CONDITIONS IN CHILE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21324, 27 October 1932, Page 13

CONDITIONS IN CHILE

SOCIALISTIC GOVERNMENT PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE "The new Government in Chile, al« though distinctly Socialistic, is a constitutional one, and is in no way desiroua of preventing the operations of private enterprise," said Mr. R. Dundas Smith, of Sydney, Consul-General for Chile in Australia and New Zealand, who has arrived in Auckland on a consular visit to the Dominion. The Government, he said, had strong Socialistic ideals, but no oni) who understood the political position in the country was at all alarmed. As a matter of fact, the name of the party in power, translated, was "Benevolent Socialist Party." Chile was making a very drastic effort to re-establish her finances, industry and trade. Agricultural pursuits were steadily progressing in Chile, he added. Fruitgrowing was very profitable, particularly apples, as the summer months synchronised with the winter months in New York. Last season 300,000 cases of apples were shipped to the United States. No doubt, as the vast areas of land in the south were opened up, sheep would be bred in enormous numbers.