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The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.

Mr.. r. r. GOWN. OF New York and
Havana. proprietor Of FL Mundo. the I'M
portant Havana daily paper. has made
n confidential report to the government
OF one of the large South American re-
publics on the possibility of establish
ing permanent trade relations with th-
United States. Mr.. Gown summarizes
the situation in the following words:
Unless the American business man
can arrange. for all time to come. TO dis
count his American credits. for
periods necessary to meet the various
conditions of South American trade. il
will be hopeless for the South American
merchant to expect to create a large
business. based on the markets of the
United States. except on such articles as
are protected by patent or trademarks or
are Of such a nature as to be pre-eminent-
ly superior or markedly cheaper than
similar European products. Under pres
North America for the assured credits
ness. The policy of wisdom Is to advise
your people to temporarily curtail their
activities so as to be well within the
amount of their cash capital.
However, should the pressure of pub
hc opinion in the United States aided by
the desire of our bankers and merchants
create a situation whereby credit rela-
tons can be properly and beneficially es-
ia blishod In the interest Of South Ameri-
can commerce. then there need be no
hesitation in stimulating an extension OF
business. In that case. you must be
assured that the arrangements made in
the United States are Of the character
and permanency required 20 meet what
would then be q tremendously expanding
trade: otherwise. your commerce will be
in constant peril and perhaps be forced
to turn again TO Europe at some later
date. under conditions Of great disad-
Iyautago,.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
South America Disappointed
At Failure of u. s. in Crisis

testimony of those who have done busi-
ness for many years In that section Oh
the continent Is unanimous with refer
ence to the small percentage or losses
due to failures.
Along the entire west coast OF Soutn
America there is one insistent universal
demand-more rapid communication with
the United States. Before the opening OIL
the Panama Canal the trip from New
York to Chile was made in less time than
it is today. 1t is true that this situation
is due. in great part, to the enect OF the
European war In diminishing the SHIP
ping facilities on the west coast OF south
America Nevertheless. the fact remains
that communication today is less freo.aent
and less rapid than prior to the opening
Of the canal. In Peru and Chile poth the
governments and the leading mercnants
are prepared to cooperate In every possi-
BILE way with the people of the United
States in the establishment of Improved
TRANSPORTATION facilities. The steamship
line owned by the Peruvian government
has already taken a step In this direction
by establishing a direct service between
Callao and Baltimore. What We need Is
a direct service, without transshipment
between New York and Valparaiso. Six
teen-knot steamers can make this voyage
in two weeks
When questioned about the effect OF
the European war on South American
commerce, DR.. Rowe said:
THE countries OF the west coast are
gradually recovering from the crisis pre-
cipitated by the outbreak of the European
war. Government finances are still In an
unsatisfa ctory condition. but the general
industrial and commercial situation IL
rapidly improving. In Peru this Is due
to the high price OF coffee, sugar. and
wool. and in Chile to the rapidly rising
price of nitrate and copper. With I'M
proved conditions the purchasing power
Of these countries will rapidly increase.
II therefore, American manufacturers
will adapt themselves to the conditions OF
these markets. granting the credits to
which South American merchants nave
been accustomed. and dealing with them
In the same spirit Of confidence to which
thcy have been accustomed from Euro
mean houses, We may confidently look Tor
ward not only to a notable increase In our
south American trade, but, what Is even
more important. this increase Will pe
nermanent gain to our trade relations.
Otherwise. the present trade increase
will, he but temporary, destined to ais
opnear ar soon as the war IL at an end
and Europe can again give attention 10
her overseas trade."-Sew York Times.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

Mississippi River can be mastered so
that its permanent navigation could
be assured. and II it IS expedient for
the State of Louisiana to spend mil
lions in the reclamation of land. it is
equally expedient for the United States
government to spend as many millions
as may be needed in obtaining naviga-
ton from St. Paul to the Gulf of
Mexico. That. however. will be a
work for the generation which sue
ceeds mine"
Were Senator Gibson now living he
would realize with qualification that
what he predicted in 1888 is now, in
part as least, achieved.
tCcpyright, ,sl5. by Z. ]. Edwards All rights re-
SsredD
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

