The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21
AMERICAN PERU
4 Visit to Benton McMiHin at the
United States Legation in Lima

o,r Minister Lives Points
nov american Trade-ChanceS
Np'1 uotel. and Banks-W. II. Garce
l"cn-How Peru's Foreign Com
,~ viii Be Increased By the
mruan,-Cheap Fruit From South
,arir,'s Desert Valleys For Our
w;nter Markets, Etc.
lighted, 1914, by Frank G..
~Carpenter.)
LIMA. Peru.
u INST returned from a call
Iew minister to Peru. His
np2' - BENTON Mcmillan. and his
nan. h,,na is Nashville, Tenn. He
No. 10 heen a figure in American
nnaf,tics. and Gor many years ne was
~ ~ II me leading Democratic mem
bsrs Of congress. lie was an as
- If Preside1t Mckinley, when
s2ci''1 uas still in the House. 1
~ that when ] first met him
IT, peed was still Speaker and
In Mills. Of Texas, and William
uorrison. of Illinois. were joined
~ him as the leaders OF the OPP
aItion knew him later when, al
pp"r ahout twenty years in the House.
rssirnrd 10 be Governor OF Ten
- and now find him here 7oO
-. .0a miles south of the equator, as
,ctive as ever, representing our inter
e,ts in the republic OF Peru.
called upon Mr.. McMlilln at the
american legation. He had rented
for This purpose n or the HheS'
nnuses Of Lima. 1t is known as the
o,inta Heron. and is situated in
Carmen Alto in % beautiful semi
dosart oasis which makes up h city
Ahout il are royal palms a hundret
loot high. wi~de-spreading magnolia:
and tropical trees that bear beauti
tTl eowers. The building itself is o.
a brilliant rose color. 1t covers {
yraa, deal Of ground, and seems yer!
,all in this town of low structures
In the center of the house IS q tOWe'
over the front door of which hang
me United States coat of arms. En-
terire the house you come into a hal
witt rooms on each side, about tWent.
feet high. The building is Furnished
with Spanish chairs n sofas, tina
date back to the days OF the inQuisi
ton. and with antique rugs from
Morocco and Egypt. 1t is on tn
whole. exceedingly comfortable, an
Mr.. McMillin tells me he is delighte
with the social life Of Peru. He ha
his wife and daughter with him, an
ne has already established the closes
relations with the president and tn
leading men of the country.
Mr.. McMillin tells me that tn
Peruyians are friendly to the Unite
States. They expect to reap muc
from the Panama canal and tn
president Of the republic is plannin
10 spend millions upon a great breal
water 10 connect the island Of Sa
Lorenzo with the port Of Callao. an
thereby create the finest harbor
the eastern Pacific.
In my talk with the minister y
went over the general movements no
gong on for the increase of America
trade. He thinks the commerce b.
tween the two countries might
greatly developed, and urges o,
manufacturers n exporters to Sci
down agents and prospect the fieI
tie SAYS they must have men on IL
ground, and that they shOuld e
'aotSh agencies here with SPANS,
speaking Americans in charge.
Inc foreign trade Of Peru nc
amounts to etwee sixty and seven
muilon dollars a year, and Of this Il
United States has just a little mo
,nah one-fourth. 1t stands next
"reat Britain in the amount Of
commerce, and is far ahead of &c
many or France. Our exports, no
gper. are much less than our impor
shey amounted in 1911 to only abo
"p'oOO.000. whereas those of the Tn
eu htnSdom were at least two m
"ShS more. AS to the goods bong
VI Feru. the United Kingdom TAX
almost one-third Of all the count
9sllS and Uncle Sam gets one-fourt
me trade OF the United States h
oteil steadily increasing, and with t
opening Of the canal We shall pre-
ably lead.
"o~t now some of the hiooast thir