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! | LATIN ROAD REBIRTH PLEASES HOOVER Evidences of a Renaissance i of Incas’ Highway Build- ing Is Seen. BY REX COLLIER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. | { U. 8. S. UTAH, EN ROUTE TO| SHAMPTON ROADS, January 1.-—Pres- ident-elect Hoover has noted with much gratification evidences of & renaissance of road building in South America—a yevival of the art practiced so remark- ably well by those intelligent progen- itors of many modern-day inhabitants | of the western coast, the Incas. | ‘The ancient Incas were, to the New World, what the Romans were to the ©Old World, with respect to construction | of highways Remnants of the Inca| roads exist to this day—reminders of | an era of scientific learning and cuiture that rivaled the glories of old Egypt This cpoch ended with the landing of | the Spanish conquistadors and their | ruthless subjugation of the proud and | | quistador, Hernando Pizarro, tells of | en route from Cajamarca to Pachacmac. THE EVE NG STAR, WASHINGTON, '‘D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1929 climb these steps and ne(omu rocky stretches without sl{ggtnz. The llama, it will be seen, was closely associated with the development of Inca roads. Long suffering and requiring little forage, it met the transportation needs of the ancient Americans as nothing eclse could. Moreover, it sup- plied .its masters with flesh and hide, and during religious festivals was the sacrificial offering on the altars of fire. Even today the llama continues as 2 principal method of transportation in interior sections along the Andes. Suspension Bridges Noted. Among the more noteworthy accom- plishments of the Inca engineers were the suspension bridges of plaited canes and bamboo, which they swung across canyons and rivers. Some of these plaited ropes were as thick as a man's thigh. - In some places two bridges par- alleled each other, one for the exclusive use of the Inca, or emperor, and his | retinue, and the other for the common people. The latter was operated on a toll basis, it appears, for the great con- paying toll to cross a suspension bridge At certain places along the highways there were tambos, or resting places, comparable to the overnight inns along old American stage lines. The roads found in Peru by the Span- | ish invaders undoubtedly were not | wholly the work of the reigning Incas, | but were developed from still mor ancient highways built by their ance tors. Of all the Inca roads the two out- standing ones were those running north | and south from Quito to the Lnca capi- tal, Cuzo. One of these followed thehills | back fro mthe coast, while the other | followed the shore line. Each was more HOOVER'S WELCOME 10 BE UNOFFICIAL Greetings Upon Arrival at Fort Monroe Sunday Void of Ceremony. By the Associated Press. The pomp and ceremony of an official | home-coming will. be lacking in the | greeting to be tendered Herbert Hoover next Sunday when he arrives in Wash- ington to start clearing off his desk preparatory to taking over the reins of | government March 4. No plans are being made for an offi- cially delegated welcoming body when the battleship Utah reaches Old Point Comfort Sunday. L. R. Richley, a close personal friend of the President-elect, | will be the only representative of the | Republican national committee to make | the trip from Washington to greet Mr. Hoover and accompany the party back to the Capital. | Chairman Work of the committee will | meet his chieftnin at the station in| Washington when the special train ar- ! rives from the Virginia port. Just who | the other welcomers will be has not been | decided. | Hoover’s Wishes Respected. i | Hoover has expressed a desire that his entrance to the Capital be as unobtru- sive as possible. He also has requested naval authorities not to fire a salute as the Utah docks. While officially the arrival is to be simple and not attended by crowds, Republican leaders feel that the return to this country of its President-elect will be the occasion of an unofficial demonstration both at Old Point Com- fort and later in the day in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover will go immedi- ately to their home on S street, which now is being put in readiness. Will Receive Callers. Appointments are not being made for the Republican leader, but a staffl of clerks at the committee headquarters are making & record of the name and business of everybody who desires to see the President-elect. Mr. Hoover himself, however, must decide on the engagements. The list already is a large one. and from it alone it would appear as if the President-elect would have a busy time receiving callers during his week or 10-day stay in the city. i dl ey s Given Cane by Lodge. WINCHESTER, Va. January 1—A silver mounted cane, suitably engraved, | has been presented to Milton S. Crabill, Toms Brook, Va., by Cassia Lodge of Masons of Woodstock. Mr. Crabill has been a member of the order 61 years. | and is probably the oldest Mason in | point of membership in northern Vir-| ginia | states (try in which they were selling HOOVER TO LEAVE HERE FOR FLORIDA PROBABLY JAN. 12 (Continued From First Page.) plan. This report was denied in Mr.