DR.. l.. S. Rowe. secretary general of
the Pan-American Conference. which
met last May in Washington. has re-
turned from a three months tour
through the west coast OF South Amer
lea. The main purpose Of the trip was
to study the effect of the European war
on the finances industry. and commerce
of the countries of South America.
At the same time DIR. Rowe was in
trusted with q special mission by the
Secretary Of the Treasury to confer with
the finance ministers OF the countries
which he visited. with view to giving
early effect to the resolutions of the
Washington conference. When ques-
toned regarding the results Of his inves-
tigations SAYS the New York Times, DIR.
Rowe said:
Throughout South America. but par
ticularly in Chile and Peru. there Is a
marked feeling OF disappointment at the
failure of American manufacturers and
merchants to avail themselves OF the ex-
traordinary opportunity for the develop
ment of closer trade relations which the
present European conflict has made pos
sible. With the cutting of OF European
sources OF supply. it was confidently ex-
pected that American manufacturers
would step into tne preach, oUeTlnS tne
same service that was formerly per-
formed by their European rivals.
The war placed the merchants OF all
these countries in an exceedingly diff
cult position With bank credits re-
stricted and European sources of supply
temporarily cut off. they naturally looked
TO the United States for relief. The en-
tire commercial system of South America
has been built upon the basis Of long
term credits-a minimum OF ninety days
and often extended to six months. 1t
was the hope of South American mer-
chants that In view of the emergency
situation created by the war American
manufa cturers would show greater
willingness than heretofore I'm adapting
themselves to the conditions Of the local
ma rket.
In this respect they have suffered
real and most discouraging disappoint-
ment, which is particularly noticeable
in Chile and Peru. With but few excep-
tions, American manufactu have In
sisted on cash payments. which In some
cases have resulted in real hardships.
Furthermore, the American manufac-
turer. in his dealings with the mer-
chants of South America. seems TO ne
dominated by a spirit of distrust when
is foreign to his domestic dealings ana
which is without justification in the con-
ditions of South American trade. The
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
HISTORY BUILDERS.
A Prophecy Which Has Come to Pass
Written expressly for The Washington Herald,
Nv DR, e. j. EDWARDS.


Among the considerable number of
able men-almost all of whom saw
active service in the Confederate
Army-who were members OF Con-
grcss in the administration of Presi-
dent Hayes and later that of Car
field and of Arthur. perhaps none
gained a greater tribute of admira- =
ton, in which was infused some
spirit of affection, than was the case
with Randall Lee Gibson. Of Louisiana.
He was the personification of simple
dignity which was entirely without
affectation.
His smile was the true index of a
kindly heart and there was n pecu-
liar flavor of real intellectual aris-
tocracy and the manner which char
acterized the true gentleman. using
that word In it's real Significance.
which served to make Senator Gibson
conspicuous in the upper chamber of
Congress, as he hard been during sew.
eral terms of service in the House Of
Representatives.
There were some in Washington at
that time with whom Senator Gibson
was associated in his college days at
Yale. These always spoke of him as
a man who in his maturity had per
fectly fulfilled the promise Of his
youth.
1t was my privilege to have sew
eral conversations with Senator Glib
son and to discover that there was
little or no trace OF partisan politics
in anything that he said in private
as there never was in anything he
said or did while a member Of Con-
gress.
Recently my attention was called
to the wonderful work which the
state Of Louisiana has accomplished
in the reclamation OF swamp lands and
so reclaiming them that the land is
found to be as fertile as that which
ia watered every year by the Nile.
7 was reminded of something that
Senator Gibson said prophetically to
me in one of my conversations with
him. THE State Of Louisiana ought
10 be, and in my opinion will be. one
of the greatest agricultural States
in the Union. Science II already show
ing us the way to reclaim much of
the swamp land Of the State and am
greatly interested in the prospect that
this will be done. 1t will be worth
an that It costs the State Of Louss-
.oiI is wonderfully rich and every
thing that can be grown in SUBJ
tronicsl climate can be cultivated In
profusion there.
"The United States ought to. and I
h.,ieve will, supplement what the
S,ats of I.ouisia ma is certain to do In
ehs vsy Of reclamation. I am q great
samirer Of the Mississippi River and
: mrofound believer in its possibili-
ties. There should be unimpairsd
navigation from the gulf to st Paul.
Hut, Of course. this - work Tor the
royespmsnt itsslf 70 sn4erekA 11a
:
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
Rock Island Suit Authorized.

