Evening star., 1921-05-08
LATIN AMERICA COOL
TOWARD THE LEAGUE
Nicaragua Withdrawal Will Be Followed
by Similar Action on the Part
of Other Countries.

" hich was adopted more than two
years ago after serious labor troubles
made il necessary for the government
to assume control of the port. ii is
the governments duty to care for la
bor troubles as they arise. The Ar
gentine government. il is stated. Is
now using its best efforts to bring
about a settlement Of the present diff
hculties between the port workers
and the ship owners. Any private in
reference viii make the Argentine
governments task more difficult. il is
stated.
One Of the smost Interested of the
Latin American countries in the
emergency tariff bill now before the
Senate is Uruguay. practically all Of
whose products are agricultural and
most of whose exports consist OF
wool. hides. meat. fodder. wheat and
flour. which are affected by the terms
Of the pending bill.
Because of the great increase in
trade which took place between the
United States and Uruguay during
the war. the present position Of this
country in Cruguyan commerce is "f
great Importance and advantage.
the United States increased from
s. q" 600 in value TO more than $40
900. 0an-four times the original
amount And Cruguay's ability to
huv from this country depends on the
amount of products she is able to sell
, h"~e.
The livestock products which Tru-
quay exports constitute more than as
per cent OF her total exports: and
cattle ra' a'sing makes up S. to 30 per
cent of her business Out of aproyi-
mately 46.300.000 acres of her total
area. 3i.000.000 acres are devoted to
cattle raising. More than 100000 of
her nopuiation are engaged on about
! 1000 cattle ranches.
lf Uruguay finds tho United States
| market closed by high protective
tariff to her wool. hides and meats.
| II is said. Uruguay will have to turn
to other countries for many OF the
articles she now buys here.
X X
! Members Of the delegation NJ cot
1 ton textile goods manufacturers who
: rec"nfiv called at the State Depart
ment to request aid in alleviating a
condition in Cuba resulting from the
inability on the part of purchasers
. to nay for goods bought on credit
! in the United States. will go to Cuba
and aftemDt to obtain a settlement
! of their difficulties there. il is stated
! Though the state Department was
! u"ahl" to make any definite promise
; OF action in the matter. considera
! tion and future conferences We're
! promised. According to the latest
F: information. however. these confer
/ ences will not be held in view of
/ the planned Cuban trip.
! Dispatches received at the Argen-
! tine embassy here report the estab-
| lishment in Buenos Aires Of thirty
! si% new libraries. The Argentine
! government is about to undertake
! census of the forest resources of the
country. directed toward an investi-
| cation Of Argentina's dependence on
foreign market for forest products.
! Eicaragua's population. according to
! census figures received here. shows a
) total of 63S 11s. of which l07.767 are
/ white. There are Sal Americans I'm
! Nicaragua. 1876 British-many of
whom are negroes - 5000 Hondurans.
| 46o Chinese and four japanese. Fig
/ ures show a large percentage of illit-
: erac". only 1881 out of the total
popu' alton being able to read and
! write.
! Census figures from several of the
Latin American countries have been
received recently. about eleven Of
the countries having conducted CEN
! sus las. year. decennial census.
+! similar to that in the United States.
! has been urged upon the South
! American countries which have no
. regular census.
| The second session of the Pan Amer
I lean school of foreign and domestic
! commerce will begin June 90 and
! continue until July 80. the lectures to
! be conducted in the Columbus room
| of the Pan-American Union building.
The school will be under the ex-
| ecutive direction of DR.. Clarence J.
! Owens. director general of the South
ern Commercial Congress. with DR..
! L. S. Rowe. director general Of the
| Pan-American Union. serving as
! chairman of the advisory council. The
! governing board of the Pan-American
/ Union and officials of the Depart
! ment of Commerce are to cooperate
! in conducting the school. similar
| course was conducted here last sum-
mer. and is said to have been very
| successful.