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'"r'mmi -Usssswem . mApmrrtmrtt . nriwir&Wtf1f&Utflh&KbV&&&yiMrSijrJrA f t RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF - n ) I MOM OF SOUTH AMERICA flomantlc Story of the Wonderful Rise of Don Simon Patino of Oruro, Bolivia. .WIFE BOUGHT FIRST MINE Jewels He Had Given Her Provided Fund for Start, and Now He Is One of the World's Rich est Men. By RICHARD 8PILLANE. (Copyright, 1914, by the McClurc, Newspa per' Syndicate) Don Simon Fatlno of Oruro, Bolivia, has a great regard for his wife. Most good men have the same weakness In respect to their helpmates. Whenever Benor Patino had a little extra money he hastened to spend It on the senora. Usually ho bought Jewelry. Senor Pa tino was not rich, but his wife had diamonds, rubles, emeralds and sap phires In greater number than the wives of many wealthy men. Sonora Patino used to protest against this extravagance, but It was of no avail. She could not check him, so, after a time, she accepted with complacency whatever he purchased. Senor Patino kept store in a little silver mining town up In the Andes, not far from Oruro. Ho was active, energetic and progressive. Most Bo livians are slow. The mines were busy, his trade was increasing and the fu ture looked bright. There came a change in the early '90's somewhere. The world 'had too much silver and the price of the met al declined. Gradually the production of the mines of Bolivia decreased and as they decreased the business of the store of Senor Patino dwindled. The good man was sad. He no longer could buy jewels for his wife. Not only that, but It was a question whether he could earn enough to provide well for his already large and growing fam ily. Tin Looked Good to Him. Most men, In such a situation, mope and complain. Senor Patino is not that kind. When the mine bosses gathered at his store and indulged in bitter re flections upon the sorry state of the silver market, he listened to them, but did not agree with their direful predictions. It was true, he acknowl edged, that the silver outlook was very bad, but Bolivia was rich in oth er metals. The mining men laughed at his rea soning. For nearly four centuries Bo livia had been working its silver and gold mines. In silver the country was particularly rich. That was the back bone of the nation. What could Bc . llvia look to when it could not sell Us Bllver? Senor Patino suggested tin. There was plenty of tin In Bolivia. His friends scoffod. The idea that Bolivia, after all its centuries of de pendence npon silver, should turn -to tin was too absurd to consider. Where would It find a market? Even if there were a fair demand for tin, how could Bolivia compete with the great tin mines of the Straits Settlements, which produced more than half of tho world's supply, and which had the benefit of good and cheap transporta tion? Bolivia had too much of a handicap, especially since Chile had robbed Bolivia of all Its seacoast and made It an inland country. Senor Patino said that If Bolivia could ship silver ore It could ship tin. The world had more use for tin than for silver. Markets could be developed. . Transportation charges might be so heavy as to make it seem impossible to realize a profit, but these could be lessened If the business at tamed considerable volume. Wife's Jewels Paid for Mine. Obstinacy Is one of Patlno'a charac teristics. The more the mine bosses ridiculed his idea the more positive be became In his belief. One of those who ridiculed him offered to sell a tin mine to him for 18,000 bolivianos. A boliviano is about 40 cents, so that meant $7,200. Patino did not have the money. He tried to raise it andialled. Money was Bcarce, especially for so poor an undertaking as a tin mine. Women have faith when men have not Whatever her husband believed Senora Patino believed. When her husband failed in all his efforts to raise monoy Senora Patino deter mined to get it herself. She sold her diamonds, rubles, sapphires and em eralds and, turning tho proceeds over to blm, Insisted that he buy the mine. 1 Whon he was reluctant, she argued that Its name, Ia Salvador, augured well. There could be no mistake. Hard 8trugole for Patino. Tatlno bought La Salvador. He bad to proceed slowly with the mine, be cause he bad little money, but the times were so hard. In Bolivia then that he was able to get labor very cheap. That helped. Mining tin