Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-01
ALLIES WOULD AVOID
RU|NOUs COMPET Triton
They Hope to Cooperate With
United States In Securing South
American Trade.
ENOUGH THERE FOR ALI.
John Barrett Makes Report ON His,
Study OF European Viewpoint. of Z
Influence Of War ON Pan-Amsri-
can Commerce.
iIsv Associated Press. ]

iSH Associated Press "a
WASHINGTON, October 31-In an
advance statement issued to-day John
Barrett. director general OF the Pan
American Union. who has recently re-
turned from = special trip to England
and France to study the Euroae2n
upon Pan American commerce, kivcs
summary OF the report which hi has
prepared. While abroad he conf rred
with leading officials and represeY
tive iinanciers and manufacturers e
nected with foreign trade. being
forded every facility in his iuvestiI
tons by both government and privs
interests BY Invitation of the Britt
and French authorities he also spe
"A week at the battle front in Franc
from Verdun to the Sommc. Tho re
port also reaches the following con
cluSions of concern to the commercial
and financial interests of the United
states and Latin America
J. Not a government official. bankerv
or general business man, or any army
officer would express positive opin%N
ion as to the duration or end OF tha5s
war. except that the majority plainly,
believed that 1t would last we'll into
1918 or even longer.
=. A most powerful semiofflcial orr i
ganization and movement has been
quietly but effectively started in both
England and France. not only to make
now an extraordinary effort to main-
tain their present trade with the
Americas and regain what may have.
been lost during The first two years
OF tho war. but to prepare ahead for
greater effort after the war in build y
Ing up this trade than they over madsS5
before.
3. Under conditions which amount 6
to encouragement and almost to actual
government aid, large variety of INF
dustries heretofore little DEVELOPER
and hence figuring slightly in the for-
oign trade OF these countries. is be-
ing rapidly developed and will surely
play prominent part In their future
ommerce and in competition with tho
inited states and other countries.
T. vast practical army OF very
skilled but reasonably paid labor is &
being trained and developed all over
Great Britain and France In the form
OF women workers, who will increase
Immensely the efficiency OF manufac-
ture and the volume of output OF ii
foreign commerce despite the loss of
male and skilled labor resulting from =
the war. w
6. Notwithstanding the extraordinary
financial burdens OF the war. tho Y
British and French financial and COM ~
mercini interests. recos nizing the plain IS
~ Injurious effect upon their foreign
commerce OF their present withdrawal
from financing government loans and
private undertakings in Latin America a
and that the United States Is rapidly
suPpinntinE them In this respect arc
How planning to cooperate In caring ~
for this neld in the future as they
! did In the past. SIX
I 6. Everywhere. however. in both
! official and private circles, there Is not
! only an expressed belief that there fisSy
abundant room In South and Central
\merica for tho financial and CONNER %
Ia efforts. both OF the United States \
tn'! OF England and France, but Il sim
ere desire to cooperate as far as \
possible with the commercial and
financial interests or the United States s
n order to avoid Il rrinous connection &
mat would be harmful to all concerned
everywhere, moreover. strahge as IL
may SEEM there Is decided optimism
Gather than pessmlsm about the ef-,#
rect OF the war on tho capacity OF
England and France TO care success-
fuily for their foreign trade under war
conditions and again under the con-
ottons which Will follow the war ~