Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-03-26

DlhECIOh 1ENEhAL BUCHANAN
tiop that as a result Of all this the yer.
dict of those who visit Buffalo next
year will be that In certain phases. and
In not few, the Pan-American Expo
sition will be justly entitled to rank
In history as the most beautiful and
successful of American Expositions.
No one who has approached the sub
1ect Of Industrial Pan-America seri-
Ously believes that the artificial trade
conditions now existing between Cana
da, the different Central and South
American republics and the United
States-as they affect and restrict COM
merce and communication between the
different countries-can long continue,
nor can 1t be controverted that great
changes for the better In these regards
have taken place during the past few
years. Indeed. a greater advance has
been made during the past ten years IN
the countries of the Western Hemi-
sphere in all that counts for the better
than during the so years preceding.
This statement. made broadly, can be
verified In detail II applies to every
thing that has tended toward stability
of government, toward the betterment
and improvement of the people Of the
different countries. toward the build
ing up therein Of permanent national
wealth and In the direction Of utilizing
to greater degree than heretofore the
products and resources Of these coun-
tries.
Governments and Export Products
of South America
1t is true that exceptions to this
statement can be easily pointed out;
but. broadly speaking, 1t will bear in
yestigation and will be found to be cor
rect. For example. with few exceptions
the seemingly unending boundary dis
putes-all of which, by the way. came
down from the old Spanish regime as
an inheritance and which have been
for 20 years the source Of untold ex-
pense and Of constant irritation and
oft threatened war between practically
all of the republics Of Central and
South America-have been amicabiy
concluded. The closing days OF the
century find that chief source OF trou-
Bile in Latin America happily reduced
to a comparatively small point. 1t Is
but lust to these republics to say 10
this connection that due credit should
be given them for the fact that IN
reaching this result they have consist
emily recognized the theory OF arbitra-
tion to be the proper and true method
by which such international disputes
may be solved. Today no boundary
difficulty of any kind affects the peace
of the east coast of South America, and
but two such questions are still to be
adjusted upon the west coast. Stable
government, well administered, has
been reached in very many Of the re-
publics south Of US. In some-notably
In those toward the extreme south OF
the continent-the most striking and
rapid advances imaginable have been
made during the past ten years In their
material development and In the pros
perity Of their people.
This has been especially true OF the
Argentine Republic and Of Chile. Fifty
years ago the latter supplied -four to
the entire west coast Of South, Central
and even to that Of North America.
The development Of California and Or
egon, however. changed this. and today
the latter not only supplies their own
wants, but as well a large section OF
Central and part Of Western South
America with breadstuffs. Chile on
her part has become the worlds nitrate
producer and notably 30 In copper.
while her vineyards have increased
with each year.