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professors, and tho great amount O.
magazine and other literature used IL
clubs and conferences and illustrated
lectures about the people who are our
noighbors and still strangers to us-AI
this fine propaganda is certain TO yield
fruitage and cast new light upon rea-
tionships.
II there could be a series of small ana
inexpensive books In Portuguese and
Spanish for tho Brazllians and jewellers
In the other republics telling clearly and
frankly something OF our American his
tory and present day ideals with a
similar series in English about South
Americans to be sown broadcast over
our northern continent and used In our
new training schools for young prospe'
tive business men going southwark on
commerce bent, Il would be an aid 10
better mental picture and a more exact
understanding on the part OF both sec
tons.
BY every contact, personal and Other
wise, there must be incucated a reA-
tionship based not simply upon politioa'
or financial expediency, II the associa-
lions are to persist and grow into warm
friendship AS President Wilson eX-
pressed this principle regarding South
America not long since:
We must prove ourselves their friends
and champions upon terms OF equality
and honor. You cannot be friends upon
any other terms than upon the terms OF
equality"
Such high terms require a hospitality
OF both mind and heart applied hotl
ways. from the South as from the North
They require the learning that there ar"
some habits and traits OF success which
are atmospheric in their workings, me
realisation that nations souls and thor
ioealism are as important to study as
credits and packing methods
In the understanding and the success
fui association OF the inhabitau,S ~
these two Americas there IS something
intangibly subtle and powerfully potent,
something that cannot be learned
through commercial reports or tabula'e
in commission houses. 1t is the sp'r''
OF mutually satisfactory contact between
man and man, because they understand
each other in an understanding n feel
ing and sentiment. II is in the region ~
the heart as well as the head that men
truly meet, and this Ia the highest deD-
milton OF mental hospitality.
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CUBAN FOOD TRADE
TAKEN FROM SPAIN
War Greatly Increases I'm
ports Of Dairy Products
From United States.

