The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13
OUR INVASION OF SOUTH AMERCA
It WheaFe
-Some hin Colombia and the Effect of the Panama Canal

at present not one acre In twenty il un~
der cultivation.
The land IL one Of rich pastures. q nns
climate and great possibilities In the rats-
ing Of fruits.
ORANGES GROW WILD
IN ITS WOODS.
The oranges grow wild In Its woods. and
all sorts Of tropical fruits can be raised
for the markets Of the cities farther
south
At present most Of the cottons and wool
ems come from England and Germany. and
II is the same with hardware. though
much Of that now sold Il made after
American patterns and marked with
American trademarks.
All over South America our hardware
Is considered the best. and the Yankee
revolver. az and sewing machine bring the
highest prices.
Crossing the Continent to the west coast.
the most promising country 10 Chile IL
has 100000 population. and Its fnhao-
itants arc the most advanced in business
and enterprise Of the South American
Continent
1t has number Of good-sized towns
The capital. Santiago. has now about
10000. Valparaiso has 132o0a. and there
are a number of other towns ranging In
p3xS lEOIu UOsVSV 10 1S.VU
Chile Il = land Of rich men. There are
scores Of great estates. more than 5000
persons each owning a farm OF 10000
acres and upward.
Some single plantations are worth q MIL
lion dollars. and many Of the land owners
are millionaires. On some Of these farms
the finest agricultural machinery II used.
including steam plows and steam thrash-
er2
Tho owners know What good machinery
II. and . large quantity Of our farming
implements are sold.
We also sell mining machinery IN the
coal and silver regions, and windmill
pumps along the edge Of the desert.
We have furnished vast amount Of
rails and rolling stock for the railways Of
Chile. The roads there belong to the Gov
eminent. which ID friendly to the United
Statea It recently imported 100 freight
cars. sixty passenger cars and sixteen To-
comotfves.
At the same time The Germans and Ene.
lish are pushing their trade in that part
Of the world.
The Germans are said to have $250oo.ooo
invested In Chile. and German merchants
are to b found In every town
Valparaiso has 50 many that Il haa
German clubs and German book stores,
and the same 70 true Of the English. Tor.
SAOs~Se0s ootA GAa1S140u 800 0VBu18u, OW0
large properties In Northern ChilA. One
OF the richest gold miners Of South Amor.
lea II Yankee. who lives a lqujqui
TRADE CARRIED ON By
ENGLISH AND oERAiANB.
Both the English and Germans are doing
big business IN Peru The greater psxs
Of the coast lands are desert, but the I'M.
gated valleys. fed by the snow waters Of
the Andes. have rich sugar plantations,
which largely belong to the English.
eeey g fesss Sc ss9Rgssa y'tA Aassss b
One plantation. which has BUILDINGS
costing over . million dollars. bugs al
its machinery Of Philadelphia fruns.
There arc several American syudfcstes
interested In Peruvian mines. ons iarxsly
composed Of New York and Philadeluhia
parties has coal mines ia the Andep and
has projected railroad to bring tho coal
down to the sea. The engineers are, b..
lieve. now on the ground
Another syndicate has large silver mines.
ana there u an American smeiter back Of
Lima on the Oroya Railroad, about IL 900
feet above the sea. This railway, which In
the highest Of the world, was built by an
American, who constructed some OF the
chief roads on the western coast Of the
Continent
An Engi6d syndicate has q concession
for 100000 acres lying on the eastern side
OF the Andes, which 1t proposes to turn
into coffee and rubbAr plantations. A larr.
number Of trees have been already set
out.
The bulk Of the foreign trade of Boltv1s
Ia in the hands Of the Germans. Who all
all sorts Of American goods, Including
sewing machines. typewriter,. hardware
and firearms.
The country is undeveloped, and there
should be q good opening there for our
hardware, farm too.s and wagons.
At present there are some Americans
mining In Bolivia.
The country Is filed with minerals in.
Guiding gold. silver. copper and tin. Sew
eTal mines are operated with American
machinery, which has been brought In
pieces to the seacoast. and there put on
the backs Of mules and carried up to the
mines in the mountains.
We soil some goods in Ecuador and quite
a lot in Colombia.
II the Panama Canal scheme Is carried
out our trade In the latter country will b
greatly increased.
Colombia 10 one Of the richest States OF
South America, both In fertility and In
mines.
More than $oo.00o. COO worth Of gold has
already been taken out Of 1t and the aver.
age height OF land is so far above the see
that the climate Is delightful.
FRANK G. CARPENTER. ,
Copyright. 1905. By =. g. ca.psnte..
The Witness on going to the hotel Nrot6