The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-31

( them through their foreman, In which y
said y should be very glad to answer any
questions they would like to make as to
my country or It's people. They we're
much Int rested, and, though very bac
I ward ut first, they finally said there was
one thing they would like to know, and
that WIS whether was personally ac-
quainted with the President Of the United
States, Mr. Roosevelt. j told them 4 had
the honor OF Knowing him personally and
being one Of This friends. They then q ked
IL ut were really true that he had lived g
part Of his life,gas % cowboy md { could
really ride a b,icklng horse. told lthen1
1T was 50, whereat they were very much
delighted, evidently thinking that 1T must
be n free country where a cowboy could
become President
American Trade in Argentina.
& The conversation hero t,irred to Amer
lean ira deiswith the Argentine Republic,
and asked Mr.. Barrett what should be
done to Increase It's
have already told you that we need
new steamship connections, was tho re-
ply. sWeSneed also new banking connects
lions. There ought to he a great Amer
lean bank III Buenos Ayres or, better
still, branch OF one OF our biggest New
York banking Institutions. The banks OF
Argentina are strong.
Some of them have MS mitch as eighty
million dollars,8 silver on deposit Mt one
time. There Is one bank which has "
capital of ilfty millions Tho American
bank should be able to do business in the
large cities, and 1T would find plenty to
do. IA would control the exchanges on
New FORK, and would form a place where
Argentine exporters could ~fnduirc about
the business standing Of firms In the
United States, and where Our exporters
could ascertain9lthe busintys standing of
men In Argentina. This is one of the
grent troubles with our trade mt present.
Most of 1T is carried on through foreign
hands. ana Information as to the respon-
sibillty of purchasers is lan1entably lack
Ing. .555 f,5755
~ think NO should have more American
3 firms in Argentina. Our biggest institu-
5tions should have their branch establish
ments there, and they would drum the
country with their own salesnen. The
American VII! work two hours where the
Argentine gent works half an hour, and
he will do much moro business In the
same time. .as@tt Is now tho field is "a
comparatively new one. Argentina is a
country like our, a new land. with
pushing people. There are great posi-
biities for American trade, but energetic
Americans arc needed to build 1t up and
to fight for 1T IN competition with the
English and Germans. with the Italians,
Spanish and i Trench v
#5 3s 6 About Uruguay.
= suppose you saw something OF Uru-
quay during your stay in South America,
Mr. Barrett
4 GYesjE Il visited Montevideo, and met the
principal Y uguaynns officials That coun-
try, although comparatively small for. a.
South American republic, is one Of 4 the
on the continent. 1thas excellent
lands, and parts Of 1t arc as fertile as the
best parts of Argentina. It Is a cattle
country. having about thirty-seYen million
acres ofpasturage 1t also raises a great
deal of wheat and corn. One of Its chief
exports is hides. which are sent. by the
ship 3 loads to the United States. We
bought In the neehborhood Of two mill
lion dollars worth Of hides and skins
from Uruguay last year, and we sent
about q million and a half dollars worth
Of American goods there. ~
What kind of place Is Mont evideo ri
.".It is one OF the finest cities on the
South American continent. lies right
on the sea on a tongue of land SO shaped
that the rains wash It's streets clean. 1t
has fine buildings, street cars and electric
lights and all sanitary improvements.
They are now dredging out u he harbor
and improving the city in other Ways
:6s ia How Rrazil 4, { ySroWs.