The New York herald., 1920-01-04
CH|L|ANS TO URGE
BETTER SHIPPING
TO MD US. TRADE
Delegation Head Says De-
mands Will BE Pressed Before
Pan-American Congress.


delegations representing other South
American nations will come TO the second
Pan-American Congress at Washington,
postponed to begin January 10. to demand
more and faster ships in the Latin Ameri-
can trade. This statement was made as a
prediction yesterday by Luis Izquierdo,
head of the Chian delegation, who is at
the Hotel Biltmore.
South America, then, will plead for
American ships to bring American goods
case of the buyer asking the merchant
to sell. The experience in the war, Mr..
Izquierdo thinks, has shown all South
American nations the necessity or closer
maritime relations with the United States
But he adds, whether the United States
will hold .he trade once European coun-
tries have become reinstated in industry
is another matter. He insists, however.
that American manufacturers and eX-
porters can hold the trade created BY
necessity with the southern republics If
they will conform to the methods in vogue
there; that. in general, American goods
are acceptable as compared with Euro
pean.
Refused the Presidency.
Mr. Izquie ierdo also was head of the
Chilian delegation to the first financial
conference at Washington. He is a busi-
ness man and financier of note in Chill,
and bears the distinction of being perhaps
the only man in public life in Latin
America, and. for that matter in the his
tory of any democracy, that~refused the
presidency when it was assured him. This
occurred in 1910, when he was Minister of
Foreign Relations.
President Pedro Montt died, and his sue
cessor byk seniority Fernandez Albano,
died soon after This, according to the
constitution, called for successor from
the Cabinet-'the Minister of the oldest
office" This admittedly meant the Minis
ter Of Foreign Relations But Mr.. Izqui-
erdo, to the surprise of aIl, declared ii
meant the Minister Oldest in service who
chanced to be Emiliano F'igueroa. Mr..
Izqueredo argued his point firmly and sue
ceeded In arguing himself out of the Presi-
dency, and Mr.. Figueroa took office.
"Of course the United States can COM
pete with England and Germany in our
market" said Mr.. Izquierdo. American
machinery, especially agricultural machin-
cry. and furniture, especially office furni-
ture. are popular in Chill. AS regards mer-
chandse in general, believe North Amer
lean manufacturers can make as good ana
as cheap as European.
But other things must be done, more
| than the mere goods. There must be long
er credits. and there must be an abandon
y
| States of demanding f. o. b. payments.
The Germans and English have given
ninety day drafts which amount to pay
nent on delivery or better. Also the
! American goods are not packed well. With
those things improved-and, of course,
enough ships-there will be no trouble. We
have learned TO know and appreciate
American goods during the war.
There is an eighteen day service from
| "A ma n q q
a fourteen e1y service easily. Then l un-
derstand that liquors and wines may not
be sold on United States Shipping Board
ships That may tend to prevent passen-
ger travel. Regarding the Gillian business
man, oh, he will come to the United States
as we camel refer to the absence of
wine-with some spirit Of self-sacrifice."
and Mr.. Isquierdo smiled.
/ "Our financial situation in Chill is un-
4 usually sound. The nitrate market. in
| jured by the end Of the war because of
the use Of nitrate in making ammunition.
is now flourishing again because nitrate
is being used in large quantities In Eu-
rope for fertilizer. There is a bill now
pending in Chill which would make a
unit of currency equivalent to twelve
| pence gold. Chill has enough gold to pay
out all OF the paper currency and still
have balance of eighteen million pesos
| There is also project to establish state
bank modelled after your Federal Re-
4 serve system. the bank to control the cur
rency. The standard would be gold.''
Already arrived here as one OF the
I Chilian delegates is Samuel Claro. con-
sultng lawyer. who is a deputy and once
served in the Cabinet as Minister of the
/ Treasury and Public instruction. Mr.
Claro speaks English fluently. Other
members of the commission will be Alberto
| Edwards and Victor Roblcs. Mr.. Edwards
1 is writer and investigator and formerly
| was Minister of the Treasury. lie is now
serving as director Of the Central Office
| Of Statistics. Mr.. Robles is an authority
on International matters. He has served
as Minister of War and as a deputy.
i The chief points to be considered at the
| conference are as follows:-
The effect OF the war on the commerce