TRADE  WITH  LATIN  AMERICA  215

these  lands  would  be  dependent  upon  having
colonies  throughout  them,  every  effort  was
made  to  encourage  emigration,  the  official  authorities ­
  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  demand ­
  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  characteristics ­
  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  provided ­
  with  public  schools  in  which  natives
are  really  taught  German  before  acquiring
their  mother  tongue.
The  real  ambassador  of  commerce—the