New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
Plants Both Feet Firmly
and Starts Business Fly
ing Toward U. S. A.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
AT BUENOS AYRES
Eighty Hustling Yankees Ready
to Steer Countrymen Into
Deepest Trade Channels.
By PAUL VI. HOLLISTER.

by PAUL VI. HOILlSfEh.
Buenos Ayres, March 26.-The great
American booster has hit South
America. He has dealt 1t a solar
plexus blow square in the Argentine.
/ At a meeting of eighty business men
representing American products in this
city the American Commercial Club
of Buenos Ayres was officially organ
lied TO "sell service in South Amer
lea. and to uphold and strengthen
every tie that uplifts and unltes.'
IL is "A live commercial association.
like the chambers Of commerce IN the
progressive cities Of the United states.
II was conceived at "A series OF weekly
luncheons called by United States Con
sui Leo j. Keena, who has recently
been transferred 10 the consulate OF
Santiago, Chilli. Thirty North Ameri-
cans accepted the first invitation and
more came each week. A glance at the
names of the eighty members OF the
Commercial Club will show the callDre
of North American interests repre-
scented in the club.
The foreign banks Of Buenos Ayres
have always answered inquiries LOT
[ foreign products with references 10
firms in their own countries. The Ma
tional CITY Bank is doing this now,
but its comparative youth. and the pre-
carious financial situation have so far
limited its efforts. The Commercial
Club hopes to extend publicity OF
American products with the same
thoroughness that the banks have exer-
cised. at a time when those products
are the ONLY ones that can be supplied
TO the export trade. While the States
are talking about the golden opportu-
nity of South America the Commercial
Club is applying the gilt.
The only requirements for member
shin are that the candidate must be
p citizen of the United States and
engaged in business in South America.
The officers elected until permanent
organization could be effected are;
President, J. A. Wheatley, of Auit
WibOrg, Cincinnati; vice-presidentS,
+ L. f Young, Of the Middletown Car
/ Company. and G. A. kuhirt, OF the
Duluth Mcmillan Company; treasurer
/ VI. d. Carrel, of the National CITY
/ Bank Of New York, Rio and Buenos
J Ayres: secretary, +. J. Sullivan, OF the
American Trading Company.
The clubs headquarters at present
are al the Hotel Plaza, where the lun-
cheon meetings are held. Fifty men
appear every Friday noon, and per-
sonal reports from men who have at
tended show already that new business
has sprung from the meetings which
would not have cropped up otherwise
Permanent quarters for the club IN
/ building of it's own are only question
of time. for the club proposes to dem
onstrate its stability by putting up IT'S
own home in which to welcome North
American visitors, and to announce to
the Argentine that North American
business has come 10 stay. Manu1act-
urcrs who propose to come to the
Argentine will be placed in touch with
/ the men to whom they may sell goods.
Argentine methods of transacting
/ business are VIGOROUSLY slow. But
when men from the United States want
TO help their countrymen they do 1t
at top speed. The possibilities OF the
/ club arc unlimited. II is free from
/ political influences, and its only policy
is strictly business" which means
that it will. as far as possible, whip
business to a speed parallel 10 the
pace set at home and, without hurry
ing the prospective buyer, win the
race from longer established foreign
interests by sheer attention to bust
ness.
The commercial traveller vino comes
to Buenos Ayres will be asked to
meeting. If there IS none among the
eighty members who can tell HIM VINO
/ is the most important man for him TO
see. and who can arrange n meeting
with that man. his case IS discourag-
+ ing, for the eighty cover vide lei!
of industrial activity, and most OF
Argentine business Most of them are
men who know of commercial club
work. and they are biting of the new
mouthful in large chunks, and digest
ing it. They are men who act after
they think and before they talk, and II
4 the North American does not receive
a business welcome in BuenOs Ayres
/ hereafter il will be because he does
not want it.
The following are looking for
him: l.. ]. Kcena, Consul General; II.
p. Belt. Chicago Association Com
merce: Kermit Roosevelt, National
/ city Bank; J. r. Sullivan, General
/ Electric Company; +. H. Hampton,
Ford Motor Company; L. J. Ryan, In
/ ternational Harvester Company; X. T..
/ Brooks, manager International Core
spondence School; j. X. Stanford, Rem
/ ington Typewriter Company; II. l..
/ Lynch. Burroughs Adding Machine; W..
/ c. Howe. National Cash Register Com,
pany; F. J. A. McKittrick, General
Electric Company; A. II. Dick. AMER
can Locomotive Works; c. D. Middle
brook, Morris & Co.; NJ. D: Carroll,
National City Bank; S. J. Moyle, United
States Shoe Machine Company; J. l..
/ Sternfeld. Gould Pump Company; W.
w. Tarbell, Gulf Refining Company; C..
7 T. Pryor, Swift Il Co.; c. b. McGilli-
vray; +. W. IIardenburgh, Armour &
: Co; A. J. Eichler. Woolworth Manu-
featuring Company; c. +. Lightner,
Edison Company; II. W. Rinearson,
! Middletown Steel Company.