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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 19, 1914. 5 B VISIT to AmpnraQ Npw WhntQfpr imp ajljlawO. XVUV W i. T TV O. T .JLJL JLJLW wJu VV V JlJkXJLJLiA (Copyrighted, H14, by Frank a. Carpenter.) IMA, Pcro, April 19. I have Just returned from a call upon our new minister to Peru. Ills name Is Benton McMillln, and and his native home Is Mash vltle, Tenn. Ha has long figure In American politics, many years he was one of L been a and for the leading democratic members of con- Kress. He was an assoclato of Presi dent McKlnley, when tho latter was still In the house. I remember that when I first met him Tom Reed was still speaker and Roger Q. Mills of Texas and William n. Morrison of Illinois wcro Joined with him as leaders of the opposition. I knew him later when, after about twenty years In the house, ho resigned to be governor of Tennessee, and I now find him here 700 or S00 miles south of tho equator, ns nctlvo as ever, representing our Interests In the republic of Peru. I called upon Mr. McMillln at the Amer ican legation, lie has rented for this purpose one of the finest houses In Umn It Is known as the Quinta Hcrron, and Is situated In Carmen Alto, In a beautiful semi-desert oasis which makes up the city. About It are roynl palms a hundred feet high, wlde-Fpicadlng magnolias and tropical trees that bear beautiful flowers. ' The building Itself Is of a brilliant rose 1 color, it covers a great deal of ground, and seems very tall In this town of low structures. In the center of the house Is a tower, over the front door of which hangs the United States coat of arms. Entering the house you come Into a hall with rooms on each side, about twenty feet high. The building Is furnished with Spanish chairs and sofas, that date back to the days of the Inquisition, and with antique rugs from Morocco and Egypt. It Is, on tho whole, exceedingly comfort- rable, and Mr. McMillln tells me he is de lighted with the social life of Pom. He has his wife and daughter with him, and .he has already established tho closest In iho pariaLea ofZima. a Pasco railroad. This runs on tho Amazon slope of the Andes from Oroya, which has an altltudo of 11,000 feet, to Cerro do Pasco, seventy-five miles away and 3,000 feet higher. Tho road Is made of American steel and the tics are of relations with the president and the lead- 4 re&on Vino. Tho track is as smooth as Ing men of the country. I'crtivlnns Arc Friendly. Mr. MoMillln tells me that the Peru vians aro friendly to the United States. They expect to reap much from the Pan ama canal, and the president of the re public Is planning to spend millions upon a great breakwater to connect the island of San Lorenaio with the port of Callao, and -thereby create the finest harbor of theeastern Pacific In my talk with the minister we went over the general movements now going on for the increase of American trado. He thinks the commerce between tho two countries might be greatly developed, and urges our manufacturers and ex porters to send down agents and pros pect the field. He says they must have men on the ground, and that they should establish agencies hero with Spanish speaking Americans In charge. The foreign trade of Peru now amounts to between 60.000,000 and $70,000,000 a year, and of this the United States has Just a little more than one-fourth. It stands next to Great Britain in tl amount of Its commerce, and Is far alad of Germany or Prance. Our export, however, are much less than our imports. They amounted In 1011 yto only about W.000.000, whereas those of the United Kingdom wero at least $2,000,000 more. As to the goods bought of Peru, the United King dom takes almost one-third of all the country sells and Uncle Sam get one fourth. The trade of the United States has been steadily increasing, and with the opening of the canal we shall probably lead. Americans Heavy Ofrners. Just now some of tho biggest things in Peru aro owned by Americans, and the machinery and supplies imported by them are a traveling commercial museum show ing the benefits of American trad. Take, the mines of tho Cerro de Pasco, the off Idols of which are spending; millions of dollars a year In bringing In and dis tributing supplies. They have a great warehouse at La, Fundidon, on the very top of the Andes, where they carry every thing In the shape of raining and smelting machinery, as well as all sorts of sup plies for their men. They have a com pany store at which the natives can get American goods and they