Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-03-13

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also had some significance in
relation to American industrial enter
prises in the west coast countries. She
came all the way from New York
alone. When she left the steamer at
Valparaiso she was not alone, and
hundred kindly eyes followed the pair.
A few hours later / saw them in the
American consulate. The civil cere-
mony had been concluded in accord
ance with the Chilian laws, and the
religious ceremony had followed.
Nominally three months residence is
required in Valparaiso for foreigners
bent upon matrimony, but when some
official representative of their govern
ment Is ready to vouch for their citi-
zenship the Chilian officials are con-
siderate and the formal requirements
are waived. So it happened that in
this case, with the aid of the consul,
a few hours after the arrival of the
bride-to-be she was able to leave for
the mines with her American husband,
writes G. M. Pepper in the New York
Tribune.
With nearly every steamer that
comes in from Panama a similar pro-
cedure is enacted. The American min
ing investments brought down a good
many young Americans. Some had
wives to fetch along. Others left sweet
hearts behind them, and the sweet
hearts now seem to be following In
regular procession. They are the Wis
ible evidences of the part that Ameri-
can capital Is taking in giving fresh
life to Chili's mineral Industries. Ev-
erybody now assumes that in the fu-
ture the number of Americans coming
to Chill will grow larger.
Canal Prophecies.
The matter of the Valparaiso harbor
improvements is another aspect of the
American influence in Chilli. This coun-
try originally did not look with favor on
the construction Of the canal by the
United States. There was a political
phase of the matter which need not
now be revamped. There was also the
economic phase, which was more seri-
Gus.
Chill, or a good many Chilians, real.
ly believed that the canal would have
an adverse effect on the commerce Of
the country and would seriously divert
trade. Punta Arenas, the metropolis
of the Strait of Magellan, was then a
free port, and benefited by its position
at the uttermost end Of the continent
1t served the vessels from Europe and
the United States which came up to
this coast, as we'll as those on the
route to Australia and New Zealand
and other parts of the world. The as
sumption was that all this shipping
would cease.
Reflection changed this pesslmistic
opinion somewhat, especially when 1t
was realized that after the canal was
opened many of the steamship COM
panies would send their ships through
the canal and back by way of the
strait, or vice versa. Yet there is ex-
pected to be some loss Of the Aus
tralian traffic. and while Punta Arenas
will not diminish in commercial i'm
portance, 1t can hardly expect to grow
This possibly is the reason why the
Chflian government year or two ago
took away Its privilege as a free port
and established custom house in the
strait This southern toe Of Chill Is
very far from being in a position to
affect the whole country when 1t loses
little Of its circulation.
Valparaiso Harbor.
The commerce OF Chill centers at
Valparaiso. After It became certain
that the canal would be built, the Chill
ian men Of trade and some Of the men
Of affairs began to study the question.
and decided that Valparaiso was not
outside the radius OF the canal. II 1t
had been, there would have been addi-
tional reasons for providing 1t with
better shipping facilities, In order to