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credit terms are far less important
than fundamentals. such as banking
facilities, accurate credit informa ton.
productive loans. and participation in
municipal and public improvements
Inasmuch as Colombia's resources arc
mainly agricultural and pastoral. the
purchasing power of the country will
not reach its highest point until those
resources are expanded with the aid
of foreign capital and local co-opera-
ton. The United States, as the great
est agricultural country in the world.
and rapidly becoming a creditor ma
ton, is the logical source OF assis-
tance-financial and scientific. Until
Colombias agricultural resources have
begun to develop, the purchases of
agricultural machinery and allied lines
Of manufacture will be small. CO.
lombian agriculturists educated in the
United States will prefer American
equipment. American educational in
situations and manufacturers OF agri-
cultural machinery and Implements
thus have an opportunity to work
hand in hand by means Of scholar
ships and = study of local conditions
and rsQuirsmsnts.
In connection with the import trade
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of Colombia, and for the benefit OF
those American manufacturers who
have not yet entered this field, the
following suggestions should prove
valuable:
or The language of the country is
Spanish. Catalogues and all corre-
spondence should be in that language
Purchases can be made in any Ian
guage. but sales can only be made In
Spanish.
(2) The metric system of weights
and measures prevails. The impor,
duties are levied specifically-that is,
on the gross weight in kilos-and
packages should be marked with the
net and gross weights in kilos. Tare
should be reduced to a minimum.
CD The import duties are rather
high and American exporters should
never quote prices duty paid. Ono
tenth Of the amount Of customs du-
ties Is payable IN government bones.
which are quoted at 20 per cent to ~
per cent below par. All large impor-
tiers take advantage Of this economy.
ca There Is direct steamship
weekly from New York. Shipments
can also Be made on through bills Of
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demand long credits in order to profit at
the expense of foreign firms. One or two
of the largest importers pay cash with
liberal discounts. The best source of
credit information and financial standing
of local firms Is the firm of Pombo Her
manos. bankers and importers, CORE
spondents for the National City Bank OF
New York.
Isl Packing and marking should con-
form strictly to the instructions Of the
importer. Goods of different dutiable
value should not be included in the same
package. because the whole will be as
sessed at the highest rate of duty. For
shipments intended for interior points
American exporters should request spe-
ciflc instructions as to size and weight
Of packages.
90 A list Of dealers Is included in the
Trade Directory of South America Ia
copy OF which may be obtained from the
Superintendent OF Documents. Govern
ment Printing Office, Washington. d. c..
for SD. II choice Is desired, the mat
ter should preferably be left to this con-
sulate. which has first-hand information
regarding all important local firms.
u0 Americas exporters who are with
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Merchants Are Hard Hit.

equipment throughout and uses Ameri-
can coal exclusively. The latest addition
to the list is the fannie extract factory
now being built at Cispata. at the mouth
of the Sinu River. The Cartagena Oil
Refining Company. one OF the best paying
propositions in Colombia. also has Amer
lean machinery exclusively.
Public works offer great possibilities to
American contracting firms, but the de-
pressed financial conditions have restrict
ed such Improvements. 1t seems certain
that much municipal work will be under
taken within a few years. but it Is prob
able that such undertakings can only be
accomplished with foreign money. 1t IS
quite natural to expect that the country
loaning the money will capture the con-
tracts. These contemplated improve
ments include paving. sewerage. port and
harbor improvements. public highways
and railways. American participation In
contracts such as those above would not
only strengthen the commercial bonds
that unite the two republics, but would
open the way for obtaining concessions.
remove the antipathy to American In
vestments. and promote q mutual better
understanding
Packing. marking shipping. ana
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lading from New Orleans with trans
shipment at Colon or Cristobal This
line is the United Fruit Company I'M
der the American flag. The transit
period from New York (via Kingston
and Colon) is nine days: from New
Orleans, approximately the same.
go The actual currency is incon-
vertible paper. The exchange rate
varies slightly, but 800 paper (called
pesos) is the equivalent Of 81 Ameri-
can gold Prices are uniformly quot
ed in American currency (oro .Ameri-
canoD.
