Evening star., 1928-04-29

Domestic Commerce Of the Department Of
Commerce.
A N obscure. seven-line dispatch
" was tucked away in the inner
"A pages Of a few metropolitan
4 \ dailies recently II carried the
iaconic news that "the first
postal airplane from Buenos Aires to
Paris in the newly started ship and
plane service arrived at lie Bourget
yesterday. II carried mail shipped
from Buenos Ayres on March 2, taking
IL days for a trip ordinarily last three
weeks"
Thereby hangs tale not only Of fan
tastic air achievement and extraordi-
nary heroism but also Of carefully
planned and widely ambitious CONNER
cial and economic strategy fraught
with unusual interest 10 international
business The epochal air voyage OF
Cogtes and Lebrix across the South At
lantic and around Latin America may,
at first glance, have seemed but an
other Of the many recent brilliant acc
complishments Of the French in the
| field Of sport and adventure
The episode had however. far
deeper and more lasting significance.
II was the latest and one of the more
spectacular OF a series of episodes indi-
eating clearly the newly inVigorated ac~
tiyities Of the French In the field OF
Latin American economic affairs and
| harbinger Of what lS 10 be expected I'm
other markets throughout the world
Extent Of French Interest.
| This episode OF the elimination OF
/ the Paris Buenos Aires link at once
/ raises series OF questions. Just what
| Is the extent Of French interest In
| Latin America? Has she fallen heir
| 10 any substantial part Of 0ermanys
/ shattered trade In that section? IL So
has she been able To enlarge that heri-
tage2 How seriously are we 10 regard
/ the commercial aspects of the pam
| Latin movegent which has been car
| ried on no vigorously under French
leadership in recent years and has
stimulated such episodes AZ the con-
/ Terence of the Latin Press Union In
Havana IN early March?
/ With her African possessions playing
a prominent part IN this new Paris
Buenos Aires traftlc. how Significant
has been her recent trade development
I In her colonial possehsionsP In general
/ how large factor is this new eco
n0mic empire Of France. not simply in
, Africa and Madagascar. but through
out It's far-finng units from Ind0-
China IN the east 10 Guiana and the
Caribbean on the Wegt2 Just what sig
nitlcance does this widespread belt Of
tropical and gubtropical markets and
raw material producers have In the
renaissance III the new France which
Ii rising from the ashes 0f l9i4~i67
Relations with the u. n.
Before proceeding with an analysis
Of these problems Of colonial CONNER
eial development, II might be we'll 10
review one or two outstanding features
of the trade relations between the
| United States and the mother country,
These have been the subject Of some
discussion in recent months and many
Of their phases have been rather liberal
~ distorted by enthusiasts on both
sides ~ such controversial topics MS
the war debts. tariff relations, etc.
Obviously II would be impossible 10 re-
view such complicated issues In this
connection, II may not, however, be
inappropriate 10 point out one or two
outstanding factors In the Franco
American economic relationship
In the .tfst place, It has been al
Legged that the trade between The two
HatlDnA H., unfortunately, oyerbalaneed
by the recent expansion III our exports
10 France. Indeed, these have grown
al u very rapid rate, rising from u pre-
gsr average igiG~1oi4i 0f more than
Si3s 800 600 ~ 1923 TOO 99a iae' year
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