Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
PACT
SOON WILL WORK
Convention Signed in 1910 With Lati,
American Republics Will Be in
Operation Before Long.

init women to the colleges on n
equal footing with men was frowne'
upon. Observation OF the effects
co-education in Porto Rico has cor
WINGED Mr.. Libby that il will succer
in South America, though the senti
ment there is strongly against il.
Mr.. Libby has the backing
President-elect Porras of Panama
now in this country. who. by his Oh
servation OF school children in Wash
ington. it is stated. became convince
of the benefits of co-education.
Wonderful progress has bee;
made in Panama since her independ
ence in 1903" Mr.. Libby states IAN
more especially since 1912. whe
DIR. Belisario Porras. president-eleci
began his first administration. TIN
government is absolutely stable. h.
the sympathy and cooperation o
the masses. as may be seen by tn
fact that in the recent elections DR.
Porras had practically no opposition
The coming four years viii undoubt
eddy mark an era in the progress q
the republic. as there is a cash bal
ance of $1,000, 900 in the treasury
Porras is thoroughly awake to m
needs OF the country. what to do an
how to do it,
Awakened interest was manifesto
in the proposed visit of Gen. Pershini
State and War departments officialt
took the matter under consideration
The visit is termed good VIII
visit. and final decision regarding th
details has not been made. Visits
the United States have been made b.
a number of diplomats from Sout
America since the war, however. an.
it is known that there is being give
| considerable thought to the proper re
! turn of such visits. Gen. Pershtni
became well known in South Amertc
during the war, and it has been sug
gested that he would be extremet
| well fitted for the mission. Shout
he go to South America Gen. Per
shing will do SO before retiring.
| has been learned.
Interesting figures on the winding
up of the fiscal year of 1920 are givei
| by the Department of Commerct
| They show that South America endef
| the period with a trade balance %
| $50, 100000 against the United States
| exports from the United States total
| ing s4s0.94417s. while imports from
South America reached sS60.944,300
Argentina led in imports from thu
United States. the value of good
shipped there being $167.146.54s
Brazil came second in purchase
goods, the value being $115,020,311
Brazil led the South American coun
ports reaching 2S1,217.7e4. while Ar
gentina was second. with s251,7s3.114
Chile's exports to the United Stater
| W ere valued at s112,637.s 25. while i'm
ports from that country were value,
at s44 ,290.9S Columbia was fourt
| among the South American nations
exports to the United States and
| imports from this country. The
| ures are s54.160.217 and $52.123.4s
! respectively.
Carlos Nolpi. project manager
/; the bureau of irrigation, departmep
of public works, of Argentina. LET
Washington several days ago on i.
| tour of inspection of eight OF IN
great irrigation projects IN IN,
| western United States. Mr.. Eolpi vii
study the reclamation work wnici
has been done in the western Snitet
States. from Montana and Idaho on
the north to Arizona on the south
He will spend week at each OF th'
irrigation plants he visits.
Mr.. Volpi bears with him letters o.
introduction from officials of the rec
laimation service, the geological sur
yey and the Department of AgricGl'
ture. The Argentine irrigation eN'
pert spent a busy week here befor
leaving, studying all phases OF tr
| reclamation law passed IN lSo2 unoei
President Roosevelt, and OF the OF
| ganization. regulation and other te3
lures of the work from an admins
trative point of view. The officiali
of the government here helped hin
in working out his itinerary
His investigation, Mr.. Volpi says. Il
with the purpose of inducing Argen.
| tina to adopt a more adequate ans
! comprehensive reclamation law thar
| the one now in force. In the develop
ment of great areas OF land IN ths
western part of Argentina, which ar
similar in many respects TO tnoY
which have been reclaimed in thu
country. there is need of a more broas
and liberal policy. he states
Before coming to Washington MT
Volpi spent several weeks in New
York. and while there inspected thu
Croton dam and the Ashokan reser
voir. which furnishes New York city
with its water supply.
lose Luis Camayo. who has beef
inaugurated president of Ecuador. ad-
vocates the changing of the monetar,
system there, with more caretul at
tention to and probably the revision
Of the present method OF receipt ans
expenditure of public funds. accord.
ing to advices received here. II
Improbable. though not certain. that tht
new president may send a delegate
to the United States to study thu
financial system here, and take bach
with him sufficient knowledge to in
ausurate in Ecuador a similar system
Chairman Benson announced las,
| week that the Shipping Board would
follow a hands orr policy regarding
the difficulties experienced by Amerk
can ships in the port of Buenos Aires
Ship operators may handle the matter
in whatever way seems best to them
it is stated.
Because of virtual embargocs en-
forced by stevedores against ship:
carrying cargoes consigned to indus
tries involved in labor disputes, Amer
lean shipowners are finding IL yer.
difficult to unload their wares.