The Washington herald., 1916-05-05
SEEN AND HEARD
BY GEORGE MINER
Special Correspondent, Of The Wask
tnEton Herald.
'CoI9nEn[ L1b. by The MeClu1 Ne~spapeT
sybuczU.-J

New York, May 3.-Another sttempt
IS belng made 10 awaken interest in
oouIh America as good field for Ameri-
can Drains, Drawn and money 70 develop
Many similar attempts have been made
IN the past without much result The
time now seems 70 be a little more
propluous, and many Americans are At
least listening to the Turing call OF tn.
Southern continent
Mr. 0. P. Austin. ststisticlan OF the
National City Bank. is the latest apostle
OF South America 10 start out prosel ting
He believes that II the United States
turned some Of its surplus men, money
ard energy lose down there the result
would be highly profitable.
The South American continent" said
MI Austin, in explaining his ideas.
seems to me in q position similar 10
mat OF the United States al the ternina-
ton Of our civi, war. We had then an
enormous undevelOped area which needed
people and railways and capital and
manufacturing industries for its develop
ment. The people came, the capital was
largely borrowed from Europe. the rail-
ways were built and the great produc-
ing power OF the interior was developed
Our exports OF foodstuTs and then OF
manufactures. grew by leaps and bounds
until We have become the most pros
porous and the weslthiest country in the
world
But we have now passed the stage
in our national life in which We have
any considerable quantities Of food and
manufacturing material for eEportat tion
We require them at home for our 100
'',"'9 people and our rank as an cN-
porting nation must be maintained hr
the sale Of our manufactures abroad.
We need bright vigorous energetic young
Americans to cooperate in that work
Our place in supplying the world with
foodstUts must be taken by South
America. She needs people and ca DtsI
and railways and experience Why should
not the United States. which has Just
gone through the experience Of develop
ing her own area and aCCumulatinE enor-
NOUS supplies Of capital and wealth. aid
her sister republics a. the south with
these requirements.
Mr.. Austin is not exactly disinterested
In giving this advice TO Go South. younE
mar" as the National City Bank is
making strenuous effort to expand its
South American trade.
Fake Dement'S for Charity.
The European var has furnished an
opportunity for q number Of schemerS
and frauds 10 enrich themselves quite
materially hv fake benefit performance.
not only IT New York. but in other large
cities rs well Il Is the simplest thing in
the world to get UP a beneft entertain
ment at which the performers all con
tribute their services. take in a number
Of thousands Of dollars and then turn
over TO the charity q very small per
CentaEe Of the receipts That keeps il
within the law. as the expense account
can easily be swelled and made 10 look
legitimate. Some Of them are doubt
less out-and-out no0sy-us king schemes
and no charity gets a cent from them
{ There are 50 many worthy objects fo-
charity that + is impossible to tell the
genuine from the false
Many people have realized for months
that these fTsude were being practiced on
the public, hut nothing has been done
about it until now. Alderman Wendel
purposes to stop the graft. He has in
troduced an ordinance in the New York
board by which all these benefits are 10
he censored and compelling the pro-
moter TO publish in the advertisements
just what per cent OF the gross. recei7ts
goes to charity a, 10 whom Il Is to be
paid and how. That ought to clip the
grafters' wings a little. They have been
flying pretty high
Troublemakers SttH at II.
Despite President Wilson's request ths,
newspapers do not print unverffed re.
ports Of doings IN Mexico, 7 notice thai
the fiction writer's and trouble make,
along the border are stiu at It I Sc,
that a press dispatch dated San Antonio
states that Senor Carranzs and Cen
/ Obregon had a serious disagreement over
permitting American troops 10 enter
Mexico and have been bitter enemies
since.
Now. happened to Re IN Cuerets-c
with Carranza and OhreEon at the time
Nothing Of the kind occurred. The FIRST
chief and the minister Of war were or
the most friendly terms They had no
quarrel Of any kind The entire cabinet
discussed the question and the members
we're Of one mind about f. They DE-
plored the necessity OF American troops
going into Mexico as they feared Their
presence would lead to clashes and com
phcations, just as II dld, but they saw
no way OF refusing the request OF the
| United States.
know this Of my own kDOwhsdrs,
gained on the spot and not from hearSGy
rurnors circulating IN Te1ss and undoubt-
edly originated by Sut-Csrr1nza GEitA-
tors
A Remedy for wrectux
In connection with the many fatal COL
lisions that have occurred on the New
York & New Haven Railroad. Mr
Charles Holmes comes forth with a
novel suggestion. He proposes that all
slow-rnoving trains be equipped with a
buffer car at the end-thst is. a frsil
wooden car filed with sand OF rubber
to receive the impact Of the expresses
which seem to be chrouicsrly running
into the locals.
Why not Ill the brrrrer car WITH wster
instead' II would act ss buffer Just
the same and the splsshing water would
put out the FIRE that always does as much
damage as the collision. Mr.. Holmes is
welcome to the idea It's not copyrighted