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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-25
Consul shoots Himself

ri Paso, Tex Sept s5 1 Ace
YES. Mexican consul at calsxico. calf,
is in hospital in TaafeS with bull
let hole in his chest He arrived here
Saturday and is said to have been
drinking heavily Yesterday he went
to Juarez. He was found ia rear
room Of a Juarez saloon immed|a eiy
A11ef me shootihs tte f9d gam
bling previous to shu9
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-25

noon that he might so to Trinidad,
but did not know when the trip would
be taken, if at ali He declined ID
discuss the progress Of his efforts at
mediation.
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lean country reports that there is now
being constructed plant for the extrac-
ton of petroleum from wells and the
storage of it in tanks. The announce
ment states that other similar projects
are contemplated and American houses
desiring to BID should become listed.
Another consul in the orient states that
prominent exporting house in his dis
trict desires to get in touch with an
American importer of Turkish mohair.
while others .repor: that foreign govern
ments. municipal and national, desire bids
FOR tho construction of sewerage sys-
tens. electric lighting and power plants
railways and numerous kinds of ma
ch.Eery.
All of such information is gathered
with the utmost care by these consuls
because, in many cases, it means the
outlay of vast sums of money by the
contracting firms especially. According
~, if a firm advertiSes for bids the con-
references and includes these in his re-
port. together with the language In which
correspondence should be taken up.
Such reports are catalogued and given
a file number in the bureaus archives.
The bare statement OF facts only is pub
lished: the names OF the firms, together
with the references. are mostly with.
held but the bureau announces that they,
may be obtained upon proper application
therefor.
One Of the greatest commercial fields
opened up abroad is that of construc-
ton. It takes in anything. from the
great steel bridges to public utilities
plants and harbor projections. The
American consuls have been closely
watching this phase of foreign trade and
reporting it without delay. Over in Bonn
bay the representative reports that an
unusual activity in the building industry
has created an enormous demand for
building materials of all sorts. and ahe
gives statistics for the past five years
to show the value Of his information.
He makes a special note that steel cell
ing material Is going to be greeted with
a big market In the near future because
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On a Bus.

THEY are telling in Broadw2s story
about Eddie Foy and George Cohan.
Foy and Cohan. one autumn afternoon.
sat side by side in 9th avenue bus when
a fat, gaudily dressed man entered his
manicured and scented hands covered
with huge rings.
George" said Fo-. Il doat like that
fellows looks. ana I'm going 20 make him
get out before We reach Mad son Square"
IAN right. Eddls, .a:d Conan. calmly.
Foy fixed his gaze on the fat mans
ylittering hands and change came over
his face. His EYES became dull and star
ing. His Jaw hung slack ane loose.
Me want ring!" he shouted suddenly.
and he pointed at the fat mans hands,
and at the saiae time jumped sup and
down in his seat and wasgled mis- elbows
Ring! Ne want ring.
CoEan took the GU. once.
Hide your hands" he said quickly to
the fat man. Your rings bother him.
The fat man frowned uneasiy. but he
would not hide his hands
Ring! Ring! Me want ring, repeated
Foy, and Cohan. as he strove TO hold his
friend still. said:
Don't give him a ring.
Huh! / guess | won't. growiel tho
gaudy fat man. Give him "A ring in
deed!' And he looked at his diamonds
complacently
Foy's eyes were nov shining. His face
was red and contoTted. He hoped up
and down and waggled his arms more We
hementIy than ever Me want ring ne
roared. Ring. Ring! Ringi"
For heavens sake. said Cohan. hide
your hands. man! Don't you SEE you're
bringing on one OF his spells? Hide your
hands, or i won't be- responsible for the
consequences
A little pale 10y now. .he fat man re-
luctantly put both hands behind his back.
This is the Limit, ne said. appealing TO
the other passengers. Idiots riding in
omnibuses! Amt that the limit friends?"
But Foy leaped 10 his feet. .Ring.' he
roared. and he leaned en- the fat mans
shoulders. Give lie ring.'
Cohan now seemed to lose all patience.
''Oh, hang it." he said. give him a ring
or two. and let us have some peace.
Can't you see I've lost M power over
him.?
