Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
The Universal
Educator.

The Universal succor, hrst IN re-
r, adjustment, first in
Goucator. winning international
goodwill, first in reaping the pronts
Of world trade on a mutually pronta-
Bile basis-that's Uncle Sans record.
He is good sport. too, ana plays
as well as he fights or works.
The little brown brother in the far
east is learning physical development
through athletic games that Uncle
Sam has taught America, now IN
the grip of a sugar shortage. is train
ing Filipino chemists and engineers
so that those islands may produce
million tons of sugar annually. lhoia
is imploring this country for ma
chinery of all sorts that the natives
may be taught the arts OF manuiac-
ture. Brazil wants energetic Ameri-
cans to show how to develop a mar
ket for her products. Even IN AUS
tria, where Vienna is now challenged
for financial and commercial center
by Prague, there is a demand ZOE
Uncle Sam to send some OF MS ex-
pert business managers across to su-
pervise the Danube traffic. Spain is
arranging for four permanent expo
sitions to demonstrate the superiority
of American-made goods.
And so it goes. throughout the en-
tire world Uncle Sam is leading the
way in work and play. in develop
ment of native resources, In pro-
noting a profitable exchange OF prod
ucts, in winning that. goodwin
which is the best asset in commerce.
and building a dependable foundation
for the new era of world trade on
which he has embarked.
Exports of American sporting ana
athletic goods to the far east in 1918
amounted to $541,-
sporting Goods 40. more re. than ANIME mne
Sent Abroad. shipped to South
America and three times greater
than to all Of Europe for the same
period. The Philippine Islands bought
so per cent Of the far eastern snip
ments, according to survey OF sta
tistics by the specialists In the ou-
rcau of foreign and domestic COM
merce.
The demand for such sporting sooos
can be increased greatly by manutae-
turers and exporters if they Will
place more emphasis on promotiFe
work in schools and colleges. the
value OF this Introductory methoo
has made itself apparent In the VOL
trade, Since our soldiers in the early
DAYS Of American Occupation helu
their first athletic contests IN the
Philippines, the natives OF the islanos
have taken an active interest IN many
forms of athletics and Sports popI nat
however. until rivalry between towns
and provinces was created that a oeep
general interest in every form Oh
sports was developed.
British India is the next !argest -!
eastern importer Of sporting sooas.
In 1914 the value Of these imports
amounted to $1,435,000. as compared
with s,3590oo for the preceding
war, and statistics show an upwAIe
advancing tendency. The increasso
enrolment at practicaiiy az ~. se Grown
ing interest among the more advanced
classes of the natives have stimulated
the demand for accessories Tor pay
ing such games as cricket, hockey'
foot ball. polo and tennis
The growing of sugar cane ana the
manufacture of commercial sugar are
two phases Of an in
ph;,;,,;rs. dustry in the Philip
= pine Islands which
and sugar. should be of great in
terest to American manufacturers &C
cordins to a report just received by
federal authorities. While the grow
ing of cane is purely an agricultural
question, 1t has come into great prom
inence since modern machinery, most
" from America. has become a DOM
mating factor in the industry. Ma
chinerv imported from the United
states into the Philippines pays no
duty.
There are now few engineers ana
chemists in the islands capaSie o. o.
operating centrals, but number OF
F;i:pinos are now taking courses IN
chemistry and engineering in the
IJnited States and these will supply
the needs in few years. Juss AT
present there are good openings IN
training and experience in the manu-
fac,ure Of centrifugal sugar.
/ on the whole the Philippine sugar
industry il being freed from the han.
dicaps under which 1t has ianoreo
since its ineeptie n;;r ana ,n an t H Some
conception OF the field yet open IN the
Islands for the installation OF modern
SUGAR machinery may be had by re-
|membering that the exports OF Fnsnp po
pine sugar are yet well under 3oo,00o
tons per year (by far the greater por,
tien Of which is still manufactured
by primitive methods). although those
hest Informed concerning the area OF
land suitable for sugar culture in the
islands estimate that the production
may easily reach 100000 tons an
nually.
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The best conception of midas de-
mands upon Uncle Sam can be had
from request to
What India American manufactur-
ers which has just been
requires. received from Consul
Stuart K. Lupron in Bombay. for cat
alosues, price lists and small samples.
He calls attention to the fact that
imports from the United States have
auintupled since 1914 and greater in
terest 10 being shown every day In
American lines. These lines are
especially solicited: Automobiles
dow priced). betting. leather; bicy-
cles, motor; boots and shoes; chemi-
calls. heavy; china and earthenware,
clocks. cutlery. dry goods, drugs.