| Hoover's behalf. Mr. Hoover is still devoting much of his time to a study of the results of his Latin American trip rather than to his cabinet, which. incidentally, probably is already fairly definitely outlined in his mind. One matter to which he has given considerable thought is the necessity for North American manufacturers and exporters to establish their own dis- tributing agencies in South America if our trade in their markets is to be based upon a sound foundation. ‘This is regarded as not only essential | for building up the markets themselves, |but also for feeding United States mer- |chant marine vessels with cargo. goods will ship them in a vessel flying its own flag. ‘Throughout the South American trip just completed it was observed almost erywhere that products of the United were being handled not by Americans, but by other nationals who nevertheless were foreign to the coun the | goods Argentina affords an example. Al- t:ough United States exports to Ar- gentina are as large as, or larger than, | Tt is | but natural that the agency handling | those of Great Britain, there are only 2,300 North Americans in Buenos Aires, as against 40,000 Englishmen, and 90 per cent of American products are dis- tributed by agencies whose native in- terest lies in the promotion of the trade of some other country. Only one really great North American company is distributing in South Amer- ica. That is W. R. Grace & Co.. while 8 or 10 such companies are needed | for firm establishment of our markets. | Expected to Stress Point. This is a point of view which Mr, Hoover has been trying to impress upon American manufacturers ever since he took charge of the Department of Com- merce, and it is unlikely that since he has seen conditions at first hand he will allow those efforts to die out when he reaches the White House. Signs of the increasing financial sta- bility of the South American countries are abundant on all sides. Balanced government budgets have been estab- lished in the last several vears in Venezucla, Brazil. Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia and Costa Rica whils reduction of expense and increase of income have put Chile, Peru. Ecua- dor and Guatemala well on the way to balanced budgets. Only Bolivia Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras and Sal- vador remain backward in this respect. All the countri DS TSSOSO TSSO ‘bulud curencies except Peru and Gua- |temala, which are making efforts in that direction. Nicaragua alone is taking no steps at the moment to meet her national debts. ‘The majority are meeting the interest and principal payments of both their foreign and domestic debts, with only | Paraguay, Bolivia, Ecuador and Hon- |duras falling short. Even those are | hopeful of success before long. Banking Conditions Sound. Banking conditions are sound through- 3 Sunday Schaol Class Elect: Special Dispagch to The Star. 4§ LYNCHBSRG. Va., January 1.—The Loyal Sons and. Daughters class of Fairview Christian _Sunday school, | taught by Mrs. John L. Suttenfield, has elected the following officers for 1929: | President. Jack ‘Hines: vice president, | Miss Christine Burnette; secretary, | Elmer Goding, and treasurer, Miss | Marian Allen. out_the continent and many munmes.) | such as Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. Panama, Colombia. Peru, Chile, Uru guay and Venezuela, are following mod- ernized systems something after the fashion of our own Federal Reserve. Trade balances are such as not to re- | quire foreign borrowing to any extent |except in the case of Ecuador, whose cocoa crop has suffered, and Bolivia, whose exportable products are small. | All of which is to say that South America is probably in better position to do business with the world today !than ever before in her history. (Copyright. 1929.) Tree Named for Hoover. SINTON. Tex., (/).—Two large palm trees, J. M. Hochstetler’s gift to Sinton | High School. were named “Mr. and Mrs. ! Herbert Hoover" by the donor. > Undecr Supervision of .SMITH & BATTERY DEAD? Formerly Main 500 LEETH BROS. | Open Daily Sundav SAM.-11P.M. 9AM.