are Importing all sorts of materials for use In their work. Take the item of lumber. As I visited the mines I saw near the shaft which is now taking out something like 4,000.000 pounds of copper a month, a great lum ber yard, stacked high with Oregon pine, and I was told that it was cheaper to bring the timber over its long ocean ride and then carry it up the Andes by rail road than to freight In the eucalyptus which Is far away from the railway, but not over 500 miles from the smelter. Itallroad lu neneftt. Another living example of the benefits of American manufacturers Is the Cerro PULES COVERED FACE COMPLETELY Also Neck, Would Fester. Almost Size of a Boil, Always Red and Irritating. Itched and Burned. Cu ticura Soap and Ointment Cured. 22 East Fifth St.. Cartilage, Ohio. "I lud been troubled for a few years with pimples which completely covered my face nd neck. Tbey would fester and this would cause mo to pick at them. "When ripe they ere almost the size of a boll and had cometliing the appoarance of one: they were always red and Irritating, They itched and burned and made me very uncomfortable. Often tbey waked me during the night. " I applied face creams but with no result. Theu 1 saw Cutlcura Soap and Ointment advertised. Two boxes or Cutlcura Soap nd Ointment cured my face." (Signed) MUa Mabel Locke, Oct. H. 1013. ECZEMA ON CHILD'S FACE It. F. D. No. 3. Box 31, Peck, Kansas. My little girl had tciema from the time he was born. She bad It on her face. "When would first come it would look like heat ind then get scabby. It was In great scabs n her cheeks. She used to be cross because I think It Itched. It would break out about very three weeks and stay about a week. "I used one half of a cake of Cutlcura Soap and two boxes of Cutlcura Ointment and by the time she was a year old It was all gone and she has neveiibeen bothered with It Inoe."fBlxnedMMrs. E. Simpson. Oct. 1813. Cutlcura Soap (25c,) and Cutlcura Oint ment (60c ) are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere, liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post card " Cutlcura, Dept T Boston." tarMen who shave and shampoo with Cu tlcura Soap find wllljt best fortldnand scalp. that of the Mew York Central from Buf falo to Albany, and It has comfortablo cars of Amorican make. The bridges come from tho American Bridge com pany at Pittsburgh, and Its locomotives aro Baldwins and Rogers. The engineers and conductors on tho road are Ameri cans, but the road was built by natives under American superintendents and tho firemen and all tho common employes are Cholos and Indians. I am told thai the road paid for Itself within the first two years after building and that Its traffic steadily grows. Nearly all the leading railways of Peru were planned by Americana Tho fa mous Central road back of Lima, which I have described, was the creation of Henry C. Melggs of California, and this is so of the Southern railway of Peru and of nearly every lino in the country. Since Melggs' death there have been many extensions. Most of the roads use American rolling stock, and are run after American, methods. With the exception of tho Cerro de Pasco lines, they are un der tho Peruvian corporation, a financial Institution with Its headquarters In Lon don, but tho subordinate officers are largely from tho United States. Tho su perintendent and general manager of the Central is J. T. Feehan, an American, who was for a long time one of the ohlef officials 'of the Mexican Central, and the Southern railway Is under the superintendence of Mr. L, S, Blaisdell, a Texan who also has been connected with railroads In Mexico. Many Itoads In Project. Peru has now a number of railways In projection in which Americans aro Inter ested. It has planned several extensions from tho tops of the mountains to the Amazon valley, and what is known as the McCune scheme requires only the signature of the president to bring it into existence. This road is to extend from the Cerro de Pasco line to the U cay all river, a distance of a little more than 200 miles. I am told that It will cost some thing like $11,000,000 to build, and that arrangements have been made for Ameri can capital to undertake the work as soon as the concessions have been com pleted. There Is, howevor, a hitch be tween the president and Mr. McCune, and Just now the president has refused to sign the papers, although they already have been sanctioned by congress. I understand the president of Peru thinks that the terms given to the Amer ican conoesslonalries are