The extent to which Cuba depends on
the United States for foodstuffs and even
for forage Is little appreciated. Cuba Is
more commonly thought Of as q market
Tor American manufactured products
than for agricultural and dairy prod
uctss such as beans and butter.
Before the war a great part Of the
groceries imported were purchased
through Barcelona, and Spanish and
French brands OF food products were
preeminent in the markets of the island.
Before America entered the war in
1915 Spain shipped to Cuba $4,000
pounds of butter against an importation
OF $4,000 from the United States. The
year 1917 showed an immediate i'm
provement with 3s3,000 pounds from the
United States against $4,000 from
Spain. In the following year the main
supplies OF butter from Denmark were
practically cut of. and although Stats
tics are not as yet available, II Is under
stood that still larger part was i'm
ported from this country.
Although we are not reputed to be
extensive manufacturers OF cheese, we
nevertheless lead In the expectation of
cheese to Cuba. In 1915 100000
pounds and 100000 pounds in 1917
went from the United States Mean
while all other countries together sup
piled $4,000 pounds In 1915 and only
100000 In 1917.
The Banco Mercantil Americana de
CUBA. the Havana affiliation OF the Mer-
camille Bank OF the Americas, has been
instrumental in compiling data on this
subject. some OF which Is in the hands of
walter ~. Van Deusen, assistant mana
ger or the latter mentioned institution.
During the war" said Mr. Van
Deusen. "cuban buyers were forced into
our markets, desperate to purchase SUD-
plies OF produce sufficient to meet the
Dressing demands of home consumption
They found our War Trade Board rul-
inss liberal toward our allied neighbors
and an enormous movement of foodstuffE
to Cuba quickly resulted. AS Cuba was
prosperous and able to bid high in the
market price was no obstacle to this
trade.
THE conclusion was that Cuba has
become familiar with American brands
of canned and package goods as well
as with the quality OF our dairy prod.
ucts."
To give an idea Of the Importance
OF foodstufrs and forage from the
United States the following list Ia
presented as representing the arti-
cies arriving In Havana on a sin.
gle day In the present month from
Florida, New Orleans and Baltimore
cnly' Rice. i.14s sacks; beAnA g,Io7
sacks; oats. 900 sacksj grain, 1000
sacks: maize. s.s72 sacks; eggs, 2,s2s
casesi herrings, 500 cases; macaroni
o. cases; tomatoes. 200 cases; canned
vegetables, 30 cases; canned peas, SO
cases; lard, 34s tierces; shrimps. "a
essrces; fish, 67S cases; potatoes, 7.73s
barrels; onions. s,l77 crates; pork. 27.
as kilos; butter, 100 cartons hay, 67E
bales.
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Indians shirt serving as a sail for his
canoe Between we have evenly bal
anced peoples whose progress is based
upon solid ground.
Conservative Chile, for example, never
has sailed into the realms OF dreamland
to become wrecked upon a lee shore.
Her people, the descendants Of Spaniards
who had to night for every rod OF land
they possessed, are cold. practical, war
like. and yet with one exception they
never have INDUCED in revolutions or
internal strife. That one exception was
of short duration and II cost 10000
lives
Revolutions in many instances were
due to an economic condition. Men of
ability. initiative. bold and courageous,
and many times men educated in ad-
vance OF their times. without occupation
and unframed for either Industrial or
agricultural pursuits. saw no opportuni-
ties for advancement except through
political Office. Consequently revolution
and internal strife became a sort OF pro-
fession. Governments were run by po-
litical cliques in some instances by the
heads OF a few families.
Parasites Ground the Poor.
It was the problem of those in power
to maintain themselves In power. while
patton. without an edaquate income per-
haps. studied. conspired and fought
when the opportunity presented itself
to gain the ONCE to which he Rspired
and which would give him the coveted
power and occupation. And the people
always were the goats. They made the
sacrifices and sooner or later paid the
bills.
All this Is changing now. The Tight
ing man who formerly belted on a sabre
and prated about liberty TO few
taterdemalion recruits. giving them tho
choice of being shot or following him to
victory. is finding II more profitable and
safer by far to recruit the same class
of men for agricultural pursuits. mining
industries or railroad building. The
Indian himself. sailing his canoe with a
shirt for sail. is losing his picturesque
ness IN the prosaic work OF tapping an
oil well, OF ploughing the ground or
harvesting a field OF wheat.
II Is the purpose OF the Pan-American
Commercial Conference. by bringing to-
gether representatives OF and specialists
in Latin American affairs, commercial
men and manufacturers. to develop fully
much valuable information. While there
are those who naturally sneer at the idea
of the conference being Of practical bene-
Mt. there Is no question but that the
interchange OF ideas and Information
viii be productive of much food for
thought and originate new ideas that
will lead to practical results
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America Held in High Esteem.

America Held in High Esteem.
II the spirit and the method Of attain
ing their goal receives marked attention,
It may account for the fact that certain
goals do not obtain such specialized and
concentrated attention as in the North.
II would seem that some one. or some
thing. should have interviewed long be-
fore all these centuries had rolled their
generations by. to bring Brazil and the
United States into q closer copartnership
Of spirit and activity than now exists.
OF all the Latin American nations,
doubt II any holds tho United States In
higher esteem than do the BraLilians,
while in turn one rarely hears anything
but good and favorable comment In QUE
country concerning tho people who have
placed the Monroe Palace on the most
Queenly site OF their beautiful capital.
Rio dc Janeiro.
Both countries are building their
civilizations around the liberty loving
principle both are manifest enemies to
militArism OF the monarchical stripe,
and both are working out their saliva
ton in a highly productive new world
OF Agricultural and industrial possibility.
Brasil exports in normal times the great
bulk OF her products to the United States,
and she Is beginning to turn more read
lily than in the past to North America
for her supplies. There are many funda-
mental reasons for a close and friendly
union between Brazil and the United
StAteA
Those who are even now pioneering
Latin American trade are amazed fire.
quently at the far sighted care with
which nations OF the Old World have
trained and studied to gain this field.
Our new vanguard OF young men who
are being sent Latin America-ward are
beginning to see that in this great in
dustrial game they are to compete with
the most skilful and experienced trader
Of the world, the Englishman. ana with
ono of the most calculating and adapt
able of business men, the German
manufacturer.
Differences Due to Ignorance.
It would seem that the majority OF
differences which have occurred in the
past between North and South America
have been due to an ignorance OF actual
conditions on both sides as they exist In
the others country. The process OF edu-
cation now going on so vigorously In the
United States-Iatin American history
and language courses in the schools
visits by travellers and Government and
business delegations to the southern re-
pubiics tho sending OF ever larger dele
cations OF students to study In American
universities; the choosing OF educated
and socially trained men to take the
places In Latin American cities once held
by unframed and often crudely unscru-
Duious commercial agents; exchange Of
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WEST INDIES TRADE.

