Evening star., 1921-08-21
CHIEF NEED
OF SOUTH AMERICA
Lack Of It Causes Trade to Languish Both
in This Country and In the
Southern Republics.

support which Theodore Roosevelt
gave the reclamation service in the
United States.
The immediate future is going to re-
veal number Of plans for obtaining in
America. The present is good time to
$ cure the capital. provided the South
American can put up a sound. square
proposition that. interests the capitalist.
The emergency tariff prevents many of
the southern republics from selling their
goods here, and the deprecated ex-
change and business depression in South
America prevents Americans from doing
much business there. Loans to South
American countries at this time, il is
pointed out, serve the double purpose of
bringing about revival of business in
South America and creating a market
for American products.
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Rapid progress in developing the nat
ural resources of Venezuela is expected
as the result of the nearing completion
OF system Of excellent roads through
out the country. The two important
| roads on which work is now concen-
trated are the Gran Carretera Occidental
and the Gran Carretera Oriental, which
will traverse the republics from east to
west and connect the main productive
areas Of the country.
Important roads already have been
, built to connect Caracas, Valencia ard
other large cities with their respective
ports. Since 1908 a total OF 1000 kilo-
meters of road has been constructed
/ by the federal government, and work on
an additional 1000 kilometers of road is
| under way by the federal and state
governments
One result of the construction of
good roads. according to P. L. Bell,
trade commissioner of the Depart
ment of Commerce, who recently re-
turned from Venezuela. will be the
| need for 1000 additional lightweight
automobiles. Additional demands are
/ likely to be made in other fields,
while a general expansion in industry
and agriculture is expected in line
with the increased transportation IA
cilities.
A new steamship line is being
organized in Guayaquil. Ecuador,
with a capital of S750,0OO. which is
virtually subscribed according to a
dispatch to the Department of Com
merce- The company will export fresh
fruit to the United States through
New Orleans, and as Ecuadorian
fruits are ready for the market when
! the winter season begins in the north,
| good market is expected. The COM
pany expects to own its own planta-
/ tions, where modern methods will be
employed. Two steamers will be pur-
CHASED ana put into service within q
short time, one of them now being
under the American flag.
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Cruguay's budget for the fiscal
year 1922 has been completed and
| is ready for congressional approval
1t calls for an expenditure of S43,-
| 25S.496, while the estimated revenue
will yield for the year only $780,
b35.475, leaving deficit of s6,723,021
| Proposed new taxes would yield about
$4,390.000. leaving. deficit still of
| $2,333,021.
The text of a bill for woman suf-
frage in Uruguay introduced by Presi-
dent Brum has been received here 1t
provides the right of women to active
and passive vote in national and mu-
nicipal elections. The bill comedies
! the same rights and obligations ,es-
! tablished for man by the electoral
| laws. and states that women are
recognized as equal to man before
the law, whether it be perceptive,
| penal or protective"
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A table compiled for the benefit of
| Brazilian coffee exporters shows that
| the per capita yearly consumption of
coffee in the United States was 29S
pounds in 1893. increasing to 1929
pounds in 1917. and decreasing to
/. 1923 pounds in 1918 and sec in 1919.