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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-04

Roger w. Babson, The Suns" Special
investigator, Tells Of the Wonder.
tul Opportunities That Await
Americans in This Strickland

v. slavery in any form whatsoever
In strictly prohibited.
10. The invio,ability OF the home
Is guaranteed by the Constitution 70
all residents in Chile. as also the in.
volatility Of letters and documents
since 1880 up to the present day
,hiie mas undergone only two revolu-
lions, one IN 1851 and the other IN
'e"o' That the Government Is stable
seems to be proved Ivy the fac, that
mus far the interest on loans and
state bonds hls rccsiycd punctua
attention.
\ night and day from Ar,ca
brought us to Antofagasta. the ,ermi.
nus OF the other railway from bolivia.
Here We found a considerable town.
but no sheltered harbor. In spite OF
this. however. much commerce is car
ried on.
AS In most Of these South Ameri-
can towns. the streets cross at RICH,
angles, and here they are broad.
There are telegraph and cable con-
nections. gas lights. a mule car line
ana IRE companies. Hero are also
TWO silver smelling works. one OF
which is the largest in Chile. and nj
trate works.
At the present time business is bet
ter in AntofayaSta than in any other
west coast city. This probably Ia be-
cause II has more diversified inter-
ests. Most people in Chic have
sought the nitrate mines and neg
lected manufacturing and agricul.
turc. For this reason. believe that
great opportunities exist here to-day
FOR manufacturing
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: by Underwood Underwood
In the Andes, vicinity of Los Coracales. Chile.

Here j. n rich, compact lltt.e coun-
try. doout twice ~ large as cali
fornla. with only 3.oC0.0u0 peupic al
most without industries of any kind.
Instead of trying to sell goods in
Chile | should go down there and
manufacture them Almost any line
vii do. Ready made clothing would
be good one To start with. Under
clothing OF any kind. drugs, soap and
in fact anything that enc does or
should use ought to be good also.
am told that stove factory
would pay. Chile has coal, but very
few people have stoves. the older
generation Wa, trained To- go without
artificial heat in winter. aud 1t sh!veis
from June 70 September. The younger
people. however. are now insisting on
having more comforts. Hence the de-
mand for heating appliances.
Articles difficult to ship from the
United States and Europe should also
be profitable To manufacture here in
Chile. | have in mind furniture, which
is too bulky to ship. Chile has beau
tiful woods Of all kinds and yet thy
wooden bed in which | slept last night
was made in Germany.
Another suggestion IN this line is
gas. 1t happens that the genial
president of the pittsburE Pate Glass
Company is one of our party and
had the room next TO me last night
here at the Grand Hotel, IN Santiago.
! asked him:
lis there any reason why glass cam
not be made in Chile?'
NO" he replied. provided tAe out
put IL sufficient 10 make "A mill pay
Dynamite. powder ana other eX-
plosives should he manufactured in
Chile. Here j. .ne halnc and source
of the words nitrate, the .asis of
most explosives. Here among lh'
mining camps OF South America is +"
great market for explosives. Yet
to-day the nitrate If taken from here
10 America and Europe, where i VS.
made into dynamite, which at ~r"i.I
risk IL shipped back again here to
Chile. 4iolivia and Peru. IL seems as
II some enterprislng Yankee could
easily become D. Pont OF South
America, although the Du Pont peo-
ME of New Jersey already have large
interests here.
cap,tal to start all these things. Chile
at present Il no poor mans country
Don't confe down here ualess you have
CAPITA. Don't come down to get a
job unless you have enough to board
YOU for a year while you study Span
ish and learn the customs or the poo
pie. have already been stopped on
the street by three stranded Ameri-
cans who were begging for funds by
which to return home to Gods coun-
try"
Before passing on to another sub
iect let me repeat four reasons given
to me why Chile possesses good OPP
portunities for manufacturing,
I. The nature OF It's territory, which
permits of easy access to the sen from
any of its centres. and the linking w
Of the latter by the longitudinal rail-
way. which win shortly % cempieted
| and which win unite the extreme
| ncrth with the part furthsst south oi
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only chile had noticeable lnmig ra-
ton, but European capital was glad to
provide, the strength where native
arms had the ambition TO undertake
material improvements.
Thus the feeling that Europe was
a friendly neirhbor grew BY an un-
interrupted Intercourse after independ-
ence was declared. The United States.
on tho other hand removed rs Il was
in a geographical sense, and failing 10
Keep up d foreign commerce while It's
own Interior resources were being 70
marve!lousiy developed. fell away
from an intimacy established In earlier
days"
Thus there II IN South America a
close affinity to ell European stand
ards The people do not know Ameri-
cans so we'll. they are willing to well
come with an honest and open mind
any Yankee who comes TO them, hut
he must prove his purpose 10 be sin
cere. Europe "a already IN Chile The
United states had l!ttle to do with the
commercial prosperity OF Latin Amer
tea, Hence no markets OF South
America however vast their consum-
'Hh p'"'', 'o'' oe 'ta''N" ON! ny an
UNDERSTANDING Snat Europe - great
'"'iIeutoi anu that manufacturers
- l'e "',eu Sa.eS "'us' meet EURO
p'"" ''""u"' "e IL N'eN axe 20 oo'd''
Wy euV's IN SCUM america Tor
""''' '"cs noPe' ~ ~ 'ne ta'Iufe TO
grasp conditions OF this nature that
''a' men
- " ''' '"0 '"''
~ ,, ,.
r,,,a, So l., 49, i'o" .ne
- -, IN no NV "a VOC
,,a cn,,,ts, ..,,,a,,, I.o 'p
a,, o.a, a,,,.',,a, '"'. wv
and .ha,. -, ,.,a vs.. pe"p'o
60 10 h,,s,.ass 49,, wv, ,'p.."s
so,osr,o, en- ~ I,,i,.a 49, =,
No, ,ba,, 90, bo,,o,,s,, ~
,,,or,.o,s ,,o,, -, ,,,
hos, III, ,,,. -, ,,, ~ az" ."o
,ha,. cnn'o ,aro ~ =. ,o " W. ""en
club. and so be entitled IN mao, Tho
better class OF residents These will
/ always be found gracious and friendly
( TO n stranger apnroachine then In
, the RICH, way. one thing more. have
/ your statesmen bring their wivcs a,or~
| with them,
! Santiago, named nv Val6iy,o FOR Tho
/ patron saint OF Spain. IS abor, s,xtv
miles from Valparaiso. boil eva # has
/ the fines, site I'm South Anorlca ox.
! ccpting perhaps that OF RIO dc In
Metro.
/ When Naliivia came down to this
region To complete the conquest OF this
| southern mart ~ tho ,rnnlra % ,ba
Incas ne chose great rock rising out
OF the plain on the banks OF a noun
tain torrent, and here he built a fort.
Later he was for a long time besieged
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Copyright BY Underwood 4 Underwood.