American business man, twenty
years. experience and study West
Indian and adjacent South Ameri-
can export field, established in bust
ness, will visit New York early in
June. Has for consideration Of
large export corporation genuinely
interested q proposition worthy Of
investigation. w. l., box 127 Sun
office.
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PARCELS POST TO CHILE.
N Cents n Pound Rate IL En-.
tablished.

Commencing at once. parcel post pack
ages will be accepted for dispatch to
Chile at the postage rate of II cent? a
pound. and with a weight limit of eleven
pounds. under the restrictions imposed
in section $50, on page 1853. of the An
nual Postal Guide for 1918 and the spe-
cial prohibition set forth in the item
"chile.' on page 1913 of the Annual Pos
tai Guide for 1917.
Parcel post mails will be prepared and
despatched from New York. New Oriea ms
and San Francisco. whic:-- >sr u the
@aost expeditions route
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ny CLAYTON s. COOPER.

Tho phrase mental hospitality has
been attributed to Confucius. the Chinese
philosopher: II represents a charActsris-
tic Of those who como nearest to a suo-
cessful existence among the Latin Amer
leans 1t 10 an essential requirement for
understanding the Latin Americans
The phrase signifies q willing desire TO
know. 1t involves sympathetic magma
ton. It represents the opposite OF pre-
conceived prejudice. 1t opens the door
to clear an honest understanding. It
makes for what President Butler Of
Columbia University has called tho In
ternational mind"
It Ia hospitality Of the mind and spirit
that Is most needed to-day between the
two Americas know that we are told
that commerce Is the life blood of the
nation, but tho heart Of a nation Is moro
vital even than its blood. and we in the
United States do not know the heart Oh
the Latin people. Their inner intent.
their motives and their customs growing
naturally out OF their traditions and
history, their ideals and admirations
shaped by climate and environments d.
verse from our own. are still a sealed
book to most of US here in these United
StateA
We are gradually getting closer to
oOutn AmcTlCAub OUT TO-
lations with n people do not necessarily
imply personal acquaintance any more
than courteous Difference implies mutual
understanding.
Brasil wsPtA CultivatinG.
plead with those who arc interested
in our relations with Brasil. in many
senses tho greatest and most important
OF all the Republics lying to tho south
OF US, that we endeavor to get acquainted
with her in the realm OF her deepest
springs of life that we bring to the sub
ject OF our study q mental reciprocity.
and that we set ourselves to that hardest
of tasks. individual or national. the at
tempt to fathom something Of the soul OF
these people without which knowleose
and understanding. trade and political
contacts will register only our superficial
and temporary sucoesa
There is frst OF all. the need of clear
historical perspective. II Is apparent
that we are inclined to seek in all the
Latin American countries for the same
conditions existing in our Northern
lands and we forget that the streams
OF beginnings of our respective countries
arose from most diverse sources. Brazil
was more fortunate than some OF her
South American neighbors. both in the
character and also in the aims of her
first settlers and rulers for the early
centuries OF her existence. Generally
speaking. however, tho Latin Amsrlc'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
Coming Holidays
in Latin America

THE following are holidays IN
l. May 30. Argentina. Brazil
Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, French Guina. Guatenaia.
Hayti. Honduras. Mexico. Nicaragua
Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Nene-
Luela Friday, May 80, Porto RICO
Sunday, June l. Brazil. These are
mentioned as a reminder TO those
who transact business by cable.
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BRAZIL,
South America

