The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-25

CHASE s. osBoRN's BOOK.
His Work of South American
Travel as Meaty as
Brazil Nut.
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Chase s. Osborn. who once upon a
time was connected with the Mil
waukee press. who later was a publish
or i'm northern Wisconsin. at Flor
once, and after that newspaper
owner at Sault ste. Marie, Mich, where
we'll earned success came upon him
so abundantly that he is now a repre-
sentative citizen for whom political
honors are i'm stcre i'm the direction
book of travel which book readers
will find as meaty as a fresh Brazil
nut Ii comes from the press or
A. c. McLurg and Co., Chicago, In
two attractively bound and illustrated
volumes embracing over six hundred
pages of reading matter, presented as
an account of travel in 1.-THE Andean
Land" or South America. Mr. Os-
born became a traveller for his health,
but his journalistic instinct could not
be crowded. into complete submission,
and his voluminous record represents
what to him was diversion although
1t cmbodies material the collation. of
which would be an engrossing and
fatiguing task for one not gifted with
unbounded energy.
Mr.. Osborn begins his story with
gossipy chapter in regard to his fell
low passengers in which is revealed the
spirit of fellowship with all mankind
that has been one of the authors win
ming assets. The reader is made
sharer with Mr.. Osborn i'm the social
attractions of the ships company, and
finds the chapter of personalities too
brief. From pure personalities the
traveller dips into Matters Brazilian"
i'm the second chapter, and thencefor-
ward to the end of the work deals with
the various countries through which
he passed in going down the east coast
up the west coast and across the South
American continent via the one rail-
road by which this feat can be accom-
plished. Mr.. Osborn crowds his chap
lers with social and economic infor-
nation until they fairly bulge with in
crest, and goes To the length OCCASION
ally of presenting statistics To put
he stamp of accuracy upon what he
presents. There are no dry" chap |
ers in the extensive work for those
Who delight i'm travel literature, al
hough the descriptions of the various
peoples and countries are heavily Ia
len with information.
AS might have been expected from
man of Mr.. Osborn's breadth of view
nd business energy. there is a chap
er on trade with South America that
nay be read and digested with profit
Y manufacturers who would like to
ultlvate business relationship with
the people south of us" He first
avs his respects to our consular SER
ice which he declares is still very
ad and needs no end of wedding out"
nd then tells American business men
hat they cannot stimulate trade un-
,ss they show an intelligent desire
)r IL, and determination to render
UGH service as shall be necessary to
ct and retain business. But he is not
onvinced that the time is ripe for
uch effort. because there are other and
lore fruitful fields. This is his view
4 the situation: Our domestic trade
as demanded major attention and for
market for our surplus we have gone
o Canada, Europe and that part of
ne orient which may be said To be
djacent to the natural pathway of
'avel and trade. Freight rates to
outh America are four times as high
$ to Europe. The same efforts i'm
Their directions have brought better
esults. When we get ready to sell I
, South America, when it will be pro- I
table to do so, when we can take
me to cater to that trade, which {
leans special goods made in accor- l
ance with South American wants and |
abits, we will get the trade, just as I
e have gotten ii in Europe and else {
here over the world when we have Z
one after il in earnest, no matter q
hat the competition was or who the {
,mpetitors were. The most interest {
Ig question to our business men is, a
,oes it pay?'" /
Mr.. Osborn's interesting and in 1
ructive account of travel is embel- i
shed with over fifty Photographic IL I
STATIONS, and with four maps for c
lie benefit of readers who find special u
terest in the geographical features {
his story. 1t is one of the most at II
active publications of the year, and C
worthy of general pcrusal-Mil- S
aukee Evening Wisconsin. q