The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-25
PRoaREssrvE cHIII,


 'Chili is the most progressive country of South America, and with the settle ment of its boundry difficulties which until lately menaced its peace. the de- veiopment there should be rapid and constant. It is pretty good country in which to live and do business now.'' \, In these words the Yankee nation of the South was described by J. F. Fow- Ter, representative in Valparaiso of the New York mercantile house Of w. R. Grace & Co. wl1o is in Seattle for a short stay.
 Are the Chiliarls apt in adopting modern methods, and do they transact business on American and European systems?" MT. Fowler was asked.
 '0h, no. Nothing like that. Their methods are strictly their own, but they are a progressive people, compared with their South American neighbors. They are also an intelligent people and have an excellent public school system. I think there is great future for .Chili.
 General business has not been good for several years, on account of the constant possibility of war with the Argentine Republic over the boundary between the two countries. but that has lately been settled by the determination of the British commission to which the dispute was referred, and business is already improving. This boundary trouble grew out of the partition of Patagonia by the two nations a quarter of a century ago. The exact line of par tition was not agreed on then, and the two republics have been upon the verge of war over few acres of valueless land number of times.
 t'Chili is rich in natural resources. In the northern province of Tarapaca lie immense beds of nitrate of soda, the only deposit in the known world. The duty on this product is upward of 15,- GOO, 900 of our money anually. This pays half the running expenses of the national government The mining in- terests of northern Chilli are valuable. The central portion of the country is a rich agricultural region, very similar in soil, productions, and climate to central California. In the Southern part of Chilli there is considerable wheat and stock raising. ..@-:-.; < Comparatively little manufacturing is done in Chilli, for the obvious reason that the market for manufactured goods would be limited to that country alone, on account of it's geographical location. The manufactured products which t consumes are mostly imported, chiefly 4r., hac r, constructed tariff, and its customs revenue is from $So,000,ooO to $40,0oo,O0o annually. Although Chilian trade has mostly been with Europe, the American commerce has doubled within the past few years.
 I. "Chili is a well-governed country. Ii has had but one revolution in fifty years that which was ended by the suicide of President Balmaceda, in 1891. The curse of Chilian politics is the frequent cabinet changes, which are rather more numerous than revolutions in a Central American republic. Chilli has con- stitution modelled after that of the United States, with president and con- gress of two houses, but the cabinet is changed on the English plan whenever lit suffers ,an administrative defeat. This keps public affairs in more or less oe turmoil, as a change is made on very slight provocation. Nevertheless, Chili is ably governed. Her statesmen are highly intelligent, well-educated men.
 "The i'll feeling which existed towards the United States a few years ago has nearly passed away. This feeling grew out of the friction of 1891, arising from alleged offenses against American citi- zens in Chili, and from American inter. ference in the Peruvian war twenty years ago. The Chilians, however, have arrived at the conclusion that what was regarded as an unfriendly attitude on the part of the United States was in both instances the acts of individuals in official station, and that no enmity towards Chili was felt by the American people as a whole. ."-Seattle Post h. telligencer.
 SPECULATIVE CRAZE IN MrCHI- : GAN COPPER COUNTRY.
 In country where a financial tram