Word: colombian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...invitation of U. S. Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes, a meeting was held in Washington between the Secretary of State, Dr. Enrique Olaya, Colombian Minister to the U. S., and Dr. J. Alfaro, Panaman Minister...
...Alfaro stated that he was authorized by his Government to inquire, in case the Minister of Colombia should have been instructed to answer, whether Nicolas Victoria, J., would be persona grata to the Colombian Government...
Signs are that the British metal industries are recovering. A Colombian order for waterworks and an electric plant valued at about $500,000 was received by one firm. Another received an order for the electrification of the Campos de Jordas Railway in Brazil. The Beardmore Co. of Glasgow reported more orders for locomotives from India. Heavy orders are expected from Japan...
...question is one of utilitarian-ethics-of doing right because it pays." So says The Colombian Review, referring to the not infrequent dishonesty of representatives of U. S. firms in Colombia and other Latin American countries. The animadversion is principally upon the misrepresentations in which United States representatives are said to indulge. The main points: samples shown, different goods delivered; promises given to send goods of a better quality, bad goods sent; goods sold which the firm does not handle, goods " practically the same " or " just as good " sent; goods not sent in parcels of the correct size; no attention...
...Colombian government's oil policy, as expressed in its code of December, 1919, is, in the opinion of competent experts, "sound in principle and workable in general details". That code is not unlike the United States oil land leasing bill, according to Judge J. W. Thompson of the United States Bureau of Mines. Hostile criticisms have been aroused, however, by the proposed assessment of high taxes varying from 10 to 20 percent of the gross product and by the close supervision of exports as a means of levying such taxes. It is evident from the above that the Colombian petroleum...