But the fat man. tearing his pudgy hand
from the persistent Foy's grasp. rose and
ran full tilt for the door
Conductor. Stop he shouted
And ~hc leaped off two blocks before
Madison Square was reached
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Consular Reports

in proof form until the reports became
a regular publication under the present
bureau.
No one of Uncle Sans publications is more
sought after than the Daily Consular and
Trade Reports. II hands out 1900 copies
OF these daily in a circulation that for
area equals if not exceeds that OF the
standard magazines. because its contents
mean to the enterpr,sing and progressive
business man a general expansion OF his
business.
On account of the limit 10 the issue
of this magazine the demand far exceeds
the supply and the output reached Its
highest point several years ago.
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as the continued rise in living expenses
in England or the increased prices and
consumption of food in Holland. is as
equally desired as the announcement Of
possible new trace. Such changes are
published a. soon as the indications be-
come strong enough to make them a GER
tainty.
1t required nearly three score years TO
build up Uncle Sans trade magazine to
the useful plane on which il now stands.
In those days when the American flag
was seen all over the world on our big
clipper ships we had very effective
means of knowing the trend of. foreign
markets from even the last corner Of
the earth But when those ships disap-
peared. another means of collecting such
information became cesSary, and as
far back as 1850 Uncle Sans consuis
began to receive instructions to make
annual reports on trade conditions in their
districts.
Such information was published for a
few years as executive document No. 60
of the Thirty fourth Congress and brand
ed with the title OF Commercial Relations
of the United Statess 1t Was published
by the State Department and presented
a bulky appearance.
few years later trade conditions began
to develop abroad and the consuls began
sending in reports whenever an opening
appeared for the American merchant.
These also were rushed before the Amer
lean commercial world. given out in
manuscript form or verbally to the press.
A few years later still foreign trade
became SO great that demand was Gre
ated for this information and the reports
became a part of each consufs duties.
af nj on
published monthly they did not meet the
conditions as they arose. and in order
to enable commercial men to take ad-
vantage of opportunities as soon as they
arose advance sheets were issued in
January, 1898. These sheets were issued
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out lazy mornings trading horses in the
corrak
And the son. behind his back. gets a
bill done on his future prospects. Here
Is land and epoch where assets are not
all necessarily tangible. Influence counts
Friendship is bought. \ mighty game or
chess is being played.
Overhead spread white wings that never
grow weary.
Three. four. five like great white
swans. the desert aeropiane squadron dS
appears in the sky OF the south. toward
Timbuctoo. They are forming supply sta
t!ons When all is ready il will be
weeks trip. at forty miles per hour. sail
ing from sunrise sunset. Yes. from
Colomb- Bechar, 10, miles southwest OF
Figuig, to Timbuctoo, which has always
been a three-month trip by caravan.
Even the most arid parts of the Sahara
are not the endless stretches OF fiat sand
which we have imagined them. Here and
there are extents of rocky surface, scrub
oasis and i'm particular rocky heights
called hamadas. As these raised ham
:das are never a mile square. they are
perfect sites for supply posts, high
Herched and readily fortified. where oil.
essence. repair parts and all kinds OF
material can be found. These supply
posts consist of signal towers visible to
travelling aeroplRnes at n great distance.
garages. machine shops. storehouSes
comfortable bungalows and live stock for
food. protected by corral
As smooth sand beaches nevertheless
predominate throughout the Sahara. the
aeroplanes always finl smooth rolling
landing space at distances of not more
than LOO meters apart. This is because
an aeroplane can safely cover by vol
plane a distance equal To four times the
height II starts at. As Sahara winds make
travelling favorable between 400 and en-
r:oters. four times the lower latitude
ives LOCO meters-fnore than the distance
necessary to come on smooth beach
On the aeroplane route TO Timbuctoo,
Pass the bazaar and divan, the depart-
ment stores. the restaurant, cafe, bar.
baths, post -and-telegraph. French hak-
cry. bank, warehouses, corral and veteri-
aary-though their fame extends deep in
the desert. Pass even the Arab school
but not the carpet factory. Backed UP by
All the rest. yet isolated from them. the
carpet factory is a stroke of genius
1t is close little world--with nothing
OF the factory. Ii assures culture. arnuse,-
Hient. security nj profit II hundreds of
young native girls, d.sgc HES OF trusted
tienchnlen, the % ns,-e-. . aSsis
and superior servants. Tna Larenis OF
each-and the fanj,y. - :7a1Nlte cousins
become adyocaisc . St-f.sc,s Ay the solo
fact They are c-lss.e5l end all the
more influential asfs-as.ss 49, 80 -
what might be called tss middle c'ass"
They know that tacis girls viii be well
OFF in the carpet - sc~y. which Is also Q
school of general -,>s-ceyocat.
