Evening star., 1920-11-21
ARGENTINE BILL AIDS
TRADE MARKS OF u. S.
American Exporters Would Be Given Ad-
vantage In Protection of Their
Manufacturing Rights

may come to Washington, it is doubt
ed II they will be formally received
at the State Department. The United
states probably will continue to fol-
has maintained in regard to the cleo
tion in Cuba.
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The State Department and the Bo-
llV1an legation here received surprises
last week in the form of two cable
grams notifying them of the election
In Bolivia. According to the latest
advices received here. the election
was not to have been held until the
18th of this month. and no explana-
ton has been officially given for the
premature election, which took place
last Sunday.
Results thus far obtained show the
republican party won at the polls by
large majority. The republican
party represents the present party
in control. Only one radical. Dr.
one or two liberals were elected to
the assembly.
The President of Bolivia remains
to be chosen, either by the assembly
or by popular vote. No indication
course will he followed.
France. England. Belgium and
Spain have recognized the new Bo-
livian government. and recognition by
TINS country is said to have been
withheld pending the election This
was speeded. as the result now shows
clearly that the party in power is
the popular choice.
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Representatives of South America
visited the bureau of standards last
week on the invitation of DR.. S. W.
Stratton, the director, who conducted
the visitors on tour of the grounds
and pointed out the various activities
of the bureau. Their visit was the
outcome of a suggestion made to the
director recently by DR.. Don Rafael
H. Elizald, minister from Eucador,
who visited the bureau not long ago
and showed much interest in the work
there in progress.
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Paraguay informed the State De-
partment of sixty-day moratorium
last week, which has been declared in
effect as result of the closing of the
Banco Mercantil.
representatives of South American
municipalities, meeting at Antigua,
Guatemala, took the first step toward
the proposed union of the Central
American republics last week when
they approved the proposal to form
confederation of the states. The plan
to unite the five republics is to be
considered at a conference in San
Jose, Costa Rica. the first of next
month. The meeting in Antigua is
preliminary to this conference.
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Two Americans are in South. .Ameri-
ca >on special missions. relating to the
study of tropica. plant life. DR.
George l.. Cherrie. who was with
Roosevelt on his African expedit ion,
has been sent to Ecuador by the Mu-
scum of Natural History of New York.
DR. Wilson Popenoe. representing the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. is making trip from Colombia
to Ecuador. studying the plant life in
those countries with the object of dis
covering what forms are suitable for
Introduction in the United States.
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In the year preceding the war the
United States sold textiles valued at
s312, 900 to Argentina, and in the year
preceding the armistice the value of
these exports was placed at SIS. 9.O0o. 900.
cent Of the. total textile imports of
Argentina, being the second largest eX-
ported to the Argentina.
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Buenos Aires. Argentina. like the
principal cities in this country, is hav-
ing its housing difficulties. according to
word which has been received here The
explanation there is that commercial ex-
pansion and little construction have
created a demand which has complete
ly outrun the supply. 1t is no longer a
question of submitting to the prices de-
ma nded, 1t is said, for the accommoda-
tions are, not to be had. Among the
measures adopted to meet the situation
are those providing that no rentals shall
be higher than on January /, 1920, stim-
ulating construction by lowering the
construction tax and lifting the import
duties on many classes of construction
material.
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Senior Don Beltram Matthew, Chilean
ambassador to the United States, de-
livered an address in New York last
week before members of the American
Manufacturers Export Association He
discussed prospects for future business
for the United States in Chile and told
of existing conditions in his country.