The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14

turned? Definitely noti
That is the censorship which is
growing as the nation is stirred
over the debate on the lendlease
bill. And not only do pros and ants
defend their cause with patriotic fire
but each is ready to declare that
the other who disagrees must be
silenced for the good of the Repub
lie. That is the kind of individual
censorship against which no protest,
however powerful, can prevail
Seek to Improve
Latin American Market
Good fences make good neigh
bors"
once quoted that line from n
New England poet to n Dakota farm
son and he flew into a rage. He
said it was typical of the unneigh-
borliness Of the Yankees. Well, be-
ing prairie-born myself with a long
line Of New England ancestors I am
inclined to sit on that fence and look
both ways. Perhaps we ought TO
say that there is nothing unneigh-
borly in a good fence 30 long as 1t
has gate.
And Uncle Sam feels the same
way about the "Good >Neighbor"
business as II applies to South Amer
lea. The farmers on both sides OF
the international fence, the Latin
American farmers and the North
American farmers, while they are
all for unity, economically, political
ly and culturally, are a little wary
about competition.
That Is why the department of
agriculture talks so much about
Complementary" or non-competi-
tive products in its program for de-
veloping trade with Latin-America.
We want to sell goods to South
America. We have lots of things
they want But in order to buy our
goods they have to have American
dollars. They can get the dollars if
they can sell their goods to us.
Many OF the things they would like
to sell us we already have-especial-
ly agricultural products.
Therefore certain questions ad-
dressed to the department Of agri-
culture are pertinent. Here they
are along with the official answers:
EEnCIpHl imports.
What are the principal agricuI-
tural products we now import from
Latin American
"Our agricultural imports from
Latin America are of two general
types" says the office Of foreign
agricultural relations.
% "Complementary or non-com-
petitive agricultural products, con-
sisting for the most part of coffee,
cocoa, bananas, sisal, henequen,
special types of wool, spices, essen
tial (Volatile) oils, and tagua nuts.
Such products are normally import
ed TO meet the whole of our re-
quirements since they are not pro
duced at home"
~ Supplementary or competi-
tive agricultural products. These
include cane sugar, vegetable oil
seeds, cattle hides, manufactured
tobacco, meat products, vegetables
and vegetable preparations, dutiable
wool, goat and kid skins, and lin
seed, to mention the more impor-
tant"
How does the department Of agri-
culture propose to increase trade be-
tween the United States and Latin
America?
by developing in Latin America
for United States consumption the
tropical and semi-tropical products
which are not competitive with our
agriculture.
Does Latin American cooperation
mean increased imports into the
United States Of supplementary or
competitive agricultural products?
mo, that is not the aim of the
department program"
What are the complementary or
non-competitive products of Latin
America, the imports of which can
be increased?
They consist OF crude rubber.
cinchona bark from which ouinine
is made, abaca or manila fiber, vaIu-
able for the making of ropes for the
navy, accommodating plants ex-
tremely valuable for insecticidal
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