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Show AMERICANS ARrJLOW .They Are Losing Rare Opportunities in Latin Lat-in America Kansas City, Dec. 26 "If tho commercial com-mercial interests or tho United States throw away the trade opportunities that are now coming from South America, Am-erica, one ot the greatest new sources of public and private revenue o the age will be forever lost to us," says John E. Rowen. formerly consul at Punta Arenas, Chile, who has Just returned re-turned here after resigning his post. He spent ten consecutive years of consular sorvlec In South America. "We have unnecessarily let the Ger-niann Ger-niann and tho English get tho better of us In trade relations there." ho said, "if the American merchants will organize, they will meet the greatest trade opportunity they have ever had. "Among the things that contribute to create thiB opportuniay, are the opening ot the Panama canal and the awakening and the settling of South America with cheap labor from the Latin countries of Europe. Brazil haB gained twenty per cent, or eight million, in -population in tho last five years,." |