The sun., 1919-05-12
HURLEY BOARD ALLOTS 1873
SHIPS FOR SOUTH AMERICA
Commodious Fast Passenger Vessels Also to Be Pro-
vided-Regular Saiings From All Leading
Ports Assured.

cargoes OF our ships. Formerly the
chocolate went from Guayaquil to Ger
many and then back to the United
States, carried in German bottoms both
ways. Ivory nuts, the raw material
for the button industry, were carried in
he same way.
Furniture Market waiting.
Moro than a million dollars worth of
furniture IL imported annually by the
west coast countries Of South America
Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia-and
there Is to be a increase as soon as
normal conditions are restored. A re-
port issued recently by the bureau of
foreign and domestic. commerce. Depart
ment OF Commerce, states that great
many of the inhabitants have accumu-
lated money during the war and that
they will buy high grade, very ornate
furniture as soon as they can get IL.
Chile is the best market for furniture
on the west coast and the styles de-
maaded range from the simplest pat
terms to highly ornate Louis XVI. de-
signs, which are most admired. The
best grades OF Louis XVI. furniture sell
for $500 to $4,000 n suite. Marble
tops are insisted upon for many pieces.
During the pest decade santa, ION in
Chile has made great progress. e Is
estimated that $1,000 fixtures. including
enameled and porcelain bath tubs. water
closets and lavatories, are imported an
nually. There has also been a steady
demand for heating installations, hot
| water being the system most favored.
With the development OF its hydraulic
| power the central section of Chile may
| become great manufacturing centre.
nf
plication OF American talent and the use
OF Chilean labor, good returns may be
| had
Peru Enriched by War.
The time Is ripe in Peru for the sale
of construction materials. The country
has entered upon a period Of prosperity.
Tho Government Is progressive. The war
has enriched the Peruvians who, a little
| uncertain how to invest their gains, are
In many instances buying up lands and
old houses and are preparing TO rebuild
with modern structures possessing all
| sanitary conveniences.
| The financial condition Of the Peru
Wan Government has been greatly i'm
proved, the income having increased
more than 80 per cent. the result being
that work has been commenced on sew
eral new public buildings, and it Is ex-
pected that work on others will follow
soon.
Impetus Is being added to this activity
by the fact that on July rs. 1921. the
centennial Of the independence of Peru
will be celebrated, and it Is proposed 10
have finished by that time the judicial
Palace, the Legislative Palace, the Arch
bishops Palace, the Model Jail. the Pre-
lecture. an orphan asylum and hospital
for women
Some OF the products that may be
readily sold in Peru are yellow pine and
Douglas Ar. which will find a market In
Peru so long as the native forests oil
the country remain undeveloped. The
United States furnished the largest share
Of structural steel and Portland cement
In 1916 we furnished SO per cent. OF
the weight and 80 per cent of the value
| OF window glass. England and Germany
have led in supplying paints and paint
materials. Paint materials coming from
the United States generally have been
higher in price than those from England
and the Continent.
Passenger Service Soon.
Plans now under consideration con-
template a real passenger service ir
every sense of the word to ports oil
South America. Ships to be built espe'
cialy for this service will be fast. COM
modious and offer every comfort or lux
ury OF travel afforded In transatlantic
liners.
The following extract from a report
to the Shipping Board on this subject
gives the view OF an expert who ha,
given the matter close study:
III the United States Is to furnish
It's business men with comparable IA
cilIties and thus enable them TO maintain
their place in South American trade II
will be necessary for 1t to initiate a
liner service of its own. equal in every
respect or superior to the liner services
OF other nations.
"Such a service could be offered by
ships OF $4,000 gross tons. with n cargo
capacity OF about 1900 deadweight
tons These vessels should be built es-
pecialy for the South American trade
and because of the long trip through
tropical waters should be provided with
the most complete and up to date
equipment for the comfort OF an ex-
acting and fastidious clientele. They
should have abundant deck space, COM
! modious smoking and lounging quar-
tiers and ample bathing facilities. They
should accommodate about 800 first
class passengers, 175 TO 200 second
class, and a limited number In Tho
| SteeTdRe. eSStlS OI an average cpccc
Of eighteen knots could make a trip e
Buenos Aires In sixteen days. and will
seven such vessels II would be possible
TO maintain a weekly service. thus Civ
ing the business men of Latin-Americs
and the United States a heretofore un
paralleled opportunity for travel ani
for the transmission Of mails and higl
grade merchandise
May Use Seized Vessels.
, It is part of the programme OF tn
{ Shipping Board to establish this servic
: to South America at the earliest posi-
. BILE date and a survey of ships now un
I der control of the Shipping Board is be
! ing made in an effort to find suitabl
= vessels to place In the service while tn
/ especially designed ships are being built
= There are several prospects among tn
4 great German steamships seized by tn
S United States and which now becom
her property. and IL they can be ada pte
i to the long voyage and the port facili
Q ties they will be sent into the trad,
r and will be the finest and most commo
n dious vessels that ever piled betwee
r any country and South American port
: The service will not be established ex
( cept with large, fast and we'll appoints
n passenger and freight ships. and II non
can be found ready to hand the inaugI
n Continued on Sixteenth Pa0e.
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