is a slow and burdensome process. After the ore Is taken out of the earth It has to be ground into small particles. Then it Is washed to rid it of some of Its impurities. Next it ia roasted to expel the sulphur and arsenic it con tains. Another and longer treatment in a furnace of trembndous heat is necessary to reduco tho oxide tin to its metallic state, and even then fur ther refining Is required to produce puro motal that commands tho highest price. It was a desperate struggle Patino had for tho first year or two. Many times it appeared as it ho would have to glvo up. Ills labor had to be paid and ho had little or no money. When ho made a shipment of tin there were long, dreary months beforo he re ceived payment, and oven then ho was subjected to many embarrassments and disappointments. It was a jour ney of C00 miles over tho mountains from the mine to Antofagasta, where tho tin could bo shipped to Europe. Vessels were irregular and freight rates were unstable. Sometimes the tin was held a month or two awaiting a steamboat. All this tlmo Patino was in agony. Sometimes the consignee sold to advantage. Sometimes he did not Patino had to depend upon the honesty of thb man he shipped his metal to. When the returns were good he was able to resumo work on a larger scale. When they were poor, he was threatened with bankruptcy. But, good or bad, he kept his store running. That brought in a little rev enue, just enough to aid in many a tight pinch. In his third year Patino began to see daylight. Ho had no further need of shutting down periodically and ho was able to make regular shipments across tho mountains. Tin was bring ing a better price and ho was making money, but ho kept his own counsel. Not only that, but he was emboldened to branch out. Tho tin zono of Bo livia 1b divided into four districts La Paz in tho north, Oruro in tho cen ter, Choroloquo in tho south, and Po tosl in tho east. Tho country had not yet recovered from tho silver de pression, and mining claims, especially tin properties, were at bargain prices. Senor Patino bought Judiciously and well, but all tho time ho kept increas ing tho output and extending tho op erations in and about La Salvador. Business Increased Greatly. Hamburg is the great depot for the distribution of tin. Senor Patino opened an office there in No. 3 Leo poldshof, and thereafter his European agent looked after the sale of his metal. This was more satisfactory and more profitable than the former ar rangement Then he negotiated with steamship companies and managed, by guaranteeing a certain amount of cargo, to obtain regular sailing from Antofagasta. The uses of tin were increasing steadily and Patino found a ready market at a good price for all he could produce, so, gradually, he opened up new mines. One day Bolivia awakened to the fact that Senor Patino was doing a big business. A little later it decided he was doing an enormous business. Don Simon Patino, the Bolivian Since then it has been getting sur prise upon surprise until now it won ders if there is any man in tho world who 1b doing more business or making more money than Simon Patino. When money began to flow Patino's way It came in a stream. After a whllo the stream got to be a flood. This flood has been increasing In volume year after year, until now the little store keeper of the Andes is the richest man In South America. There is no telling how much money he has. A conservative estimate is 180,000,000. The growth of the tin production of his mines has been one of the most wonderful In tho world. From insig nificance he has lifted Bolivia to a po sition where now It is credited with one-fourth of the total tin output of the globe. Gold and Bllver no longer flguro prominently In comparison with it in Bolivian industries. The value of the tin exported 1b five times that of all other metals combined' Pa tino has competition in Bolivia, for he docs not own all the tin-bearing properties, but his mines are by far, tho richest The beet and most mod ern of machinery has been Installed by him, and his plants are as com plete and well equipped as money and science can make them. It is not in mining alone that he has shown his capacity. He no long er depends upon others to carry his metal to market He has his own line of steamships plying between Anto fagasta and Hamburg, and by rea son of his immense production he controls to a large degreo the price of