New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-15

cancellation Of the sale of the road. The basis
OF the plea IS that the railroad company failed
I" perform certain contract stipuatons involved in
me sale The dispatch adds that the railroad is the
only means of getting Bolivian products the sea.
lhiS Is an exaggerated statement, since Bolivia
can reach the Pacific Coast by the Peruvian Rail
way or Moendo. OF course the Antofogasta road
VIII be the most advantageous until 81 American
company has built It's network of railroads for
the use of Bolivia. Chilli and Peru. The first Of
those three countries. Bolivia, is the largest pro-
Queer Of tin in the world; the other hand. nj
trate Is needed by agrculturists and by some in
dustries. that the controversy which IS going on
between CHILEAN and Bolivian enterprises is OF
general interest. An investigation was made some
time ago concerning the nitrate industry. The
Chilian Times writing about the return TO San
tiago of Judge Astorquza. who had gone TO study
the question in the northern provinces OF me re-
public, where nitrate beds are located, said: The
nitrate fraud question is TO the front once more
That the Judge has made discoveries OF serious
nature goes without saying, for It is not to be
supposed that he would suspend Judges and other
public f,lnctionaries without good 1t is to
be hoped. however. that soon as may ne con
sstent with the ends Of justice and the success or
the Investigations which have been Instituted the
veil which at present shrouds the mystery may be
raised and the truth may be known ne urge
number Of American farmers who buy great guam
titles Of nitrate will be benefited ny any measure
judicial administrative, taken IN Chlil 10 pre-
punish any fraud perpetrated IN lhe nitrate
industry
The commercial statistics of the Ottoman En-
p!re continue to show that imports greatly surpass
the exports. During the last year 's' pas
tiers represented the value of Turkish exports ana
3lSG COZ 12 the volume of imports. AS Is the
case in most countries England was the most I'M
portant trader with Turkey. taking 63S.No"o pas
ters Of exports from the Moslem Empire and send
ing 100000 600 Of imports. The other countries
dealing commercially with Turkey stand In the FOL
lowing order in regard the amount OF ther trad
ing: Austria France, Italy, Germany, Russia.
Experiments with steel ties. said recent dis
match from Pittsburg to The Tribune. have been
abandoned on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and they
are to he replaced by wooden ties The use OF
wood in the construction of railways has been al
ready noted here, especially in reference to the
practice in the Argentine Republic. where the mer-
its Of certain portions Of railway building of steel
and of quehracho were discussed in the Chambers
and IN the newspapers. The quebracho is tree
perhaps the hardest of all woods There i'm
wenSe forests of II in the Argentine Republic and
in Para quay. Tracts Of forty and fifty square
miles Of these forests sold by the governments
OF Buenos Ayres and Assumption and bought not
only by South Americans but by Englishmen
who manage the railroads there and also by
American industrial firms. These bring the logs
far UP the rivers and easily load there.
are many tanning and paint factories. in which
quehTach0 is used. In recent debate Sehor
Tedn, engineer Minister Of Public Works at
BUenos Ayres. said that railroad ties Of quebraCho
are more economical ana more durable than
those OF steel. He said that during tho year 1905
no less than 100000 quebracho ties had been used.