winch IN Its preparation is drawn OFT
from the nitrate into crucible, ~ then
chemically treated. poured into smaller
pans. and on cooling leaves on the dish
blue crystal, the Iodine OF commerce.
which costs az much per ounce as salt
petre per 100 pounds. The casks in
Nhith u Is placed are covered with
green hides. which shrink and keep out
Inc moisture. Worth $40" 10 $500
'ask. me lnG!ne IS shipped IN the treas
"re Ndu''s with nuI!!oh' About ~ pr
'h'. "t the nitrate goes 10 Germany
5V per cent. 10 the United states, 70
per cent. TO France and the rest to
Great britain and Belgium.
MOS estimates seem 10 agree that
the nitrate fields may last for $50 years.
II" export duty or royalty which the
Chiloan Government levies gives
large annual revenue, ard !s indeed the
financial ma.nstay Of the republic. en-
aiding direct taxation 10 be fixed at
a low figure. However, II is a ques-
ton whether Chile would Hot be better
off In the long run without these nj
trate fields, which Peru claims Chile
stole from her. for they are cultivated
to the neglect of agriculture and man
ufactur!ng.
When Peru owned them they proved
to he the source OF more evil than good
because they brought such large sums
into the treasury that military adven-
turers wanted share, and thus revo-
buttons were made more frequent
However, az the nitrates are part Of
the capital OF the country which will
some day he exhausted. It would Ger.
tainly he wise for Chile to expend a,
least the greater part OF the revenue
from thom in creating other indus
tries.
After sailing for 1900 miles along
barren desert coast, with only an
occasional green spot like africa, it
was good indeed to approach the next
zone oi NHi'e' anu 'he port OF val
p'r"'s"' l'Ent'! name" me Nale OF
al 'e'' az u'u Ell. from
Ih' "eS'r' ''E'oh on hei HrS' WISH 10
Haut'dso' VINO 'Nc'a''''"u' as we were
'o."' i''cS' 'rr'S' every "here' trdSS
GROWING III t'i'K mat ana nunureds
VI no" r'N' y per t''' pa'au'S''
ms ''' E'H' anu busiest po'l on IN"
:" ny coast "' '"u'h america haS
no h",por, ana SOMETIMES storms
maxi 'ahu'nS very ol'l'u''' put
preaN"','r ~ IN PROCESS %, cohStrn'-
,'oh' anu '"eS 'e'' US 'na' '"ere II no
.uIsr' III SI.li.',rr an, why. nr',,'li-
per'hk ''l't repruarS ~ summer mere
we are ,on,en''
rms n'r"or cerualniy IL nusy
pihce' pelhS next 10 oah francisco IN
nnpor"h.e, Nn,para'So. WIN popu-
'"''oh OF NoU,oVo' ~ 'no "ho!esale
o oen OF SnI,e' eah'Iaso elainns
.vo'ooo ana 10 the great reta'l centre
mere nre anout twenty uhi'eu states
eitiHehs IN Valparaiso ana ABOUT TWO
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ny ROGER ". pApsoN.

