The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Growing Friendship Marks Attitude OF
South America Towards United States
Friendly Commercial Relations
And Pan-Americanism
Help Cement Ties
Triplett Representative from
Argentina Says Prospects
Are Even Brighter

Pervading most of South America
is the warmest kind of friendship
towards the United States, accord
ing to T. c. de Grand Pre-, of
Buenos Aires, factory representative
of the Triplett Electrical Instrument
Co. in Argentina, who is in Bluffton
this week on business at the local
plant.
Marked preponderance of senti-
ment in favor of Britain and the
United States has followed the past
decade marked by increasingly good
commercial relationships and the
strong movement of Pan-American-
ism. Prominently displayed in the ma
jority of Argentinian cities are "Buy
American" and "Buy British" signs.
American Products
Products of American manufac-
turers are generally favored by the
buying public of South America be-
cause of their uniform high quality
The economies of mass production
have enabled u. S. manufacturers to
produce goods of unusual quality at
price the average man can afford
to pay.
Mr.. de Grand Pre- also noticed a
very strong sentiment in Brazil for
the United States. This is natural
in that the United States buys the
big majority of the country's coffee
output. In every year since 1921
the United States has bought a
great deal more from Brazil than
was sold her from here. This in
itself would preclude the use Of the
barter system used by Nazi Ger
many. If the United States should
use the barter system to even up
these figures the increased buying
from the United States would be
enough to cut the sales of the Ger
man products considerably.
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Also cementing the friendship of
the South American and the United
States is the strong Pan-American
movement developed during the past
decade. The federal government
has erected a beautiful building at
Washington, ID. c. to be used for
the purpose of the nations of the
Americas to discuss matters of
mutual concern of the two hemis-
pheres. President Roosevelt made
a trip to South America in 1897
and numerous agreements were made
at this time between various South
! American countries and the United
States. He was greeted by 100000
persons in Buenos who gave him a
tumultuous welcome upon his ar
rival to open the Inter-American
peace conference.
Oxford Graduate
Mr.. de Grande Pre- is a graudate
of Oxford, having attended the
English university for four years
On the basis of his talks with many
English people with whom he has
had commercial dealings Mr.. de
Grande Pre- says that the present
European war may result in stale
mate.
He pointed out that should Hitler
gain possession of the Iraq oil fields
and the grain fields of the Russian
Ukraine. there would be the basis
for formation of a self-sufficient
German-dominated European bloc
which could not successfully be at
tackled on land.
On the other hand England, with
her fleet would still remain in com
mand of the sea, resulting in sit
uation in which neither could sue
cessfully attack the other.
South America, however, does not
want war and is looking to thu
United States with increasing
friendliness and anticipating ever
closer cooperation and greater mu
tuality than in the past.