Reliable information relative to Com.
ensfuial, Financial. Mining, Industrial and
Agricultural Affairs of this country may
ThiIiAS ABBOTT eTff WHITMAN. ST..
e06 Berks Trust Building,
READING. PENNSYLVANIA n. g. A.
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10 be effcient. Results. Of course. are
valued as they are everywhere, but the
manner in which they are achieved is
also considered. BraEilians are not only
interested In what q man does, but also
in how he does It
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cal and agricultural schools are main
tanned. Institutes are conducted for
instruction in physical improvement,
manual training, decorative arts, for
the deaf and blind and for reforma-
tory purposes. There are special col
leges for the army and navy and all
studies pertaining thereto. Private in
stsucAon is fostered. Every encour-
agement is given the intellectual and
physical progress of the people of
Chile.
old in years and traditions, Chile
~ is new in spirit-a spirit which
is finding its effect in the advance
ment and development Of its CONNER
cial and industrial resources, and is
destined to take an important place
in the worlds economic structure. In
budding Chile's Industries there is
much to interest American capital
and constructive genius, both of
which will find warm welcome in the
southern republic.
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Formed . Creole stock.

These early Portuguese. unlike the
Virgtnians and New EngiAnders, did not
A. q rule bring wives and families, but
intermarried with the Indians and later
with the negroes. forming a msstizo and
creole stock which has not become a
nxsd or uniform type, but Is tending to-
ward a new Brazilian strain.
To understand and appreciate Latin
America one must realize that the peo-
pie arc engaged In a herculean strus-
gle to free themselves from inherited
conditions. many OF which were bad.
Brasil Is striving Just now to convert q
population into practical business men,
whose members are by nature and train
ing cne orators. cultured debaters. the
orists and idcalists. receiving an inheri-
tance from their proEenitors that aris-
tocracy does not spell work" especially
commercialism. The things that these
intelligent people are doing with their
big country. despite such handieaps of
tradition. are worth any mans time to
30 and see.
It Is the testimony OF those who have
known the Brazilians best that II q
larger proportion OF our countrymen
could be brought into personal contact
with the high minded. cultured and
thoughtful gentlemen OF this country
(and there IL no moro finished product
OF polished gentiemanhcod with which
We are acquainted in any part Of tho
world than the Braziiian as he exists to-
day at the summit Of his society could
our scholars and our best mon in public
life. who are not hrst Of all interested
in selling something. visit these people
az we visit Europeans there would be
new light cast upon American Br q Iilian
relationships.
we come down hero out Of our cold, clear
crystal civilization. where men always
stand to attention in business. that IN
this land beneath the Southern Cross II
his quite as important TO be aEreeabla -
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BETTER UNDERSTANDING
WILL AID u. s. TRADE
Mental Hospitality Important Factor in Develop
ing Closer Relations-A Highly Cultivated
People Well Worth Knowing.

world 10 one in which there are sharp
divergent contrasts from the United
States in racial and colonization mat
tiers.
While our Northern 'Prov!dsrtial Re-
public" began from ths very start with
men and their families coming from the
Old World with deep personal and re-
llgtous convictions. somewhat schooled
already In tho science OF elf-govern-
mont. Brazil was ruled rather than coll
onixed. and that by men who knew and
cared far more for navigation, adventure
and the spoils OF autocratio once than
for constructive upbuildinE Of . new
country,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
G. Fl L E
Its Educational System

CHHE'S educational system, large
~ ly a function Of the nation, Is Or
ganized on the most modern lines
and is carefully supervised. More
than 5000 schools are maintained, or
about one for every 1000 Inhabitants.
MORE than three thousand students
NA are enrolled at the two utverA-
ties in Santiago, the capital, and thor
oughly modern courses are given in
engineering, law, architecture, chem
istry, medicine, and the fine arts For
primary education there are three
thousand five hundred schools with
$50 secondary schools for higher edu-
cational endeavor, and the Govern
ment is investing at present three
million dollars in new school build
ings.
g PECIAL institutions are main
~ tanned by the Government, twen-
ty-five Of which specialize in CONNER
cial education. Professional, techni-
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Paraguay = Rich Country.