too liberal and that Peru Is now' too poor to carry them out. According to these terms Mr. Mc Cune is to have 7,000 acres of forest for each kilometer of track and also a grant of 6,000 acres for each vessel of COO tons that he places on the Amazon and Its tributaries. Another provision is that the subsidy bonds to be Issued are to be guaranteed by the receipts from the tobacco monop oly, and that this is to be in the hands of Americans. The government manufac tures and sells all the tobacco, and the Income therefrom is something like ,$1,000, 000 per year. As to the value of the rail road, no one doubts but that It would be of enormous good to Peru, but at present there Is no Indication that the president will let It go through. Bell American Products. I find American goods for sale here In all the stores. The merohanta are mostly English and Germans, with some Peru vians and quite a number of Chinese and Italians. The hardware stores carry American axes, hatchets and other tools of all kinds. Much of the cotton prints come from our country, and there are also American meats sold In cans and a great deal of American machinery. Tou can buy our shoes at high prices, and American hats are sold in competition with the English -and French As to woolen goods, the Peruvians hare mills not far from Cuxco where they are turning out blankets and underwear, but the most of the other woolens still come from abroad. And Just here I wish to give credit to an American enterprise In Peru that Is doing more for our trade than any other single force, I refer to the West Coast Leader, a weekly paper published in Eng lish here in Lima, and to Peru of Today, a magaxlne, which has the same editor. These English Journals are devoted to opening up Peru to English and Ameri can capital and to the pushing of Ameri can trade. Their editor, John Vavasoor Noel, -was for a long time a newspaper man In the United States, and he has held important political and official po sitions. He Speaks and writes Spanish and Italian as fluently as English, and his papers deserve the support of our American firms who wish to get trade in this country. Good Chance for Unnki. There is a big opening here for a chain of American banks and this may be the outcome of the wedge that J. O. White Sc. Co. of New York have put Into Ecua- 3 dor. They have taken tho contract to clean up Guayaquil at a cost of $10,000,000, which may lead tp their Investing In railroads and other public works In that country, with extensions on Into Peru. At the present time the chief American firm on the west coast Is Messrs. W. R. Grace & Co. It has been operating hero for more than a generation, and it now has great houses In London and New York, with branches In Peru, Bolivia and Chile. The business was established by Michael P. and W. R. Grace, and It is said to have resulted In very large profits. It now does all kinds of business from the individual package of goods to the1 rolling stock for a railroad, and it deals In big contracts involving millions of capital. The Graces have long run a line of steamers from New York to western South America, and they are now taking over the management of the Peruvian passenger line which belongs to the gov ernment, but so far has been run at a loss. The firm has, I understand, a capi tal of something like $10,000,000. It is known everywhere for the ability and probity of Its officials and members and Is an Institution of which the United States should be proud. Opportunity for Hotels. Another opportunity for American cap ital down here is In the establishment of a good line of American hotels along the west coast. There should be an Aineri-j can kept hotel at Guayaquil and another at Quito, In Ecuador. There should be a third at Lima, a fourth at Arequlpa and a fifth and sixth at Valparaiso and San tiago de Chile. With the opening of tho Panama canal there is bound to be an enormous tourist travel to this part of the world, and at present the hotel ac commodations are beyond description abominable. I have been stopping here at one of a half dozen hotels owned by a monopoly which "charges from $5 to it a day gold. My hotel is the Maury. Its rooms are generally filled, and I under stand that It is paying enormous divi dends. Everything la done In the slowest, most grudging and insanitary way. The rooms are without baths, and the meals are of Spanish cooking such as would not be tolerated In any first-class Ameri can hotel. The monopoly knows that there Is practically no competition, and If