90 Postage rates are those of the Pos
tai Union. Parcels must not exceed two
feet In length nor four feet In circumfer-
ence Short-paid letters are refused by
local importers. Catalogues are admit
ted duty free.
% Prior to the European war Euro
pean exporters granted six to nine
months credit to local importers. and
were caught for large sums. which they
have since been unable to collect. 1t Is
believed that the American custom of
shorter credits will prevail after the
European war Money earns as high as
: per cent q month here on good security.
and It seems unfair for local importers to
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rank among the imports. practically ali
manufactured articles are imported into
this district Certain products manufac-
tured locally and noted later in this re-
port either eliminate or reduce competi-
ton from foreign countries. and careful
note should be made of those lines. Sur
prising as it may seem, the imports Of
foodstuffs and food products are shut out
by a high import tariff that places thern
beyond the reach Of the masses; but
were it not for this prohibitive tariff such
goods would be eagerly purchased by all
classes as q variation from the native
diet.
The imports Of manufactures Of metals.
especially iron and steel, and machinery
are large, considering the retarded in
dustrial development Of the country. The
best factories in this district are equipped
with American machinery exclusively.
The list includes the local flour mill, ice
plants. cigarette factory, boot and shoe
factory. bakeries and hosiery and under
wear factory. while the only railroad in
the district-Colombia Railways Utd.),
from Cartagena to Calamar. managed by
Pineda Lopez q Co.-has American
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an annual affair and that It would
be perpetual.
knowing these things to be true
are you quite sure you want to pay
the price,"
Beer Il a Pure Food.
So far as the brewing companies are
concerned, it is certainly to their
credit that they manufacture a pure
food product conducive to health
That fact cannot be refuted.
few years ago the New York State
board of health caused about 500 sam
pies of malt liquors brewed in that
State TO be analysed chemically by
the State analyst. Not one Of the
large number of samples was found
to contain any deleterious substances
The verdict was that there was no
adulteration.
Senator McCumber. in the Congress
sional Record. is recorded as saying:
Il believe that we manufacture in this
country the purest beers that are
manufactured on the face of the earth.
and the fact that the brewers asso-
Citations are all in favor of this pure
food bill evidences the fact that they
are satisfied that they manufacture a
pure article"
The brewers take pride that. through
their national association. they were
among the earliest advocates of the
pure food law. They are pleased also
to be able to say that their brew
houses stand open to the public for
inspection. In fact. they would be
glad to have folks come in to see how
the prodYft is prepared; L. because So n1son in
" beer and malt liquors are brewed
would be more widely diffused, there
by killing off some foolish yarns of
the prohibitionist
Light Beers Find Favor.
The first beers introduced into the
United States were patterned after the
English ales. porter, and stout These
were strong beers, with about to I
per cent of alcohol Lager beers, as
originated in Germany, contain just
about half this amount of alcohol.
That is to say, the average German
lager beer contained about or 4 per
cent of alcohol. In the last two de-
cades the desire of English-speakinS
people for strong alcoholic drinks has
made way for a preference for lighter
alcoholic beverages. Nowadays in
England there may be found in great
quantity mild ales with about per
cent of alcohol. These have displaced
the strong ales and stouts of the
former periods by considerably more
than half of the output.
Following the same tendency in the
United States. the strong ales and
stouts of earlier days have, to con-
siderable extent. made way for the
mild lager beer.
Sterilization Insures Purity.
The Washington breweries have ex-
tensive bottling plants to take care
of a large amount of their product.
The beer is bottled in glass bottles
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merely washed, but scalded and thor
oughly sterilized before being used.
