The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-15
.AlMERIC | | PRODUCT
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TO 81 ANISH MAIN.
Yankee Steamers Loaded With Made
in y. s. "A. Goods Leave for Ar
gentine and Brazil.
FIND MARKET FOR PRODUCTS
South American Dealers Send Mater.
ial to United States Immediate
Results are Felt.
BY CARLTON TEN EYCK

BY CARLTON TEN EYCK.
New York, March 15.-Down at
the Wharves these days there are Yam
keez steamers, flying the stars and
stripes, loading with Made in u. s. "a.
products, bound for the Spanish
Main.
The trade routes that Drake and
his crew of freebooting heroes orig
mated in their task of plundering
Spanish cities of South America are
followed by more American ships than
European now, where, a few months
ago it was the Union Jack or Nor
Wcgian, or German flag that flew
from the mastheads of the ships in
the tropics
Big business, the kind that deals
in millions, no longer needs urging
to seize it's opportunity, and the little
fellows, who deal in thousands in
stead Of Millions. are following the
leaders = :.
\ dozen or more. ships are clearing
every week for Argentine and Brazil
and for ports on the west coast of
South America, via the canal.
Are Coming Back.
And South American goods are
coming back in American bottoms.
"a week or so ago Manuel A. Molina,
consul general of the Argentine Re-
public in New York, issued an Off
cial statement in which he pleaded
for closer trade relations between the
United States and Argentine.
'sWe have products you want, as
we'll as market for your products y
he said. t'The United States is in
terested in capturing our markets by
selling it's products to us, but does
not reciprocate in purchasing our
goods to a similar degree. Argentine
wool and hides are bought in the
London markets by American i'm
porters. Why not import them d.
rect to Ameri ca and save; the middle
mans profit" -2 3. =. -. III. i.
Yankee millionaires saw the chance
and there are a few ships now en-
route from Buenos Aires with Argen-
tine products which will be sold in
the open market here. .--..
The Argentine consul's plea was
followed a few days later in an an
nouncement from Peru. The gov
eminent there decided to import -four
from the United States and sell it at
cost price in order to reduce the cost
of bread there. !
Immediate Results.
These announcements had immedi-
ate results, and, as a sequel, chain
|of government-encour schools
for the, training of foreign commerce
experts may soon be realized. Prof.
G. L. Swiggett of the University of
Tennessee, who is a member of the
committee on commercial preparation
of Foreign trade of the National
Foreign Trade Council announced
that important links in this chain of
schools would be Columbia University
in New York, University: of Chicago,
Tulane University, Harvard Univer-
sly of Cincinnati and Charleston col
lege. il S .,. j
"a careful study of the educational
systems" said PORT. Swiggett, t'has
led me to question whether we will
ever be able to establish within our
ordinary schools and colleges as or
ganized and directed adequate
courses for this specific training,
You see, this implies rather~an inter
national viewpoint, something quite
distant from the usual temper or at
titude of our classrooms. Govern.
Iment aid is necessary"
| The big interests of the country
| are behind Professor Swiggett's plan
They desire to see the American trad.
| ing stations in the tropics, the orient
and the South Seas, where the British
and German interests collided be.
fore the war.
4 New England is taking up the
South American opportunity with in.
fcreased zest as result of. conferences
i
Boston business men have had with
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