New York, Sept. 1S-Federal Judge
Hough today authorized the American
Steel Foundry. a New Jersey corpora
tion, to bring an ancilliary suit in this
district aeainst the Chicago. Rock Island
and Pssific Railroad Company. against
which corporation the original suit was
brought on April 20 last in Chicago. At
the same time Judge Hough appointed
Jacob N. Dickinson and H. y. Judge. re-
ceiver and anciiliary receiver OF the
property, claims and suit In this district
The receivers are required 70 stvs bonds
of Nnoeo each
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
PERHAPS.

The great war is over; the peace
pact signed. The grimed and wearrei
veterans are coming LONE.
The flags fly. The bands play. The
monarch stands bareheaded on the
palace balcony. Below the crowds
cheer. They weep for Joy. Glory to the
Fathsrland. God save the king.
The tumult and the shouting dies.
The armies disband. The soldiers re-
turn to their loved ones. Every home
Is house of mourning. They try to
pick up again the broken threads Of
peaceful industry. All is ruin.
r They contemplate. Five million men
killed. Ten million men crippled.
Wives and daughters ravished. Chill
dren mutilated. Babies starved. Hun
dreds of cities burned. Thousands of
farms laid waste. Thirty billion dos-
lars of accumulated wealth consumed
In smoke.
They council together. They can
not endure the desolation. They will
not suffer the privation. Men fight
harder to keep from sinking than
to rise.
They go to the mobiles and the rich.
They ask for bread. They are given
y stone. "hen IN the AhHNis VI hse-
tory has Privilege chosen to sacrifice
itself for the common veal?
They turn to the governments. The
governments listen But what can
the governments do? They have spent
the substance Of the living. They have
spent the substance OF those 10 come
even to the third and fourth genera
ton.
Then q thing epochal happens. First
a murmur, then q rumble. then a roar.
then-the revolution. peaceful or
bloody: and, all the emperers and
kings, all the autocrats and aristo-
crntR go.-Iho IndepenAea6
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

Henry Ford says he can build submarine at
onc-fourth the cost OF the craft now in service,
that can carry pill at the end of pole" with
sufficient explosive power to hoist the mightiest
Dreadnought ever built out of the sea. BY the
very terror it inspires he says it is likely to hasten
world peace. Possibly Mr.. Ford is right, but he
remember that it is difficult to inspire terror
since the war of frightfulness" has prevailed
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
ERB SURE OF RECOVERY.
Will Be at Desk Friday. MaEnate
Fighting Poison Says.

New York. Sept. 1S-Newman Erb. rail-
road magnate, who is making hght
against death from bichloride of mer-
curry tablets taken by mistake for
headache remedy. insisted today he will
he able to resume his position in the
railroad and financial world not later
than next Friday. His physicians are
not sanguine. They are hopeful. but in
sist the critical period is yet to come. II
his Improvement continues until Monday
the physicians believe he can be pro-
nounced out of danger.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
Railway Regulation.

