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CHICAGO OPENS
MEXICAN TRADE
Practical Scheme Is to BE Put
IN Operation.

To encourage the immediate develop
ment Of trade between Chicago and Max
leo, the Chicago Association of Com
merce 10 TO open at once a branch ONCE
In Mexico City. H. II. Carver foreign
trade commissioner Of the association.
has left for Mexico. and II IL expected
that tho new once viii be In full opera
ton within a few weeks. The plan of
the Mexican bureau of the association.
with headquarters in Chicago, Is to pro-
vide for the needs of the present situa-
ton with respect to commerce and
friendly relations with Mexico. In ad-
dition to the ONCE In Mexico City others
will be opened at various points in Mex
leo as quickly as developments warrant
Inquiries for American goods will be
telegraphed or cabled by representatives
in the field. These will be communicated
are in a position to supply the desig-
mated articles. Bids will be forwarded
through the Chicago headquarters. and
when business IL closed the field repre-
sentative will act as the agent OF the
concern making the sale. He Will be
compensate on a commission basis, the
rate to be agreed upon at the time the
bid is forwarded. The Mexican trade
bureau 10 to be operated as nearly as
possible on . self supporting basis, each
Interested firm paying q registration fee
Of IS. Necessary expenses and telegraph
and cable tolls will be prorated among
those directly involved.
II 10 reported that the Mexican bureau
OF the Chicago Association of Commerce
10 not to be permanent, but 10 In the
nature Of q pioneer. blasting the trail for
individual firms to follow. The benefits
OF its work will not be limited to Chicago
companies; they will be extended
throughout the Mississippi Valley. The
new enterprise 10 the direct result Of
the recent visit to Mexico Of the dele
CATION OF the Mississippi Valley Asso-
aiaAiSn. "a
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PERU AGRICULTURE
MARKED BY VARIETY
Climate, Altitude, Position
and People Contribute to
Conditions.

Nature has given to Peru the spice
Of agricultural life II variety is de-
terminine factor. For agricultural con-
d!tions in Peru depend moro directly
on climate. altitude. position and tho
people than almost anywhere else on
the globe, and she has them all In
great variety.
One can sail along the Peruvian
coast for a thousand miles or 80 and
wonder II such q gorgeous hued desert
can be productive of anything at all
and Is given answer by the wonderful
productiveness Of the almost nifty river
valleys which stand out as green GASES
along the barren shore limo. The soil
Ia rich and fertile. but needs water to
make Il produce. In Lima they say II
rains once in fourteen years. but II
never really rains as understood In
North America. Umbrellas are drug
on the market. The absence OF rain is
caused by all the moisture In the air
being precipitRted as rain on the east
ern SLOPES OF the Andes al the moisture
laden winds blow across South America
from the Atlantic Ocean over the Andes
ana down TO the coast OF Peru.
The costal region OF Peru between
tho Pacific and the Andes Mountains is
on an average eighty miles wide, and
where traversed by rivers Is cultivated
by irrigation. 80 that where the water
supply from the rivers Is plentiful Peru
10 at an advantage as compared with
countries which depend on rain for
their crops. Sugar cane. cotton and
rice are chiefly grown in the Goa stAl
region and In this region modern ma
chinery and methods are used to a
great extent. though there Is need for
an increasing use of the best types OF
agricultural machinery. a need which
has been recognised by sending a COM
mercial delegation to other countries.
At present tho most important agri-
cultural section OF Peru is the coastal
region as virtually all OF her sugar
cane, cotton and rice the three major
staples, are grown in this region on
great plantations using up to date ma
chinery. Some OF her cotton is the
finest grown. commanding high prices,
and her sugar cane, due TO favorable
soil and irrigation, has an exceptionally
high sugar content so that Peru Is a
favorable field for agricultural devel-
opment as far greater coastal area
can be brought under cultivation than
at present The Government long ago
established n National School of AEri-
culture ana Veterinary Science, as we'll
as an experimental station for the study
OF sugar.
Huge Guano Deposits.
