The Washington times., 1915-02-05
URGES PROTECTION
FOR ALL TRADING.
BETWEEN AMERICAS:
Argentine Ambassador Makes
= Strong Appeal Tor Complete
Naturalization Of Commerce
b. .
on the Hemisphere.

Complete naturalization of inter-
American commerce was the remedy
proposed by Ambassador Romulo s.
Naon, Of Argentina. for some of the
evils wrought on international COM
merce by the European war. the plan
being set forth in his speech before
the Chamber of Commerce of the Unit
ed States today.
According to the program. the meet
ing Of the chamber was to conclude
with the election of directors this aft
\ ernoon but the press Of business has
rade 1t possible that an extra session
viii be held this evening or tomorrow
! morning. Myron r. Herrick. former
> American ambassador to France. was
unable to appear today, as he had
promised. a telegram stating that he
was confined to his bed with grip.
The address of DR.. Naon. and partic-
ularly his plan for full protection of
commerce between the Americas. met
With hearyt response from the dele
gates. and he was cheered at conclu-
sion.
ut seems to me that the way to meet
this serious inconvenieces. the getting
Of ships in sufficient numbers, would
be to procure the complete neutraliza-
tion Of inter- r-American commerce" sale
the ambassador. 1T is undoubtedly not
solve. as We would desire. all the diff
fculties encountered by the neutral
commerce Of the world. in view Of the
conn citing interests Of the belligerent
countries.
Brooks No Interference.
But there could be no reason
which would justify opposition to the
maintenance, to the fullest extent an.
withou. any hindrance whatsoever.
CctHmercial interchange betw zen The
p,rts Of our continents. I maintain
that the complete naturalization Of
inter merican commerce ought to be
recognised. and therefore I entertain
the hope. or more than that. I might
say that ] feel the certainty that we
would be able to have the countries
At war agree with US in establishing
the rule that during the present war
and forever no vessel engaged ex-
clusively in the trade between Amer
lean ports shall be subject to search
no matter what nag she f1ies, 50 long
as she Is engaged exclusively in that
commerce.
able to obtain all the vessels we need
for the promotion Of our commerce
with the United States and the other
Developing as a. consequence our on:
friendly relations with all. Of them
and lessening the sorrowful condi-
~ have consulted persons whose
Judgment is valuable as to the most
practical form Of opening the chan
IN our cuontry. and all of them agree
that the principal condition to be-
whose wellknown commercial ability
appears to suffer from lack Of
aaaptstion to foreign methods when
Must Be Overcome.
1T appears that American commerce
- lacking the elasticity necessary for
practictng this system 1t has the pride
Of It's own methods, and seeks to i'm
pose it's conditions. 1t sends its goods
to Buenos Aires as 1t would to Phila- =
delphia or to Chicago. and II 1t finds
opposition 1t stands stubborn, resolved
TO overcome them or to be overcome
by them, without bothering about fol-
lowing the course which is indicated to
them
The problem Of closer commercial re-
lations between our countries is a prac-
tical question. and 1t would be solved
sooner, In my opinion, If We We're to
kstudy reciprocally our commercial meth
Pds and characteristics. | venture to
pelieve that a convenient way of at
naming this end would be to organize
d special Argentine American Chamber
pf Commerce In which the parties in
4<rested in this task of furtherina to the
Utmost the development Of our COM
tnercial ties. would study and seek to
solve all the problems that such task
would present to us. Organizations OF
countries of Europe. and have produced
great results In the development tof the
commercial relations between Argentina
and those countries. Why not then,
use the same successful means in the
furthering of our common interest at
the present moment"
Even though the scarcity of coal tai
dyes. made almost exclusively in Ger.
many. Is seriously affecting certain
American manufacturers, Arthur D. l. t.
tie does not believe the manufacture OF
such dyes to be a desirable field for the
capital Of this country. He read a
paper which reviewed at length the diff
ficulties Of coal tar dye manufacture
and said II the men Of this country
would put half the energy into certain
other lines that II would take to make
this line successful the benefits woult
be almost limitless.