. Illustrated South America; a Chicago publisher's travels and investigations in the republics of South America, with 500 photographs of people and scenes from the Isthmus of Panama to the Straits of Magellan . e, sheep, grains and alltropical products, industry stood stagnant while sectional feudswere fought. The great war with Chile was a blessing in dis-guise, for while it made the rich poor, the strong weak, androbbed Peru of her splendid nitrate tields, it closed and healedmany of the feuds and causes of revolutions, and left Peru onenation, one country, and everybody for Peru, and not fo
. Illustrated South America; a Chicago publisher's travels and investigations in the republics of South America, with 500 photographs of people and scenes from the Isthmus of Panama to the Straits of Magellan . e, sheep, grains and alltropical products, industry stood stagnant while sectional feudswere fought. The great war with Chile was a blessing in dis-guise, for while it made the rich poor, the strong weak, androbbed Peru of her splendid nitrate tields, it closed and healedmany of the feuds and causes of revolutions, and left Peru onenation, one country, and everybody for Peru, and not for them-selves. Dire necessity has forced the Government to be tolerant,fair and as unselfish as the most liberal country in the men and women of the leading families are cultured, edu-cated and generous; many of them speak English and Frenchas well as Spanish, and while their homes are exclusive, theirhospitality is the most genuine I have ever experienced. Theirlaws are fair to foreigners, and are enforced, and capital is se-cure and protected. With the opening of the Panama Canal,Peru will sustain a closer relation with the United States, andwe will become close neighbors and better PHYSICAL
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