Southwest High School - Roundup Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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H 1 Mews 'W 'Wt 'Q W' e SOUTH AMERICAN ALBUM By RUTH DONADON Land of gayety and laughter Where sefzors and sefioritas dance To the sound of castanets And gypsies tell fortunes For a single copper coin- I have heard tales of tall men With dusky complexions Ebony ,hair Smoldering black eyes And white teeth flashing-- Men Working and shaping The rich bounty of nature Into goods for the world With their hands- Tales Of street corners rich With the dark reds of peppers The emerald green of glassware, The blue and yellow pottery- Of tortillas and tamales Of fringed shawls and sombreros Of guitars and 'melancholy songs At sundown. Sam Dol Twenty three

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SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE By MARY PILANT S THE foreign situation grows steadily more serious, the eyes ' A . Q'-- of all alert Americans turn toward South America. The bulk gi V-a: 'ff' of our country's trade with South' America-is with the so- called 'AA-B-C countries -Argentina, Brazil, Chile. A late record shows that we had a trade of over 8100,- , 000,000 with Argentina, even though Argentina is the one Q South American country which depends chiefly on non- V American trade connections. From Argentina we receive flax- ' I seed, some wine from the vineyards in the western section, tobacco, hemp, bananas and olives. The various minerals we receive from Argentina include oil, copper, and iron. In return we ship to Argentina steel, timber, textiles, and other manufactured articles. Argentina, however, sends most of her meat to England. From Brazil the United States acquires most of her coffee. As a matter of fact we are Brazil's best customer for coffee. Brazil has some rubber, but not as much as the cultivated rubber plantations in the Far East, even though she has the soil and climate most suitable to this product. Although her rubber trade is minor now, it is gradually increasing. Brazil also exports cotton at an average of 268,719 tons annually. In return for her exports, she receives from the United States machinery and autos, and from many countries iron, steel, and manufactured articles. Our trade with Brazil amounts to over S250,000,000 annually. Chile's greatest export is nitrate of soda. This is required by many countries to stimulate better plant growth. It is not, however, the only enriching element countries need. Until just a few years ago, Germany furnished potash: the United States, phosphates: and Chile, the nitrates. Thus one product reveals the close trade connections among South America, the United States, and Germany. Unless the danger of possible European invasion on South American trade is removed to some extent and our Good Neighbor Policy is furthered, our chances of placing the Western Hemisphere on a self-sufficiency basis will be seriously threatened. Chile's nitrates are playing an important part in this struggle. Meanwhile Chile receives in return manufactured goods. Our trade with Chile is a little over SlO0,000,000 a year. In 1931 Mr. Henry Ford stated that he planned to establish a rubber empire of 5,000,000 acres in the Amazon valley. This idea has materialized. There is a possibility that this region might become a world-wide market for rubber. Such enterprises tend to draw Americans to South America. In order to further our friendly relationship with the Latin Americans, these Americans who travel or go to live in South America must treat the Latins with due respect and not give them the impression that we Americans are undesirable friends. Many opportunities are to be found in South America, but Americans who exploit them must adhere strictly to our principles of fair play. Europe receives from South America practically the same variety of mate- rials as does the United States. England has a shipping route leading through the Panama Canal. Germany has an air lane running up the eastern coast to the tip of South America, then traveling across the ocean to Lisbon, to Marseilles, to Frankfort, and finally to Berlin. The United States has both a shipping lane and an air lane. Some of our ships travel up the west coast, through the Panama Canal to New York, while others continue up the western coast to San Francisco. Twenty-five