The Calumet news., 1912-09-05
EXPECTS CANAL
To HELP TRADE
Opening of Ditch Will Find South
America Ready

Great activity is being manifested boy
South America in IT'S preparation for
the increased business which viii come
as result OF the completion Of the
Panama canal, according to an article
prepared by william A. Reid for the
Southern Commercial Congress.
Throughout Latin-America the Pan
American Railway links arc gradually
uniting While the journey from New
York to Buenos Aires by rail may
never become popular, although prob
Iably possible within a few years, the
various branches Of this great system
WI prove feeders for the ships that
! ply between our shores. Argentina rail-
ways. building northward have almost
met the Bolivian rails coming from
Lake Titicaca southwark; northward
from this lake the traveller now jour
neys by rail as far as Cuzco, and il is
planned TO have this line tap the ia
nous OroSa Railway; then the all-rail
journey from Lima, in Peru
| TO Buenos Aires, in Argen
tina, will be possible. The new line
from Africa. ON the coast, to La Paz
Is completed and was inauguated on
august g. of the present year thus
giving the Bolivian capital three out
lets to the Pacific The thousand
mile trip from Valparaiso to Buenos
Aires is now an interesting railway
vride via the Andean tunnel; Chile's
'longitudinal railway from Tacna. i'm
the north to Port Montt in the south,
is rapidly uniting it's links Its total
length will be more than 2,100 miles.
and owing To the peculiar shape Of the
republic. this main artery will be cross
ed by no fewer than twenty EIGHT
transversal lines, about twenty Of
which are already completed and I'm
active operation. These are Chile's
feeders for her ports. Toward the
primeval forests Of Brazil repre-
sentative of the Pan American I'm
ion is now on route for the purpose
of attending the opening of the Ma
dcfra Railway. which has just been
completed around the rapids of this
great river. From GuayaGuil To Quito
The new railway has been in opera
tion some months: ii fact all over
South America railway building has
been most active, and the end is not in
sight.
Rio Builds Great Docks.
At Rio dc Janeiro magnificent new
docks have been constructed; at Cal
lao are already completed the largest
docks on the west coast; Valparaiso
is spending millions In building docks
and protecting her harbor, while the
Chilean Steamship company has or
dered several more ships TO be placed
IN the Panama Pacific trade l}uenos
Aires presents scene of great com
mercial activity. Montevideo has re-
Gently expended several million dollars
in improving her port; new and fast
Z steamships from Callao TO Panama are
= bringing passengers and mail to us in
record time. and the recent decresse in
y cable rates offers greater advantages
for communication.
As typical examples of the earnest
ness with which the South American
a business man is preparing to handle
y products from the United States have
in mind. first a business firm in the
heart of the country La Paz This
company is acting as sales agent IL
Rolivia for a we'll known North Amer
3 lean product The head Of the firm
r. has paid two visits 10 the states. anC
II on both occasions he remained severa
fnI no ~ rf.lY,
of the goods bv spending much tim,
in the factory: he noted the sellins
. plans. the methods of payment. and n
u fact he made himself thoroughly FAINT
: liar with the goods and their di5tribu
9 tion, and he is now applying this prac
H. tical knowledge 90 sales in his owl
plaoe of business | was glad to leari
. that he Is having marked success i'm in
u PRODUCING his North American goods
Business Methods Thoroush.
Another example,: In a city of Ar
gertina q Young business man hastak
y on the agency for certain MAKE o
automobiles Before doing 50, how
ever he visited the factory in thu
states and spent months I'm acquaintin'
himself with the various department.
of the auto business. and IT is almos
p" needless to say that he is an authorit!
in his section of the country. and Il
" meeting with success in introducing
American machines.
\ native engineer of Peru fuinishe
" another example. He completed nj
! professional training in yhe states. an'
is now actively pushing the sale o