All these Il ings count
All are steps or tie aerurdane route
to Timbuctoo.
STERLING HEILIG.
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alert for every phase of business which
will benefit American merchants no mat
ter how remote their posts.
II Austria needs motor boats or If Hol-
land offers exceptional opportunities for
trade in flower bulbs, these facts are
made known: if Italy presents market
for certain electrical supplies the consuis
tell us of it, and should the rubber out
put from the Amazon valley be such as
to offer advantages to those dealers 1T is
heralded long before the time for action
is at hand. To help matters along means
of shipping are also followed up and II
a new steamship service Is inaugurated
between foreign ports or if changes are
made the news is made known to the
American commercial world. In other
words. no phase OF commercial life is
overlooked in Uncle Sans reports.
The information thus gathered is sent
to this country in the various official
consular mail pouches that are dumped
upon the mailing tables of the consular
headquarters. From there the reports are
whisked over TO the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, under the De-
partment CT Commerce. where they are
compiled by force of experts who are
quick to see their relative value and so
edit them as to bring cut the more inn
portant details
The average report contains from 200 to
900 words. but where the facts demand 1t
some of them run up into the thousands
Each report IS published under It's par
ticular heading with the consul's name
and post attached. Brief statistics, where
they are of commercial interest. some
times accompany the reports. There are
usually from fifteen TO twenty fun re-
ports in each issue OF the publication
and as many briefer notes
When the editing is completed the re-
ports are indexed and the copy thus pre-
is only until the next morning that the
matter appears in pamphlet form about
nine inches long by six inches wide, al
ternating each day with fourteen pages
and thirty pages. Thus these reports
which come from such great distances
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it has proven SO successful to the needs
CT that. climate. From little town in
Austria comes request for bids for the
construction OF a reservoir, and Natal
states that it has good round sun,
ready TO present to the firm which will
lay some good roads and sewers. build
scnie bridges and construct some school
buildings and hospitals in an approved
style.
There are also instances cited in which
American export trade has fallen off to a
considerable extent in localities in whici
it formerly flourished due to the estab
lshment bS foreign houses of strong sell
ing organizations in all countries of the
world. The causes and effects are dis
cusSed with the aim of producing a
remedy. In many of the larger foreign
cities there are colonies of German, Eng
lish, Belgian, Swiss and French business
men who have steadily undermined Amer
ican trade by shrewd business methods.
They have been courteous. have learned
language, customs and needs OF the COM
munities IN which they live, and have
brought themselves into personal contact
with buyers A judicious extension OF
credit is also one of their potent factors
for success.
In order to further these interests Uncle
SANS agents watch the transportation
companies in various parts of the world
also. If a new line of steamers is estab-
lished or an old line has added facilities
for the dispatch of freight these facts
are noted and reported in detail
There is another point which Uncle
Sam doesn't fail to look well after in
his quest for the extension of foreign
trade. Suppose. for instance. that the
big construction firms which secure for
eign contracts and the merchants that
establish branch houses abroad send a
score or more of employees to the points
of their operations. Their living expenses
become a part of the problem. But liv-
ing expenses in foreign parts change as
they do in the United States SO that
such information. Statistical especially,
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foreign competitor, not only in the ma
terial, but in the condition in which it Is
received.
American purchases abroad are often
of the utmost value to the student OF
foreign trade, especially in statist' cal
form. Such statistics appear frequently
in the pages of Uncle Sans trade re-
ports. They show the increase or de-
crease from year to year, and often the
development Of new importing industry
is the result.