The bottles, before being filled, are
thoroughly sterilized by being washed
in caustic soda. And as if that were
not enough, when the beer is placed
in the bottles it is pasteurized by be-
ing run through hot water. which
would kill every germ which might
have escaped the warfare conducted
against it in the process of manu-
facture. The person who opens a bot
tie of beer is assured absolutely that
what he has before him is a product
absolutely free from germs. and per
fectly clean. 1t is also true that he
may know that he has before him the
only manufactured food article which
may be said to be absolutely clean"
Popularity of Beer.
in this country is a little over twenty
one gallons. the United States rank
ing fourth after Belgium. Germany.
and the United Kingdom in this re-
spect.
To ascribe this remarkable growth
in the consumption of beer in greater
part to the Germans, whose national
drink il is, would be a grave error.
II is well known that German immi-
grafton has. during the last quarter
of a century. dwindled down to
minimum. but the growth of beer
consumption continued during that
period without interruption. In the
face of the frenZied endeavors of
prejudiced temperance agitators to pic
ture beer as the arch enemy of man.
kind. leading to intemperance and
worse, this growth Is quite significant
1t shows that. unless legislation as
sumes an aspect bordering on insanity
1t. will become the national popular
drink of the American people-has in
truth already become so-and that the
moral force of the temperance move
ment cannot prevent it, Indeed. il 10
question whether IL does not con-
tribute toward IL. At any rate, it is
evident that the people, with the pro-
gress of civilization and the improve
ment of manners and customs. grad
ually turn from the strong alcoholic
drinks to the light ones. In a great
measure this is due to the excellence
of American beer in appearance. taste,
and quality. II is quite true. as Henry
Watterson recently said in the Louis
willie Courier-Journal: The introduce
ton of beer in America has done more
for temperance than all the temper
ance societies and all the prohibition
laws combined"
The experience of the past fifty
years has amply shown the falIacy
of the prohibition theory in general
As applied to beer In particular, IL
would not only be o mistake from
even the temperance point of view,
but would be an economic calamity.
Beer Is Aiding Temperance.
In this country, as in Sweden. Ho:-
land. and Belgium. and In Switzerland,
practical experiments have shown that
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| store. which was a credit to that Sec
| ton of the city, has been vacant ever
since and is now for rent.
''Flaherty's place, on Eleventh street,
was put out of commission some
months ago. He remodeled the store.
made extensive alterations and re-
pairs at an expense of about $4,000.
but has been unable to find a tenant
for his property even at a very low
rental 1t is doubtful if he is able to
get enough revenue out of the prop
erty to pay the taxes.
Temperance Worker Quits.
Everybody around the Navy Yard
knew Rollins, the grocer. at Eleventh
and NJ streets, who closed up on ac-
count of lack of business a short time
after prohibition hit the Navy Yard.
He was great temperance worker
and advocated prohibition at all times,
but when the wave came it hit him
as well as other business men and
they were all made to suffer on ac-
count of it. Having had a dose of
his own medicine it is doubtful if he
will ever again advocate prohibition
as he did once upon time. 1t is said
he lasted only about thirty days after
prohibition paralyzed the Navy Yard
Business LOSS of so Per Cent.
John J. Appich, of 1909 Eleventh
street, says business has deprecated
about so per cent since last Novem
Der, when the street went dry" His
receipts have dropped from an aver
age of s45 to $50 per day down to an
average of from SIS to 81 per day,
which is a loss of about 80 per cent.
He says there is not business man
around the Navy Yard that is doing
n L,
of business that he did before the
prohibition wave came along. After
having Two houses which he owns va
cant for eight months Mr.. Appich has
just managed to rent one of them by
making a material reduction in the
price of the rent
Would You Pay the Prfces
Referring to the situation as given
above and 10 what it would mean for
Washington to have prohibition, the
National Issue says. editorially:
Certain members of Congress are
specially anxious to pass a bill to
provide for prohibition for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Such a bill, if
passed, would not put the taxpayers
of the States to any extra expense
but it would create a deficit of at
least a million and a half dollars in
our local revenues which denclt would
be made up by an increased assess
ment on real estate and on all forms
of property, and the bill would have
to he paid by our local taxpayers.