Peru has a great agricultural asset
in the large guano deposits on the ISL
ands of the coast. The droppings of
the literally millions OF pelicans. gulls
and other birds make a peculiarly rich
soil fertlliEer. Some nitrate from the
former Peruvian. now Chilean. nitrate
fields Is also used for this purpose. Alb
sence OF rain 10 thus In some respects
a blessing In disguise. as hard rains
| would have washed away the gusno and
nitrate deposits and never have stimu-
lated the Peruvians to irrigation, which
! Is the best method of farming.
Totally different from the coastal belt
| In most OF their characteristics are the
other two regions OF Peru. the sierra
| and the montana The sierra is the
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BUENos AYREs SHOW OFF.

Owing to tho deplorable shipping and
labor conditions in the Argentine. the
American National Exhibition, which
was to have been held in Buenos Ayres
on November IL to, December IL. 1919,
has been abandoned.
Plans for the exhibition have been
under way since 1915. when the ex-
hibitots Of the Panama Pacific Interna-
tional Exposition at San Francisco
unanimously decided that Buenos Ayres
would DO the best city for American
manufacturers to display their products.
The organization OF management Of
the exhibition was TO have been under
the direction of the North American
Exhibition Syndicate. which was in
porated under the laws OF the State OF
New York for the purpose OF holding an
exhibition of American manufactured
goods IN Buenos -Ayres.
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jungies hunting for their living, and sell
dom engaging in agriculture Though
farming may not thrive in this region
for q long time even after It Is cleared.
II may serve for raising live stock, and
meanwhile Is n vast storehouse OF nat
ural resources: valuable woods medici-
nal herbs and barks rubber. tropical
fruits minerals. &C.
There Is a great future lying here
waiting for capital to step in with mod
ern appliances and mako this vast acre
ago remuneratiVe
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By JOSE 9. ALvEs DE LIMA.

BrasiIdn Consul General and Inspector
of BrusiIon Consuldtes IN Central
America, North Amsrtoa and Asta
Specially oritte~ for the Latin American
Section Of THE SUN.
!. Ono of Brazirs most lucrative yet
almost undeveloped sources OF wealth
lies in the exploitation of her mangroves.
which fourish in countless thousands in
wild state along the river areas Dor
dering her northern coast. Here we
havo proximity to ocean trade routes
and number of good safe harbors
available.
On the middle and northeast coast Of
Brazil, covering an extensive line, per-
haps 1000 miles long, nature has pro-
viied an extraordinary favorable ioca-
ton for the gathering OF mangrove
bark. one Of the most needed insredi-
ents for tanning industries. The con-
formation Of the land. the numerous
coastal creeks and rivers easily aoces-
sib,e and often navigable for good sized
vessels, meet all the requirements Of
economic exploitation. Even the smaller
rivers are very near to large streams
in this wonderful Amazonian territory,
which more than 100 years ago the
great naturalist Humboldt prophesied
would supply the world with an album
dance OF Its most needed medicinal and
Industrial chemistry ingredients.
Two Tons From an Acre.
How many times, travelling from San
tos, our coffee seaport, have I noticed
stilted roots without realixing the enor-
nous wealth they offered to tho tanning
industry. Often one could see areas Of
hundreds of thousands OF acres covered
wiu, an uninterrupted and thick growth
of these rapidly growing trees, whose
bari. Is In constant demand In American
tarneries.
On an average from one and one-half
to two tons of bark can be gathered
from one acre.
There are two species Of mangrove
from which the bark Is gathered for
commercial purposes. viz; the rcd and
the black.
The red is the most common. It
grows as a gnarled and stunteA tree.
seldom more than twenty feet high
These trees flourish in the estuaries OF
rivers and bays on land inundated at
high tide. The stilted roots often raise
the trunk from five to eight feet above
the sandy mud wherein 1t grows and
this trunk branches out freely on all
sides. From the trunk proper and the
larger branches the bark OF commerce Is
taken. II Is thick and coruscated and
sits loosely on the timber so that a sharp
blow with a hard wood or iron imple-
Aent causes II to fly on In chunks. As
1t is quite brittle long slabs are the ex-
Iception. On full grown tree this bark
is sometimes three-quarters of an inch
thick and averages about one-half inch
In some places the bark 10 beaten OF
the tree in stu. In others the trees are
felled. the small branches Topped on and
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AMERICAS FIRST!

