Show UI U. S S. S 1 MUST H HAVE VE SHIPPING liNES SENATORS SENATOR'S VIEW VIE Jones Stresses tresses N Need e ee d dof of Ships in South Ameri American an Business i WASHINGTON Ju July y 4 AP AP- AP The three essentials for expansion of American business In South America are banking facilities quicker co communications and transportation transportation transportation trans trans- facilities in the Judgment of Chairman Jones of the senate commerce committee based on In Information information Information In- In formation he obtained In a recent tour of that continent The AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican shipping service between the two continents must be maintained at an any cost the the- senator said to tonight tonight tonight to- to night In the last of a series of I st statements reporting his tripI trip I I would offer any reasonable In In- In to private capital to take takeover takeover over these ships and continue the service he he- said but these ships should not be turned over to private vats vate parties except upon very leer leer- Ce ter tain taro assurances that they will be be replaced as they wear out ut and th the service continued If It private capital will not take them thenn over on this basis then the government should retain them and replace them when n necessary The th benefits to benefits to trade and commerce gener generally lly will exceed any loss to the treasury This Is one of or our shippIng shipping shipping ship ship- ping problems that must be dealt with soon soon We Ve must take definite action to see to It that the South American service and the oriental service are continued COMPETITORS USE POINT i iOne iOne One of the strongest arguments that our competitors put forth to the South American business business' businessmen men n menIs menis menis is that our service will be discontinued discontinued discontinued discon discon- in the not distant future That of course causes the businessman business nan man to hesitate transferring his business to us When they are convinced however that our ser service service ser ser- vice is s going to be permanent they they- will give us their business for for the excellence of our service and land ships As to banking facilities Senator I Jones s said ld American banks had I branches now In all the leading cities are giving fine service and I will keep pace with the growth of or trade He also said the Amer All lea ica Cable company had satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory tory and direct service down th the coast across the Argentine and up to Rio and that It hoped to complete complete complete com com- com com- soon connections of the east coast with the United States The i United States already has built up a good trade rade with South America in automobiles Senator Jones said and predicted the growth of a valuable valuable valuable able m market there for American agricultural ag- ag ag agricultural Implements FILMS PLAY PART Pointing out that moving picture machines and films used in South America Amerl a also come largely from the United States the senator continued continued continued con con- These pictures may do us s a great Injury or be toe of great benefit A prominent journalist in Buenos BuenosAires BuenosAires BuenosAires Aires told me very seriously that many of the picture films are doIng doIng doing do- do Ing us great harm Wild Wild- West Vest pictures pie pic- tures and those with criminal characters characters characters char char- are creating a very bad Im Im- im- im We Ve are largely Judged as a people by the characters In these plays and foreigners cannot help getting the Impression that we weare weare weare are a carousing criminal drunken and pistol carrying people This This' matter should have the careful consideration of our moving picture magnates |