CHAPTER XVII

CHILE’S INDUSTRIAL FUTURE

Agricultural Possibilities of the Central Valley--Its Extent--Wheat for Export--Timber Lands of the South--Wool in the Magellan Territory--Grape Culture--Mills and Factories--Public Works Policy--Longitudinal and Other Railway Lines--Drawbacks in Government Ownership--Trans-Andine Road--Higher Levels of Foreign Commerce--Development of Shipping--Population--Experiments in Colonization--Internal and External Debt--Gold Redemption Fund--Final Word about the Nitrates 262