The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-29
KEEN COMPETITION
PROMISED BY PERU
Will Make Effort to Get Latin
American Trade After Canal
Is Opened.
ADVICE TO BUSINESS MEN
Americans Urged to Study Needs
OF People and Then Supply
What They Want.
ADVICE TO BUSINESS MEN

Mobile. Ala. October 2s.-Two
speakers ut sessions OF the Southern
Commercial Congress to-day empha-
sized the necessity OF the American
business man becoming better ac-
Quainted with needs of the people of
Latin-America and then giving those
people what they need and want. John
Nj. Parker, honorary president OF the
congress. seemed to strike a popular
text, when he declared: Our manu-
facturer should offer these people
what they want and not what he thinks
they should have" Senior Federico AL
fonso peZet, representing l., IL said
America should send men into Latin
America to ascertain what was needed
there.
keen competition from Peru in it's eff
fort to get Latin American trade after
the canal is opened was shown by the
attitude OF Senior PeZct in his speech.
Peru, he said, was in better position to
gain by the opening OF the canal than
WAS the United States and the country
was doing everything 1t could to get
ready TO handle that trade.
y wealth of ideas as to what might
be done to better fortify the American
business man against competitors after
the canal is in operation, to-day was
given In the speeches at the three ses-
sions.
The first convention OF the Woman's
Auxiliary to the congress was opened.
and women orators told how. by n
system of education in the South, they
hoped to lend strong arm TO South
ern merchants in going after trade.
The auxiliary adopted resolution OPP
posing an amendment TO the Consti-
tuition granting women the vote and in
favor OF State action.
Claims of Colombia.
The morning session was enlivened
by a resolution offered by Senator
Ransdell, of Louisiana, in which it was
provided that the United States Con-
grcss be urged to investigate the Co
lombian claims that the Panama Canal
Zone was Improperly acquired by the
United States.
After mentioning the statement OF
President Wilson yesterday that the
United States would gain no more ter
ritory by conquest he said that Co
lombia's claim should not be ignored
and II well founded the United States
should make PREPARATION. His resolu-
ton was referred TO a committee.
w ID. Boycc. OF Chicago. author OF
Illustrated Central America" offered
the unique idea that great American
city should be established on the zone
and that 1t should be a free city
free OF all export and import duty.
This. he said, would aid in the hight
for this new trade.
This was Pan American night, fca-
tured by "A diplomatic dinner" early
in the evening and n program com
posed of speeches by Central and
by South American representatives
later. At the dinner were represented
Costa Rica. Bolivia, Peru. Panama.
Brazil, Argentine. That the bonds OF
friendship between the United States
and countries of South and Central
America would be strengthened by the
Panama Canal influence. seemed to be
the undisputed opinion OF all the
speakers.
Eloquencc OF John Temple Graves,
OF New York. was the subject of com
ment among delegates to the congress.
lie gained favor with his audience by
swinging into line with the arguments
Of Majority Leader Underwood in favor
of up building or the American rner-
chant marine and his advocacy of n
larger navy TO help protect the Pan
anna Canal.