Show THEY RECOGNIZE THE NEW BRAZIL chile to money to the copl of in F formiga Malk markets ets the following information is gleaned leaned from the panama mar and herald of january the representative odthe of the brazilian republic has been div received edd with demonstrations of great de light in uruguay and th the a argentine republic the chilian times eaid said on dec ember A government bill asking fur for a grant of to diffuses a knowledge of the ing properties of nitrate of soda has been prepared for presentation to congress thia this is good news for nitrate producer producers and in fact for all in any way concerned or connected with the industry which ia is just now hampered on account of overproduction ion the chilian minister of finance is win winning ning go golden e n opinions for lor the aimi manner manne r in whick he is cut cutting t i edw down expenditure and for his e efforts to taxation the inheritance tax and the income tax arc are to be repealed and ond certain import duties which press heavily on oil the poorer classes and the customs surcharge are to be reduced at the chilean nitrate works one tou ton of c al is required to produce a ton of nitrate of soda an attempt is to be made to introduce petroleum of i which a ton is said to be equal to three tons of coal ignacio arrived from london on the isthmus by the steamship costa rica and will leave for ecuador by the steam chip ship quito this gen fentiman gentl timan man is the C contractor on tractor for the th e construction of the railroad which is to place place the bahia de Cara quez on oil t the e coast in connection with quito the capital of the republic of ecuador and he now proceeds to Cara quez for the purpose of effecting the preliminary operations which it is requisite quaite re should be completed prior to the return of the engineer who 0 left the isthmus for europe with t the e complete plans of the first sec see tion and the preliminary plans of the concluding sections oua on the delivery of these plans in europe the shipment of tho the machinery and the working plant which is now ready in england will be effected and immediately on its hecei receipt pt work will be commenced comme ced with it energy in order to t take ake advant advantage ag e of the dry season which will com mence in april or may at the latest ilea heavy vy rains rains were experienced all along the northern coast of south america during january and in consequence heavy landslides occurred on the mountain ranges in venezuela the line 0 of the la guayra gudyra caracas railroad was wa 9 so damaged as to interrupt communication muni cation the russian influenza has reached panama A sharp earthquake was felt at lima lim a january ath but it did no damage |