EAVlNG Mollendo. Peru, and
sailing two nights and a day
to our next port, africa, in the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
SPRING OR FALL PLANTING
Matter of Moment Over Which Ex.
perts Have Disagreed for a
Great Many Years.

Among horticulturists in Illinois
there is a keen dispute as to whether
spring or fall planting of fruit trees
is better. The preponderance of tes-
timony is in favor of spring planting.
But, for all of that, some of the fall
planted trees succeed well; and often
it is much more convenient to plant in
the fall than in the spring. 1t is the
belief of the writer that a person
sending to a nursery in the early fall
for a certain tree is more likely to
get that tree than in the spring, be-
cause the variety desired is more like
ly not to have been all sold out. The
disadvantage of fall planting is that
the roots are covered by loose dirt
and the roots freeze harder than they
would in the ground from which they
are dug. Fall planted fruit trees
should have the dirt heaped quite high
above the roots, and, after the ground
is partly frozen, some litter should be
scattered about the roots Of the tree
and tramped down hard to keep mice
from working in it and gnawing bark
of the young tree. Horse manure is
good for this purpose and will often
cause the frost to penetrate the ground
only lightly.-Chicago Daily News.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
Home bwn
MUST NOT BE USED ALONE
But Cement Plaster May Be Made
Quite Artistic When Employed
With Wood Trimmings.

A h~omebuilder purposing to use CO.
ment plaster for the exterior over
ing of his new house, will obtain bet
ter results in the completed building
II, before beginning operations, he
acquaints himself with the peculiari-
ties and possibilities Of cement plas-
ter.
Used understandingly and properly,
It is an ideal covering; otherwise it
may prove most undressing and IN
satisfactory.
Cement accentuates poor design
more than do most other materials;
consequently care in design is essen
tial. Unusual structural features
should be avoided; beauty of line and
proportion will furnish the principal
medium for decorative qualities.
Cement is apt to be colorless and
monotonous if used alone; it is at
its best when combined with other
materials.
Used with wood trimmings, it is ex-
tremely pleasing, and makes possible
attractive window arrangements. Ce-
ment has q peculiar quality of reflect
ing the color of materials used with
it. With trimmings of brown, the
plaster takes on a brownish tint, while
green trimmings give to it a tone of
green.
White trimmings for cement houses
are rarely effective, unless set off by
green blinds.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
Mary Anderson-

Madame de Navarro, the Mary An
derson of other days, who made her
debut as a sixteen-year-old Juliet at
Macaulay's theater, Louisville, and
who withdrew from the stage upon
her marriage many years ago, has
long made her home in England, at a
quaint little village in Worcestershire.
The other day she appeared as Juliet
for a charitable purpose, the occasion
being just forty years after her debut.
Her home is within easy driving dis
lance of Standardization, which
she first visited when eighteen years
old. Even then she resolved, it is
said, to make her home in the land of
Shakespeare. 1t was in the middle
eighties, when her photograph was in
great demand and sold everywhere in
England as we'll as in the United
States by the thousand.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
USE BRUSH IN THE KITCHEN
Vegetables Cleaned With That lmpIe-
ment May Be Served With AS
suranee Of Perfect Safety.

