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strength and seif-conhdence ana 90 not
do Justice to her aspirations. We are also
charged with the sin of geographical ig-
norance. and partly to this is attributed
our supposed lack Of sympathetic a'u-
tude
Geographical ignorance on the part Oh
many must be confessed. j knew a con-
gresham not many years ago who De-
gan his education IN foreign affairs under
the impression that Chile was on the At
lantic coast and was a netghoor OF Bra
ELL Starting with such a stock of misap-
prehension. he was likely to have other
erroneous Impressions. Time and study
and travel In south America have cor
rected them. but there may be others.
not in Congress of course, who still need
10 be informed
IL rs fair that the Chilean viewpoint
should be set forth in the midst Of Chill
can environment and sympathetically
this does not mean agreement In every
case with Chilean conclusions.
The question OF latitude is one OF the
nrst coupts in the bill OF grievances.
Writing here in the capital, 1000 miles
south of the equator with LOO miles of
Chilean territory stretching farther south
TO the Straits OF Magellan, this 4. easily
unssss,ood. But people several thousand
miles north OF the equator do not always
recognize that the larger part of Chilean
territory comes within the temperate
zone: that IN addition to the mineral re-
sources are the products of the temperate
climate: that the bulk of the population
is within the zone and has the vtgor and
virility of the people of the temperate
climates.
The barren nitrate region. incalculable
source of wealth. is tropical, but it does
not nourish men. and the population
there 10 .transitory. There are also the
hardy inhabitants Of the long stretch OF
seacoast. Moreover. the people of Chile
are homogeneous and not a mixture of
races Out of Homogeneous people
comes we'll knit nation. For a
homogeneous people of the temperate
zone in the southern continent to be
classed as tropical, with all the racial
defects of the tropics, when the Chileans
get TO thinking it over. becomes more
than a matter o. geographical ignorance
IL becomes All irritation that fills them
with fesen intent against tine people Of the
countries who are so poorly informed
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Also it influences their policies, though
perhaps not consciously.
Chile is a commercial nation. The for
eign trade is S25O.OG0o0O annually, which,
for Il population of ;.,aU,0p0 is a remarka-
BILE showing. 1t equals, and some years
exceeds, the combined foreign trade OF
all the other west coast countries and
the countries of the Caribbean In pro-
portion to population it exceeds any of
the east coast countries, even in their
years of phenomenal agricultural pros
perity.
x x
The care Of commerce important TO
her people entails responsibility which
as a civilized government she cannot neg
lect. In this respect she seeks to keep
in the van with the civilized governments,
not excepting that of the United States.
The preparation for taking advantage
of the Panama canal, to which have re-
ferred in previous letters, is an iilustra-
ton of this. Whatever difference of opin-
ion obtained in the beginning and what
ever the past policy may have been in
reference to the control of the canal
by the United States, today there Is no
one who does not believe that the canal
will be good thing for Chile. and who Is
not ready TO support further measures
for securing its benefits, and who at the
same time does not hope that it will bring
about closer intercourse with the United
States. l am quoting almost literally an
influential public man i'm that sentence
All foreign countries share the COM
merce of Chile on equal terms. There
is no discrimination against Americans
IL England. after o century. has SO large
n share of il, and if there is strong
pro-English sentmant, due to the heavy
investments of English capital and as a
result of so many years of close inter-
course, that does not mean hostility to
the United States or its citizens. The
case of Germany is an example. Ger
man banking capital has been welcomed,
German immigration has been encour-
aged. and German commerce through its
banking capital is going to outstrip
English trade i'll Chile.
The close friendship of Chile with Eng
land has not eXerted any adverse affec-
would not be allowed to affect COM
mercial intercourse. The Germans, in
fact are rather the more welcome of the
two nationalities because they settle and
intermarry and become part of the in
dustrial and social life of the country
and spend a large part of the renumera-
tive returns OF their capital here. while
the English. after all, are only birds Of
passage. and the stockohlder in English
enterprises must have every penny Of
profit RENTED to London in the form of
dividends. If that is not done he loses
his interest in Chile.