Sometimes these various new industries
are shown in special reports For in
stance the consuls at Vancouver and
Yukon sent in reports concerning the
catch and shipment of live foxes. In one
OF these reports it was stated that the
owner of large shipment had sold pair
of young black foxes to a firm in an
eastern state for $4,000. They mention
also the large catches and the CORE
spending decrease in the prices demand
ed, the fact that the catches will soon
decrease and the prices rise again. thus
giving the fur importer an opportunity
to strike while the iron is yet hot.
From over in Valencia, Spain. comes
the report that many herbs which are
native to that section and greatly in de-
Mand By American firms lack success
Iu market because the industry of gath
erinS and packing is entirely unorgan-
lZed while our representative at Singa-
pore announces that MALAY rubber is
soon to be sold under the auction system
instead OF by individual purchases as
heretofore. These facts as stated give
the hint to the progressive. importer that
he could make a step toward increased
profits were he so disposed.
There are great numbers of business
opportunities opening up in foreign coun-
tries about which commercial men in gen.
eral would know little or nothing did not
Uncle Sam publish the facts in a special
department OF his trade magazine. These
are headed foreign trade opportunities
Each consul forwards concise state
ment Of facts that may come to his mo-
t1ce.
For instance, consul In a Latin Amer
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The Other Way.

HDONALD MACMILLAN, who is to
= marry Marie Peary. the snow
baby is an extremely temperate lad
Hence his success as an explorer
The speaker. member of the famous
Philadelphia Geographical Society. smiled
and resumed:
Macmillan has no patience with drink
victims-no patience either with them Or
their excuses. / once heard him say to a
sailor who had succumbed:
mo. no. Jack. He who says misfortune
drove him to drink is putting the cart
before the horse.
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HE. STREET OE TURTLE Doves

sands, no reads. beneath a blazing sky
1t is the Great Sahara. Dotting il. like
islands in the ocean. there are these GASES
whose inhabitants. like island dwellers.
scour the sand ocean their ships Of
the desert-their racing camels. called
meharis. Finding the Hotel of the Sahara
square trading place, full of amuse-
ments. relaxations and distractions for
rich. tongh old Moors, they ignore that it
is also q French fortress. and stop, do
business, and have a good time.
1t is certainly curious. the amount Of
business done at Beni-Ounif. The daily
arrivals of merchandise by railway amount
to an average of $50 tons. and as soon
as the trolley to F'iguig is built it will
be doubled Even now the Figuig stage
coach is often crowded that those who
have not engaged places in advance may
have to hunt saddle mules for self and
baggage.
The hotel is the first thing you see
when you leave the railway car but not
the only thing, because there are some
sixty houses grouped around tie rail-
way terminus and garrison. which IS
strong. In particular you note charm
ing French cafes with Tapping awnings
and sassy Arab boys who want TO white
your shoes-it is So hot that the pipe
clay dries at once. Between times the
little black boot-wf ties Of the Sahara
risk their skins stealing ice from the
cafe decanters.
The hotel looks like one of those old
time American blockhouses. built against
the Indians-the high white walls con-
tinue en-. inclosing fortified corral of
many acres in extent. Between this cor
raj and the fotel proper. all within the
same continuous walls, there is a small
city Read the sign.
..Free warehouses and General Banl.
.Comptors Generaux of South Algeria
and Morocco, French department stores.
Arab stores, POST and telegraph. carpet
u,anufactory, France-Arab school. French
bakery, Grand Hotel of the Sahara,
baths. bar barber shops. restaurant,
cafe
The pirate of the desert comes in. hot
and red handed from a hasty trip FAR
south toward Timbuctoo. or else west.
over in Morocco. sells his booty and buys
all kinds of desirable objects-cartridges,
saddles brides. guns. revoivers, water
TASKS. blankets, music boxes, phono-
graphs, Instruments of precision. barber
WIRE tent poles. tapestries. furniture.
silk cushions mirrors-everything His
son comes out of the French department
stores dressed to the ring on his finger
and the monocle in his eye. He finds
real and imitation jewelry for his wives
silks and cambrics, high-heeled shoes,
corsets. wells, fans. embroidered under
wear paraSOls, feather boaS--ali the Gal-
cries Lafayette!