one objects the clerk Is liable to say that bis house does not care for Ameri can customers. Chnrsjes Are Exorbitant, To show the antiquated methods of these hotels I have Just paid my bill. have been at the Maury for eleven days with myself and stenographer, and the bill as It lies before me It $1Q. Of this IZ2 consists of extras, and I find that in addition to the regular charge I have been paying ZS cents per dish for two poached eggs every morning and little rakeoffs on every sort of pretense. The meals given me for $9 or $10 a day have been desayuno, or coffee and bread, upon rising, and almuerzo, a table d'hote lunch or breakfast at noon, and a table d'hote dinner In the evening. I have pieced out the bill of fare by buying butter and Jam on the aide and bringing It to the table. But I started to write of how the bill was paid. I spoke the night before to the clerk, telling him I expected to leave early In the morning and to please havo the bill ready- When I came to the office he had done nothing, but he set two book keepers to work and they went through ureo aiuexeni c&sn uooks ana teasers j and figured and figured, making enough calculations to have Involved the buying of a railroad. As they figured they made memorandums and when they hnd com pleted the head bookkeeper " took the nhcets to iv typewriter and In Spanish, with one finger of one hand clicked off the Items. He then took tha typewritten copy to an old-fashioned copying press and sponged the leaves until they wero dripping with moisture. He copied the bill In the book and handed It to me with my chits, I looked over the latter nnd found that one of $3 belonged to some one elso. This was deducted. I then knew the sum I was to pay, but It took me a quarter of an hour more before I could get back my change. Altogether, the whole proceeding consumed fifty-four minutes by my watch and that for an account which would have been rendered at the Willurd In Washington or the La Salle In Chicago or the Waldorf In New York In the wink of an eye. Would Be Well Patronised. There Is no reason why a chain of American hotels at good prices would not havo a large custom. They would be patronized by foreigners and by Peruvians and the expense of running them would be far less than In our larger cities. There are no markets In the world that are better than those of Peru. We have the fruits here of the tropics and tem perate zones and that throughout the year. I spent yesterday morning In going through the city market. It covers a square, the chlof stalls being In a great court roofed with galvanized Iron and eurroundeil by stores. There were grapes, white and red. There were apples nn yellow as sold, peaches the color of enow nnd pomegranates and guavas rhlrrlmoya and tunas, the fruit of the cactus. There were oranges and lemons and pineapples, bananas nnd bushels ot paltas or alligator pears. Tho latter cost 6 cents or 10 cents, notwithstanding 1 had to pay M cents for the one 1 oidorod extrn j at the hotel today for my dinner. Vestrtnbtm Arc Wonderful. J And the vegetables. What would you . think ot string beans ns long as your arm, ot potatoes m yellow ns gold and of yuccas which have flesh like a potato, . but consist ot roots as big around as a I ball club and often two feet In length. I ! saw roasting ears at nearly every vege afAM,. Ram. ctt titA vrA hHrtlt ! yellow and others a black as your boots. I saw grains ot hominy of about twice tho size ot the largest lima beans. They came from a corn grown here which U so mealy you can make flour ot It by pound ing it with a stone. There were many tomatoes and great heads ot cauliflower and cabbage muskmclons and watermel ons and other frutt, ihn names of which I do not know. A large part of the market is devoted to meats and game. I saw lamb flesh and kid flesh and great cages ot guinea pigs, which taste like squab pigeons or tender young squirrels, There were large fish stalls full of cor blna and other fine fish from the ocean and some fish which are especially deli cious when served raw With the Juice of a lemon. Tho acid seems to have the same effect on the flesh as boiling and 1 Is even better than the raw fish of Japan, There aro alno many kinds ot nhelltls'i and among others a little clam-llke crea ture called the senorlta or little girl. This Is a clam whose flesh Is as white as snow, but which has also a morsel of meat of the color of the brightest red pepper which forms a part of ths fish. It tastes delicious. Good Fruit Outlook. In connection with the