The amount of each taxpayers share
would be between 20 and 80 per cent
more than he is paying at present.
so that each may easily figure out
the cost to himself of making this a
dry" District.
at should be borne in mind that
this increase in local taxes would be
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Of either pint or quart capacity and
| sterilized. This is accomplished by
| subjecting the beer to temperatures
, which destroy not only the yeast, but
varied micro-organisms.
From beginning to end all processes
! are carried on with the utmost care.
| The greatest vigilance is observed TO
| keep the brewery scrupulously clean
| in every nook and corner in order to
minimize the danger of infection to
which the beer might be exposed. q.
In all countries the main materials
| for producing beer are barley malt
and other cereal grains, hops, yeast,
| and water
In this country particularly, un-
matted starchy ma terials are invari-
ably used to replace 4 portion of our
malts on account of their excessive
richness in albuminous matter. This.
it may be pointed out, is one of the
most scientific and valuable. develop
ments in modern beer brewing.
The taste Of the American. public is
for a beer pale in color, bright or
transparent in appearance, which has
pronounced hop flavor and bitter taste.
possesses mellowness and Availability
and when served in the glass has
creamy white, lasting foam, that clings
to the side of the glass. leaving
ring for every sip taken. Another
type differs from this in being dark
in color, with pronounced malt flavor.
rather more sweet in taste and
stronger brewed. There is no more
alcohol in il than in the other
Sanitary Brewing Methods.
Mr. II. E. Barnard, State food and
drug commissioner of Indiana. pays a
striking tribute to the cleanliness and
wholesomeness of American brewing
methods as contrasted with dairy proc
eSseS.
The milk and butter men of In
diana ought to go in n body and visit
the breweries of this or other States"
said Mr.. Barnard. ''in order to see
how clean a food-producing establish
ment may be made. The breweries. IN
order TO protect their trade, have been
compelled to resort to the cleanest
and most sanitary methods of produc-
ton, until il Is now a fact that the
cleanest and most sanitary food on
the market. as food is defined by the
Indiana law. is beer. The trade in
this article has been fraught with so
much opposition that the manufac-
turers have resorted to cleanliness. as
an advertising feature. and they have
made it pay. Then, too. the product
of the brewery is a perishable article
of exceedingly short life unless II is
properly prepared and cared for until
it is consumed.
1T is in the breweries that SANTA
ton has been brought to as nearly
perfect condition as Is possible in a
food producing establishment. The
water used in the material is all GIs-
titled. The hops and malt are abso-
lutely clean before being permitted
to enter into the manufacturing pro-
cess. The watts. pipes, &c, are not
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legislation directed against alcohol
ism is of no effect, without tolerancs
and encouragement of the mildSr
Standardization indeed IL has but re-
suited in magnifying and intensifyins
the evil. And in this wise policy We
mark the growth of that true tenn
perance idea by which our country is
now in this very forefront of sober
nations.
Since the civil war and the almost
coincident setting up of the internal
revenue system, the production and
consumption of beer in this country
have been truly astounding. To make
this point clear are a few tabular
figures. noting Herewith that the pro-
duction of 1863 the first year of in
ternal revenue) was but ss5,272 bar
rels. and taking only the statistics
since 1900:
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Beer Is Aiding Temperance

In this country, as in Sweden, Hos
land. and Belgium. and In Switzerland,
practical experiments have shown that
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lOtdI Sfobp,JvU
These figures are as accurate as
pOSSibleN and are not far from being
Il absolutely correct. What source of
revenue has the prohibitionist to pro-
vide to save the taxpayer from the
loss of this immense revenue? II
would be necessary to provide the
revenue. every one must admit that.
and in some way or another the tax
payer would eventually have to foot
the bill.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-07
PLENTY OF APPLICANTS FOR
LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS

Pierre. S. D., Jan. 2.-Charles w.
