The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-16
SENIOR Y v. RODRIGUEZ, OF BUEhoS
AIRES TELLS OF SPLENDID
OPENING NOW.
Declares America Is Only Big Country
That Can Supply Postwar
Mammoth Demands.

Tho United States should take ad-
vantage Of existing conditions in Europe
nj the present time and invade the mar
kcts Of SOUTH American countries Who
urt. in better shape to buy American
goods now th|I ever before. said schnr
V. V. Rodriguez Of Bucho& Aires who ~
registered at the Mcclure hotel.
''rhcrr is Il big opening for NIL classes
Of American goods in Brazil. Argentina
Uruguay. Paraguay and nj OF the pro-
t:rt.SSive nations i'll the southern hHlt nt
This hrmispherc," said Senior Rodriguez.
last night in talking IL an IntrlliRrnccr
reporter. Germany has lost whatever
she did have. both France and .tihSlnnd
have been too busy with the war to LAKE
proper care OF the Spanish American
markets. .
I'm regard to Argentina, we produce
nothing but beef. wheat, corn. barley
and other minor commodities. whtlo We
import everything Of u machinc-nene
character. such az typewriterS' automo-
bilcs. farming machinery. prfnJinE
presses and all products manufactures
from steel. glass. sanitary ware. such
rs bath tubs, bath room and pumping
supplies. pottery. proprietary Ins 1as"es
steel castings. l might run thu whole
still be in the bounds OF our nccessi-
tics.
Your city Of Wheeling and tho
surrounding section, produces rnnhy ar
ticlcs which would ilnd ready market
in Argentina and Brazil and my advice
to tho manufacturers Is to get busy ana
yet their share Of tho trade between tho
United. States and South America IL gen.
eral rs We arc importing moro American
goods every day and the trade IS grow
ing in leaps and bounds
Wheeling manufacturers lots OF ar
ticlcs which are needed in our country.
such as pottery. glass ware. nails. steeI
caStinEa structural work. steel goods or
all descriptions. such "a ceilings. etc;
We want finished products, not the raw
material.
Heretofore !hc American exporter
has held nloor from the ~anners md
customs of the South Americans, also
being Handicapped by ignorance of tho
Spanish language. and il is only lately
that they have extended any credit OF
which We get plenty from England and
Germany. Most South American firms
now pay on thirty. sixty or ninety
day sight draft. because they hhro tho
money to do il now. but formerly credit
had TO be extended six months or PER
haps nine months.
There orc more Americans In SotIth
America than ever before but they 20
there, as ! said before. without adjust
inE them selves to tho countries and
learning the language. they stay little
while and become disgustod ana 20 homo
saying the place is no good, while in
fnct they arc dcscrting the greatest
market in the world today.
!. II bclieyc if the American manufac-
turer will treat the South American
people the same as England and Franco
does, and Germany did. by extending
credits. sell goods as advertised. tho
share that Germany held before will
naturally come TO the United States. tho
markets thereby being shared by France.
England and the United Statca on. Il
friendly basis. Germany will never re-
gath her South American trade. now let
your country step in and take her sharn
which was very big.
South America in general. was PIT
ally before and during the war. md OF
course she derived a great deal Of profit
thereby: there Is plenty Of money and
we are willing TO spend it for what We
want.
"ArEentina was neutral. but the action
OF the German nmba SSador in his fam
Gus spurlos rcrscnl;t' cnbicgram turn
ed the ArGcntinicns against the Hun.
and If il was not for the courtesy Of
police protection ron LuxburE would
have been torn to pieces by the mobs.
Il personally am in Wheeling "a con-
fer with one Of your manufacturers ~
handle their product in South American
countries which | will market with the
products OF firms in Chicago. Ill, and
Waterbury. Conn. You have Il number
of firms in your city who arc not thor
oughly known in South America bat l
do not know whether they arc rrprr-
scented or not and IF not they arc missing
grand opportunity. I am not speaking
for myself, for if l close the deal with
tho firms OF your city l nm negotiating
with. what l have got will make me n
busy man: am only going to specialize
in three or four lines"
Mr.. Rodriguez talks cntcrtaini1Sly on
Spanish subjects IN Il soft
Spanish accent. using good English.
which he has acquired in his trips to
England and this country.