The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-20
RICH CONCESSIONS
IN SOUTH AMERICA
RUBBER IS WORTH EFFORT


ing prairtc lrrd- marked rnr way 'n
the rugged corners ur lho range
Bcyuud the band s,fulghf,u't uu'
then pitched upward TO ihu h'lEh'
Of the coastal hills MHu' Ind 'u
tribes few miners lrrr IUd th'I'
military post krrpiur rwrn over
a handful ~ farmers wrr" the Im
hubiututW ~ was ulI t part 'i fI"
emitted states. but transportation i,
UIti"7 were hrhug aud only tho
more udEuulurrruWa sought 60 hruN .
irs dangers
iu the eastern states e rrUup "'
flr.ayriug men Nlsluucd the pu"H
liliiIrs Of e. development NJ th,#
country. Othrru were called Iu and
finally am agreement Wus ruu"r"h
INTO whereby capital agreed iu bind
The west to the olsi with ulH "f
steel the government to grant Und
concessions IN return.
surveying crews wrro H'ul out.
construction gangs followed thou
settlers In an ever. growing uumhos
From an outline th" canvas became
one Of detail " lH not finished N"i.
hut enough has hrcu done tu enable
us to obtain IL fair idru or what the
finished work viii be
Another Picture
Timo moves ON nptcr ana ruslumH
ohuugc The United StntuH has
pnsacd beyond tho stage uf inilml
railroad development and lH now
onCrOsscd in the intensive ,ul,iNas
tion which has been made pusHhle
by the Introduction ~ highways
transportation
But II the machinery has changed
and the HettlnR ~ somewhat ar
forcnt. those Of w who are Interested
In annlogicE can find a striking one
IN the situation which iH Just now.
presenting Itself to view In IN" dc
velopmenr OF the rich countries 10
the south Of us-thc Central and
south Americas
In the heart NJ Hrhzil there Is
forest ~ some 90 100000 rubber
trees, each one u source of potential
wealth. all az yet untouched hcctuE"
Of lack Of facilities Tor transportn-
tIon.
From Santa Cruz. tho geographical
center ~ South America. 10 Porto
SunreE, bolivia, IN u distance of 800
miles, The country possesses almost
ineXhRustihle possibilities M "a graz
Ing land for thousands upon thou
sands of cattle NJ well rs unlimited
opportunity for agricultural dcvel.
opment
Santa Cruz TO the wuterwayE by
oxen. and tho average tlmc con
sumed In making "a single journey is
six months. Motor cars could he
used nine months In the year ~ n
very little cost for road improve
ment
At Port Antonio. Chile. a modern
min has been constructed at cost
OF several hundreds of thousands Of
dollars Freight IN hauled to and
from II by bullockg. for lack ~ "a
road which would cost comparatively
little and save immcasurably In time
and cost of transportation
Plenty of sugar,
In Paraguay At the present time
sufficient sugar is produced To sup
ply about one-third ~ the amount
needed by the people In u supple
ment TO commerce reports Consul
Henry r. Balch says The output
Of this product could easily he In
creased II there were more roads
over which the crops could be
hauled "
Across the waters iu the pomnl.
can republic great forest Of precious
hardwoods abound There would be
a ready market, at guo2l price Tor
these products II they we're hrCcs-
slble but highways are mcklnR
The department nffHoliNar I'm Co
lombla ia rich In natural resources
Comparatively little effort would sui
flee to increase the irregular tricl,lc
uf products to Euldrn stream ~
wealth Yet today most OF the ~.
sailed roads are merely trails which
frequently become lmpassahle dur
ing the rainy season, white the most
important cities are bound together
only by insufficient arteries
Cuha's chief medium uf travel to
points not touched by rnll liz the
mule wagon Hits of roadway only
lust completed have tapped rich
farming sections and have yisualiEcd
tho possibilities, but still the work
has not Vet become general
Autoist~ Demand Ronds
In Mexico the highway from Pro
Rrcso to Merida ONE ~ the rich
sections of the country. is urac-
tically closed To traffic Large mum.
hers OF automobile owners tho nd
vance guard of stream of tourists
ana merchants. are demanding a
good road lnnumerable benefits
await the highway hut as vet con
structiun ls only In the contemplated
stage
An or these are hut few Of the
examples which may he rrlectcd at
random from the reports OF the dt.
parlment OF commerce, from the
findings OF the tn-Amcrican unlou
FROM any one OF a dozen autnurl- +,
iatI,r sources
I'm the United states. with road .
program 81 more than fInO.00o 600 /
boo prospect this wear with % sound /
national policy uf national hiuhNuys |
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