tin throughout the world. Not Spoiled by His Riches. Money has not spoiled Don Simon. Instead It has broadened him and added to his enterprise, his energy and his democracy. He is only about forty-Aye years of ago. He has a great love for his native land, and al most as great a lovo for America. He 1b as kindly and gpproachablo as ho was 18 years ago, when all ho had In the world was within tho four walls of tho Httlo Btoro up1 near frowning Monte Blanco, He could have any office within tho gift of tho people of Bolivia, but he T ' 7 TiyfflSGtl&iffi Jr wants none. Ho prefers to occupy tho position of being tho great and good friend of his country. Whon Bolivia neods monoy for any public enterprise, ho lends It without interest. Ho docs not wnnt any moro money, but still his wealth Increases. His homo Is in Oruro, which city ho has made the tin metropolis and tho Pittsburgh of Bolivia. Occasionally ho travels, and when ho 1b on hlB journeys he startles tho natives wherover ho goes. Last spring ho paid a visit to Now York. He left his party aboard ship whllo ho camo ashoro to look for quarters. Ho went to tho Hotel Knick erbocker and asked to sco some rooms. They showed a sulto to him. He liked it, and asked to seo some more. Ho liked tho other apartments that were shown to him. Then ho asked to see some more. The moro rooms ho saw, the moro ho was pleased. Ho spent an hour looking at rooms. Then ho announced that ho would tako three floors. Tho hotel man could not believe ho heard aright. Ho asked if Senor Pa tino really meant all tho rooms on threo floors. Senor Patino said yes, ho thought that would do. Tho hotel pcoplo agreed, tentatively, to let htm have what he asked for, but they pro ceeded Immediately to make some In quiries about tho visitor. What they heard satisfied them. A little later Senor Patino moved In. He hnd his wife, his children, his relatives and vnrlous servants. Ills relatives Included his sisters, his brother, his cousins and his aunts. There wero 40 In tho party, exclusive of servants. Nearly every member of tho party had a servant, and some of them had two. a His Doings In United States. Don Simon had business, to trans act in New York. When he went call ing he took a flock of automobiles, for he usually was accompanied by a bunch of his relatives. Business to him Is a family affair; ho wants his business friends to know his fam ily and his relatives. All his busi ness was not in New York. He had to go to Boston, and he had to go to Washington. There aro some rich men who, when they go traveling, hire a special car. Not Senor Patino. When he went to Boston ho went In his own special train. When he went to Wash ington, he went in a special train. Expense did not signify. How could it with a man whose income Is far in excess of $10,000 a day? He ex pected to be called to Mexico, so he made arrangements with a railroad to have a special train made up ready for his use at a moment's call. That Tin Magnate, and His Family. train was held at his bidding for month. He paid for it all that time. One of hlB missions to New York was to improve relations between the United StatcB and South.Amerlca. In cidental to his visit he became vice president of the Pan-American asso ciation. He expects the opening of the Panama canal will be of great ben efit to his country, and he wants to( do everything within his power to bring all South America into closer touch with the United Siatos. To this cause he 1b lending his influence, his support and his money. He was delighted with New York. He and his relatives went to many of the beautiful homes of Fifth ave nue and Riverside drive. There was one charming residence that caught Don Simon's fancy. "I want a homo Just like that," said he. And immediately he gave orders to have a duplicate built for him in Bolivia. Forgot the 8talrways. For Don Simon to express a wish is to have it satisfied. Orders wore issued at once through one of his subordinates for tho building of such a structure, to be ready when he re turned to Oruro. The dwelling was four stories high. The gentleman who had the thing in charge did the best ho could, but ho made seme odd blun ders. He bad the houso built four stories high, but when It was com pleted there was one curious omission. No provision had been made for stair ways. You 'could not got from floor to floor except by climbing a ladder outside. To remedy this defect