The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-23
GERMAN ENTRENCHED

Tn Latin-America. according to Pro- lessor Cornyn, the German is en- trenched socially and commercially Thousands of Germans have intermar- ried into the best American fam lilies, and have invested in numberless native enterprises; they thus placed themselves in the most intimate touch with the natives. This is, in itself a marked advantage which the German possesses over his American competi- tor in Latin America.
 He possesses an additional advantage according to the speaker. Every year thousands of young Germans are trained in the finest commercial col leges in the world, expressly to take their places in commercial life in Latin America. These colleges are state af- fairs which take a worldwide view of commercial training. In these schools the student is taught all about Latin America before he sets foot in the | the country; and his teachers are men who have had long experience in Latin American business
 Banking houses. agencies and com mission concerns are scattered all over the land. forming a great pan-Germar clan which deliberately confines itself | to business transactions favoring Ger many and German trade relations These and other similar thorough pre- parations and foresight are what made Germany in the short space of a score | of years, able to make such inroads upon the Latin American trade of all | the other nations of Europe. With this organization and these relations still I practically in tact, the German has i still supreme confidence in his ability to not only hold but to vastly increase | his trade with Latin-America.
 CONTROL OF TRADE
 | In like manner Professor Cornyr l pointed out the vast ramifcations O
 British trade relations throughout th'
 Latin American countries. He showed | the ponderous strength of the British
 nation with it's 400 000,0 900 of inhabi | tants, it's possession of more than one | fifth of the land surface of the globe | and it's 10000 miles of continuous rail way, stretching throughout the lengtl l of Africa, across southern Asia, Aus | tralia and Canada. He predicter, witt the arrival of transatlantic aerial navi possessions with a central Parliamen | in London. and close combination O the same for the central of trade.
 He pointed out that Great Britain is already laying plans for the com mercial education of her young mel along the lines that have proven s successful in Germany This, h. claimed, coupled. with the commercial
 resources, organization, experience an, banking facilities and acquired pres tige of the British commercial organ ization, are factors touching our ma tional life. the far-reaching importanc
 of which we should wake up to a once. To meet it we should begin a once the training of our young men fo
 Latin American trade. which is an i'm perative necessity for us, if we ar
 to avoid commercial crises in our owl | country; for today stagnation of ou own trade can only be avoided, at tim of pressure, by worldwide markets fo our goods; and thoroughly and eff ciently organized machinery for thei distribution and their marketing un
 der the most favorable condition. bot
 with respect to the placing of tn goods and the collecting of accounts.