The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-23
SOUTH AMERICAN STATES.

Prosperity Since Shaking on the
Spanish Yoke = An Inviting Field
for tho Imnigrant-Intercsts of tho
United States Becoming More Inn.
portant. MS
New York Sun: Most of the South
American states have Increased their
population several fold since they threw
OF the Spanish yoke. Only in a few
states has foreign immigration been a
very important factor In the increase,
though all the republics promote Inn
migration by all means in their power.
Even Paraguay, which Is commonly re-
gardcd as tho least enterprislng among
them, pays the passage of immigrants
from Buenos Ayres and supplies oxeE
and farming tools, 10 be paid for in pro-
duce or labor. All the republics have
vast, unoccupled spaces that some day
will contribute largely. to the national
wealth. But at present there are not
enough hands to till the soil or start the
wheels OF manufacture. Even in Chill.
one OF the most prosperous states, there
is no densely peopled region except the
provinces around Valparaiso and Sam
tapo. II any part ot7Fthe civilized
world has reason to declare that the
human, race Is not equltably and ration
ally distributed It is South America.
With Europe overcrowded and the
United States no longer clamoring for
foreign labor, there is no more inviting
field than South America, and the COM
ing century Is certain to witness such
vast addition to the producing and COR
cunning elements OF the continent as to
give 1t high place in the worlds In
dustry. This fact IS now undoubted,
and 1t afirms the wisdom OF those na-
lions who are. now laying broadly the
foundations for the future development
Of their commercial relations with
South America.
Only 10000 foreigners have made new
homes in Colombia, where the land now
waste would support in comfort rural
population twenty times as large as It
is to-day. It Is a land not only Of trop-
ical heat. but OF rich, productive plains
thousands Of feet above sea level where
the air is bracing and salubrious. The
EepuUllC nus eaIlltN tIe vi
protecting the property and rights OF
foreigners. There Is a German colony
In the Cordilleras OF Ecuado" around
the sources Of the Rio Toachi and a
few other colonists have settled in
Guayaquil. Ecuador Will be more at
tractlve to foreigners when good high
ways replace the bride paths that are
now impossible for about half the
year. Less than 1000 Europeans and
Americans as yet are settled in Boliv-
IA. About one-siXth OF the population
OF Lima, the capital OF Peru, are Euro
pean immigrants. Italians carry on tho
greater part Of the small retail trade,
while some OF the most prominent
wholesale dealers are Englishmen and
Germans, and about $4,000 foreigners
live In Peru. The great need of the
country is labor No country produces
finer sugar than her narrow coast strip,
but labor In the cane fields Is costly and
inefficient The finest part OF the
country stretches along the upper wa
ters of the Amazon on fhe eastern slope
Of the Andes, region OF rich soil and
healthful and temperate climate. where
Europeans are able to engage In field
work. This region has little develop
ment, rs yet.
Major Sears. In lecture before the
American Geological Society, has said
that Peru, more than any other ma
ton, is copying our laws and methods.
We have important interests there, for
American capital IS Invested in the
mines. In shipping. in railroad building
and In agriculture. The most extensive
sugar machinery plant In the world Is
at Lurifico. near the icoast, and Is the
property Of an American. When the
people were suffering from the Gillian
invasion the property OF foreigners was
sacredly guarded from spoliatiol, and
the considerable foreign element in the
country testlfies to the adequate pro-
lection given to foreign interests.
Chill has grown In population more
rapidly than any other Andine region
There are about 100000 foreigners In
the country. hut the annual imm!gra-
ton Is small. though steadily encouraE-
ed by the government. Vast stretches
of good land still await the farmer, and
considerable colonies. chiefly Germans
and Swiss, have settled In the southern
provinces. or late years the Italians
have headed the list Of newcomers. The
mining industries OF the northNan San
ttago and other manufacturing and
trading centres have especially attract
ed immigration.
In the next century Argentina's
growth bids fair to be commensurate
with her vast resources, and newcom-
ers from over the sea will be mighty
factor In the results achieved Already
there are over 100000 foreigners In the
republic. third OF whom live In the
city or Buenos Ayres. and the census OF
1898 showed that the total population OF
the state had more than doubled In
twenty-sl1 years, which Is commensu-
rate with our own enormous growth In
In. most nourishiHg period OF immigra-
tion into our country.
With Its salubrious climate and fertile
soil Paraguay cannot always remain
stagnaht for lack OF labor to turn It's
resources to account. Over 10000, 900
people live in Italy, whose area is about
the same as that Of Paraguay, where
scarcely. 100000 persons have their
homes: 1t is land that grows English
Fesetablesas well as coffee. large crops
OF maize and the finest timber, and
now that stable government has sue
ceedcd the days OF revolution and tur-
MOL the way OF the republic 10 wealth
and power Should not be doubtful.
Eve- since Brazil cmancpated her
slaves In 1889 the labor problem has
been OF the first Importance, and the
government has tried to solve it by pro-
noting immigration. The climate OF
the southern states OF Parana, Santa
Catharlna, RIO Grnnde do Sui and Sac
Paulo makes them more, suitable than
any other part OF Brazil for settlement
NJ Europeans. Here the most SUCCESS
ful colonies have been planted, and Mr..
Beaumont OF the British Legation at
Flo de Janciro, who has recently re-
turned from Parana and Santa Catha-
r'na. says that he was much Impressed
by their air OF prosperity About $4,000
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