Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-06-03

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was passed by the house of represeD-
tatives were convinced not long ago
that Mr.. Wilson would see to 1t that
because Of the reading test, the meas
ure would not be allowed to become
law. Opinion in Washington, how
ever, seems to have changed recently
and now the understanding is that
Mr.. Wilson viii put his name to the
bill If it gets to him.
The southern Democratic represen-
tatives have little or nothing to fear
from the votes which they cast to
help make the immigration bill into
law with the reading test incorpor-
ated. 1t is a different story and an
essentially different one with those
who come from the large cities. Demo
and other big cities do not like the
bill and while most of them voted
against it in the house it is said that
they fear the recoil effects of the leg
islation because it was proposed, was
put through the house and may be put
through the senate by Democratic ma
jorities. The signature necessary to
make the bill into law would be that
of Democratic president.
Trade With Latin-America.
The first vessel on commerce bent
has passed through the Panama canal
John Barrett, director general OF the
Pan-American union, wants the United
states to understand the great op'
portunities which are before 1t for
increased trade when the canal be-
highway of commerce between the
two great oceans Mr.. Barrett per-
haps is the last American authority
on all matters pertaining to the trade
and development Of the countries on
this continent which lie to- the south
of the United States.
Mr.. Barrett has had something to
say to your correspondent about the
increased trade opportunities which
will come to all western America as
the result Of the opening of the water
way.
Reaching directly south from line
drawn from San Diego, Cal, to Key
West, Fla" said he, "are 20 countries
covering an area of 100000 square
miles! This is three times the con-
nected area Of the United States
Their population Is, approximately
70,000,000. This is seven-tenths of the
population of the United States, and
it is destined to increase even more
rapidly in the future through immigra.
ton and general development than is
the population of this country. These
20 countries last year conducted a for
eign tr&de-that is, bought and sold
with the rest of the world-valued at
the extraordinary figure of $2,500,000,-
900. This total is all the more impress
sive when we bear in mind that it rep
resents the remarkable increase of ST.
600, 100000 in the last ten years.
Should Grow Even More Rapidly.
"Inasmuch as commerce is the life
Of nations these 20 sister republics of
Central and South America can GER
tainly be called lusty and ull-blooded'
If they can carry on trade of $780,
100000 per annum before the Panama
canal is completed, and before the
world generally has awakened to their
enormous potentialities and possibili-
ties, is it not reasonable to estimate
that it will grow to $5,000,000,0O with
in ten, or at the outside, fifteen years
after the canal is completed and the
great eastern and western routes OF
commerce are swung around to north
and south lines, as now seems newt
able? Surely prizes Of commerce es-
timated at such figures as these are
worthy of the most earnest and per-
sistent efforts of the business interests
of America.
There is a great deal Of nonsense
and buncombe about Latin-Americans
not caring to trade with the business
men of the United States. l do not
know of single American exporter or
importer who is not just as ready to
buy from, or sell to, an American
manufacturer or merchant as he is to
buy from or sell to a manufacturer or
merchant of Europe provided the
American can offer him the same
advantages as the man from Eu-
rope. There is, occasionally, anti
United States talk in some Latin
American newspapers, and there are
now and then anti-American out
bursts Of political agitators, but the
rank and file of the business men of
Latin-America are not affected by
these incidents.
Not MonopoIized by Europe.
Before this l have spoken OF the
great world trade of Latin-America
Naturally, the next question to be an
swered is: What is the share of the
United States in Pan-American COM
merce? In answering this question l
desire to dispose of several bogies and
fallacies which are too often pro-
claimed by uninformed writer's and