Editor of The Washington Herald:
To those familiar with the subject.
Mr.. Ryan's article in last Sundays
Herald on railway regulation" was
of much interest. While agreeing with
some of his contentious. and admit
ting that the transportation companies
are seriously hampered in many ways
by the large number of State COM
missions. many of them actuated no
doubt by political reasons, the writer
cannot see the necessity for having
an Interstate Commission composed
of railway traffic men. The duties
imposed on the commission by Con-
gress. when the act to regulate COM
merce was enacted. are IF n judicial
character. in other words to decide,
on the facts presented. whether a rate
is reasonable" for the service per-
formed. and to enforce fully the pro-
visions OF the said act
Looking back over the personnel of
the commission since its inception, II
is hard for even a biased mind to
find fault with the caliber of the
commissioners. and the results of their
labors speak for themselves, having
received the appreciation not only of
the public, but of men high in the
railway service as we'll. 1t is a mat
ter of record that whenever the rates
der investigation, and the carrier has
sustained them with incontrovertible
facts. the commission has not faltered
in its duty of doing right by the car
rier. Mr.. Ryan's reference to the
commissioner. who was formerly a
brakeman" is a man of real ability.
and many of the best known traffic
men in the country today began their
careers as brakeman or in capacities
even humber.
The tariff work of the commission
is perhaps the most important of its
activities. and engaged in this work
are the best tariff men in the country,
recruited through civil service from
the railroads in all sections. ard rem
dering to the public a direct service
of great value. These tariff men,
most of whom graduated from the
traffic offices of the railways. are
capable of supplying all needed in
formation on practical matters. and
II is only TO be regretted that the
poor salaries paid are not at all
commensurate with the Importance of
the services they render. and it Is
hoped by disinterested persons that
the commission will give this matter
the attention IT deserves. thus re-
tanning in the public service these
men so well qualified.
| feel sure that IL Mr.. Ryan will
look at the matter of railway regula-
ton through unbiased eyes, he will
be ready to admit that as practiced
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, 1t is here to stay.
NJ j. FRANCIS
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

The Methodist minister who performed a mar
riasc ceremony which Episcopal bishop pro-
nounccs illegal says the bishop could only have
meant that the marriage did not take place in
conformity to the law of the Episcopal
Church" This undoubtedly states the case ac-
curately and the bishop may allay lot of sensa-
tion by affirming it.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

I5-ycar-old Philadelphia girl has run away
with the of the man with whom her mother
elopcd a few months ago, while her husband was
attending his fathers funeral. Although the de-
serted husband and father is left with six chill
dren to for, he is probably better off than
father and who have his wife and daughter
their hands.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

Josephus Daniels has requested Henry Ford
TO come and consult with him about gasoline
engines for naval purposes 1t would be more
dgnifed and rcassuring if the Secretary of the
Navy-which has, after all been constructed pri-
marily for warfare-would disassociatc himself
from the Bryan-Ford Peacc-a price Fra
ternitv.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

William Jennings Bryan complains that there
is mutual admiration society in this country
composed of plutocratic newspapers" The real
trouble, VIC imagine, is not that they admire
each other, but that they mutually fail to admire
Bryan.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

Fifty years have not exhausted the spiritual
treasure that the civil laid up for the Ameri-
can people And its going to be pretty hard
TO keep that peacc-at-any-pricc feeling from
oozing away when the old veterans go march,
ing by
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

Dear Clara" wrote the young man,
pardon me, but I'm getting SO for.
getful. / proposed to you last night
but really forget whether you said
yes or no." Dear WILL" she replied
by note; $50 glad to hear from you.
/ know I said yes to some one last
night. but I had forgotten just who
IL was."-Red Hen.
Gen. Sherman once stopped at a
country home where TIN oasin and
roller-towel sufficed for the family's
ablutions, For two mornings the small
boy of the household watched In si-
lence the visitors toilet. When on the
third day the toothbrush. nail-fie.
whiskbroom. etc. had been duly used.
he asked: Say. mister, air you always
that much trouble to yousef?"-
Christian Register.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

The frock coat, says arbitcr clegantarum, is
coming in again And this, he adds. is as should
be, since no other garment so well expresses for
maty, dignity and distinction. But to our way
OF thinking it all depends upon whether you can
hire one that really fits.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

Divorce is increasing alarming rate in
Philadelphia, leading to a campaign against it by
tho Social Service Commission OF the Inter Church
Federation. The strange part OF it is that the in
crease has been most marked since the Billy Sun
day rcyiyals
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
Altseld Thea and Now,

monument will be raised in Chicago to Gov.
John p. Altgeld, the labor governor. That sad
faced man was regarded as very radical twenty
years ago, but today he might claim seat on
the right at least in the center.-Detroit Jour
nal.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
NEW STRIKE UNDER PROBE.
U. $. investigates Rumor of Foreign
Influence in New jersey.

