Show TRADE IN SOUTH Ard AMERICA ERiCA I 1 last year a delegation of 61 mci mel merchants chants I 1 and manufacturers left this country 1 and visited span spanish asli america especial ly south Ar america to investigate the ily I 1 country and to it I 1 possible ibi aili Ih ough nil what t means a me anne I 1 liberal abe i strade i trade could be built up tip in that country now tile national ot of ilan fall ot of this country have settled 1 Is plan through which they hope to wn cc n I 1 arol if fair share ot of south sooth amilcar trade their plan Is supported by one j thousand heavy manufacturers manufacturer anti anil backed by a laige amount of oc money they have gone to work on the theli theory that it if we re expect to buy bu I 1 american c goods it li in necessary nce casary to 0 o at 1 oi cain cetla crt la those goods by object lessons lesson in exhibiting them laem att convenient sta tiona llona they recognize too that while walli other oilier nations nation have been building up I 1 i I 1 rade with south america tile the ameri rans havo have sat still expecting customers ito to come to them and they reason that it if merchants do not elpe cape t to sell their goods at t home without drummers di who igo BO about with samples for or exhibition I 1 how can it bo be expected that foreigner enill hlll drop in upon us and give im ill their itrano trade the asset proposes to establish til a series ot of depots depota in ill I 1 ell all tile the south american ports snaking making the firby in vene eucla cla and then arbing thi ill system in ili all they AN ant the bill 0 of senator irye frye pushed to a law which ili cheate a department ot of commerce and manufactures at the head haa of which Is to be a secretary who vh H N to occupy the ninth place in the ilia Preal presidents dents cabinet in the meantime meant they want to get in closer cinser and closer wath avith all the ran amerlean instates stales the general purpose might be all right but we beg bee to repent repeat to those gentlemen that something more all will be needed england has built up a great trade in south american ports because more mor thin than forty years ago she had regular lines ot of steamships running to every important port of 0 span ish america and as swiftly as po elble she supplemented her steamship lines with ocean mean cables sho she subsidized the steamers fit camers so that merchante mer iner chanta chants establishing branch houses in these port saw that for all time in the future they could wely anticipate the arrival or ft a steamer once in two weeks or thre 6 weeks as aa long as they might colit continue inua in trade then with the labing of 0 those cable cabled it villa nas possible lor for those thoad merchants if anything was nord they did riot not carry in stock to say bay to their customers we vo can supply this in ano deeks or three weeks because we will cable tor for it at once find and have it shipped by the next steams steam or fr which sails on a certain day and hach Is certain to reach this place within three days of a certain other period they kept those houses going even tor for sears bears before they paid expenses but in the meantime the man agers of those houses learned the language anti ami the custom customs 0 of thoc people learned their friendly arid and their bide aide in addition every few weeks a section ot of a british squadron of tight ing ships swung into those polls fired salutes lutes sent their sailors a ashore hoffr to get drunk and to right and kept ever before fore the eyes at 0 those people that b bf hind the merchants of great britain and the merchant ships there was the navy the british army and the british Bril ll government ready at re moments notice to avenge any ally Nio million laLlon ot of justice which any english babjec might suffer later fiance and get ger many built up a large trade in those apoita through the same means our manufacturers have started out right light its in port part but they want the government er t up rrt rt behind them they 3 bey want ant regular ships to dimit those ports they want occasionally a ship ot of the white AN tilte squadron tu to lait those ports porta nod and to lire fire their big guns gun 1 1 I hoy hey want to impress upon those thoo half bar ba us people that tho the united slates st Is I 1 S an awful 1 fill power in it its is majenty majo ety and t then they can call trade with anith them alk iii then it if they east induce oil our r ca ant anil railroad magnates magn ateo tu to extend lull rall roads roada through chobo countries it will bo be all the th greater h hold 0 id thoro ought to boa be a trance s clr tile tl inholt w holo londt of south anit america rica as aa england Engla nl to in preparing to make a way across africa with a a steel track and to absorb tile trade of a rood good deal of tile country on both tides sides |