The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-07
|RN INVASION |DF LATIN-AMER|CA Itling American, Business
 Men Have Scheme ND OCEAN LINER
Ships With American Made Dds and Send Her to Various Ports-Indorsed by Presi-
 dent Taft and Others
By JONATHAN WINFIELD

Ellington, May 6.-(Special.)-A
 deal of preliminary skirmishing \ ling done by hustling American .j jfacturers, who plan to invade the
 -American countries with a float Exposition of American made goods. foating exposition, or trade ann dor. as the promoters call it, will lBt of an ocean liner. filled with ifican products, which will visit IWest Indies, Vera Cruz, Central
 ican seaports, Rio Janero, Buenos
 HIS and then various cities along the
 lc.
 P ship will sail under the patron
 If the American Manufactures Ex-
 Association. The undertaking has lndorsement of President Taft, the H department, the department of
 II herce and labor and the good will Me Pan American union.
 LIS not known just when the unique Ing fair will be started, but t lkpected to be soon. It will con- fabrics, hardware, food products. l|inery and bother articles too num- K to mention.
 le state department, which believes Ihollar diplomacy" has facilitated l|enterprise by preparing instruc- | to the diplomatic representatives He United States throughout Gen. land South America to extend to representatives of the manufac- MS every courtesy possible. Ike foreign ministers in Washing who also have been inspired by energetic manufacturers. have lised to see to it that their coun- give the exhibit ship cordial |bme. They agree with President that whatever encourages the |th of trade relations between na- also tends to promote peace and |berity and mutual well being. |e plans, as announced by these en- |ising traders, contemplate the talk along of a diplomatist, who will tiven a leave of absence of six lhs in order to take the trip. He IDG ldlilllldl W oPdAioAi <AAAACA Att~ az bms and with the language of these h Americans. It is expected that presence will give the exhibit a lmatic standing which otherwise Invest it with an influence not pro- ple.
 usual methods have been adopted to hint the visitors who will board the
 with the qualities of the goods dis ed before them. In the first place k will be a bureau of general informa-
 This will be connected by phone
 each exhibit booth. The exhibitor. He to talk Spanish, or French, or ban, as the case may be, will talk to customer through the bureau.
 bert linguists will be at the switch lis, it is declared, to translate the iri- les and make the replies.
 ssenger accommodation will be re- ed for at least 200 exhibitors besides lorce of mechanics needed.
 ltion exhibits will for the most part by the decks, while the show cases Iother goods will be displayed in the bns and between decks.
 herever it is practicable the ship will Ilongside piers at the various ports INtolttiG Ntil bt i1tttFto oii w II bifA e. Where this Is not practicable
 | power boats will carry the mer- It's and traders to the vessel free of ge. The length of time the vessel will tin at any port depends, of course, on size ant commercial importance of place. one or two of the larger B it wilH emain for one or two weeks. vance notices of the arrival of the !, setting forth it's mission and an
 ation to all merchants and supply les to be the guests of the manufac- rs, will be sent out through the diplo- c and consular agents of the United es government.
 e cruise will last about six months. 5 possible, if the first part of the Ige is successful, that it vii be ex- ed to Oriental ports.