Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
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American agricultural meth
DDS ever attempted by a representa-
tive Of any foreign government, Car
los Vallejo of Argentina left Wash
ington last week to begin in the cot
ton fields of the south his three-year
tour of the United States.
Mr.. Vallejo's mission to this coun-
try is to compile, after detailed. per-
sonal study. a report of how the
American farmer raises his products,
sends them to the manufacturer, and
what happens to them in their prep
aration for export. For instance: He
intends to follow the process, in every
stage. of cotton from the time it is
planted until the finished product is
ready for shipment He intends to
study the imports from his country,
follow their course from arrival at
the wharves until they are turned
out by the manufacturer. He will
accomplish two things-frst, the
compilation of data which will be
used by the farmers in his own cour-
try; secondly. he will gain first-hand
knowledge of how the American i'm
porter looks upon the goods bought
from Argentina.
There are no two countries more
closely related in regard to agri-
cultural conditions than are the
United States and Argentina, he points
out, and what has been found here
can be used to advantage in Argen-
tina Argentina, states Mr.. Vallejo.
has spent more money. proportion
ately, on her department of agricul-
ture than the United States. But the
results have not been SO evident
The result of his three-year study
in this country will be used in Ar
gentina in connection with that coun-
trys extensive program of agricul-
tural development Argentina owns
large tracts of land. which, it is
planned, will be sold to the people.
encouraging at the same time i'm
migration and agricultural develop
ment.
President-elect Porras of Panama is
expected to arrive today in New
York, and will be met there by ]. E..
Lefevre, charge d'affaires ad interim
will accompany the president-elect to
Washington, should the proposed
visit to the capital materialize. His
visit here, it is stated, is undecided,
however. Should Mr.. PorraS come to
Washington he probably will confer
with officials of the State Depart
ment regarding his administration.
which contemplates many political
and civil reforms on the isthmus.
! Never before, says Mr.. Lefevre, have
relations between the United States
and Panama been so cordial. The visit
here of Mr.. Porras would do a great
deal toward further cementing these
relations.
Manufacturing exporters in the
United States will be asked. within
a short time, by the Southern Com
mercial Congress to prepare, under
the supervision of Fred Hawley, pres
ident of the Motion Picture Director
Company of New York, a number Of
DDS of manufacture. The films will
be shown in South America and at
the Panama School of Commerce,
which opens in Panama February l
next.
The plan, it is believed, will be an
excellent means of putting in visible
form a complete picture of how Amer
lean firms prepare their goods for
export to South America. The manu-
facturers will be asked to make the
pictures interesting and as valuable
educationaIly as possible, as they are
to be an advertisement for America,
as well as for the firms represented.
A fee will be charged the firms
which will consist of a scholarship
for one pupil to the Panama School
of Commerce. In this way firms In
the United States will pay for the
training of men and women who will.
it is believed, more than repay them
later by their services in developing
commerce between the two Ameri-
cas-.
A serious credit situation has de-
welcomed in Peru over shortage OF
circulating medium, and arrange
ments have been made for goid I'M
portatien to cover an issue OF cur
rencv for 1000, 900 Peruvian pounds.
cant. E. Marchant and Lieut.. G. VAL
diyieso. two of the seven Chilean
srmv officers who recently arrixed In
the United States to take special IN
struction at United States military
training schools, were escorted TO
the War Department and introduced
To a number of officers there last
week by Lieut.. Horacio Mira naval
attache and acting military attache
Aviation, coast artillery and field
artillery are the subjects to which
thew will devote their attention.
Ambassador Federico Alfonso Peze,
of Peru was in New York last week,
where he babe goodbye to the Ameri-
can naval commission, which sailed