* :;
Americans will be just as welcome as
have been the English and the Germans
Their investments will be given the
same protection. and their enterprises
fostered along the lines of national poll
cy, just as European enterprises are
treated The American purchases of
iron ore and copper mines are welcomed
as the forerurners OF other DEVELOPMENT
enterprises that Will bring Americans to
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of the Chilean view. stated photographic
ally. They are, ] think. an accurate re-
Election of what may be called the aver
age public sentiment subject to occa-
sional fluctuations. They perhaps under
estimate the anti-American aninosity of
one class, but they do this with the best
of motives. and the more this luminosity
is minimized the weaker becomes its in
fiuence The substance and sum of ali
the statements might be put By saying
that Chile with her record of achieve
ment and her vibrant nationality. objects
to being considered "a little country
somewhere down in South America. She
has made the place. and wants this fact
recognized BY the American people.
Objection sometimes is also voiced to
our ignorance in the United States OF the
Chilean political system and the questions
which affect the national policy. but this
objection is not we'll founded. The polit-
ical system is too complex for foreign
comprehension. Chileans themselves get
lost in its maZes
An Enslishman whose business. which
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dhrew Carnesie's house he shud be able
10 motor into town. shove couple OF
shotes an "a bale IL alfalfa over tn coun-
ter an get tn gilt. At prisint. EXCEPT
whin tn farmer owns tn bank himsilf.
he can't get anything on this collathral.
although l know iv NANNY Gibraltar il
fl nance that wud change in its entire
deposits. capital stock. lagal resarve. sur
plus, an tn uniform iv tn Waterman
FIR carload iv garden truck at TIL pris-
int prices But won't tn temptation be
too great. Hinnissy? I've been thinkin'
iv that. / can see gaunt an famished
banker shovelin' out tn coin an takin'
butter an eggs as security. month later
TIL bank examiner comes around, closes
TIL bank. an puts tn wristlets on tn
financeer. What's he pinched fro says
ye. He convarted tn banks securities 20
his own use says /. What did he do
with thim?' says we. He ct them says 1.
But Dock Wilson looks FIR no throuble.
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ex -convictS undher Ell Captain Porpin /
lIacheto. tn former highway robber-
afther breakfast a fierce exchange iv ar
tillery occurred. FIR five hours til air
was filled with smoke an flames an re
sounded with tn tur-rbe shrek ~ shrap
mel chain shot, bows an aries brickbats
an curses. Afther the hour " III siestd
TIL fedhrals. havin loaded thimsilves
down with all portable property. moved
out but not befure they had captured six
il tn constitootynalists who were in too
much iv a hurry to get 70 tn ioolry store
in Main sthreet On tn other hand. tn
overlook sixteen fedrhals
who had been assigned to carry out a
piano apiece. This was tn fiercest ami
most sanguinary battle iv tn war. TIL
kilt were as follows: 'Fedllrals sixteen,
six FL Captain Macheto
has tilygrafted TO Pretinded Prisidint
Wick Hoorta We have won a gloryous
victhry We didn't lave a thing " amy
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was with the government, frequently
brought him to Santiago, on one visit com
planned that nothing seemed as usual The
newspapers were duh. The officials with
whom he had business were listless. The
Union Club was quiet as a morsue.
The cafes were without animation. The
very atmosphere of the capital was OPP
pressive According to his story, he was
about to take to his bed and send for
doctor when a good Samaritan came along
and told him the cause of il all-there was
no ministerial crisis. Often as he had
been in Santiago before there always had
been a cabinet crisis on.
Had the EnglsGman been in Santiago
this November he would not have felt
strange. The ministerial crisis was on Tor
weeks. l have some knowledge of Chill
can public affairs, but after several eN-
plantations of the existing situation had
been made to me l gave up trying to I'M
derstand the cause of the trouble.
Chile maintains the French parliament
tary system in its most extensive form.
