Evening journal., 1919-10-27
AMERICAS UNITED BY
CANAL, BISHOP SAYS
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sisgger one Every form Of potential
wealth with which the Creator has en-
dowed any continent is there In IN
measured abundance. with the one
notable exception Of coal
Return TO Bolivia. There are al The
minerals whose wealth we sometimes
1 imagine is the peculiar treasure Of our
own nation. There and IN all the
Eculdorian and Peruvian and Chilean
Andes lie gold and silver enough IL
meet all The coinage and commercial
uses OF the world for another 1--WE hun
/ drcd years al least. In Northern Chile
are the most immense deposits OF low
grade copper In the world. Tho Gug-
genheim Syndicate has been working 0
mine there for more than twenty years
declaring huge dividends, because thert
is enough silver in the copper ore ia
pay all the cost Of mining. transpOrla-
ton and smelling, leaving the copper
clean profit TO the company mining and
shipping IT, The same syndicate is now
completing the largest copper mining
outfit in the world at a place called
! Chucucumatta, near Antofagasta, just
south OF lqulqui, not far from Calela
Bucna on the West Coast. II am thus
definite in locating It for the benefit
OF those who might wish TO write TO
friends there) II has already cost over
100000 to install all the machinery,
build the railways TO The coast, con-
siruct the private shipping docks with
their own electric power and all OF the
most modern facilities fer handling i'm
mense eargOes of ore and Of commercial
stun On the returned empty trip. The
nitrate mines OF the Chilean coast are
| the wonder OF the world In richness
and in supplying need nowhere else
so bOunteousiy met as there-lhe need
| for fertilizer and for explosives.
"The. fertility Of the soil and the
richness Of the grazing and ITicultural
sections like those I'm Argentine, Urn-
quay and Brazil, as we'll as the valleys
OF the Andean and Sub-Andean plateau
| fully equal any soil resources OF The
simply no possibility OF Over-statlng
varied North American states. There IS
the richness Of Argentina and Brazilian
soils. And in the long run II will be
found In South America as In North
America that the resources OF the soil
are far more vast than those OF the
mines or the forests on the abundance
OF the seas that bound rs both on both
frOniages. lt Is the land that makes a
nation permanently rich and perma-
nenily strong.
For four hundred years Europe has
had the trade with South America.
That was TO have been expected. The
people there came far across the At
lantic All their familiarity with inn
plemcnts and clothing and art was
European acquaintance. Furthermore.
we were so busy opening up our own
great continent that we could neither
spare the young men nor the capital
needed 10 open up and sustain large
commercial relations with other lands
we did not need room IN other lands
for our youth we had freed land We
had an expanding manufacturing in
lerest even when all the factory out
put was practically taken by our OWN
nationals here at home But that con
ditiOn Is now at an end. We have no
more free land that call 10 the pioneer
to come and fell It's trees and Tear open
its rich nrarics And our factory out
put has long since passed the limit OF
American buying power Foreign mar
kets are now a necessity II we are 10
keep our youth employed at home, and
foreign emigration may begin 10 ilow
outward as we steadily MI up the ma
tion Of our love and pride
south America must be held In mind
as one Of the most promising CONNER
cial fields for North Americans.
a. Because the buying power Of lie
people Is out OF all proportion TO their
numbers. They are rich Argentina
r the richest nation per capita I'm the
world. China has i00n00.00O. but China's
millions have a very low buying power,
and that will not lifi rapidly. When an
Argentina or a Brazilian or a Colon
hian ranchm3n sells nflecn irainloads
of Fat cattle in day. and has several
more such consienmcnls In his ranch
lots. IL Is a matter of indifference TO
him whether he pays $50 for a sult OF
clothes or $500. In fact 10 often seems
10 tickle his Spanish fancy TO have u
known that he pays a long price for
whatever he purchases 70 sheds bit
Of reflected glory on The great ranch
man go have his 3rduantances quote
his magniflcenco in The matter Of buy
ing expensive goods. on all the markets
in the world as have seen q there is
no place where cheap goods IND a
poorer market. They want the best and
do not haggle about prices.
so. Because they have no manufac-
turers OF their own The lack OF a sup
lply of coal not only prevents that line
( Of activity at present, but viii likely
prevent II until some invention renders
ms indcpendcnl Of fuel. All that they
use. all that they wear, and all OF their
manufactured goods must come from
somewhere outside OF South America.
g Because South america IS The one
portion OF the world where there is Ger
/ tain 10 be sudden and solid increases
I in white populations in the near fu-
lure. Asia is packed with humanity. ]
have lived in the East during thirteen
years Of my life. ami ,he only way to
ret any more people into India or China
or lava Is to Chris.ianize them so that
their superstitions regarding The peril
of breaking new land and opening up
mines viii pass away. But SCUM
America has the room and the fertility
Of soil and variety and kindliness OF
climate and the easy accessibility 10 an
the congested portions OF tue world
which will certainly give her me lead
in rapid increase in population IN me
near tomorrow OF the world
Great increases in our trade Win
south America were noted before the
war. Since then il has been limited
chiefly by the scarcity OF tonnage. The
immediate future is certain to be flled
/ with cast opportunities. We should
teach our youth Spanish and Po-tu-
E. I In, IN =