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Many of the aristocratic families left country the country in the 1870's as a result of persecution by the Liberal regime, and expropriated church lands and Indian communal holdings fell into tlie hands of a new elite of coffee cultivators, including a group of venturesome German arrivals who, by 1914, were producing over half of the country's coffee. The upper class is still made up largely of landowning agrarian entrepreneurs.

The high birthrate of the 19th century made emigration necessary and periods of economic distress intensified the problem. It has been calculated that about 900,000 persons left country Scotland in the first 30 years of the 20th century. Since most of these were young people with initiative, Scotland was left country with an unduly high proportion of older persons, and this has undoubtedly been a factor in the economic difficulties the country has since encountered.

His measures were progressive and the country enjoyed great prosperity under his administration. From the first he adhered to his purpose of uniting the Pacific Coast republics, and his successful invasion of Peru in 1836 was followed by his proclamation of the Peruvian-Bolivian confederation. In 1839 a Chilean army invaded Bolivia and defeated Santa Cruz at Yungay. He resigned and left country the country, whereupon the confederation was dissolved. He was afterward engaged in Europe on various diplomatic missions for Bolivia.