The congress combines executive with
legislative functions and rules the coun-
try through committees. The president is
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-iILE. puisates with
national life and
a III Ditto n. The
country is progress
sive, practical and
unsentimenta'. The
opinion is SO COM
mon as to be al
most universal that
we in the United
States do not un-
d er st a n d t n e
sources of Chile S
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was at Princeton III boys got up u min
sthrel show an il was very funny. II
almost made me laugh. Ye know. M
dear OF chum. that whin / give up this
arIous an ongrateful Office three years an
three months hence an turn IL over TO We
ye'n have to DO something 10 plaze tn
southern dillvgates | got to thinkin
about il an T set up las night an burned
some cork fr We. Here it is. Take y
with my blessing he says. No. sir; there's
no pint where TIL chief magistrate iv til
nation an th Sicrety iv State ARE ia
such perfect accord as on tn stage caree'
iv tn Sicrety of State
Dye think We'll take Mexico" asked
Mr.. Hennessy
Il don't know" said Mr.. Dooley. but.
as Hogan says, whin a country like
Mexico is so contagious To- Us We're liable
to get it whether we want ii or not"
Copyright 1919. by Finley Peter DuuneD
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merely an administrators with very limited
powers of administration. He has little
influence in legislation. There are inter
walls when he gets IA cabinet together rep
resenting the strongest groups III con-
gress and government affairs and running
along smoothly because these groups have
not shifted.
Then mysteriously overnight the MN
isterial crisis arises. Il is not usually.
over some important question Of policy
on which congress has voted lack of con
fidence. Sometimes it, is due TO personal
antagonisms that have developed among
the different groups. But, whatever the
cause. the president, SO powerless in
other matters. is confronted with the re-
sponsibility of solving the crisis and get
ting new set of ministers together who
can obtain the favor of congress.
During the present deadlock the intima
ton has been made that Chile is tired of
this sort of political anarchy and that
public sentiment is ripening for a re-
form In the system and the establish
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refused To thrust this delightful compost
lion 20 other hands but carried it ovcc
IN his own pocket and sung it to thin
himsilf His idee is TO gather tn la-ads
in tu lower classroom an thin 10 tell
thim in ginral way their coorse IL
studies fr tn ensooin' term. So far
they're an attintive an an obeejent lot
an he's had 10 larrup very few ~ Thin
whin Teddy Rosenfelt wus principal iv
III colledge there was harry an hour In
tn day or night whin he didn't have
some sinitor or riprisintative acrost .
chair.
1t was a fine message Tn Dock IS no.
a. voluminyous. as Hogan says. as Tiddy
Eosenfelt In tn first place. he can on'y
write with wan hand, an in I'll mex
place. dye mind. he had to read it HIM
sif- Yes sir. it's d gran message Th'r
grammar amt bad an tn punctuation is
beyond tn attack " a scurrilous minority.
/ vud call it refined message which
,ud be PLAYED on III harp.
In d sinIal way I gathered that III
Dock S pretty we'll satisfied with til pris-
int administration SO far. He didnt
commit himsilf. mind We. but il was plain
that it had done nawthin' that he felt
cslled on TO criticise up to date II had
secured an agreement firm III powers
that war was d hellish thing an proposed
To build enough battleships TO knock til
mind. Tn thrusts must be suppressed
with q firm but gentle hand. an something
must be done TO make it aisy fr tn polls
10 tell a business man firm Il burglar
without tn aid ~ thumb marks
''Turnin' firm these lighter themes. tn
Dock gives a chapter 10 tn sorrows ~
tt large cities. gorgin' Ourselves on an
egg ivry month or two. ralize tn suffrins
oil this ouforchnit class-their tire 1hrou-
bles tn pianola sett.n out iv clune, tn
moths deSthroyin' their furs. But the
Docks heart is nearer tn soil. He has
heerd their cry ~ disthress. 1T is need
less. lie says, TO pint out TO We gintle-
men who wud lose ye'er jobs If ye didn'.
agree with me that tn sturdy farmer is
TN foundation ~ our instichoochins,' he
says But fr these hardy assailants il
stubborn glebe.' he says. INDUSTRIES wud
decay, facthries wud crumble, arts an
aciences wud perish, an TIL bread line
wud wither away. Tn basis iv our whole
matecryal an spirichool wellbein' is tn
fodder Without TIL farmers where wud
tn bankers be? II they had no food they
cannot eat: if they cannot eat they can
not bank: if they cannot bank they die
he says
His idee is that .whin a farmer needs
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ELL. SIR said NJ.
