South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

Cruise OF the Finland. Arranged by
Fidelity Trust Company OT Balti-
more 80 Introduce and Familiarize
the People OF North and South
America One With Another.
BLTIMORE. oct 3O.-The FTdel-
ity Trust company of Baltimore has
completed arrangements for a tour,
which VIII circumnavigate South
America, starting from New York,
Jan. = e, and Baltimore. Jan. %. COW
erlnE distance of 16.l30 miles. and
period of 100 days, Of which y
days VIII be actual steaming time and
- days in the principal ports of the
West Indies and South America.
This tour is arranged for the
specific purpose of enabling bankers.
merchants, manufacturers, exporter 5
and importers TO personally meet the
business men OF the country south of
the United states, and 10 make de
termined effort 10 capture the trade
OF this country.
1t is the idea of those responsible
for the plan that satisfactory business
dealings cannot be carried on between
people who are aliens and strangers.
WHO'D DO not understand each others
needs and methods, and who are not
in that sympathy which grows from
knowledge Of each other They believe
in making haste slowly in the matter
union, a pan American business alli-
ance which shall divert largely 10 the
western hemisphere the exchange OF
commodities and manufactures so
painstakingly built up through many
years by the European nations now
involved in war.
The United states has never Guilt
waited close commercial relations with
her South American neighbors Ii is
those n he
ent movement that the North Amer
lean Is probably more in need of edu-
cation as TO the countries and peO-
pies 10 the south than the South
American is regarding the United
states. 1t is, therefore, with a view
10 interesting and educating the bust
ness men of this country that the
present project is entered upon There
viii be no neglect to exhibit and popu-
lariZe wares bearing the stamp
made in l.. 5. A." but the primary
motive is to teach the northerner what
the sOutherner likes and will buy.
The Fidelity Trust company of Bal
timOre has undertaken the task upon
its own initiative and it's own respon-
sibility IT hopes eventually TO par
ucipate in the prosperity and bene-
fits accruing from the increased COM
mercial dealings that seem TO be in
sight in South America if the pres
ent opportunity is properly cultivated.
The effort is in line with the broad
ening opportunity given TO American
banks under the new federal reserve
law. which has already been taken adj
vantage of by the National City bank
of New York in opening branches in
Rio de JaneirO and BuenOs Aires. The
object of the Fidelity Trust company,
however, is more Immediately educa-
tional, and for that purpose the COM
pany has chartered from the Inter
national Mercantile Marine company
for three and One-half months cruise
the American-built American-regis-
tered twin-screw steamship Finland,
of the Red star line.
The Finland is a vessel of $4,000
tons displacement. She Will afford
accorlm Odations for several hundred
passengers and for exhibits of all
kinds of made in the u. s. A. wares.
She viii sail from New York on Jan.
27 next, from Baltimore Jan. %, and
her itinerary covers q period of 100
days and a distance of 1870 miles.
The actual steaming time occupies %
days, giving "a days in the principal
ports of the West Indies and South