South Americans! When you are in New York,
drop in and see us, for if we assist you in any
way, remember always at your service.
We want you to bring back to your native country
very pleasant memory of your visit to the u A.
Let the slogan of the two great continents, North
and South America, be AMERICAS FIRSTI
THE MATLOCK COAL & IRON COR
PORATION is in position and will gladly quote
c. f. any port in the World on the following
material: Coal, Coke, Pig Iron, Iron and Steel
Articles, Dyestufs, Cardboard, Asbestos, Cement,
Automobiles, Tractors Machinery, Etc
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"What's the use? You've
got to like it. My one consolation is
that there's less and less of it. But
how hard this sort of life is! If had
only Known
He grew silent and looked at the
ground.
"They're all against mel" he resumed.
Il have witnessed many play, you will
understand. And I have seen how GER
tain ancient kings, wherever they went,
carried behind them the executor of
their justice, dressed in red with his axe
across his shoulder, and they made of
him their friend and counsellor. That
was what L call logical! The man who
is charged with carrying out justice
seems to me somebody, and he de-
serves some consideration. But in these
days everything is Hypocrisy The pros
ecuting attorney demands mans head
in the name of | don't know how many
respectable things, and everybody thinks
it's all right. Then | come and fulfil
his orders and I'm spat upon and in
suited Tell me, senior, is that fair?
If | stop at an inn they no
sooner recognize me than they show me
the door; in the street everybody avoids
me like the pest; even at court they
throw my salary at my feet, as if |
weren't functionary the same as the
rest of them, and as if my pay didn't
Inquire IN the budget They're
all against mel And then" he added,
in voice barely audible, 'there are
the other enemies The others !
DO you understand? Those that have
gone never to return, and who yet re-
turn; that centenary of unhappy souls
whom / treated with fatherly affection.
hurting them as little as possible and
who the ingrates! come
to me the moment they catch me alone"
"What! They return?"
Every night. There are some that
trouble me but little. The recent ones,
hardly at all They seem rather like
friends of whom | took leave only yes
terday. But the old ones-those of nv
early years, when | still felt emotion
and considered the work infamous
those fellows are veritable demons. No
sooner do they see me alone in the
dark than they file across my chest in
an endless procession, depressing me.
crushing the life out Of me, scrapinp NV
eyes with the edge of their sacks.* They
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eyes and auburn braids as thick as nv
arm. Whenever she ran about our little
garden she looked like one of those
young ladies of the opera; she never ac-
companied her mother to Barcelona
without some young fellow trailing after
her. She had formal sweetheart: a
worthy young chap who was soon going
to become doctor She and her mother
saw to that; [ pretended to see nothing,
with that generous blindness of fathers
who reserve themselves for the last mo-
ment. But Lord! How happy we werel"
The voice of Nicomedes was becom-
ing more and more shaky; his narrow
blue eyes were moist. He did not weep,
but his grotesque obesity shook with
the tremors of child struggling to
swallow it's tears
"And now it occurred to a soulless
wretch with long record to let himself
be captured. They sentenced him to
death and here | had to resume NV Of
flee after having nearly forgotten it.
What day that was! Half the city
recognized me when I stepped upon the
scaffold, and there was even one jour
nalist who, since they're worse than the
plague (begging your pardon), dug up
the story of my life, introducing me and
my family to the readers as if we were
rare animals, and affirming with won
der that we looked like decent human
beings. They made us the fashion. But
what fashion! The neighbors closed
all doors and windows at sight of me,
and although the city is large / was
always recognized on the street and in
suited. One day, as I returned home,
my wife received me like a madwoman.