Hennessy, what s
new in ponyricks
Let me ser lea
me ser, said NJ.
Dooley. 'Well. me
frind Dock Wilson
has SIn1 his annyal
message 10 Con-
gress- No, he didn :
sind il ayethsr- He
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Says he: Il have niver injyed an adj
m;nisthra ton so much. The climate III
Wash nton | find more janial thin that
Princeton. Business is excellent. Collec-
tons ARE good. / get me eighty-three
thirty three thirty-three regular on tt
hopin l have said nawthin' that wud .et
you know what I'm goin' to do ontil We
meet again he says.
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Su.riai Cu-rc>,sniencc ~ Thc star.
A\TI.G1O. December
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.'rh' on'y cloud tn Dock found ON his
didn't say what is gOin' to happen there.
an / don't know. At tn prisint moment,
dye mind, this unhappy land is injyin'
iv constitootynal bandits undher tn
leadership iv Gineralissimo Don Pedro
Gouzabo. TIL terror iv tn chicken roosts.'
moved on tn city iv ChoOhoohoo. which
was held be a sthrong foorce ~ fedhral
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His idee is that .whin a farmer needs
ms ney 10 buy sicond morgedge on An
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value in tn town.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
'Cyclecar' Is Latest
In the Motor World

You'll see hundreds, maybe thou
sands, Of the new bug in motor
dom-the yclecar-running around
very soon" said ]. w. Goldsmith, Jr.,
local Hudson dealer, Saturday.
This little three or four wheel
ed affair promises to be popular. It
is designed for not more than three
passengers, and more of them carry
only one or two. II is light weigh
ing from $50 to 400 pounds, and can
be sold at $3.50 to $500. Figure the
price roughly at a dollar a pound
and you won't be far wrong.
There seems to be a big field for
this sort Of thing. It will be used
by people going to business, by mes
sengers. letter carriers. small de-
livery. etc.
"Of course # does not compete in
any way with such a car as that for
instance"-and he pointed to a big
Hudson Six in his showrooms-"but
II viii have its place and thousands
will be sold.
For families for touring and for
people who can afford them there Is
no competition for the standard six
cylinder touring car such as this one
here. We don't interfere with the
smaller brother and he doesn't COM
pete with us-so / guess there's room
for US both"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
Factory Additions
For Haynes Company

The Haynes factory at Kokomo
Ind, built and equipped as recently
as 1911 and called by authorities "one
Of the most efficient automobile plants
in the world is now inadequate for
the compaQy's requirements.
THE natural growth of our bus
mess" says Superintendent A. n
Wilhelm, "necessitates factory extern
sion, and for some time past we have
had our eye on a very desirable tract
Of land c25x212 feet, southeast Of our
factory and skirted by the Lake Erie
Railroad.
THE purchase of this land was
Consummated by cur board of dlrec-
tors and we are already in touch with
some of the leading Industrial archi-
tects in the middle West, with a view
to having them submit plans and
specifications for a modern. fireproOf
concrete-and steel structure, Of the
Eaw-toOth type.
Even 'elb0w-room' is at prem
ium in our trim-shOp at the present
time, auC with every prospect Of
building 5000 bodies next season, this
particular structure viii undoubted-
" be pushed TO completion before ex-
cavation work on the other new
additions is started"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
Can't Head Off Cars
Made in America;
Europe's Attempt

1t is generally known by the Amer
lean automobile manufacturers that
the foreign automobile builders are
doing everything in their power to
stop the invasion of the American
car. This feeling, however, is con-
fined almost entirely to the automo-
bile manufacturers of Europe. The
Russian bankers appreciate that they
are losing a large volume OF business
through this constant fight to keel
out the American cars. Business that
would have amounted to many thou
sands of dollars has, in this way,
been lost to the Russian banks.
To overcome the difficulty, several
OF the most progressive banks of Rus
STA have inaugurated an automobile
department. 1t Is their intention to
handle the automobile business in the
same manner that they have success
fully handled the implement business.
