The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08

able-bodied men killed, and the people
have barely been able to produce food
with which to live. Our trade with
Peru was once of considerable value, but
it is hardly worth mentioning now, and
her small dealings are almost wholly
with Europe with which she is connected
by several lines of ocean steamers, while
we have none. Freight rates from Peru
to Liverpool are only one-half of what
they are to New York. Even in the
present impoverished condition of the
country Peru annually exports at the
rate of $40, 900, 900 worth of her products
to England, SIS, 900, 900 to France and 49,,
900, 900 to Germany. These exports are
largely drugs and. chemicals, of which
our country gets about $250,000 worth a
year Her exports, with proper attention,
ought to be increased hundred fold by
the close of this century.
ITS FUTURE.
Capital is needed in Peru, and invest
ments there, with fair business man
The proposed intercontinental railroad
would pass through that country to con-
meet with the lines of Chilli and Argen
tine. The country, now so sparSely peo
pied, is capable of supporting larger
population than the whole of South
America now holds. AS field for min
ing, manufacturing, railroad building,
and speculation it is not surpassed by
any territory now open to settlement
and development. While it's debt is
large for people SO poor as the Peru
vians now are, it could be funded at low
rate of interest, and each year would
tighten the burden. AS the land becomes
better understood capital, and ability
with it, will flow there, and, with rail-
roads, the population would increase.
Coffee, sugar and grape raising would
quickly BECOME large and profitable in
duStrieS, the mineral wealth would be
brought into the channels of commerce,
and Peru would necessarily rise to high
rank among the nations of the world.
Some of the ability which is now seeking
theater of action in Africa will, ere
long, be directed to Peru, which is as
we'll worthy of attention as the best
provinces of the dark continent 1t is
10 be hoped that efforts now making to
secure for us far larger proportion of
the commerce Of South American cOun-
tries will call more thoughtful attention
on the part of our people to the unques-
toned possibilities of the wonderful land
to which we have asked attention in this
chatty sketch.
CUSTOMS OF THE PERUvIANs.
The Peruvian common people are not
noted for cleanliness; brushes and brooms
are scarce, and spiders spin their webs
in security. The Spanish custom of a
midday. or afternoon nap is common, and
the hammock is a luxury for these
naturally lazy people. The lower the
scale of being the more do we see women
| called upon to do the drudgery of life
She seems mans willing slave in Peru
Wan country districts as she does on our
own Indian reservations
ANTIQUITIES OF PERU.
Conspicuous among the aboriginal
| monuments to be found in Peru is the
Great Temple of the Sun, the remains of
| which, as they still stand in the city Of
CuZcO, are shown in the illustration. The
ruins of other temples, built on a plan
similar 10 this one, are scattered through
out the country. The crest of hill was
the spot usually chosen for their erec-
ton. The ground for two hundred PAGES
around the temple was considered sacred,
and no one was permitted to enter this
boundary except with naked feet.
DUANE DOTY.