, 1879-01-30

One Of the Richest Countries in
the Whole World.
But Entirely Undeyclopesl, and Allowed
to Go 10 aTnste.
an Opportunity for Our Speculative Capt.
talists and Merchants.


l"e 'esea, eo''s'ess :" eo"'A'e.eo "e''t ~ 1"'
eAto' "ntn. "' ,o"t eo.'esldaent "'aese.a'' .1a.
nut.onal commercial nml n,cstantilc interests,
renders a brief description of the United States
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o.. Colombia no. mai aiF"fos a. ."e ,e', psese".
t1hc, a. some OF tie mos1 lhnpoe1"ht pfotluc's
for tllc market ate indigenous to t1lfs paral|sc
Of uuu-utiljgctl opu1enca and lazy tnortals.
W,ttn o1dor countri.s nu1 tettrr tnoyn cotn.
.,nnn,,tcs @ v hnve cnrapeu tho attention Of com.
mcrr!al conventions IN thc United States Iet f'e
here slatc, with ua undue cxaggcratton ofsc1f-
interested motives. TINT tic consideration of an
cx,en,Icd ro,n,ncrclo, relation wttl, uran,1a
eAtenus" eo.'n'c'sa' .,' 9e'*,nM "'.n "eana"A
might proftaby employ and interest The Ft'eru-
lntisc eanita'fsls nht merchants u tue civilized
+,v nosscasc,1 ri hnt ANAL srnno RI trr,tturv.
h,,, wtt ,,otnrsl ro.o .o,r,,. .y,..r,f hv mn H..
,mh,In !, 4m,,t sn,,-,ca r,vcrn.1 t,v i,,I, i,,t
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"el'-meah'na ollle'a's' a'H' VII"
NO rRodKnss OH DEVELOPMENT MANIFEST
anywhere, and YOU tlaru att Idea uf tho little
proyncc IF f,,,oro. mia If t}o atates Of TO-
1on,,t.
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Drop ChIcaRoan down In this topoetaphtc-
tat Two tlcsidera.t; money 10 ruryfIasu Tertiary
md nun IN w,rl II. poe,tutr ovrr ro,sth,e
sas,,a.. tus'' ,,,.'..,. t,n.,.s',"
aaHecsS from e'i'aa1'c lhuuchccs nitu inert nun
uncr na.cr 70 n dozen possible hhcmct tn secure
wealth nn1 nositinp, k1lnlnr ]upor.ro}<fur
,,,1ion- fnr,,,,.. c,,,,o.rra,tr,, n.nt., ~ ,;
o'"''''e' e"'''o-e."@'''s' "S'''''' Vi w."
liz improvements Wonla snEHcst 1fnmchfMc
lucfptlVe operations. In Republic, one listle
htnc OF which annually cSN'rts tiiofe gold than
Cn,forn'u itself, a1ul which Is possessed Of vast
forests OF valuable medicinal trees tic superior
ohi,,,v nr nm tuteli,.r, ami .utnrrrts,rv ,nn,,
n.'., .'..t, "' sn ~ ...r.', 49,,
"'''a 'i'" an EXCUSED scope io1 'hf' aucccss'ut
operation of the most lucrative sesicmcs.
DuENAyrNrEnA,
tI,c Itorlftc nort III frc Ia aI,c nrt,,o1 r1tr of
Ills r.r,np ancal1y nutncrr,.,1,v as ~ n,,.,,,,.
linn on1 H. ,,t,,t ~ dgiI,y,t1, T-,,o t,,
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ne' eescnt'al.s' s"a s's1x' '''c "ohes, pslW'-
everything. True, further, tho ho,1ses are l,uts
,n., tlc al, If Tho t,,wn n ,n,,f,lv ts1nrd n.
.o,,,tr,, om,,,t,o ut, ,,,,,,.nt,, sa,,ssa,,,n,,
w. s..n ~ "u sss"seu
III ffa eal'ocs, It's governmental regime reaching
the acme Of oflctatty III cotndine1 tailor,
bart,rr, uud Murshul, yct for Cboco-Cbtpo.
with fts hrc.,l,tufr. ln,1pcn,,,,. II, ,l,. ,o,n,ry
"!t'' ~ o,enaatuns luu4se1oas ~ ','; eouatt5
n''a lib 'hfsao'tahts spontaneously aauleteu 10
light rn!lnent md frequent potut!ons of dr1nk--
Buunaycntt,ra Ia the aristograttc metropolis OF
MI tuuole1,t and Ignorant ,Orutut1ou vbftl,
makes 1l,sc art Of petit larceny asld 1ncrt Of
M1sCRHENAT1oS AND ISEBNIETr.
For public precedent cstablis!le. the moral
rutlr n;sl usngc brooks M religious or terut
swuy which may tend TO disturb tic ruuanjuiity
Of An Irregular und thoroughly worthless exist
rllce. Tie tuwD coytrB ii, urca ct less thau a
thousand ac,es of land, but ts the key.ourk to
II magnificent stretch oi country living up tir
nio Dagna.
li.c inhabitants OF ts1enaVentura are spcrmcH
Drleks nl the pencfa' average u Colombian
poou!at,on'-nsG;rosa ma.,se lnaans, spahlst
At!ses1ca9s, ut'l tths,itefahts from NGrth Amer
leu na Europe. l1ie governmental rcE!n'o Al
present is "a thurouehly den'ocratte. N inc true
honee q! ti.e Horc. az 1t Is posslGtc lor rccusi-
srucecu KepunliG III ~ h"ttus u iinnrcl!-
diced nfl'i easy-9h!hs h!daleos 10 bo' ANA yrtt
possessed OF I'oefsi uosefnMent ald rare nnt-
nral resources. casilY turned u neealln:. tAls
is'Ho's''t peops a!'nw tht'F mines to reni'' but
ha!f-wnrkcd, their pluntations to rnlploy fn,-
ported labor, nf'l thciF waste cnerelcs to permit
the Ercat natural opu!encu OF this country to
pass lnso tse h.'M!S of Foreigners.
COMMERCIALLY CONSIDERED,
Columbia deserves The attention Of thinkers md
sbn ,ol,ajcd within ,,o jike orea ri terrjtsry ~,
the fare Of liz globr. grow spontaneously. tLu
tachn pr Irdta.rubttr tree. the tHscaaiilo. the