The large banks of Russia are rep
resented throughout the entire empire
by branch houses. Through these
branch houses they deal with the au-
tomobile dealer direct, disregarding
the manufacturer.
Practically all the retail automo-
biAN bA9AACSo ~ A1hAOPO 10 0SAAV bA
credit. The small retail dealers
funds are limited. Backed by a
wealthy bank, he would be placed in
a better position to handle the sale
Of automobiles. and with the back
ing Of wealthy bank, he would be
placed in a position to do an extern
sive credit business. In this man.
ner the automobile business in Rus
STA Is being established on a firIner
basis, and foreign business for the
American manufacturer looks very
promising.
The Paige Detroit Motor Car Com
pany has recently closed arrange
ments with a large bank in Odessa
for the sale of its product through
out Russia.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
Civil War Veterans
Have First Joy Ride

No one ever enjoyed the luxurious
Pathfinder 40" more than a party of
G. A. r, veterans, members OF the
Battery +. First Ohio Light Artil-
lerv. who were whisked through the
beautiful residence district OF In
dianapolis and out to the Speedway
during the twenty NTH annual con-
vention In the Hoosier Capital.
Few Of the veterans had ever rid
den In a machine, the nearest to a
car being a cannon wagon or a rail-
road train.
There used to be nothing smooth
about a Dixie road and that was
where most of the vets" rode the
gunwagons.
The veterans were holding their an
nual encampment and the activities
centered chiefly around the Soldiers
and Sailors Monument, in the heart
Of Indianapolis. In a monster parade
the Ohio battery marched with the
George II. Thomas Post. The sight
seeing party was In the charge of w.
G. Teasdale. Jr, president of the
Pathfinder Company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
Goodyear Purchases
Big Cotton Factory

The latest step in the growth OF
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany,". says Vice President c. w
Soldering, lis the purchase OF a large
tract Of ground in tire heart Of the
cotton district known as williams
Vile. in the township Of Killlngly
situated in the extreme northwest
corner of the State Of Connecticut
ION the property is a large cotton
mill, four stories high and four hun
dred fec Ions where win be made
a large part IF the tire fabrics, hose,
and betting ducks so extensively used
oy the company. There are also on
The property, houses TO care for $50
employees. a church, a school house,
a farm to be operated by the COM
pany for the benefit Of employees, a
store, a large boarding house, and an
assembly hall, together with Lake
Alexandria, the water supply for the
country, and the Williamsville Water
Company.
The cotton factory will be equip
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
UNITED STATES BUYS
ALCO MOTOR TRUCKS

United Alec
City"
ing legram received Majors
the Alec
office American
approximatng
history
A considering
every gasoline
electric the American market
ute paid a
Since the adoption Of the Alec line by Atlanta Sales
the Alec steadily
in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
EXPERIENCE WON
IN SWEEPSTAKES
National Official Goes Over Some
Features of 500-MiIe Race
in Retrospect.
BY George M. Dickson, General Man.
agsr of the National Company.


What won the 5O0-mile race at the
indianapolis Speedway this year?"
My answer is: Experience"
For the motorist who reasons, for
the man who analyses and for the
man who weighs worth before he
spends cash. there is a great lesson
to be learned from the 50O-mile race.
This lesson can be applied to other
things than the building OF motor
cars, too. First Of all a foreign built
car, the Peugeot, won the race. The
driver is not an ordinary man in any
sense of the word. He is an engi-
neer.
The most important thing is the
car, and the history OF the company
that builds II. A car can rise no high
er than it's source, the factory where
1t is built. And a driver, no matter
how clever, can rise no higher than
the quality of his mount
The National Company has lost
races. No one knows better than this
company just how bitter defeat can
taste nor how disappointing II is TO
lose after months Of labor. But be-
cause the National Company did
make capital out Of every defeat, and
because II took advantage OF every
thing learned in such contests, II Is
possible for Indianapolis and the Tn
tied States of America TO keep in this
country the record for the 500 mile
race, because the Peugeot that won
the race did not lower the record OF
the Indianapolis made car-the Ma
tional.