Our girl! Our daughterl I
saw her in bed, her face distorted,
greenish-and she so beautiful her
tongue stained with white foam. She
had poisoned herself, and had suffered
horrible fortunes for hours, depressing
her cries so that help should come too
late. And it came too late On the
following day she was no longer among
the living. The poor little thing was
brave. She loved her doctor sweet
heart witb all her soul, and l myself
read the note in which the fellow said
goodby forever because he had learned
whose daughter she was | did not
mourn her. Did I have time for that?
The world came tumbling down about
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His True
Measure

But Senator Nelson does not look nor act
like the oldest Of this most dignified body,
nor is he the most digniGed. His heels ring
along the corridors Of the Capitol with
snap that would he credit to many Of the
messengers. His stocky, stalwart Xgure
gets over the ground with speed, and carries
an air Of complete dccisivcness. His hair
and beard arc snowy, but show no other
signs OF wear; his blue eyes snap and smile
and sparkle, and glasses arc seldom in evil
dencc; his voice is AZ full throated and
growly az ever. Ii there liz eign of his
years, IL In that he docs not fight quito 80
often nor so long as Of old-~and it Ia him
ge!f and not his opponents who complain Of
this weakness. III this had only come ton
years ago." he lsmentcd one day. after CIV
ing SUSPECTED pro-German who had mp
pcared before "A committee an hours grill
ing which that putatiye Hun will remember
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Library's Biggest
Patron

His reading is even more amazing. He is
the biggest individual patron of the Library
of Congress, and he has been at it for MANY
years. The Civil War cut into his educa-
ton, and he never went back to Congress:
but this has not prevented his being one Of
the best educated men who has ever sat
under the big dome. His reading extends
back to the classics, and down to Amy Low
ell. 1t embraces every conceivable subject
that could be classed as general culture or
that may have conceivable bearing on leg
shtion or international relations. And he
remembers. Let no half baked pedant dare
misquote either Carlyle or the Mabinorion
in his presence!
knute Nelson early learned the fact that
man, to be statesman in America, must
first be politician, and he has adapted him
self to that cardinal principal of American
ISM He has made score of political races
in his life, and has never had to congratu-
late the other fellow. Minnesota regards
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old man, but my companion of that dis
trict died little while ago-drank him
self to death--and yesterday, as [ came
to the court, a constable said to me-
'Nicomedes.' Pm Nicomedes Terrufio
you know. Didn't you ever hear of me?
That's strange. My name has been in
the press very often. sNicomedes,' says
he, by order of the judge you take the
train tonight Well, l arrive with the
idea of putting up at an inn until the
day Of the execution, and from the train
they bring me here, through I don't know
what fears and precautions. And to add
insult to injury, they try to lodge me
with the rats Did you ever see the like?
Is that way to treat functionaries of
justice?"
And have you been many years IN
Office"
"Thirty years, caballero. I began in
the days Of Isabel H. I am the dean of
the profession, and I have on my list
even political victims I am proud that
I always fulfilled my duty This fellow
here will be my hundred and second.
Quite a number, Ell? Well, I treated
them all in the finest fashion possible.
Not one Of them had any complaint to
make. There were even veteran criminals.
who upon beholdng me in their last
moment grew calm and said, 'Nicomedes,
[ am content that it is you"
The functionary warmed up to his sub
ject in view of the kind and inquisitive
attention granted by Yanez. He was
gaining confidence and spoke with grow
ing ease.
Pm somewhat Of an inventor, too"
he continued. II fashion my own instru-
ments, and as far as neatness of execu-
ton is concerned, you couldn't ask more.
Would you like to see them?"
The newspaper man sprapg out of bed,
ready to flee.
NO. thanks. take your word for it."