Gardner Of Hand. candidate for chief
clerk Of the house, is the first arrival
of candidates for Legislative prefer
ment, for the 1915 session, of the South
Dakota legislature, which convenes
mere at noon next Tuesday. Reports
Indicate the usual plethora OF session.
JOB seekers who will swarm the cap
itol within the next few days. 1t is
said that r. L.. Nordness, reported as
active candidate for the chief clerk
ship of the house is at present a citizen
OF Minnesota and has never had his
hat in the ring. Gardner claims to have
a majority of the republicans lined up
for him.
The friends of C. A. Christopherson
or Minnehaha are asserting that he
controls the republican caucus for
peaker and barring unforeseen devel-
opments will be the next chairman. 1T
Is understood, however, that P. j.
given up the fight n that j.. G.. Nc
Farland of Watertown has expressed
himself as a tentative candidate, pro-
V1ded the legislators am agree on
one of the other two.
w. w. Van Camp Of Highmore, the
1913 secretary of the senate. seems to
have things sewed up for this session,
with no announced adversary. w. r.
Patterson. of kingsbury wants to be
an assistant secretary. j. H. Wooley,
of Highmore is said to have switched
the position of house bill clerk. c. A.
Alseth OF Lake Preston is out for
first assistant clerk, and r. d. DeX-
heimer of Pierre n Perry Peters of
Aberdeen are contrasting over the
second assistants position.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-07
COUPLE ACCUSED OF
WORKING BIG GRAFT

New York, Jan. 2.-Frances II. Grit
fin. an attorney. and his wife, Clara II.
Griffin, who are under federal indict-
mont on the charge of having defraud-
ed acquaintance of high social stand
ing out OF between $300, 900 and S400, 900.
were brought back from Colorado
Springs, yesterday, whence they fled
about a month ago, forfeiting bail
bonds of $4,000. They We're locked up
in the Tombs.
The pair We're at first thought to
have fled to Canada. but they were To-
Gated through wide search instituted
by the federal authorities.
The Griffins We're arrested last Man
in Groton. Mass. Mrs. Griffin operated
n st~cnographic bureau in New York
city and it was charged that through
representations that the bureau had OBJ
tanned large contracts Tor government
~stenographic work. the couple obtained
large ums from lawyers. judges, mem
bers of clubs to which Griffin belonged,
and several women, giving their notes
therefor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-07
COURT UPHOLDS VALIDITY
OF LEE RANKIN WILL

Sioux Falls, S, D., Jan. 4.-One stage
of n of the most interesting will con
test cases ever befort the courts Of
South Dakota has been determined by
a decision Just rendered by Judge
Medin, of the probate court in Sioux
Falls, in which ne upholds the validity
of the will of the late Jason Lee Rankin
and o%yerrules the objections raised by
brothers and sisters of the deceased
to the probate of the will.
The contest has attracted a great
deal OF attention on account of the
prominence of the deceased and on
account of the large amount of prop
ert~ involved, the estate being worth
considerably more h a 100000. ia
son Lee Rankin die at San Diego, Cal,
in May, 1918. Hc left considerable
property. consisting of government
bonds and other personal effects in
the state of South Dakota. His will,
leaving all his property to his wife,
Lillian Rankin. was found in his safe
ty deposit box in Sioux Falls and was
probated in June. 1913, by the probate
court of Minnehalaa county. He left
no real estate in South Dakota, but
owned large tracts of land in Missis-
sipni and in Virginia.
On June 16. 1919. after the will had
been allowed by the Minnehaha county
court, the brothers and sisters of the
deceased instituted contest proceedings
claiming hat he testator was incom
potent at the time of making the will