Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-09
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/ Wcstcrucrs 20 relax your preparailFe
activities and cit idly amid the splen-
ors OF your great exposition, watch
Ing your alert competitors respond
lng instantly 10 the knock OF Oppcr-
Itunity. Your agencies should Do
seasonably active In every country
whore YOU have a chance 20 gain a
fresh commercial footing You
need the ships 10 carry your wares
and 10 bring back lucrative returns
But while painting a bright pic
ture Of the potential richness Of the
country 10 be brought hy the canal
| 10 the doors OF our Pacific ports.
Secretary Knox warned them that. 80
long MS political disorder prevailed
! In those countries Il was not 10 be
| expected that q commercial develop
mont could bee forced upon then.
no men gather grapes Of thorns. or
/ FIGS Of thlstles' he quoted. "CaD
Won expect an impoverished. pcrturL.
ed and embarrassed community %
throw open wide the door OF Ira'ti
cal opportunity"
Z" In those countries o. Central
| America who're fraternal strife has
loft its scars tand do not speak now
Of all Of them we find practical
paralysis Of natural resources The
native agriculturist dares not pro-
duce more than the amount actually
necessary for his own consumption.
or NJ the most that OF his nearest
neighbors. for the fear Of conscrip-
tion On times Of war and tho subse-
quent inevitable destruction or ap-
preparation Of his property starps him
in the face Regions of incalcUlable
fertility now living idle will soon hear
the stimulating cali cf improved
transportation facilities for their
products. if only domestic 'ausquii-
ify and financial stability enable them
TO heed that call
Forecn merchants res dent boz
these countries cannot. boo tIe fac ot
impending revolutions. with prudence
commit themselves 90 mercantile uur.
chases for future delivery Whi,h NAV
arrive when the country is in the
thrpes OF such conflicts Their trade
ls.thctcfore. limited. their nesotia-
tions relatively small aud their credit
under such conditions. seriously az
fectcd. while present steamship faCil.
ltios are inadequate. freight rates az,
Itch and time Of transit necessarily
protracted u Is inconcoiyahIe that
such local conditions can l0u.er ho
suffered 20 restrain the eD0uomi. &c..
vclopmcnt OF certain of these 5puu-
tries. particularly when they nul
themselves ideally situated upon tho
highway 0t commerce between tvJ
h,mispheres
Your thpscHfiu' puDuc men
should realize the vital interest orr
vast body OF producers and CONSUME
crs have On the stable prosperity Of
their ue.-hbors and SCI" 20 D. that up
400 OF thought or speech on their
past shall ran coauter ~ tns earnest
efforts OF this government 20 make
true international friendships ot re-
spcc'. good will ana justice. and %
I.i certain Jess fortunate common
W,alths at our doors 20 guard them
selves from the embarrassment cf for
u.ru Indebtedness, f1 build up their
national credit on the firm f.unda-
zion o.. responsible GOOD faith 20 all
.t...r .rIu.s.,ICg H.t1 f.e Outer world
and f0 Ir.e themselves from .a. Cark-
Iue uall5y OF domestic irsurre.t.on
. These efforts. cNempliiied boz th MIC
araguau ana Hondrran conventions.
. .ro nor mere academic theories Tie
-o.IlT,-s nf their pr.r..ri. has been
practically demonstrated on tha SYM
/ pathetic ass stance No so successfully
. lent % Slnto Domingo in her struggle
|to eytri.afa herself from The quacmire
Of forei.u debt and 90 throw OF the
hid'ous burden OF political insiabil-
Iity"
II As ar instance OF The difference be-
tween the commercial value oI
a country 5Wamp-d with Indebtedness
and country made financially sount
he stated that the commerce Of the
Dominican republic. since ihe United
states had helped Il 20 rid Itself Of
foreign Indebtedness. had trebled, al
though that assistance was given les.
than a decade ago In 1903. the yea
before the United states gave rs as
sistance 20 tho Dominican Republic
The total foreign commerce ~ th3