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Show DISCUSSES THE TRADE OF SOUTH AMERICA Buenos Aires Editor Says United States Is in the Lead, Despite British Advantage. LONDON. March 5. (Correspondence of the Associated PreffO Jorge A. Mitre, editor of Iji Nacion of "Buenos Aires gave Great Britain some advice concerning the extension of its trade in .South America while speaking at a dinner of journalists and public men the other day. "It mny bo a matter of some concern to you," said Mr. Mitre, "that Great Britain, with the control of roads, railways and waterways in Argentina, has a n inferior position to other countries in the. market. Take, for Instance, th; casV? of agricultural machinery. In that line the United tstites is ahead of you because the American has made himself familiar with the needs and j the fancies of the farmers. ; "The South American people during the i next few years XV-1 1 1 have money to spend. j There is world-wide demand for food. Ours is a food exporting country, and , prices are- likely to be favorable to the ; producer. We shall want to buy not only locomotives, plows and other machinery, but motor cars, cutlery, plate, furnit ure, jewelry and finished leather groods. Who is g-oing1 to supply us with these things? "One of the best instruments you can use in shaping: your .South American policy pol-icy during the remaking of the world is the British communities already established estab-lished in the Fouth American countries. In addition you must send out your trav- I elers properly equipped. They must speak our language. All the efforts of British manufacturers to meet the requirements of South American mai kets will fail to be fruitful co long as your commercial travelers are Ignorant of .Spanish. |