Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-23

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| our much discussed trade with
l'a'ih-Amcrica has again bumped to the
| front in the shape OF a, complaint from
! an associa,ion Of Manufacturers :,
| p,a "
| ~ 80 '''' american '"Hsul
! 'hat American shippers are not living
! up to certain business agreements
yhI; rrotoe, c,,sod - ,,s,,,.,
| ing ripplcs OF editorial comment which
! always results from any mention of
foreign trade i'm hes. au,ii,iops DAYS,
| and. as usual. the comment mostly;
| takes the form of sever. raugur. fo,-
| the Americans vvbo a.. ,,,ug ,,,,I.,,,.or
| ing our foreign trade a, a tim. when
| we have n golden opportunitv TO i'm
| prove it, American h,rI,irr irtcr.s,e
In Latin America are especially alarmed
| over the report M.a,,i,nc IN. con,
sui has demanded ,,rour ar mo rb,rroy
| for IL appears that no spcci1c evidence.
was given in the coiupi;tint
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49,. n' - >'.t' ,'"i ''"ueS' H''i" nm
student. -, 49,, ,Ii ,''I a''' - ny
say mat despite mo nrnyarbi,I hoas,
fu!ness OF the Yankee Americans are
over sensitive about all OF the short
coinngs as nation. and that most OF
IN" criticism OF American methods In
Latin-America which has appeared In
IN" press is unfounded or greatly eN-
agEcr"tcd
William 9. Walls. chief s,,tisii.i,u
Of the pan-Ainericun Union who boa
made a lifelong study az I..in-Amcr
lean commercial possibilities. is esrc-
cially anxious TO corroc, some Of TIC
popular ideas about Latin-American
business because no believes tina, thc..
IDEAS are leading 10 costly mistakes
The most common opinion seems 10
be that before the l,uroDran war .,u
Of the European nations were ou,strin-
ping us In the Latin American field. hv
reason Of their better command OF the
language spoEcn there and hv more
sktllful catering to The Latin taste As
a matter OF fact. says MIR Wells. We
were making very satisfactory prog
rcss before the war, and American
goods ns whole had a better rcpu-
tation in Latin-Amcrica than the prod
ucts OF any other nation Since the
war. the proportion OF the trade that
We enjoy has increased because tho
other nations are selling less but the
actual amount has not greatly grown
Wh'ie nuch OF IN" growth has not been
"'"se'her "eS'raoie'
Competitions Is Strong.
The man seeking an onaninr &, cou,b
America should not bo advised ma, no
faces AN easy oppor,unity 10 get rich
provided only he can sneak SnonIsh or,
Portuguese and produce certain de-
varieties goods
f.a,i,,-Amcr:can wants Rather. Inc
should be told that in cntcrinr mis-
rich. nov field. he IS roInp. in,o com
peti,ion with all tho rcs, 81 ,hc world
and unless his produc, is literally a
..worldhc,tcr. ~ actual on,Ii,- ,,d
worth no cannot hone for AM ncrn.,.
ncut success
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!, recon, aisna,ch from Su.nos Arcs
tho effect that South American farmers
ar" complaining bitterly" about the
weight Of the horse drawn agricultural
machinery which Americans are ship
ping into that country. The report
goes on 10 explain that tho Argentine
horses are small and light. and calno,
pull the heavy American plows and
rcap"rs AS IA result, the Germans. by
making light machinery. had almost
inon"poIizcd the trade before the war.
ana even now, the implication was.
Americans are 100 stupid 10 ADOPT their
methods.
Now Il consideration OF the Argcn-
tine trade rcports-the ones made In
Spanish by the Argentine government
shows that even before the war the
| farmers of that country were getting
nearly all OF their agricultural implc-
mcnts from the United States. while
Germany had only negligible share
OF the trade. During certain period
S5.0o0.00h worth OF such implements
( were imported from the United states
and only S25o.000 worth from Germany.
Taking up the different machines
plows thrcshcrs, binders. balcrs.
rcapcrs. ctc.-onc by ono, II is found
that the United states leads all Of the
! other countries in the number sold OF
nearly every one Of them Germany
leads in nothing except hand thresh-
crs--a small aud unimportant item.