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Identifier: cu31924021189315 Title: Chile today and tomorrow Year: 1922 (1920s) Authors: Joyce, Lilian Elwyn (Elliott), 1884- Subjects: Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company


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Text Appearing Before Image: But of all Chilean off^erings, none has been of moreimportance to the world, apart from the potato, thanthat strange naturally produced chemical of the north-ern rainless regions, nitrate of soda. Nitrate hasbrought millions of exhausted or semi-productive acresinto rich fertility, employs a hundred thousand peoplein its production and transport, and is today a necessityof the farmer. Artificial production is unlikely to rivalthe natural deposits in the markets of the world, owingto the cost of manufacture, and the Chilean fields, im-mense and practically inexhaustible, form a naturaltreasure of prime industrial importance. Other na-tions besides Chile are fortunate in possessing copper,coal, iron and silver: in the possession of nitrate theWest Coast is without a competitor. The only cloud upon the Chilean political horizon,remaining since the War of the Pacific, is the problemof the two provinces now combined as Tacna, with thecity of Tacna as capital. That the future of this little

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