New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-12
CHILEAN INITIATES As 4 PLANT FOOD.
THE MISSION OF JULIO N. FOSTER AND THE
GOOD RESULTS POSSIBLE FROM 1T.

THE MISSION OF JULIO NJ FOSTER AND THE
GOOD RESULTS POSSIBLE FROM IT.
Milford Penn. Aug II Specialize some friends
who called on him while he was hers
Erasts W!man said that the mission on
behalf OF the Gillian Government by his
friend and host Julio VI. Foster had iar
greater significance to the American people than
Is usually included in the achievements OF amoassa
doris The purpose OF the mission was 10 introduce
into universal IL possible. the Chiian nitrates
as a plant food. The result OF this would be that
instead OF two blades OF grass four would grow
where Only one now grows and that from the now
ers in the window that the wife of the poorest man
nourshes with loving care up through the products
OF the garden and the orchard. TO the great crops
OF tobacco corn and cotton. the power OF production
could be equally augmented
Mr. Wiman said that Of the unique figures In
the world to-day Colonel North. the nitrate
king" OF Great Britain, but the American public
had not yet realized that his fabulous fortune nad
resulted from the almost universal adoption OF nj
trates as plant food by the British people. the
extern, OF which might be shown By the importation
OF over 100000 tons annually, while in the United
States the quantity brought IN nad NOT an ran,d
ity OF exhaustion Of arabe soils II me Cniteu.
Rrtsn While the condition Of the American farmer
planter and gardener demanded that every posSios
more than this was the fact that from the cities
owing TO want Of employment and me prooso'r ost
tiDualce a
70 the land in order sustain themselves. ana y
by the use OF s,mulant such as nitrate an isi
The exhausted and idle that in every local.
inv now aboundrd could be made 10 vera iarsey
of food the Impending revolution in economic con.
ditons would be nastened and competed "'hou'
serious disaster. ,,.... ..,n ro,,,
The experience In Detroit illustrates this point.
where by municipal effort large acreage nad peen
NM into potatoes as provision 10 Keep the poo.
from starvation next winter. II by Individual enort
and rho appcation Of nitrates three or -FOUR push-
ella Of no,atoes could be assured where one ~ low
nossihe the result would be most satisfactory Attev
ANY wears spent in Chill. Mr.. WiInan continued.
Nr Foster has be accredited by the .ioVernment
If the country OF his adoption 70 the Government
~ the and OF his BIRTH with the duty OF introducing
This most valuable product and II is lmpossiplS
"a overes.inate the interest and Importance OF the
work he had in hand. The disappearance OF me
euano beds in Peru from which all the world nsd
mented In the development OF the nitrate deposits
nn Tho south American Pacific coast: and these. In
Conjunction with the timely discovery OF phosphates
In Florida and South Carolina. had resulted In
a. combination which. If applied would do more -
feed the people Of the United States and help the
rest OF the world any other force available now
The nitrates available for every group OF
plants In every home. while through the racuitee
Afforded BY the Gillian Goyerknent 10 MI roster
farmers in al. sections could be supplied In such
quantities as they could probably use without the
Intervention OF mlddemen and AT the absolute cost
OF Importation. The mission was, therefore, most
practical and useful one, and IL was no wonder II
had the hearty support OF Mr.. Morton the Secre-
tary OF Agriculture, and other authorities at WASH.
.ngton.