Uruguay, which was a dependency OF
Portuguese cutthrosts and pirates, with
out a name. where under the fierce
Artigas human life was not worth a
song. is now an independent country,
rtch In cattle and corn. Far away Para
quay. where oranges bloom and fragrant
tea soothes the mind. the Dictator Francia
Is but memory OF romance and story.
And poor Bolivia, showed way up In
her bleak. barren. snowy attitudes,
whence much wealth poured into the lap
of Spain, is waking up The iron horse
is slowly seeking its way through her
mountain passes. and her sparsely popu-
lated forest lands TO the north and east
are being explored and settled. Capital
is being sought for the exploitation OF
her mineral wealth and the day is not
far distant when she may be counted
among the rich again.
One OF the great mistakes our people
make Is the belief that all these coun-
tries are pretty much the same. Such
Ia not the case. One differs from the
others as much as Germany differs from
France Holland from England. or Italy
from Austria They differ in physical
features, In climate. in racial character
istics. temperament, and In some in
stances In language. The peoples DIFF
fer. some of them as greatly as the
craggy heights and bleak table lands
OF the one differ from the smiling
verdure of green valleys and silently
flowing streams of the other.
On the one hand we have a con-
servatism as hard and fast as the An
dean rocks. while on the other hand we
nave q progressivsnes as fiimsy as the
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
Census Enumerators

John J. Campbell, of Pigeon,
supervisor of census for the sew
enth district of Michigan, last
week gave out the names of the
census enumerators who have been
appointed for Sanilac county to
date. The list is not entirely
complete, the remainder will be
handed out no doubt in few days.
The enumerators will start work
Jan. 2, 1920. Below we publish
the names -
Bridgehampton, VIM. Belts,
Buel. F. f. VanCamp; Brown City
Mrs. j. McNair; Croswell, Fannie
M. McGuinness; Custer, Robt. C..
Nichol; Delaware, A. r. Goetze !;
Elk, Jas. c. Mullen; Elmer, Bryan
Rourke; Evergreen, Harry w.
Clark; Maple Valley, Stella Sulli-
van; Marion, Grace w. Moore !:
Marlette, Miles Sullivan; Marlette
township, Frank c. Koch; Sandus-
ky, Ruth Roberts; Sanilac, James
Maher; Speaker, John L. Trainor; !;
Washington, M. J O'Mara; Water
town, Thos. L. Cash, jr.; Worth,
Howard V. McArdle.
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
A GROWING INDUSTRY

On invitation from Henry p.
Dinner, a representative of the Ex-
positor called at his place on Sum
day and was privileged to exam
inc one of the choicest lines of
raw furs that gentleman has ever
had on hand at one time.
The line consists of bear, mink,
fox, skunk, muskrat and weasel
pelts, and to one not accustomed
to the ins and outs of the business
it looked as though he had supply
enough to make furs for half the
women of the state. But he in
forms us that this is only starter
for the seasons business.
Mr.. Dinner started buying furs
a few years ago as side line,
while he was working his big farm
north and west of Yale. Upon
moving to the city he engaged a
little more extensively in the bus
mess, and each year has put more
into it, until at the present time
he pays many thousands of dol
lars out each year to trappers and
his territorynow extends nearly all
over the northern part of the
state, and is growing all the time.
He has the reputation in places
where he buys of paying highest
prices and grading fair.
Here's hoping the coming years
will see as big an increase in bus
iness for him as the past ones
have.
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
Greenwood Farmers Club

The Greenwood Farmers Club
held avery successful meeting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Streeter, north of Avoca.
President Barber Neal presid-
ed, and in the absence of the Sec
retary, Mrs. James Reeves, Miss
Hazel Campbell acted in that
capacity. After the usual sump-
tuous dinner had been enjoyed the
meeting was opened by singing
THE Star Spangled Banner" af-
ter which Hugh Todd led in pray
er. An instrumental solo by Miss
Ruth Streeter was one of the best
appreciated numbers of the day,
as was a humorous reading re-
garding farm life by Mrs. Arthur
Ulrich.
Mrs. C. l.. Brody gave a report
of the meeting of the State Asso-
citation of Farmers Clubs, and the
County Agent discussed the Farm
Bureau Membership Campaign.
AS has been true at every other
meeting in the county, interest in
the membership drive was very
keen in this locality and number
expressed themselves as being de-
termined to make Greenwood the
best township in the county.
The Question Box brought out
many interesting discussions re-
garding poultry, pig feeding,
farm building problems, etc., after
which the program was closed
with prayer by S. E. Ryder.
The next meeting will be held
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Wurzell, south of Fargo.