The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
LOCAL PROHIBITION
URGED BY CHILEANS
Liquor 0usted From Govern
ment Concessions by Fed
eral Decree.
RESULTS WIN PRAISE
Several American Mining Con.
Germs Among Those At
fected by Order.
Especially pritten for the Latin AnleYi-
con Section of THR S1rNl

Especially p,ftten for the Latin Aneyi-
con Section Of The SUM-
The Chilean Minister OF Finance, Mr..
Claro Solar. has signed a decree by
which the sale OF intoxicants inside the
public land temporarily given away for
industrial exploitation is forbidden un-
der the law. This sane measure comes
to the help Of national foreign conces-
sionaires who have been running their
plants under strict local prohibition.
and the result Of this has been found
advantageous, both for their own man.
asement and for the social welfare of
the laborers.
Among those concerns affected by
this new measure of the Chilean admin
istration are several American mining
interests that have vast establishments
In that country. true Industrial towns
created In few years high UP into tho
Cordilleras or in the sand dunes of the
northern desert. There are in those
districts some OF the worlds largest CEN
tres for the production OF copper, and in
northern Chile, In Chuquicamata and Eel
TOTO. deposits OF iron ores that produce
thousands Of tons a day.
American Industrial men have met the
Chilean laborer and employee, have
liked them, and they are helping each
other in way that Is q good example
or cooperation. Even young men of
well known names have come to take
5obs In these establishments, where they
give the full measure of their capacity
for hard work and assimilatiye quail
ties. They are climbing to better posi-
tons every day and prove by their work
that they are OF the stun that makes
the successful men.
To this work OF industrial cooperation
nnN ha
lean Minister comes as the necessary
safeguard for extending to a larger zone
than the establishment itself tho guar
antecs OF the dry belt. The neighborine
towns VIII be from now on the advance
posts of vigilance to insure the regula-
tons of the camp.
This step OF the Chilean Government
70 the forerunaer of a series OF measures
Tor the repression OF the liquor trade
which forms the programme of a social
welfare society known as the L!ga con-
ira ell Alcoholismo. Among It's warmer
advocates are the president OF the VAL
psraiso division. former president OF
the republic. Sir jorge Montt Geo hon.
oreo by the British Government) and
Di. Fernandez Pena, the head OF a pro-
gTessive association OF teachers which
covers the country.
The Government resolution seems to
SS e"S pdelihS iutO law the conclusion
arrived at by a commission which went
- the northern provinces o. Chile with
the purpose OF studying social condi-
ticns there. 1t Is very likely that the
next step will be the restriction In the
traffic of alcoholics In the nitrate Acids.
a. such trafYic has proved everywhere a
handicap to industry and labor alike.
This measure OF Minister Ciaro Solar
mas been a cause for congratulation for
Americans acquainted with Chile, who
are perfectly aware of the possibilities
o: the country and of the sterling quail
ties OF its people. Considering the
economic problem confronted by the
Chilean Government in checking the
LIQUOR traffic. in view of the various in
terests connected directly or indirectly.
with II In land so exceptionally favored
Tor the production of natural alcohol.
the attitude assumed in this respect by
the Chilean Minister is one that speaks
very highly Of his craftsmanship and
civism.