markets of the west coast I look for a large fruit busi ness to grow up In shipping Peruvian and Chilean fruits to New York and New Orleans as soon as the canal Is com pleted. We are now only ten days from tho mouth ot the Mississippi river and within two weeks of New York. This distance can be greatly shortened by tha canal, and the day will come whon ought or nine days will be all that is needed for the fast cold storage steam ers to go from the west coast to our principal ports. They can raise here fruits equal to any In California and southern Europe, and that In the midst ot our winter, when all fruits bring a high price In the states. Peru has Malaga grapes equal to those ot Spain, and some thing like $50.000,00u worth ot such grapes are now annually raised In the valleys of this desert coast and turned Into wine. Such grapes could be shipped to New York and bring 20 to 25 cents a pound. In fact, I have Just heard ot an Argen tina vlneyardlst who has thousands of acres near the eastern slope ot the Andes. He decided to try shipping fruit to New Yo-k last winter and sent two or three cold storage cars from there clear across the pampas to the Atlantlo ocean. They were taken by one of the Lamport and Holt steamers to New York nnd were sold out In two or three days. They brought, him g cents, a pound,, and noU wWs1analngtIuTiong haul paid very well. Similar fruit can be raised on this west coast, and the day will come when much of our winter fruit and vegetables will be produced here on the Paclflo side of the Andes. FRANK G. CARPENTER. The Modern Style Cedar Chest An mndo by the Iutter Furniture Company, is tho lower drawer of rlrftaser or chiffonier thus combining two articles of furniture in one, and saving the extra cost of a cedar chest. This feature of Luger "Cedar-Line'' Dressers and Chiffoniers is especially appreciated by those living in modern apartments whet space is limited. Among tho other strong features of the Luger Cedar-Line are too asy working drawers, tho inter-locking eonitruetion and 8-ply, one piece back whloh make for rigidity and durability, the dust-proof, moms-proof bottom, etc. Luger Dressers and Chiffoniers cost nothing xtra because of these valuable features. Why be satisfied with any other I Write us if your furniture dealer doesn't handle theaa. Luger Furniture Company Minneapolis, ilinn. rZr.lems BaAor The questions answered below are gen eral In character, the symptoms or dis eases are given and the answers should vpply to any case of similar nature. Those wishing further advice, free, may sddresa Dr. Lewis Baker, College Bldg., Collego-Elwood Sts Dayton, O., enclos ing self-addressed stamped envelope for reply. Pull name and. address must be given, but only Initials or fictitious name will be used In my answers. The pre scriptions can ba filled at any well slocKed drug store, Any druggist can order ot wholesaler. Minister Prnlse" This I.nxntlre. Rev. II. Stubenvoll, Allison, la., praises Dr. King's New Life Pills for constipa tion, best for liver and bowels. I5c. All druggists. Advertisement r Sanatorium This Institution is tho only one in the central west with separata buildings situated In their own ample grounds, yet entirely dis tinct, and rendering it possible to classify cases. Tho ono building being fitted for and devotod to the treatment of non-contagious and non-mental diseases, no others be ing admitted; the other Rest Cot tage being designed for and de voted to the exclusive treatment ot select mental cases requiring for a time watchful care and apo dal nursing. , "Anxious Jr." Give your children for bed wetting 10 to 15 drops In -water before meals the following: Tincture oubebs, 1 dram; tincture rhus aromatic, 3 drams; comp. nuld balmwort, 1 o. Mix well. This should be given about one hour be fore meals In water. ... "T. R. A." wrltes:-"l am afflicted with catarrh In throat and nostrils. Weak eyes and headache have resulted. Please aavise wnai lo use ' Answer! Obtain a two ounce package or opx or antiseptic vnane powder ana use ii according to the directions which accompany cueh package. "X. Y. Z." writes: "My hair Is harsh and dead looking and my scalp la covered With dandruff. Cnn you help me?" Answer: Qet a 4 oz. Jar ot plain yellow mlnyol and use It regularly and your hair will become soft and fluffy and it will bring back tho Intense natural color In the hair; your dandruff will be cured and you will bo rowarded with a healthy growth ot hair. "Mrs. Q." writes: "I want something to Increase my weight about