Evening star., 1925-07-12

and not cold storage. They carry live
ones on board the train.
Policemen are very prominent fig.
ures at all stations and on the street
corners. They are like walking arse
nails. carrying clubs, revolvers and a
sword or bayonet.
English Patriotic.
English railroads use English coal
in the form of briquets. l certainly do
admire the way they stand by one an
other and by their own industries or
business interests. There were large
pictures in the railroad stations adver-
tising the Lamport and Holt Shipping
Line. We do not often see American
shipping lines advertised by American
railroads. Why not? They ought to
do it. 1t would do much for our ship
ping.
The use of autos is increasing rapid
ly in South America. We furnish
most of them. IT is estimated that SO
per cent Of the automobiles used are
American made. We took large
number on our ship, and I noticed on
the dock in New York when we came
back a large number ready for the
next boat. The demand is so great it
cannot be fully met. The traffic con-
gestion in the cities is almost as severe
as mere, because the ldTIO" SltcSlS
They use their horns very freely and
keep up almost a constant din until
late at night and begin quite early in
the morning. They seemed to me to
drive very recklessly, but l heard of
few accidents. This trade we should
hold, and the demand will increase
with the country's development.
Moving picture machines and films
come largely from the United States.
The demand Is growing and moving
picture theaters are multiplying. These
pictures may do us a great injury or
be of great benefit. A prominent jour
nalist in Buenos Aires told me very
seriously that many of the picture
films are doing us great harm. Wild
West pictures and those with criminal
characters are creating a very bad
impression. We are largely judged as
people by the characters in these
plays and foreigners cannot help get
ting the impression that we are a ca
rousing. criminal, drunken and pistol
carrying people and our competitors
do not exert themselves to dispe1 this
impression. This matter should have
the careful consideration of our NOV
ing picture magnates, and as patriotic
Americans they should do what they
can to see that the real American life
is presented to these people. They ap-
preciate good living just as well as
anybody and prize it just as highly.
Another valuable market for us will
come from the demand for agricul-
tural implements which will grow with
the development that is bound to
take place in the near future. There
IS bound to be a very large field in
South America for the expansion of
our manufacturing trade, but the
products of our farms are going to be
met in the markets of the world, If not
in our own country by their farm
products. 1t is a direct benefit to our
laborers and manufacturers to expand
their markets and the serious phase
of the situation is how shall our farm
ers meet the competition that must
come from the agricultural develop
ment in these countries. Corn and
wheat production is going to increase
greatly, especially in the Argentine in
the near future. More and more are
they likely to supply the worlds de.
mands as their production increases.
With their cheap lands, cheap labor,
fertile soil, mild climate and vast
acreage, easy of cultivation, they can
take the worlds markets to the extent
of their overproduction. No legislation
can meet this situation as it develops.
L may be wrong about it, but it seems
to me that the most effective way that
we can deal with this problem. and
about the only way it can be dealt with
effectively, is for wheat farmers to di.
versif'- wherever they can and for us
to follow such policies as will promote
the expansion of other industries so
that the home demand shall become
equal to the home supply.
Cotton Competition Grows.
Our cotton people are facing a
serious situation. Their leaders are
probably aware of what was called
to my attention. English manufac-
turers are seeking a cotton supply
Inoependent OF our producers.
Wealthy Englishmen are now nro-
noting cotton production in Brazil.
1t is granted that superior cotton can
be produced there and in almost nm
limited quantities. 1 can see no rea
son why this cannot be done. They
surely have the climate and the soil
and, with cheap labor that is avail.
able, much of the foreign demand for
American cotton may be lost. This
again is a problem that cannot he
met directly by legislation and II
would seem that about the only prac-
teal way is to meet the situation Is
through crop diversif1cation. The
situation anyway is one that should
nave the early consideration of those
interested.
South America is a larger con-
tinent than North America, and even
larger In natural resources. Its
population is small. It's DEVELOPMENT
slight. Capital and immigration will
both tend that way. This deyelon-
ment Will open new avenues of pros-
per1ty for us and confront us with
problems that will vitally affect our
industries and. .our people. We must
race the situation squarely and We
ought to give 1t serious .consfdera
ton without delay
In South America and the Orient
are the two great fields for the ex
pansion of our foreign trade, in nv
judgment. In South America we will
meet the hercest competition, bull
warked by ties of kindred and natur
ally fortified by capital invested for
years in great business enterprises
that have long been a part of the
warf and woof of the life and bust
ness of these people. We can get a
fair share of this trade and business
by wise action and fair dealing. We
must understand their wants, their
needs, and methods of doing business
and the fact they are closer in dis
tance to us and naturally linked with
US than with any other nation
These countries are young in devel-
opment with the brightest prospects
for the future. We need these people
and they need us. Probably we need
them more than they need us. What
should we do for our mutual bene-
fit? We must recognize their equal
ity and appreciate and respect their
ambitions. American business men
going among them should set an ex-
ample of the highest integrity and
citizenship. We should encourage
them to come here and get ac-