INDEX 
408 
mate, 51; population, 51; 
colonists, 51; rivers, 52; 
ports, 52; railroads, 52; 
agriculture, 53; minerals, 
53; forestlands, 53; graz 
ing 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; indif 
ference toward invest 
ments, 359-362 
Uruguay, 13; discoverer, 49; 
early history, 49; war 
with Brazil, 50; govern 
ment, 50; area, 50; cli 
Vacuum Oil Co., 230 
Valdivia, Pedro, 67 
Vanadium, 99-102 
Velasquez (Diego), 168 
Venezuela, 8-13; early his 
tory, 126; boundaries, 127; 
government, 128; popula 
tion, 129; rivers, 129, 130; 
railroads, 131; asphalt de 
posits, 132; cattle, 133; 
minerals, 133; money, 
134; exports, 134; im 
ports, 135; principal 
cities, 135; commercial 
fees, 135; steamships, 136; 
192, 200, 219, 220; im 
ports, 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