Show I GOVERNMENT ROADS CARED CALLED CALLED FAILURES Chilean Official Declares Privat Private Private vate vat Management Alone Gives Good Service s Los Ios Angeles Feb Feh 10 10 Railroads of or America are far SU superior to the lie railroads in III Chile and ami the reason Is that lint the time railroads of tho the South American Amen Ameri can ron country are owned by the tho state stale anti and tho railroads In America AmerIca are owned ownell lJ by private cOrI corporations r says saS 1 former commissioner of Chilean railroads and governor of or orthe the province of Antofagasta Chile Mr lm Is making a n. tour of America In 1889 he Ito first visited the United States Slates under commission lon from from the Chilean government to Investigate investigate I gate ae railways and amid their methods of or thong dong business tA A that line the people were ere all so ho to me that lint 1 I made mado two r resolves B one to treat trent every American no matter where I should meet him just as well wH as ai It was In my power ower to treat him and amI tho time other to 0 come conic comeback comeback back to this his country for Cor a pleasure rip lp just as soon as possible At that time lime I learned a good deal about your our railroads but of course there hero have been bc en great changes since then lien In Chile all nil the time railroads hilt but butone one are arc owned b by time the state and amid I 1 must conf confess q It Is a lla bail bad 1 plan It Is private enterprise that lint builds a country country coun coun- l try up III nn and 1 keeps kees that country grow grow- ing lag In private enterprises there are arO areno areno no politics an and try as you OU n ty you ou cannot keep politics out of ur the time management management man man- of oC a n railway or 01 other utility needed for public USeIn useIn useIn use In Chile this state ownership of or railroads has hns retarded the time develop develop- development op- op ment of the tho country more moro than anything any allY I thing timing else olse Time The municipal ownership of or vas tramways arid and water anti and gas systems SS S'S temmis would not be lJ tolerated in Santi Santi- ago ngo In Santiago all nil these things are arc under private control anti and we are continually con con- thanking heaven that it ft si 81 soVe so We Ve ro have had bath the tho experience with tho the railroads and I think that before long there thero will have to be a a. change Private I Roads bUttS I Good Gao I Service IlC Sent lee There Thero is on one wonderful little railroad railroad rail rall- road that thai is privately owned It Is transcontinental anti and Is GOO COO miles long It H runs from the Interior of oC Bolivia to Arica and time the tracks tr are only thirty inches incites wide There here Is a splendid mild did service f and a n great gleat quantity of freight Is hauled over the time road Ill Iii S Santiago wo we have a tramway system which Is a a. splendid contrast to the Lime railway under state control The Time electric tramway is owned ownell and amI operated operated oper oper- b by a private company and the tIme service Is excellent Mr left Chile In June Juno and went to Japan He lIe traveled from one end md of oC that country to the time other telling tell In ing the tho p people ople of nitrate of or so soda found In such great grent quantities In the deserts of ot Chile and anti now being Introduced Into various parts of the tho world as an ld to agriculture Nitrate si sl the greatest blessing agriculture agriculture ag nJ- has hns ever known and I believe belleve be be- lieve that in Japan where th the soil soli Is Isso Isso ism so m poor it will be he the greatest boon to the lie people he said Japan Is Isso Isso so mo thickly populated that It Il takes a n. areat grent reat deal to sup supply Illy the needs of the people They arc aro a n. frugal people but butt It t tal takes es ground g to grow even evon the few things they need n-eed to east cast anti and I think before lon long they will bo be o using nitrate I In lii great quantities |