INDEX

408

mate,  51;  population,  51;
colonists,  51;  rivers,  52;
ports,  52;  railroads,  52;
agriculture,  53;  minerals,
53;  forestlands,  53;  grazing ­
  lands,  53;  packing
houses,  53;  cattle  census,
54;  money,  54;  exports,
55;  imports,  55,  391-392;
travellers’  tax,  55;  cities,
56;  steamships,  56

Standard  Oil  Co.,  230
Subway,  356
Sugar,  19-57-62-102,  no,  171,
179,  188,  i94>  195,  i96>
203,  207,  208,  209,  2x0
Swiss  banks,  290
Tagua  (nuts),  no,  in,  120,
123,  353
Tannin,  41
Thefts  in  Custom  House,  270,
328
Theft  en  route,  328
Tin,  86,  87
Tobacco,  19,  53,  62,  64,  171,
179,  188
Tobago,  205
Tonka  (bean),  132,  135
Torquemada,  268
Trade  commissions,  214
Trade  development,  212
Trade  Marks,  276
Travel  in  Latin  America,  251
Travelers’  Tax,  174,  180,  189,
194,  245
Trinidad,  205,  206,  207
Tungsten,  99
United  Fruit  Co.,  121,  364,  365
United  States  attitude  toward
Latin  America,  274;  indifference ­
  toward  investments, ­
  359-362
Uruguay,  13;  discoverer,  49;
early  history,  49;  war
with  Brazil,  50;  government, ­
  50;  area,  50;  cliVacuum ­

  Oil  Co.,  230
Valdivia,  Pedro,  67
Vanadium,  99-102
Velasquez  (Diego),  168
Venezuela,  8-13;  early  history, ­
  126;  boundaries,  127;
government,  128;  population, ­
  129;  rivers,  129,  130;
railroads,  131;  asphalt  deposits, ­
  132;  cattle,  133;
minerals,  133;  money,
134;  exports,  134;  imports, ­
  135;  principal
cities,  135;  commercial
fees,  135;  steamships,  136;
192,  200,  219,  220;  imports, ­
  393-394-395
Virgin  Islands,  206
Windward  Islands,  206,  207
Wolfrain,  23-40-88
Woods,  cabinet  and  dye,  21
Yellow  fever,  254-371-373
Yerba  mate,  19,  62,  64