Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-22


mine Of marvellous richness and was able
at once to enlist the aid Of capital to de-
velop and work it. Unlike most such
cases. PatinO was able to hold on to his
mine instead Of seeing it pass into the
hands of the capitalists who aided in its
development, and demonstrated at once
the fact that he possessed unusual eXecu-
tive ability. He began to organize a sort
OF tin trust, took in number Of inn
mensely valuable tin mining properties,
and within five years has attained d
position at the head of the great tin min
ing industry of the country, being worth
millions of dollars.
Patino is building a house in La Paz.
capital of Bolivia. which, Capt. Fortescue
said, is a veritable palace. Plans for the
house. which occupies an entire city
square, We're made by an American archi-
tect; the building is in the finest Ameri-
can style throughout, and everything in
the fittings, from the interior decorations
to the utensils used in the kitchen. are
of American pattern and manufacture.
At Santiago de Chile the sanitary con-
gress drew delegates from all over South
America. Reports read at this congress
showed the great progress that has been
made within the last few years in adopt
ing modern sanitary ideas. in the safe
guarding Of the public health and in i'm
proving conditions at the various ports
of South America.
Hotels in Santiago said Capt. Fortes-
itself is magnificent capital. with broad
streets and avenues beautiful parks and
plazas: but it's hotels are about on par
with second or third rate hotels in the
smaller American cities. There is great
opening in Santiago. and, in fact, many
other South American cities, for ambitious
hotel men from the United States who
will establish hotels on par with the
best we have in this country. A fortune
certainly awaits the man who will build
such hotel in Santiago"
Large Wheat Expectation.
Chile will export this year not less than
100, tons of wheat, grown in the agri
cultural regions toward the southern part
of the country. In this region, said Capt.
Fortescue, the history Of our own north
west is being repeated. and the region is
becoming one of the greatest wheat pro-
ducing countries of the world.
The prevailing appearance Of Astounding
prosperity that is noticeable throughout
all of South America, said Capt Fortes-
cue. was nowhere more apparent than in
Buenos Aires. the Paris of South America.
''Buenos Aires said Capt. Fortescue,
reminds me, more than anything else, Of
a mixture of Paris and Chicago-the beau
ty and artistic appearance of Paris and
the push hustle and go of Chicago.
THE newspaper men there and in other
South American cities are just as keen
and just as much on the job as their
brothers in the United States. / had no
more than reached my room in the hotel
at Buenos Aires than / was called up on
the telephone by. city editors, and within
half an hour "a dozen reporters were in
terviewing me. These fellows are bright,
alert and intelligent: most of them are
college men and deep students. and their
carefully written and we'll edited stories
are a delight to the reader. The news
paper profession offers the best field for
the young men of education and ambi-
ton. That there are plenty of opportu-
mites is shown by the fact that Monte
video. capital of Uruguay, with a popula-
ton of 100000. has 100 newspapers. dailies
and weeklies.
Boom in Brazil.
Increased prices of coffee have made
Brazil a veritable boom country, accord
ing to Capt. Fortescue's observations
Land values in Santos. he said, have in
creased 800 per cent within the last two
years, and this increase, to a greater
or less degree, extends to all the other
cities of Brazil. Santos is constructing
nearly three miles Of magnificent new
wharves and docks, with commodious
modern warehouses and buildings. and
the harbor, when this work is completed,
will be among the finest and most con-
venient in the world.
Conditions are ripe for a tremendous
expansion of American trade in all the
South American countries. said Capt.
Fortescue: the whole continent is i'm a
condition of unparalleled prosperity and
American manufacturers who will enter
the markets on a large scale will reap
a CORRESPONDENCE large rewaro.