The Washington times., 1918-11-06
Chicago and the Argentine
Republic
This Interests American Business Men, Farmers
and Others

Farmers who produce the workers who manipulate
teresed in for the United States OUTSIDE OF
the United States, after the war.
This country has hitherto looked while Europe has
monopoIized markets in the East and In North and
South America. For dollars worth Of goods sold In
Mexico South America by citizens Of the United
States citizens Of Germany have sold ten or hundred
dollars worh-because they have known how to deal with
other countries have understood the methods OF Latin
America and of the East.
~ This country will need all the business at home and
abroad that it get when the war is over We shall
have national debt of many billions to pay off, and if
generous suggestion of patriots is adopted, and
the country decides to forget and forgive the loans that
has made to the allies, then other billions viii be needed
- The happy-go-luck American system, content with
the and wasting the SKINNED milk, will not do any
longer
problems involved in dealing with the important republics
south of will be interested in speech made by Mr.
Jorge Mtre publisher and editor of La Nacion, great
morning newspaper published at Buenos Aires, capital Of
the Argentine Republic
Mr. Mitre besides being a leading editor in the Ar
genne is of the first President Of the Argentine Re
public intensely patriotic Argentine Of wide knowledge
and cosmopolitan education.
You wiz find in this article extracts from an address
made by him October 25 before the foreign trade commit
tee Of the Chicago Association of Commerce. And you
VIII learn from Mr.. Mitres talk that one group of Chi
cago business to have solved the problem Of
dealing with South American neighbor.
These Chicago business men went to the Argentine
organize the American plan the meat resources
Of the South American republic They built their slaughter
houses hinge regerators for storing the meat and began
making contracts with owners Of the vast Argentine
ranches upon which be found tens Of thousands Of
tie belonging to single owner.
It is fortunate for the United States and soldiers
abroad that the Chicago meat took this step when
they did before the war began.
For, thanks to Chicago enterprise Tansplanted from
Ccagos sockyards to the Argentine field it has been
possible to ship direct armies in France millions
Of pounds of beef from South America with absolute
regularity
At first as you learn from MIR. Mitres talk, the ar
rival of the Americans from Chicago greeted with
suspicion They not wanted was felt that they were
coming to exploit the Argentine
But it turned out Mr. Mtre tells his Chicago audi
ence that these business from the north proved to be
the best friends that the Argentine farmers had They
competed for the best meat paying farmers the HIGHEST
PRICES They increased the value of Argentine products
and made themselves welcome by spending tens of millions
Of American money to organize production and distribution
in South America.
Business of other cities will be interested to learn
how thoroughly Chicago confidently planning to be the
greatest city this country and in the world has solved
the problem of transpantng American money American
enterprise and American profit making in friendly South
American republic
Read what Mr. Mitre editor of the great Argentine
paper, had to say to the Chicago business