And with feeling of nausea, he
looked at those hands, reddish and
greasy; stained with relics, perhaps, of
that neatness of execution which had Just
been mentioned. To Yanez, however,
they looked as if they we're soaked in
human blood, clothed with the sap of that
| hundred which formed has list
"And are you satisfied with your pro-
fesson?" asked the journalist, to make
him forget the desire to brag about his
| Inventions
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ton. Mrs. Nelson does not figure in the So
ciety column here; it is even reported that
she is not suffragist, though no one seems
to know for sure. The Senator is not much
called on as an after-dinner speaker, and
passersby have reported that the plebeian
smell of corned beef and cabbage has been
waited out from his home And when he
can get away from Washington, which is
seldom in these days of twelve month SEES
sions, he goes back to the homestead he took
up in Minnesota in the early days and gets
his vacation with pitchfork in his hands.
OF course he seeks amusements; no man
could do the work he does without recrea-
ton. His recreation is chewing tobacco, and
he manages to mingle work and pleasure to
a truly remarkable extent.
His record in Congress is what is to be
expected of such man. He has never been
a reformer- always Il progressive of the
type that has to be shown, though willing
to be. 1t was typical of him that when the
McLemore resolution, surrendering Amer-
can right before the German threat, was be-
fore Congress he did not wait for his party
to act but went straight to the President
and pledged his support to every measure
in defence of American rights, His only
criticism has been when the defence was not
bold enough.
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follow me everywhere, and the older
grow the more persistent they become.
When / was given the garnet to sleep in
| began to see them rise from the dark
est corners. That's why I asked for a
doctor. I was sick | was afraid Of
the night. I wanted light, company"
"And are you always alone?"
"No, I have a family in my little cot
tage on the outskirts of Barcelona-a
family that causes no bother: a dog
three cats and eight hens. They don't
understand human beings, and there
fore they respect me; they are, as fond
of me as if I were the same as any
other man. They grow old peacefully
at my side. 1t has never occurred to
me to kill hen. I could faint at the
sight of blood"
And he said this in the same COM
planning voice as before, weak, meek,
as if he felt the gradual sinking of his
heart.
"And you never had family?"
81? Same as everybody else
L AS|i oiiS1e may Icll YOU every CillIlS,
caballero. It's so long since I've spoken
My wife died six years ago. And
don't imagine that she was one of these
drunken, repulsive hags that novelists
always depict as the wife of an execu-
toner. She was a maiden of my village
whom | married on returning from SER
vice. We had a girl and boy; very
little bread, very much poverty, So
what could you expect?-my youth and
certain brutality Of character attract
ed me to the profession. And don't
imagine that | procured the position
easily. I even needed to use influence.
At first [ was amused by the anmosity
of people; felt proud to inspire terror
and repugnance. l loaned my services
to many courts; we travelled across half
of Spain. And my children grew hand
somer every day. At last we landed in
Barcelona. What wonderful time
The best in my life. There wasn't a bit
of work for five or six years My saw
lngs were converted into little cottage
in the suburbs, and the neighbors
thought highly Of Don Nicomedes, a
genial gentleman employed by the court.
The boy, a regular angel from heaven,
industrious, temperate and reserved. had
position in business house; the
girl-Im so sorry l haven't her picture
with me--she was seraph, with blue
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running against him as a sure and not all
ways painless form of suicide Yet there
has never been investigating committee
to find out how he did it or where he got it.
and he has seen many scandals come and go
IN American politics without a breath touch
ing himself. Nor has he ever had to win
his tights by mud singing; he seems to have
believed that service to his people, and even
more devoted service to his country. would
do the trick. And so far over period of
h1ty-two years, he has apparently been
right. He has, however, never been too en-
crossed with his craftsmanship to see the
humblest seeker after help, from his own
state or not, and though his secretaries es-
innate that the applicants are about as
likely to get lecture as anything else,
perhaps that has helped in politics.
lie has not felt it necessary to advertise
that he is plain man. He will wear dress
suit on occasion and he admits that he
owns silk hat. He does not say "By heck"
no- go into eruption over the exclusive Writ
ues of the farmer. He does not keep
corncob pipe onshs desk as evidence. 1t
Is reported that he has been seen in silk
SOCKS. 1T Is true that he did wear boots for
many years, but he has given that up since
boots got to be worth $40 pair.