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Show oo AMERICANS GET A BAD NAME. Sharp ' practice by American business busi-ness concerns is charged by Argentine Argen-tine manufacturers who have been handling American goods, and an eastern paper, commenting on the fact, says: "This criticism, it appears, is based onno mere dying rumor. It Is contained con-tained in a formal protest delivered by Argentine manufacturers to the American consul-general at Buenos Aires, and charges that breaches of contract and agreements by American shippers have been "general." Not only that, but the manager of the Buenos Aires branch of tho National City bank of New York, from whom tlw news comes by cable, add6 that there appears to bo justification for the charges. Such charges as these, even under the most ordinary international inter-national conditions, would be serious enough. At a time when the United States Is laying every legitimate wire and straining every legitimate effort to secure the trade of Latin-American countries, the charges are doubly serious from the standpoint of effect produced by them in those countries. Our government owes It not only to the Central and South American trade, but also, and more pronouncedly, to American commerce and Industry, to investigate these charges fully. Moreover, More-over, It Is to the Interest of reputable American shippers those who appreciate appre-ciate the value of a reputation for doing business in good faith to see to it that the matter of Investigation Investiga-tion is not left entirely to the federal government. They should consider It Incumbent on them to conduct an investigation in-vestigation of their own; for the sweeping nature of the charges is calculated to make all United States shippers suffer for the sins of a part of them." oo |