4 SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
States ever presented to any nation. The vir 
tual closing of all the doors of the export and 
import trade of the Old World and the almost 
total dependence heretofore of the Far East 
and Latin America, especially, on Europe for 
finance and trade connections made the war 
truly the psychological moment for us, as a 
nation, not only to overcome the lead of the 
European commercial world, but also to ce 
ment by other than ties of business the bonds 
of friendship due us not only on account of 
our ideal geographical position, but also be 
cause of our similar republican form of gov 
ernment. 
By embracing this extraordinary oppor 
tunity—apparently almost created for our ex 
press benefit, we being the only people able 
to profit by it—we can make the nations which 
formerly depended on Europe for support in 
their trade ventures our business allies, our sin 
cere friends and well-wishers, and at the same 
time bring about a new trade alignment so that 
all America will reap the benefit. 
Let us briefly consider some of the enormous