Jersey City. n. j.. Sept. 1S.-TwO hun
dred freight handlers In the Communi-
paw terminals Of the Jersey Central and
Lehigh Valley railroads today Joined
!, go others already on strike. and con-
gestion OF freight is growing serious.
Federal agents are investigating the
circumstances which caused the men to
strike. there are rumors that they
were influenced by foreign agencies.
Most of the strikers are Hungarians.
Austrians and Poles, who have been
handling food supplies for the allies.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
Why Not Now.
his vacation

D.. Stuart of Chicago, thinks "Americans are
to be the greatest race physically" of all races,
thanks to the wars effect in lowering the stand
ard of physical manhood in Europe. Why are
these conditions always predicted for the future? !?
Is there moral in the feat of the lone Indiana
bandit who held up and robbed passenger train
single handed?
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
Not the Cause of War.

The Spanish Minister, Dupuy de LONE, was
sent home by President Mckinley for cpistolary
indiscrctions. And followed although it was
not of cause and cffect.-Springfeld Re
publican
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

According to the Berlin Overseas Agency an
error in transmission responsible for the re-
port recently sent out that the Kaiser had gone
to posing again. 1t is explained that Posen was
meant.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

Waiter. two fried eggs and cup
Of coffee" Yes. sab. How will you
have de aigs. blind or lookin' at you?"
Boston Transcript.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

The German government is collecting all old
pieces of metal from the churches Just to throw
them at other churches, too.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
ENRICHMENT.

A Beggar called l had no pelf,
But gave him richly of myself.
When comforted he left my door
He left me richer than before.
Copyright ulSJ
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

When nations begin to ask each other what
they mobilizing for something is usually
scheduled to drop. Therefore place your bets
on the Balkan lineup before they mix it.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

A gentleman lost eardrum while bathing
at Brighton Beach last Friday He stoutly re-
pudiates the suggestion that he may have swal
lowed it.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

The directors of the Playhouse Club and Thea
ter have determined for financial reasons to replace
the theater with ballroom. On with the dance.
Let joy be unrefned
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

Yet there people who would say of the
two losses, that the money loss by far the
more serious In this instance, however, such
obviously not the For the was not in
any way crippled. He simply made
And, observe, he made not by the
loss OF the money, but by the way he met the
misfortune. He reacted into soreness. If he had
reacted wholesomely, he would have lost the
money, to be surc but he would still have enjoyed
his vacation
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

The statement that the Chicago meat packers
oargoes just condemned by the British prize court
represent total loss to them should be taken
with a grain of benzoate of soda.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

Teaeher-"Does your mother let you
go out doors and play in the Dirt?
Tommie-"She don't have TO. ! can
play in the dirt in the house."-Pitts-
burgh Press.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
A Line O Cheer Each Day c the Yea,.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS

First printing Of original poem. written daily
for Tho Wash!ngton Herald
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

We just knew that w. J. B. would hook up
with that ten million smoleons somehow.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

A Brooklyn Judge has decided thas
the tomato il a fruit. and not vege-
table. Perhaps he thinks the egg plant
Is a hen.-Detroit Free Press.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
Morning Smiles.

What the shade of Napoleon re-
marked when he heard of the cap
ture Of Warsaw: Mind the steppe."-
Punch.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
THE OPEN FORUM
In Which Readers of The Herald Give Their Views
on Current Topics.

coming less than nil when we take
into consideration the irresistible
force of "Kitchener's drive" as well
as the brilliant successes Of the allies
in forcing the Dardanelles.
I am not one of the German SYM
pathizers in high or low places" but
would much prefer to carry my loose
change in a stocking than to use IL In
subscribing to a loan. the security for
which leaves much to be desired.
EDWARD w. BARRY
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-10

saled into the complaints filed
against the Interstate Utilities
company, which recently consol-
idaled most of the independent
telephone systems north of La
tah county. He said the COM
pany admitted The justice of some
of the complaints but was evi-
IDENTITY showing good faith i'm en-
deavoring To remedy them. A
new schedule of rates is to be
presented to the commission for
ratification and ID is believed ID
viii overcome most of the COM
plant. Commissioner Ramslcdi
investigated the application made
hy the village of Alhol To the a..
p. railway company for a cross
ing and as a result the railroad
will install one He found condi-
lions very good i'm the north and
the prospects excellent for one of
the most profitable harvests Of
this section.