Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-20
HIGHER DUTY ON MEAT
Sharp Advance in the German
Rates.
NEW BOLIVIAN RAILWAYS
Contract Made With speyer & Co.
Ratified.
INSPECTION OF M7fIGRANTS
Obnoxious Head Tax Collected on the
Canadian and Mexican Borders
Its Proposed Increase.
BY. WILLIAM z. CURTIS.

By, WILLIAM e.. OUTFITS.
Written for The Star and the Chicsso Record
Mr. George Marshes. head Of the foreign
department OF the Cudahy Packing Com
pany. calls my attention to the fact that
duty on American pork products In Ger
many on the LIST OF March OF this year,
which was dictated by the agrarian party.
Bacon was advanced from 20 marks to 80
marks per 100 kiios. which IL equal to
nearly cents q pound. and the duty upon
the few beef products that are allowed
entrance was more than doubled. the adj
vance being from II to Is marks, or from
about II to 81 cents per pound. This
increased duty, with the high prices Of
pork products at home. due to the enor-
nous demands for home consumption on
account Of good times. will render 1t DIFF
ficult to sell meat in Germany. I'm addf-
ton to the high duties" said Mr.. Marshes,
there are all sorts Of inspection fees and
annoying regulations at the frontier. We
ment of ours Of 80 half barrels Of lard
was held up on the ground that II contained
cottonseed Oil. We protested that the lard
was pure but each and every one Of the
go packages was subjected to a chemical
analysis. The result was that 248 half
barrels were passed and two were rejected
and we had to pay a bill Of sig for the
chemists fees
just received from Cudahy's agent at
Frankfort, who says that "ali meat Is
very dear here and the large stock of Amer
lean bacon which we had on hand has now
vanished into the interiors Of our poor
lahorers. who. am afraid. have very little
bacon or meat to bite on. Even II they buy
American meats the duties and expenses
are so exhorbitant that the retailers are
lal ell DriC Esor
ample. American bacon Is now retailed here
at one mark per pound, which is equal to
% cents"
New Railways in Bolivia
The congress OF Bolivia has ratified the
contract made by the government with
James Speyer & Co.. the New York bank
ers. for the construction OF a system Of
railroads in that country. and construction
work has already begun. The money to
pay for them is in the bank. amounting to
10000, 000. which was paid by Brazil to
her neighbor for relinquishing certain ter
ritorial and other rights These railroads
ture development Of Bolivia. One Of them
runs northeastward from La Paz to the
head of navigation on the Amazon river,
another runs southeastward to connect with
the Argentine railway system at the bound
airy between the two republics, and the
third is to connect the principal cities of
the country with each other. The Argen-
tine republic guarantees 5 per cent inter
est upon any bonds that may be issued to
complete the line in its direction in order
to draw the export products of Bolivia to
tidewater through Argentine territory.
and Chile is already building a railway
from AFRICA, a port on the Pacific, to La
Paz, the capital of Bolivia. which 1t agrees
to maintain and operate for sixteen years.
At the end Of that period that portion of
the road which lies within Bolivian terri
tory Is to become the property of Bolivia
and the remainder will continue to be the
property of Chile.
The proposed system will include about
$50 miles of road and the estimated cost is
$50 600 of dollars. To begin with, Boz
lv!a has working capital of $10,000.000
cash deposited in the banks Of London and
New York When that Is exhausted the
remainder Of the money necessary will be
raised by an issue of bonds guaranteed by
Chile and the Argentine republic.
AS everybody knows. Bolivia Is couptry
Of wonderful richness, but its resources
have remained undeyelooed for lack of
transportation facilities. The proposed
roads will not only enable the products OF
the gold. silver and copper mines to reach
markets, but will make access BILE the vast
rubber forests that lie on the eastern
slopes of the Andes. Rubber Is very
scarce. The demand is increasing very
rapidly, and the price Is very high. Bo-
livia has rubber enough to supply the world
for centuries if 1t could only be reached.
and these roads will open I'D the forests.
Highest Peak in the World.
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