| Show SOUTH AMERICAN TRAM TRADE the official text of the treaties between the argentine republic antt anti france and the republic of Uru uruguay gua ud nd france were given to the public during the he latter part pan of the summer but have hate occasioned such auch slight comment and been published so 0 o infra that but little to la known regarding them and yet they are of great importance as showing now how ap ag gr the nations or the old worm world are following in those commercial paths which are opening up and lengthening our oui in the south and central american nations A trade journal snows that thai no opportunity is in lost by them to obtain the benefit ur ul what la Is known as the must moat favored nation clause in any arrangements arrangement made by them for securing trade chis la 18 perfect natural the francc ar gentl e treaty even though it has baa substantially only one provision la in lute resting in gnat it expressly declares that no tavor favor or immunity of any kind shall ever be grante ct by either nation to the flag or the corn com of another nation unless me same favor or icum immunity unity is at the same time granted to the flag or commerce of the two contracting nations natio nc rue franco uruguayan treaty differs a little from that just mentioned in that uruguay reserves the right to grant jor her heir own benefit whenever she deems it advisable to either of her bratzel Bratz ll the argestine Arg eutine republic or paraguay special commercial favors and advantages without thereby entitling france to claim the same privilege it is in a little singular that the united states takes the subject of trans equatorial traffic so easily while the more distant powers are ever on the alert to open up where they have it not aud and extend it where they have As aa yet vet all of the coun countries tiles to the south of us are but meagerly developed and the possibilities which they present are utterly incalculable aloo aloi e equaling in t stet itei t almost tile the whole ot of europe has vast tracts which have never teen been trodden by civilized inan but it will all be in subjection some day no doubt and then there will be an am empire ot of other than a political character there |
