Evening star., 1921-03-27
DOMINICANS SPREAD
DISTRUST OF THE u. S.
Task of the Administration to Combat
Unfriendly Propaganda in Latin
America.

whom he will address his first public
utterance as President on his attitude
toward South America His message
will be an important one.
For many years the President has
been a student of Latin American
affairs. and after his nomination he
felt the great responsibilities resting
on his administration to bring about
a better understanding between the
United States and the countries of
the south.
The message which the President,
will deliver in New York, the first
speaking engagement which he has
made since his inauguration. viii
outline the policy of the United
states in dealing with its American
neighbors, and by its expression of
sympathy and interest is expected to
do much toward increasing friendly
feeling on the part of Latin America
toward the United States =
rency as basis for the monetary
system of Honduras is indicated by
the recent passage in that country Of
customs laws. according to the De-
partment of Commerce. Importation
OF silver coinage has been prohibited
oy the Honduras government except
that or the United States, while the
free expectation OF these coins is per-
mitted. Payment of one-haif OF tho
customs duties in American coinaS~
at the rate of one dollar for two sill.
yer pieces is now required. The gov.
ernment soon will draw from circula
tion ali coins except those of the"
United States. and the new laws are
expected to lead to the establish
ment OF sound economical conditions
within short time
X
A party OF three Americans-Winiam
J. La Farre. James Mcdonald and Dud- .
ley Lewis-recently sailed from New
York to search for the undiscovered
source OF diamonds in British Guiana.
Their expedition is under the PATRONAGE p
OF Harvard University and the Smith
sonian Institution. They will explore
the watershed Of the Pacaraima noun
tains. on the border of Venezuela
With the expense of mining IN South
Africa becoming heavier. and ths yield q,
decreasing in a way that leads to the
belief that those rich fields are ap-
preaching exhaustion. now is the psy-
Geological time. in the opinion Of some
experts, for the discovery OF new fields
The diamond fields of Brazil. discov-
cred IN 1725, far to the south OF Guiana,
yield only a small output at present.
1t Is thought they are far from beingn
scientific machinery will mako them
moro richly productive than evef.
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An example of how the labor unions
work in Argentina is seen in a dispatch !
which has reached Washington. telling
Of how a firm in La Paz was loading
grain aboard a ship bound for Buenos q
Aires. A note was received by the firm
from the secretary of A labor union i'm
posing a fine of 500 because the firm M
question had employed non-union Ia :
borers in its warehouses. The commu-
xx-if "a threat that NJ {.
til the fine was paid no vessel would b. 4
loaded with grain shipped by the firm in
question. The fine was paid
DIR. Louis Aguirre, minister Of for
eign relations of Guatemala, left
washington last week for Chicago.
where he will remain for a short time 6
before sailing from New Orleans for
Guatemala- Gen Felipe Pereyra and
other members of the delegation from
Guatemala which came here Tor @
President Hardings Inauguration
will sail from New York this week.
The United States Department OF :
Agriculture, assisted by breed as
sociations and many individuals,
brought about trade in pure-bred live"
stock with South American countries, ,
last year which amounted to nearly
500. 900
During the past three years several
Investigators have been sent to South
America by the Department of Agri- :
culture to ascertain and develop A .
foreign market for American pure n.
bred animals
A representative to act as an agri-S '
cultural trade commissioner is per-.
manently located now in Buenos
Aires, Argentina
The bureau of markets has compiled
data regarding the various steps nee
essary for exporting live stock from
the United States to various South :
American countries, together with
the approximate costs.