be fore Don Simon returned, ready mado stairs were ordered from the United States and holes were cut in the floors to accommodato them. Unfortunately, the stairways were longer by about thrae feet than wore necessary, and when they wore put Into place stops had to built down from tho top of thorn ti- (ho lovel of tho floor. When Do a Simon got back to Bolivia ho bad tho delight of pos sessing tho finest bouto in Oruro, and also tho queerest ono in South America. E IN PATROL WAGON Philadelphia Bovine Is Charged With Disorderly Conduct and Resisting an Officer. SHE WOULDN'T WALK So There Was Quite a 8cene Before Several Policemen Succeeded In Hoisting the Animal Into the Ve hide. Philadelphia, Pa. Ethel, a Jersey cow belonging to Robert Hutchinson of 0729 Leeds ntreet, was arrested the other day by the pollco of tho Sixty first nnd Thompson streets station, charged with, flrnt, having wantonly eaten most of tho grnBS on 1OUln Jones' front lawn nt Sixty-third Btruot and liCbnnon nviuiuo; second, resisting arrest, and third, conduct unbecoming n lady. It all began by n perfectly orderly mooting which took place between Ethel and two of her best friends, lloso, a light brlndle, who furnishes milk to tho family of James Kelso, of U2G North Slxty-elghth Btreet, nnd MrB. Dooluy, an ostlmablo milker, who If cherished by William Funston, of 1003 North Sixty-sixth Btreet. Tho throe wandered down the street togother, , switching their tails amiably until they camo to Mr. Jones' lawn. JoncB camo out when the luncheon was well advanced. Without being introduced ho mado remarks, nnd a crowd gathered. Jones rushed Into tho houso, called tho police, and a pa trol wagon camo on the run from tho station houso. Roso and Mrs. Dooley went along meokly enough, tied to tho back ol tho wagon, but Ethel Intimated that Bho'd die in her tracks beforo she'd walk a step behind that thing, and there wbb quite a scene before tho pa trol squad succeeded In hoisting hei into tho wagon. Before they reached the station houso a largo crowd col lected around tho wagon and made jeering remarks. When they got there, Ethel declined to get out. Tho reserves finally wore called out of the station Jiouse, and eighteen muscular policeman picked Ethel ur. bodily. Five hundred persons stood around and shrieked and howled. Jones Came Out When the Luncheon Was Well Advanced. JoneB said that the matter Isn't ended by a good deal. He Bald ho would bring suit for the damage to his lawn. YOUTH IMITATES A SUICIDE But the 8hot Misses Heart of the Youngster Who Emulated Dead Friend. Los Angeles,' Cal. John Handling, a seventeen-year-old teamster, shot himself the other day because his chum, Floyd Mayhew, did the same some weeks ago. Mayhew is dead, but Handling will live. Handling did not select the scene of bis death with such a good eyo for romantio surroundings us did young Mayhew. The young southerner, homesick for bis loved cotton fields, went to WeBtlake park and there, while tho band was playing a melody which haunted him, put a pistol to his bead and fired. Ho lingered for a month and then died. Undeterred by the pains Mayhew suffered, Handling went into a barn at 203 Central avenue and fired a bul let into his breast. It missed tho heart, but punctured the left lung. As tho shot rang out the cashier In the offices of tlo John W. Snowden company was making out Handling's tlmo check. Tho young man had boon discharged. He was taken to the receiving hospital, put on tho samo tablo on which his chum, May how, had been laid, and was later taken to tho county hospital, where Mayhow died. "Tango a La Sidewalk." Now York. Tungo a la Bldcwalk tt hurdygurdy accompaniment brought pollco reserves to Forty-second street ,to drive awuy tho crowds. COW GIVEN D Strong Man's Weakness. Speaking of great feats of strength Franklin II. Lnno, sccrotnry of tho In terior, recalled an Incident that hap pened in n western state. Ono afternoon nn elderly woman risltod tho penitentiary, and on paus ing beforo a certain cell was told that tho Inmate had been imprisoned for itcnllng a piano. "I nm very sorry to seo you hore," remarked tho woman turning to tho convict. "Is It truo that you stolo a plano7" "Yes, ma'ntn," was tho frank admis sion of tho convict. Then ho added: "I did it in a moment of weakness." "In a moment of weakness!" gaspod tho elderly visitor. 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