IS to 20 pounds. My blood Is thin, watery and I iiave a pale complexion. Doctors say I am aene- mlc" Answer; Probably your assimilative functions are impaired that aenemla la the result. I would advise that you begin taking three grain hypo-nuclane tablets at once and continue until your blood la re-vltallzed with red and white corpus cles. Those tablets aid digestion and cause the body to assimilate the fatty elements In food, thus giving color, weight and strength to the abnormally thin. "Tom K." writes; "I have been unable to work for some weeks on account of rheumatism. What would you advise?" Answer: Take the following and I am sure you will soon be back at your work again. Mix the following at home and take a teaspoonful at meal times and at bed time; Iodide of potassium, 2 drams; sodium salicylate, A drams; wine ot col chlcum, H ounce; comp. essence car dlol, 1 oz,; fluid balmwort, 1 oz.; and syrup sarsaparuia. b ozs. "Clara" writes: "I have had a eough for about a year and fear I shall never be rid ot It, as it gets worse with every fresh cold I contract. Could you give me a remedy?" Answer: I can Rive you a remedy that I am sure will relieve you and one that la absolutely Harmless and pleasant to take. Make a syrup with one pint ot granulated sugar and one-halt pint of boiling water, put on the flro and let It come to a boll, then cool and add the contends of a a 1-s oz. bottle of essence mentho-laxone, whloh you can purchase at any drug store, and you will have n. pint of the finest cough syrup on the market today. It Is about eight times cheaper than ordinary labeled cougn medicines and will last much longer. "Miss Cella" writes: "I suffer with my stomach and havo to live on a very lim ited diet Please prescribe something no that I can digest tood and overcome this nausea and distress." Answer: Tablets triopeptlne, you will find most effective- If regularly used for several weeks. They are sold In sealed cartons with full directions. m "Adam J." writes; "A period has ar rived in my life whero I find my natural strength and nervous system falling me 1 do not recuperate as ot yore. My food and rest seem not to benefit aa they should. Ant weak, despondent and unable to perform the duties which are as sumed earlier In life, while my ambition for work and pleasure Is slowly going. Answer: I think a powerful harmless tonlo and nervine medicine will rejuve nate and restore the functions ot diges tion, assimilation, and elimination by in vigorating the nervous system. Obtain three grain cadomene to.ble.ts, packed in seated tubes and take a per directions accompanying. , Elltn J. asks; "I am only 23 years old and weigh ISO pounds. I am short, fat and uncomfortable. I dislike to go in company, as I feel embarassed. Can you. advise a fat reducing remedy?" Answer: Anyone who Is too fleshy can safely take 6-grain arbolone tablets. They are sold by well-stocked druggists toruse. A pound a day, If used regularly, can be taken off. "Q, R." writes: "Please advise some thing to take that will cure chronic con stipation. I have suffered for years and have used many kinds ot pills, but they do not cure." Answer: I think most of the Illness Is caused by chronic constipation. It the fol lowing tablets are taken regularly they will gradually effect a cure as tbey stim ulate the liver and bowels into healthy action. They are packed In sealed tubes and are called three grain sulpherb tab lets (not sulphur tablets) wth Mil di rections for taking. They will also purity the blood and tone up the entire system. It you ars dyspeptic, take tablets trio peptlno. These two medicines you will find In any up-to-date drug store, Ad. vertlsament. 2500 to S50o Off On Every Wearne Park Lot Purchased Before May 1st WEARNE PARK LOTS are Reasonably Priced and They Can be Bought on Easy Terms. The Price You Pay Us for Lots in this Tract In cludes Water, Permanent Cement Walks and Shades Trees. No lot is more than two blocks from car line which furnishes a 23-minute service to Omaha's Business District. How to Get to Wearne Park Take a Benson car, which will take you directly to the tract. Get off at the "Wearne Park" sign at 48th and Military ave. Salesmen will be on grounds all day today if weather permits. Don't miss this opportunity to buy a lot in what will soon be one of Omaha's most beautiful residence districts. Oome out today if the weather is pleasant, or any evening next week between 4:30 p. m. and 7:30, p, m. Rankers fi ealty f n vestment Qomgany DoufUj Ground Floor Bee Building 2926