LATIN AMERICA: Three Times Larger

“Three Times Larger”

At a luncheon tendered to Latin American consular representatives by the Whitehall Club, Manhattan, President James A. Farrell of the U. S. Steel Corporation spoke:

“In the nations to the south of us, we find a population roughly three-quarters as great, though distributed over an area nearly three times larger. . . .

“In 1925, exports to South and Central America increased approximately 30% over the previous year, representing a greater increase than with any other of the principal geographic divisions of the world.

“That this trade was reciprocal is indicated by the fact that the imports to this country were in even greater volume. In fact, South America, Central America and adjacent countries constituted one of the three great divisions in which imports to the United States exceed exports.”

Names. Pondering these observations well, many a U. S. citizen was chagrined to find that he could not even name the 20 Latin American republics:

Argentina
Haiti
Bolivia
Honduras
*Brazil
Mexico
Chile
Nicaragua
Colombia
Panama
Costa Rica
Paraguay
Cuba
Peru
Dominican Rep.
Salvador
Ecuador
Uruguay
Guatemala
**Venezuela

*”Estados Unidos do Brasil.” Republica Oriental del Uruguay.” **”Estados Unidos de Venezuela.”