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Show COMMERCE CHIEFS LDDKSOUTHWARD OFFICIALS OF DEPARTMENT NOW TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO LATIN-AMERICA. SEE TRADE CHANCES THERE Promotion Work In Central and South America In Behalf of Our Exporters Is Being Expanded Commissioners at Strategic Points. By EDWARD 8. CLARK Washington. -With exports to Europe Eu-rope declining as Industries of the war-strlcken countries get back on their feet, Department of Commerce officials are Impressed with the opportunity oppor-tunity of American business men to Increase their trade with Latin-America. Increased money available for the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce com-merce of the Department of Commerce Com-merce on July 1 has given an opportunity oppor-tunity for expanding the promotion work on behalf of American exporters, export-ers, which la being done In Central and 8outh America. Exactly twice as much money Is to be available for the fiscal year Just commenced for promoting commerce with South and Central America as the bureau had for this purpose In the fiscal year 1910-20. The new appropriation ap-propriation for this one purpose Is $200,000. Secretary of Commerce Hoover recommended to the budget bureau an appropriation of $250,000 for this purpose, but the budget director direc-tor cut the sum to $200,000, which met with the approval of congress. This amount, besides being twice as great as the sum available In 101" "0, represents an Increase of $29,350 over the appropriation for promoting commerce com-merce with South and Central America Amer-ica the Inst fiscal year. Men at Strategic Points. When arrangements are completed in the expanded work In Latin-America, the bureau of foreign commerce will have men stationed at ten or a dozen strategic points. It has been thrilling feat In the Interest of science. With ten companions he will shoot down 300 miles of the wildest and most treacherous water In the world, filled with deep rapids and rushing whirlpools, whirl-pools, In specially constructed boats. The occasion will be the completion of the survey of the Colorado river In northern Arizona. This work has been In progress since 1900, but the most dangerous feat has been left for the lasL Colonel Blrdseye has selected for his party some of the most expert boatmen In the West men accustomed to shooting rapids and handling canoes ca-noes In wild water. Besides, he will be accompanied by mapmakers and geologists, who will chart the slope and depth of the river :.nd select dam sites with a view to possible future commercialization of this great stream. Most Dangerous Feat. The feat la considered one of the most dangerous ever undertaken by a government service In peace time and every precaution has been taken for safety. Boats have been constructed almost completely of separate air chambers, with a small cockpit In the center In which the mapmaker and his boatmen can sit Each man will wear a life belt at all times and besides will carry 800 feet of rope, by use of which he may be able to reach shore In case of accident. These boats can capsize, and probably wllL but cannot sink. The danger to the occupants la that In the rough water their hold on the boat may be broken or they may be dashed among rocks. If overturned In the water the boats would turn over and over. The river flows at this atiotcn through deep and narrow canyons. At, many places the explorers will be unable un-able to see even a few feet aheal and only the sound of rapids will warn them that there la danger ahead. Even then they will be unable to tell whether they are to run Into dangerous danger-ous rocks. Six times In the past fifty years white men have been through sections of this canyon, but have gathered little data which can be used by geologists and mapmakers. The maps available now cover about 1,200 miles of the Colorado and Green rivers, with some of -the chief tributaries, tribu-taries, but these all deal with the quieter sections before the river enters en-ters Its great canyons, which are considered con-sidered some of the grandest In the United States. ' Will Require Month. Colonel Blrdseye and his party expect ex-pect to spend about a month at the work. Most of the experts have been selected from Western stations of the geological survey, as they already are familiar with the type of rock and soil formations apt to be encountered and have hsd some experience in river surveying under difficulties. The possibilities of the Colorado river as a source of power were before be-fore the public eye recently in connection con-nection with Secretary Hoover's successful suc-cessful efforts to bring about co-operation among the states through which It flaws and the present survey will make clear Just what can be accomplished. accom-plished. Bur there Is no alternative to the danger and thrills certain to be encountered. en-countered. In the party Is one other Washington Washing-ton man, R. W. Burcbard, topographical topographi-cal engineer. Greenland Statistics. Greenland's population, according to an official census completed by the Danish government on October 1, 1021; the results of which hsve Just been Biade known, consisted of 274 Europeans, Euro-peans, practically all Danes, and 14,081 natives. The natives number 6,720 men and 7,852 women. The area of Greenland Is estimated at 2.170,000 square kilometers, of which 83,000 i square kilometers are free of glaciers. The Inhabitants live along the coast and on the adjacent Islands that are not covered by glaciers. Commerce and the development of natural resources re-sources of the country are carried on as monopolies under the Danish government gov-ernment and administered by a bureau under the ministry of home affairs. During the calendar year of 1021 exports ex-ports amounted In value to $020,000; the chief Items were fish, furs, whale oil, graphite and cryolite ore. planned to open a new office at Bogota, Colombia. Carlton Jackson has been assigned as trade commissioner commis-sioner to take charge of the work at that point. Mr. Jackson also will advise ad-vise the bureau as to feasibility of opening an office In Venezuela. Trade Commissioner P. L. Bell Is being sent to make a special survey of markets for American goods In Tor to Rico. Greater opportunities for American business men are to be found In Porto Iilco, officials of the bureau believe, than Is generally supposed. sup-posed. From Porto Rico Mr. Bell will go to various Central American points. A new office Is to be opened at Per-nambuco, Per-nambuco, BrnzIL This office will be under the general direction of the commercial attache at Rio de Janeiro. Another new point to be reached by agents of the Department of Commerce Com-merce Is Montevideo, Uruguay, where a man from the Buenos Aires office will be sent at frequent Intervals. Seven regular officers have been maintained In Central and South America the last year. Commercial attaches are stationed at Havana, Cuba; Mexico City, Mexico; Santiago. Chile; Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Trade commissioners are stationed !n Peru and Colombia. These existing offices are to be strengthened by the addition of minor employees. Europeans Active. The commercial attaches and trade commissioners now In Latin-America are making reports of activity displayed dis-played by European competitors of the United States. In spite or this nctivlty, Doctor Klein, In analysing the latest figures on exports and Imports, Im-ports, points out that there Is adequate ade-quate and convincing evidence of the steady Improvement of Inter-American trade in both directions. Exports from the United States to Latin-America were t5C.C24,0T9 for the month of May. as against $41,539,071 for May, 1922, or an increase of SO per cent Exports for the .11 months ending In May totaled $540,560,947, as compared com-pared with 1453,137.080 for the corresponding cor-responding period of the previous yesr. or an Increase of 10 per cent There Is a general Improvement In trade prospects for American business busi-ness men In Latin-America, Doctor Klein points out, because of the more favorable export market for Latin-American Latin-American raw materials snd better prices obtained. Prices have been more favorable for sugar, hides, wool and other products of Central and South America than previously, and greater buying power In Argentina and Chile Is made possible by larger shipments of linseed from the former country and nitrates from the latter. The more favorable market for Latin-American raw materials Is shown by the record of Imports Into the United States, which i mounted In May to $118,509,330, as compared with $74,401,297 In May, 1022, or an In. crease of 66 per cent For the 11 months ending In Msy, Imports Into the United States from Latin-America amounted to $934322.010, as against $502,171,013 In the corresponding period of the previous year, or a gain of 67 per cent Te Kxplore Colorado Rlvsr Canyon. Col C H. Blrdseye, chief topograph-teal topograph-teal engineer of the United States geological surrey, veteran of the World wax, la about U undertake a |