Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-06
Meeting Place of the Americas Which Will Be Used For the
Most Important World Conference Ever
Held on American Soil

hearted man, protesting he was the
victim of ingratitude, but Venezuela
now considers him the George Wash
, ington of his country and he is buried
| In Caracas. bust of Juan Rafael
Mora came from Costa Rica and the
| little country of Haiti has sent bust
| of Dessalines. 1t shows this emperor
of Haiti In military reBalia at the
zenith of his power and before he was
| assassinated by two of his officers.
a remarkable statue comes from
Honduras and those familiar with the
| history of this country arc not sur
prised to read the names of Francisco
Moraxan, president of the Central
American Confederation and a master
of men. though as 1t often the case
he was not appreciated at the time
and was court marshaled and shot.
Mexico selected Juarez as her hero
and his striking head causes instant
attention. This man. with the priest
Hidalgo. can be said to have done
more for his country's liberty than
any other Mexican statesman, for he
started many reforms that led to the
present well being OF Mexico. His
bears the one word "Liberator."
WE'LL WORTH A VISIT
These are few OF goodly array of
bpsts OF the heroes of our friends
to tho south of us. For the most part
the faces show intelligence. courage
and virtues that we like to associate
with our heroes. We have been prone
before the war to talk of American
history as that of the United States.
4 wider vision. destined TO broaden
still moro after the meeting to be held
here, shows we arc but small menu
ber of a large American family dis
trfbuted over two continents. This
room and others in the Pan-American
building arc eye openers to the people
Of the United States. who can never
again bo insular after visiting this
building.
Another room is devoted TO transla-
tors, statisticians, compilers. clerks
and stenographers who are furthcring
the interests of this Pan-American or
gantzation. Some are collecting books.
pamphlets. official documents ana
newspapers for the use of the public
and there Is one room devoted entire
ly to Columbus Library to which
any responsible person can have ac-
cess. No ono is idle Is these cosmo-
politan headquarters. Tho bureau
keeps in touch with prominent people.
with college professors, artists nnd
writers besides furnishing information
to travellers. Its chief aim, up to this
time. has been to keep resume OF
trade conditions in North and South
America for the purpose of helping
manufacturers, merchants. exporters
and importers. and to aid in a better
understanding 1t issues n Monthly
bulletin and lists of pamphlets and
maps.
The Secretary of State OF the United
states is chairman ex-officio OF this
organization whose control rests with
governing board composed of dipio-
matte representatives in Washington
II Is dignified body for these repre-
sentatives come from Republics that
cover nine million square miles. They
are three times larger than the United
states and over seventy million people
inhabit them. No other section of the
world can show such progress In re-
cent years. In ten years they have
increased one hundred per cent in for
eign trade.
suppose We awake to some idea of
these countries whose building will he
used for one of the most important
conferences in history. Take Rio Jan
Giro. for instance as an example of ono
of their towns. 1t has a population
of million, spends large sums yearly
to increase its natural beauties. and
1t Is constantly improving it's harbor
because of the rich inland country. |
Large boats can go three thousand |
miles mp the broad Amazon. Our Mis-
sissippi tho long and of great natural
beauty cannot compete with this. The
Amazon is 40 much larger that IL is
estimated that there are twonty thous- |
and miles of waterway in the basin of |
the Amazon navigable for boats draw |
ing many feet of water. Then. there |
Is the Argentine Republic which has |
"A foreign trade of six hundred thous-
and dollars per annum, and there is
Peru with its capital of Lima and a
founded long before Har-
ward. Peru. also. has "a railroad that
reaches the highest elevation of any
road on this continent. Columbia,
too. has large trade for 1t has the |
advantage of bordering on both
oceans.
These arc fine countries to the south
of us and 1t is source of gratiftca-
tion that a building in which they
have chief interest shall be used for
a conference of such Importance as
President Harding has called South
and Central America ure in
tcrested as are all the countries of the
world in the results of this conference
The use of this building will increase
this interest and at the game time
bind the Americas more closely to-
.ti