-3P.M. THE BEST NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION YOU EVER MADE!s trustful tribes they found living in such ;! dazzling splendor on the new continent. ' ! A decadence of road building followed | Wide. @uring the Spanish colonization period, | _According to Lopez de Gomara, the 1,200 miles long and was 25 feet | The fact that the landing day is Sun- | day probably will militate against any | formal station reception, since Mr. the effects of which are a 1o this day. is dawning, however. Sta- bilization of government. advancement of learning and improvement, of conditions have combined during the past few vea: . €] party have been driven over miles and miles of broad concrete hway of American construction, have n steam shovels and concrete mixers Seonverting dirt and cobblestone surfaces into smooth motor boulevards, have been made to feel “at home” in real ¥ street-like traffic jams and have seen other encouraging evidences of trans- rtation progress in the lower half of lp.:e Americas. Highway Approved. Moreover, the good will mission has found real enthusiasm in behalf of the proposed pan-American highway. South | “America believes such a road will be an invaluable bond of friendship and com- merce and there is a strong movemeat for fruition of the project. The pro- posal is a major topic for discussion at the Congress on Highway and Road Building at Rio Janeiro. Europe in all her glory never pos- sessed so gigantic a network of im- proved roads as ran throfigh the land of the Incas in the pre,/Spanish period. | They were laid out sbmetimes without | regard to gradient#as the Incas were | ignorant of the gheel. Their travels were made afgst and their merchan. dise was mgfed by that peculiarly South Amepscan beast of burden, the i aply supported, sure-footed ma. Consequently the roads were to straight under all conditions | ortest practical - distance be- two points. roads were wide, like modern , for room must be had for ge of the herds of pack-loaded | Heavy | lamas, driven by men on foot. consignments of goods required large herds of animals, for a llama will carry about 100 pounds of burden, and no more. Loaded beyond this maximum the wise beast will lie down in his tracks and refuss to go on until its burden is lightened. | To avoid landslides in the And many of the roads were laid over high mountain peaks rather than through pasves and below cliffs, necessitating at | times the building of great stone stair- ways to solve the difference in levels. The llama’s cloven hoofs enabled it to CTAL NOTICES, ’GTORS OF CALL the repular semi- | ihe preferred | common stock on a | % on @ividend basis of $2 per share per annum. pavable semi-annually, both pavable. on January 10, 1929. to $tockholders of record Bt the close of busihess December 31. 1928. LOUIS C._CARL. Secretary. THERE WILL BE A MEETING Atlantic Building Company office at 119 3 Fairfax st.. sdi January 17, 1929, at 11 o'clock is for the election of officers. ransacting business for the year. TLANTIC BUILDING CO.. M. PARKER, Jr., Pres. Sec’'y and Tre: is my 3 directors nd_t A By M. 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Thz National Capital Press 1210-1212 D St. N.W. _Phone Main 650, apparent in | Boston, | niture to or from Richmond and 3343, ad along the coastal route i clos on both sides, had a breadth of | 25 feet and was efficiently drained by | ditches alongside and fringed with large | numbers of pepper trees.” The road | | along the heights, he said, “was of the | same breadth, cut from solid rock and | | finished with limestone, and here they | |leveled the hills. and there they raised |a valley in order to make the road | even—a work, when all that has to be said is spoken, greater than the Pyra- mids of Egypt, greater than the Roman roads and all the works of antiquity.” Highways Disintegrate. The great Inca roads that had reached their apogee years after the discovery of America during the reign of the great Inca, Huaynacapa, disappeared during the Spanish colonization period. Spo- radic efforts were made by some of the Spanish leaders to maintain the old highways, but they disintegrated from se until they were overgrown and indistinguishable in places. The establishment of a republican form of government market the beg: ning of a slow re 1 for road buildinz. Railroads were laid out first, but rot much attention was given to highwa: until the last decade. for instance, has made vast | in the construction of motor | 's under the guidance of its pro- e executive, President Augustus | Several good roads have been | in the past few years, and | more are being laid out and constructed | at present. Peru’s present highway pro- | gram calls for the building of 34.423 | kilometers of improved roads, of which | { about half of this length has already | ! been opened to traffic. 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