VENEZUELA

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Venezuela,  due  to  its  vast  grassy,  wellwatered
  plains,  is  destined  to  become  one  of  the
world’s  greatest  cattle-producing  countries,
and  is  capable  of  supporting  many  million
heads.  It  is  estimated  that  there  are  more
than  2,000,000  goats  and  3,000,000  head  of  beef
cattle  in  this  land  to-day.  Four  slaughterhouses ­
  adapted  to  ship  frozen  meat  to  Europe
were  opened  and  seemed  to  be  on  the  verge
of  success  when  governmental  interference
closed  them.
Hides  to  the  extent  of  $1,010,636  and  goatskins ­
  to  the  value  of  $363,447,  came  to  the
United  States  from  this  country  in  1913.
Feathers,  horns,  wild  animal  skins,  deer  skins
and  fish-sounds  are  also  large  items  of  export.
The  extent  of  the  mineral  wealth  of  Venezuela ­
  is  unknown,  but  the  chances  are  that  it  is
exceedingly  rich  in  such  deposits.  It  is  certain ­
  that  there  is  gold,  silver,  copper,  iron,  tin,
sulphur,  asphalt,  coal,  lead,  petroleum,  phosphates, ­
  manganese  and  caolin.  One  gold  mine
between  the  years  1871-1890  yielded  $23,000,-000.
  I  have  seen  many  Indians  bring  bottles