One of the best ways to wash vege-
tables is to provide yourself with a
stout littlo brush, which should be
kept in a convenient place by the
sink. With this you will find the
work of washing the vegetables will
be made a great deal easier. Then
there is something that Ger
house brushes of all kinds. When
they are in need of cleaning. put tepid
water into a pan. suffi cient in quantity
to cover the bristles of the brush, but
not to reach the backs, which perhaps
would be injured by the water. Add
to the water three tablespoonfuls OF
ammonia for each quart of water, then
put the brushes in to soak for ten
minutes. Rinse them well in cold wa.
ter and set them to dry, with bristles
downward. In washing hair brushes.
be careful not to use soap. Instead,
dissolve a piece of soap in warm wa
ter and allow the bristles of the brush
to stand In the water. The bristles
VIII become white and clean. When
allowed to dry you will find that the
bristles will be just as stiff and firm
as ever they were and the backs OF
the brushes will not have been hurt
by soap getting down into the places
where the bristles are set into the
backs. An old tooth brush is a pretty
good thing to save. 1t may often be
found very useful in the kitchen
around cleanup times. in getting into
little inches where ordinary brush
or cloth would not reach.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
Plant More Acacias,

While the aspiring eucalypt largely
dominates the landscape views of the
valleys and foothills there is no family
of trees better fitted to the demands
of the public or private parks or cot
tage dooryard than the varied and
variable acacias. Whether in flower
or wearing their quiet summer dress
of grayish or blush green all bear a
sufficiently shade yielding head that
marks them as desirable subjects for
building attractive and comfortable
places of rest in all classes of gar
dens. During the summer days, when
"all round the languid air doth swoon.'
the value of these plant emigrants
from the antipodes can be appre-
ciated, for during the long, hot days,
though they both hunger and thirst,
they fail not,-Exchange.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20

has been domesticated and raised for market.
Today, in Mexico, many of the quaint customs
then in vogue are still kept alive. And so it is
that the purchaser of today may select his choice
OF a fowl in the village street. Or, If he prefers.
the vender will bring it alive to his door for in
%spection, fresh from the farm.
North of the Rio Grande the turkey was equally
well known and treasured. The celebrated expe-
diton of Coronado, between 1927 and 1547, pene-
trated this unexplored region west of the Missis-
stppi. His explorations were chiefly in what is
today Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, the home
OF the clif-dwelling Indians Of the Southwest. In
all the Indian villages, according to those early
explorers. turkeys were to be found, both wild
and domesticated.
From America the turkey has spread to be a
world favorite. But the fact that today the tur-
key is considered a delicacy in so many lands is
due to human agencies, and not to the turkey
itself. Slow of movement and deliberate both
in beginning fight and in the choice of its alight-
ing, the turkey unaided would never have become
known outside its native habitat.
Cortes, in one of his famous letters written
about 1913, mentions the turkey. He carried
specimens of the bird to Spain in 1920. where
they came into immediate popularity, and the
breeding of turkeys soon became established. 1t
was then that the turkey became known as
"pavos,' on account of his relationship to the
peacock, which was then called 'pavo real'-the
fowl of kings.
IL d d lOnS time before the turkey reached
France, as far as can be learned from history,
for the first turkey eaten there was at the wed.
ding of Charles TX and Elizabeth of Austria,
June %, 1870, or so years after Spain had first
tasted the bird. The turkey supplied for the
wedding came from somewhere in the American
wilderness"
It's introduction into England seems to have
been in 1924. But, whenever II was, it soon came
into popular favor and was given such local
names as Black Norfolk and Large Cambridge.
1t is an interesting fact that these descendants
of the parent stock were carried back again
across the Atlantic ocean to New England, where.
crossed with the original turkey already there.
they began the breed that has spread from one
end of the country to the other.
AS in this country, the turkey has come to be
looked upon elsewhere as a holiday feast attrac.
ton.
In the early colonial days turkeys were still
abundant in Massachusetts. the rest of New Eng
land. Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas and
Florida; while in the last named states the tur.
key is still found as a native wild fowl, although
in greatly decreased numbers.
But a short distance from Richmond is a small
island inhabited by a tribe of Indians. the Pamun.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
Ideal City Has go.

Cities that are using all legitimate
efforts, and even some efforts that can
not be so described, to climb to a
slightly higher rank in the census list,
may be interested to know that Ebe-
nezer Howard, an English authority
on city planning, places the maximum
population of the ideal city at about
$4,000, depending somewhat on the
size of the component families.
Increase in population should be
provided for, he thinks, by building
another city near by. Mr.. Towards
ideal city covers 5000 acres, of which
about half is cultivated, the other half
being occupied by streets and build.
ings.-Literary Digest.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
CASSEROLE A GOOD FRIEND
Especially Valuable in Its Usefulness
In the Making Over of Joints of
Preceding Days.

