Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-24

inspection: what legislation has been
passed dealing with the sanitary side
of the meat packing industry and how
the laws are enforced.
New ship Lines to South.
Because of the growing commerce
and trade opportunities with Ecuador
and Colombia. the Pacific Steam Nayi-
CATION Company will place two YES
sells in service between New York and
ports in Ecuador, Colombia and the
Canal Zone. The first sailing will be
November 2.
The Panama Railroad Company.
according to word received here by
the Pan-American Union, will place
"a steamer in service between the Pan
anna Canal and ports of Ecuador with
in short time.
ECuador'S nearneSs to New York
and her many resources are factors
constantly increasing the Importance
OF that republic in world commerce.
New Smithsonian Collection.
In developing the collection at the
Smithsonian Museum of the division
of medicines, group representations of
the more important dr.. showing
the several stages in their producGo~
from the natural source, has oeen
added. Cinchona, or Peruvian bark.
from which quinine is obtained. has
been selected as one of the drugs To
be represented in detail. Work of OBJ
tanning the necessary material has
| just been completed and the exhibit
installed.
The exhibit begins with a number
! of colored cuts and specimens. and is
| supplemented by pictures showing
cinchona plantations, methods OF re-
moving the bark. how it is packed
for shipment and how it is stored
| DIR. j. n. Rose. associate curator of the
| division of plants. contributed series
of photographs and part of cinchona
| tree trunk, which he obtained on a
recent expedition in Ecuador.
To Rebuild Guatemala City.
One of the new steps to be taken by
| the present government of Guatr-
mala is the rebuilding of Guatemala
City to restore the buildings destroyed
/ by the earthquake of Svral years
| ago. This step had been planned for
some time but only recently has the
plan taken definite shape. American
| firms probably will be engaged to do
| concrete will be used in building the
| city. The concrete buildings, it is
| stated. will be Earthquake proof
! South Americans Are Guests.
| A number of South Americans
members of the diplomatic corps
were guests of the Fidelity and Depos-
! it Company of Baltimore yesterday in
! more's harbors. The party left the
! capital in a special train at $3.50 and
| boarded a launch in Baltimore. which
! conveyed the members to Annapolis
| for visit to the Naval Academy i
Later the launch toured Baltimore $
| harbor and water front. tranferrin@
| the sightseers to train, winch
! brought them back to Washington
| at 1870.
| SampaiO Addresses Bankers
Sebastiao Sampaio, commercial at
tache of the Brazilian embassy, told
| American bankers attending the
American Bankers Association here.
lin a speech last week, that the United
States must meet with money the
competition of Europe in South Amer
Il lea to regain the trade lost to the
United States during and since the
WAR His speech was in support OF
the s1OO.000.000 foreign trade corpo-
ration. approved later in the week by
1.-THE association.
After citing the leading position OF
the United States in Brazilian trade
Mr.. Sampafo declared the United
Estates must finance that trade 10 keeI
l,;p with European methods, or IL Will
be lost. He declared Brazil IS coun
try suited to the establishment OF the
trade corporation-as the financial
situation there is very encouraging
for foreign help.
+; The answer to the question oil
whether American products will con
/ tiuue to hold their supremacy IN
Brazilian markets lies largely WIN
the bankers of this country, and more
lesnecially with the American Bank
ers' Association. Mr.. Sampaio said.
DIR. Bnekeland Returns.
! DR.. L. H. Baekeland of New York.
scientist and inventor. has just re-
turned from an extensive tour OF
some of the South American repub-
lies. where he studied some of the re
sources and the methods of exploiting
them. DIR. Baekeland is staying at the
Cosmos Club.