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these lands would be dependent upon having 
colonies throughout them, every effort was 
made to encourage emigration, the official au 
thorities knowing full well that affection for 
the Fatherland and a belief in the superiority 
of its products, would materially help in the 
dissemination of its goods and keep up a de 
mand for home made articles, until they had 
through their own merit obtained a foothold 
among the natives. As a direct result of this 
plan of colonization, fully one-fourth of the 
population of Chile are either German or of 
German descent, and the southern section of 
this country reminds one more of a portion of 
Germany in its type of building, the char 
acteristics of the inhabitants, their dress, the 
nature of their business and their modes of 
living than of a Latin nation. The same is 
also true in the southern part of Brazil, where 
the Germans have many colonies, each pro 
vided with public schools in which natives 
are really taught German before acquiring 
their mother tongue. 
The real ambassador of commerce—the