When the making over of cold
meats into warm dishes is in question
consider the casserole. BY it's use
even the smallest scraps of meat, veg
etables, sauces and gravies can be
used up. Not a spoonful of anything
edible need go to waste.
When the Sunday joint of roast beef
has been served hot and then cold
make a delicious lunch or supper of
the remains If there is insufficient for
a dinner. In the bottom of the casse.
role put sliced potatoes, a carrot and a
couple of onions, small, chopped. and,
If on hand, a few mushrooms. Over
this pour the gravy left from the meat,
or, If this has been thrown away. add
water seasoned with pepper and salt.
Put on the and bake in a slow
oven for an hour. Half an hour be-
fore serving lay the cold meat on top
of the vegetables, replace the cover,
and continue the baking.
Cold roast Of lamb will prove a very
tasty dish cooked in a casserole with
peas. The peas placed in layers in
the casserole alternately with slices
of the lamb. The liquor in which the
peas were boiled is thickened and
poured over, the casserole being set in
the oven until the meat has heated
through. Served with mashed pota-
toes, an appetizing meal is the re.
suit. When cold peas ar other vege.
tables are on hand a white sauce can
be poured over, or any gravy that may
be available. The liquor from the
peas is not absolutely necessary,
though it adds to the nutriment of the
dish.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
TonsiIs and rheumatism DANGEROUS.

rheumatism in its many forms is
according to a famous British special.
list, the most dangerous disease with
which physicians have to deal. more
dangerous than even tuberculosis, a
Ger or blood disease. He notes that
70 per cent OF young patients who are
the victims of acute rheumatism also
suffer from diseased tonsils. and as.
serts that rheumatism affecting
young children or adolescents leaves
mitral stenosis contraction of the mi.
trail valve of the heart) as it's most
frequent and Gripping ~valvular affec.
ton"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
Cuban Stew.

Four pounds mutton, one cupful oil.
one car tomatoes. eight medium.sized
onions, one can peas. one can mush,
rooms, eight good-sized potatoes,
tablespoonful salt and pinch of pep.
per. Put olive oil in bottom of kettle,
add tomatoes and onions sliced. then
mutton cut in pieces large enough to
serve. then salt and pepper. Cover
closely and simmer three hours, Then
add potatoes cut in halves, and when
they are cooked add peas and mush,
rooms, both drained from liquor in
the cans. When peas and mushrooms
have been heated, thicken the whole
and serve.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
Lemon Gun Cake.

one-half cupful butter, one cupful
sugar, grated rind and juice of one-
half lemon, four eggs, one and one.
fourth cupfuls of pastry flour. one.
fourth t%easpoonful salt, one-fourth
teaspoonful soda.
Cream the butter and sugar, add
the lemon juice and grated rind and
the yolk of the eggs. Sift together
the salt. flour and soda. Add this mix
ture to the other and when thoroughly
mixed fold in the stifiy beaten egg
whites. Bake in small tins.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
PoSTScRlPTS

Japan will build at Tokyo an astro-
nomical observatory the equal in size
and completeness of anything in the
United States or Europe.
An attachment has been invented to
be snapped over skate n TO per-
NIT a person to walk over the ground
without removing his skates
Electric locomotives have been built
for a German railroad having heavy
grades that draw loads of 230 tons at
a speed OF AZ miles ar hour.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
G%ATHERED-UP FACTS

Under British rule alone there are
more than $4,000. 900 jewellers in the
tropics.
Experiments have shown that paper
pulp can be economically made from
the stalks of the millet that grows
~proli1cally in Manchuria.
Investigation in Germany has shown
that the partridge eats the seeds OF
many noxious weeds and insects de-
structive to plant life. therefore de-
serves protection.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
Scarlet Fever and MIX.

Scarlet fever is practically unknown
In the tropics and doctors say this is
because so little fresh milk is drunk
there. The streptococcus. which oc-
ours in large quantities in most raw
milk is always present In scarlet fever
and experts see In that a cause and
effect.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
sIIaht NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Lady Shopper lin dry goods store)
Let me look at your lightweight un-
derwear, please.
New Clerk-Excuse me, ma'am, but
I've had the grippe for several weeks,
and I'm still wearing my 1annels.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20

Vice-Consul Caspar l.. Dreier of
Singapore notes that cocoanut plant.
Ing is rapidly coming into prominence
as a staple rather than a subsidiary
industry throughout British North
Borneo.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
To Clean Ceiling.

When the ceiling above the gas let
has become darkened from heat or
smoke, apply a layer OF starch and wa.
ter with a piece Of flannel. Let 1t dry
and then brush of lightly with q
brush. No mark will remain