Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-02

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ated. 1t is different story and an
essentially different one with those
who come from the large cities. Demo
Gratis of New York, Chicago, ST. Louis
and other big cities do not ike 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 a Democratic president.
Trade With Latin-America
The first vessel on commerce bent
has PISSED through the Panama canal
John Barrett, director general of the
Pan-Amerlcan union, wants the United
states to understand the great OPP
portunitieS which are before it for
increased trade when the canal be-
comes, as it will shortly, an active
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 a 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 for.
eign trade-that is, bought and sold
with the rest of the world--valued at
the extraordinary figure of $2,500,000
000 This total is all the more impress.
sive when we bear in mind that it rep
resents the remarkable increase of 81.
600, 100000 in the last ten years
Should Grow Even wore Rapidly.
"Inasmuch as commerce is the life
of nations, these 20 sister repnblics of
Central and South America can Ger.
tainly be called lusty and flll-blooded.
If they can carry on a trade Of $780,
10000 per annIm 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 S5,000,000,000 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 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 t.,
buy from or sell to a manufacturer OF
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-Anerica.
Naturally, the next question to be an.
swered is: What is the share of the
United States in Pan-American con-
merce? In answering this question /
desire to dispose of several bogies and
fallacies which are too often pro
claimed by uniformed writer's and
speakers. 1t is not true that the United
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America 1t is not true that the United
States is being distanced by European
countries in that field. 1t is not true
that European exporters, manufactUf.
ers and importers are rnonopolizing
Latin-American markets to the disad-
vantage OF those OF the United States
1t is not true that the Latin-Americans
prefer to trade with Europeans rather
than with North America 1t is not true
that there are 10 good steamship ia
ci,itlss for trade and travel between
tne United SMtes and these countries
"All these conditions did exist few.
years ago, but, as a result OF the ex-
traordinary propaganda and effort of
the Pan-American union and of the
state and commerce departments OF
the United States, vast etange has
come about. and now tne trade OF
the United States with Isin-America
is advancing so rapidly ana sc satisfac-
torily that it should be encouraged to
continue and extend its efforts to
still greater degree"
place along this great natural bigh,