Importance il
may be.
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To say that the business Of the
United States with South Amer,
| lea has IN any yearamounted toso
many million dollars is totally un-
instructive to the aVerage reader,
unless the business of other coun.
tries il also Clearly stated. And
to bunch the figures OF other
countries in an inextricable mass
#of figures, tosbe picked out like
wheat out of the'chaf, is also ufl-
instructive, because it will not be
searched out.
II England Is selling any South
American country from which we
are selling heavily three times as
much as we are selling the same.
country, and that right under the
shadow or slnsllineo of the Mon
roe doctrine, why not say soin big
black figures, 80 that the Amer
ican may understand that he is
not the only pig II the puddle. 4. ]
And if England, Germany and
France sell a combined bill to ALL
South America that Is equal to
four times the bill sold BY the
United States, and that all the
time this country is preserving
the integrity of the South Amer
lcan republics byits prestige and
policy why not say 50 III columns
of parallel, 50 that every child
may understand that there is mol
gratitude in trade, and that the
country which can sell iron and
steel, cotton goods and agricnl-I
5ural machinery the cheapest, Isl
he country Chat will get the trade
then thereWill have been Taught
something Of value. For exam.
ole, IN spite OF our philanthropica
are and custody Of republicanin-
,titutions in Latin America, Eng
and, Germany and the United
States sold to certain of the South
american countries, in the year
800, goods tothe following value, I.
punched in one solid paragraph
q current magazine:
ARGENTENrA.
...5. n. ...9.t.5. BIG, 735, 600
'nited States. !. 81. ]. IL, 43s, 800
treat Britain ..... 4, ...:.t. 3s, ,6s2, 100
taly q. s.. |. .s;.. Il. 12,Ooo,Q0O
CHILE. S
erman !. Nc. !. /. /. .8 4. SOC, 900 |
nited States. ... ... ... ..s.. 4,416,O0o !,
reat Britain ...'. MIN. 4. is, 500, ,OOo
PERU.
efmant Vs., ~. .,S 4, t04,9 ,9OO
nited States. $50, ..... 1,447,500 t
reat Britain. 1900. .. 5,2el, 400 a
ECUADOR. r.
ermany i, 30S, 10O 7,
nited States. u. ,....H.... 1,9Ts, sO0I I
reat Britain. 4. ...,.... 2,2os, 400 =
BRAZIL 1901 T
erinany ..... 81. ~. .s 100000 il
aited States. Y. .,, 1000, 900 i
reat Britain. .......... $4,000, GOO 1,
sance u &. d. .... 1900, 900 Z
In this latter shape there ISL 2
me expression to tables that. =
e otherwise a jumble Of figures.
ut, if the statistical reporter
Id gone a BIT further and addad =