Excerpt from The Young Man's Chances in South and Central America: A Study of OpportunityIn the field of foreign trade the practical work of the Congress has been, first, in the line of education, by endeavoring to have the geography of the Western Hemisphere taught in our schools and te-studied by our business leaders, to divert the many students of Latin America, who leave their countries to enjoy the educational advantages of Bumpe, to the colleges and universities of the United States, to use legitimately the press of this country and of Latin America, the many government publications, official magazines and other journals in educational propaganda, bringing about a better understanding between the peoples of the two great continents, and to have Spanish in particular but also Portuguese and French studied in our schools. To this end the Congress has not only used all the means at its command, but has disseminated its appeal through the United States Bureau of Edu cation.With the announcement to the world of the open ing of the Panama Canal there are to come adjust ments in transportation that may ¿uctuate and be unsteady for a period, but must ultimately become established along lines of genuine economic advantage. The South is in a position, on the simple basis of transportation, understood by all business men, to cut distances in half by way of the Panama Canal, with many of the great ports of the East and the West. I am not one of those who expect magic advantage to come immediately to the Southern States, but I have the conviction that the physical advantages in coast line and navigable streams, together with the proxim ity to Latin America, insures the extension and use of our Gulf and South Atlantic ports, the building up of our cities, and the general prosperity of our people. The Gulf ports that during the centuries have been, in a sense, in a pocket of the great sea, are now upon a highway of world commerce.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.