78 FINAL ACT OF SECOND PAN AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. 



ARTICLE 14. The Second Pan American Scientific Congress recommends 

 The distribution of information regarding the agricultural produc- 

 tion of the American Republics and of the publications 

 relating thereto. . 



It would be difficult to render a greater service to the cause of agri- 

 culture in the different American countries than would naturally and 

 inevitably result from the distribution of the publications of an official 

 or semiofficial character issued by governmental, educational, and experi- 

 mental station authorities. Those of a statistical character are necessary 

 for the proper understanding of the world's trade in agriculture; the 

 practices in trading and transportation should be thoroughly under- 

 stood, and publications relating thereto made at frequent intervals. 



ARTICLE 15. The Second Pan American Scientific Congress believes it 



to be important that 



The achievements and influence of the founders of the independence 

 of the American Republics be made known to the peoples 

 thereof, and that the important details of the lives of the 

 liberators and statesmen of the continent be included in 

 courses of study in schools of the American Republics. 



In order to appreciate the importance of this simple recommendation, 

 it will not be necessary to consider the various methods of writing and of 

 teaching history; for if there be no general concensus of opinion among 

 historians and teachers as to the proper methods of writing and of 

 imparting history, the children and indeed many of their parents have 

 learned and no doubt will continue to learn the salient facts of history 

 through biographies of illustrious statesmen and public benefactors. 



It is a truism that what is learned in youth remains throughout life, and 

 the desire of the Congress, as expressed in this important recommenda- 

 tion was and is that the youth of the Americas, while still impressionable 

 and in the formative stage, should learn in their schools the achieve- 

 ments, and the influence of the founders of the independence of Ameri- 

 can States, that they should become familiar with the careers of such 

 men as Washington in North America and with the careers of San Martin 

 and Bolivar in South America. However, the recommendation does not 

 stop there, for the Americas have had an illustrious history since the 

 days of the liberators, and distinguished statesmen in all of the countries 

 have carried on their work, and statesmen of the future in each of the 

 American Republics will continue to carry it on to its full fruition. 

 Therefore, the recommendation not only includes the important details 



