Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-01
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When President Coolidge recently disclosed the
fact that for some time he had been giving consider
alton 10 . proposal for the construction Of a great in
ternational highway to connect the United States with
South America, he Ia understood to have given voice
to a suggestion that has been the subject Of serious dis
cussion in government counsels not only in the United
States but In many Of the Latin-American republics. A
highway Of this character, the president Is convinced,
would bring the people Of these nations into closer
business relationships. and would effectually dispel
that cloud Of dissrust relative to American ambitions
IN Latin America.
According to a writer in the New York Times, who
j. apparently i'm close touch with the federal highway
department, the route Of the great American highway
will extend Srom Ottawa, Canada, to Cape Horn, the
most southerh point in South America. From New
York IL would pass through st. Lou Dallas, San An
tonic, and enter Mexico at Laredo or Brownville;
thence south through Monterrey or Tampico to Mexico
City. Following the valleys. it would push on south
ward through Honduras and Panama, and on down the
western coast Of South America to Cape Horn. A South
American transcontinental highway, extending from
Valparaiso, Chile, to Rio Janero, Brazil, was proposed
last year and is partly financed and would become one
Of the most important laterals Of the international
highway.
The fact that the Mexican government Is now con
structing a highway from Monterrey to Nuevo Laredo
Is taken as an indication that Mexico is prepared 20
aid in this gigantic enterprise. Plans for a Mata-
moros, Tampico, Mexico City highway are also being
formulated in that republic. and naturalization OF
THESE plans WOULD assure |" 49, bc VIZ y
the Mexican capital.
A few years ago the people Of the United States
and the L~atin-Amercan republics would have scoffed
at the possibility Of the naturalization Of o highway
construction plan Of such vast proportions. They
would have deemed ii merely the dream Of a visionary,
a dream impossible to achieve.
However, in the past five years the American peo-
pie have solved far greater problems OF highway con-
struction than would be involved in the construction
Of this great international highway. The achievements
of recent years have convinced the world that there is
no project too great for America to finance and no
problem too complex for American engineers to solve.
Such a project is well within the resources Of the ma
tions interested. and leading statesmen OF the United
States and the Latin republics are apparently convinc-
cd that the highway project would not only assure d.
rect returns which would make it a good investment.
but would serve 70 cement better relations between the
American nations.
Countless millions Of dollars are being expended
IN building up American trade with Europe. and TO the
south Of this country lies the greatest field in the
world for American goods and American capital. The
next fifty years will witness the development Of veri-
table empires Of wealth in the Latin-American nations,
and 1t bchooves American leaders to take immediate
steps to cement closer ties between this country and
is La~tin-American ~neighbors. The industrial ma
tions Of Europe are making every possible effort to
secure the fast growing trade Of the Latin republics,
but the United States, by promoting the construction
Of this great International highway. could gain an i'm
pregnabIe position SO far as future commercial rela-
tions with those countries south Of the Rio Grande is
concerned.