Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-31
TO PAVE WAY FOR
 BETTER RELATIONS
Southern Commercial Congress Starts To Bring United States and Pan-
 American Republics Together.

Washington, D. G., July 30.-The Southern Commercial Congress has started a movement to increase the trade and strengthen the amicable relations of the United States with the Pan-American republics.
 This project if four-fold, as fol- lows:
 F.yst. To arouse the Southern and Central American republics to q greater il,:"ies. il Ire vast eXpae sion 9: American trade and South American trade, which will follow opening of the Panama Canal in 1913 and to inform the American pubic of steps which South and Central American republics already are talk ing to seize commercial advantages resulting from opening of -he canal
 Second. A campaign to furnish in formation to American exporters to the Pan-American republic whereby they will be better able to compete with European merchants whose methods are acknowledged to be su- perior to Americans in she export trade.
 Third. A plan to divert part of the large number of South and Central American students who annually at tend universities of Europe, to insti- tutiOns of learning in the United States.
 Fourth. An agitation to promo e study of Spanish in the public schools colleges and universities of this coun- try, and an effort to found PanAmer- ican chairs in our principal institu- tions of learning.
 Tn nrdor that thnSp nlanS tO aid in developing International commerce and friendly relations with the sister republics, and to inform the Ameri- can. public of the conditions which must be overcome to develop great CT commerce with the Pan-American countries, the Southern Commercial Congress has obtained series of four articles on he subjects men, toned, prepared by William A.. Reid a specialist in international com merce.
 MT. Reid is an expert in world trade and traffic, and probably no man in the United States is better informed on the topics upon which he writes He is a graduate of ',he George Wash ington University where he special ized in international law and diplo- macy, ana ldtcT SCuuIeu cCOHoiHlCo o' Harvard University. He has travelled for the past four years in practical ly every country in the world. He has acted as secretary to Chinese Imperial officials, and for five years he was attached to various legations and embassies in Washington. doins special and confidential work. Dur ing most of his business life he has been associated with foreign peoples His travels were designed to aid II advancing American commercial in terests in foreign countries. Amons the most important organizations which MT. Reid has assisted i'll prep aration of papers and documents arr The Hague Peace Conference, the Bu reau of American Republis, Thlr' Pan-American Congress at Rio de Ja neiro, First Pan-American Scientlfl' Congress at Santiago. Chile, and tn' Chinese commission to the St. Lotus Worlds Fair. During his travels nc made a scientific study of the worl( commerce. and its relation to tht trade of .he United States. Q.
 MT. Reids articles on the four pfln cipal plans of the Southern Conner f cial Congress propaganda for increas ine trade and friendly relations be tween the United States and the Pan American republics will be published in the leading newspapers or th' limited States.