The sheik. his father. gets note dis
counted at the Comptoirs Generaux, runs
up bill at the restaurant for all kinds
of forbidden drinks and novel delicacies,
takes in the dance songs OF the d!vaE.
sits smoking over chess in the perfuned
cooiness of the CAFE veranda. or strings
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No Change.

THE Prince of Monaco said OF mar
riage at a dinner in New York:
Through marriage a French woman
gains her liberty, an English woman
loses hers and an American wom-
an
The prince paused and looked quit
zically about him.
"Yes? The American woman" said
a debutante.
'"The American woman" ended the
prince. Continues to do as she likes"
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pushed lshes' sancily " aAS into The chieftan's
tent. Take back your feet." She
laughed with splendid courage. slapped
him to visit them in Paris at the mo-
ment she had cut her bridegroom's
bonds. You're a great joker: she
he become celebrated in Paris when we
tell it2''
The eyes of the ominous chieftan
twinkled. but as Henri skurried away
choked with terror. Great joke" he
grasped. "Do you know WHY the villain
used those feet. 1T was because he had
no sawi'
Great souls like these keep their
strength while gaining refinement from
contact with the free warehouses and
general banks-'free' to fence and
general in the sense that they would
advance money on raid, if sobery
planned by brigands of reputation.
tt ere is a string of them around 10
Senegal. There is one at Timbuctoo.
Some day there will be a Grand Hotel
of Timbuctoo''-really first-class estab-
lishment like the extraordinary one OF
ReniOunif, and more designed to soften
influential natives than accommodate
travellers. They call it hotel bank and
warehouses.
l say it is the Tenderloin of reckless
and gilded Sahara youth. the last gun
shooters. II is tie Monte Carlo of court
ly, graybearded villains, chivalrous, yet
horse thieves, dignified. rich, powerful.
who can give the Mormons cards ana
spades. 1t is the department store IF
hidden hours who ride in flying tents
on cames backs. 1t is great silent,
darkened hotel, with luxurious baths.
COOL shady verandas, cracked ice in
pitchers, spacious smoking lounges,
punkah- cooled, where billiard balls tap
gently formal dinners with dutyfree.
wines from every country, beautifully
furnished bedrooms and perfect service.
Yet If you look out of its windows on
three sides you will see nothing but ths
boundless desert, with its waves Of burn
ing sand like an ocean. From the fourth
side you can see on the horizon the fa-
nous $4,000 palm trees of the Zenegan
oasis. 1t was to save these palms rather
than their own skins. when the French
threatened to lombard them, that the in
habitants of --enega and Figuig caved in
and became noElinally French.
The warehouses were already on the
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HE, air squadron OF
the T m b u c 90
route tells strange
tales.
Technically it Is
the desert squadron
of the Fr e n c h
army in Algiers.
The aeroplanes go
fully armed. but do
not fire. They give
the sidi a JOY ride.
For example, a
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n American merchant wishes TO eS-
~ pand his business. He may be con-
sidering the importation of par
ticular line of goods. or he may nave
manufactured material for which he
would like to find an export market FER
hans he may be looking for the steps
necessary to establish permanent branch
house abroad. How can he best solve
the problem?
Such a move means the consideration
of many details if the merchant would
court success To go into IL blindiy would
end in absolute failure in the majority
Of cases Therefore he seeks solution
that will give him the correct answer Or
rather The proper formuia-and therein
Uncle Sam comes to his aid as the most
important factor of the problem once
each day Uncle Sam hands out 10 all
such enterprising mercantile sons a little
publication which he has named his Daily
Consular and Trade Reports. Therein IS
the solution of many business problem
abroad, because within its pages is con-
tanned a summary of the commercial 40
inss from every part of the world.
From these summaries the merchant
NAV see his opportunity. and IL he hap
pens upon one that suits his particular
business he is encouraged to request FUR
ther and more detailed Information from
the consular headquarters in Washington.
Then comes the establishment OF his
foreign trade and perhaps by a close
watch on the foreign and domestic trend
of his market lie may rub his palms to-
gether In satisfaction a few years hence
when he views the receipts or a business
which has doubled itself.