Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-20

1 AIN nul aware thai Lie lsOtnel mai ucs 80
The corresponding parallels, have been ho'ea-
nor are they important, SO small, comparative,
IL. is ilie ailudinal area OF The surfaces included
teiwecu them.
Iads pendtn! Of minor deviations everywhere
exhibiting themselves in the isolheTmal lines,
more imp orianl local exceptions exist IN many
places owing to elevation, proximity oil oodles oi
wafer, prevailing winds, &c. Thus, south Oh
latitude 50 deg. in North America the elevations
Of The Cordillcras give the mill. weather q 'iie
temperate, and even The rieors oil the frozen zone;
and the same is true OF the Andes OF Souln Anne
rica-i1 Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and New Gre
madam The same aludes, where, al The east
ern foo, oil these iecyities The tropical sun buns
IN. as with FIRE, the verdure Of The vast lanes OF
! Brazil and Venezuela, and e1hales death from
peslilent fens Of Guiana and the reptie-teemInS
1 marshes OF the Amazon. The same exceptions
| exist on The Eastern Continent, wherever noun
tain chains rise 10 sufficient elevations TO bring
! 10 bear This well known and uniform law Tor the
| depression of temperature, albeit in tropical or
| sub.lropcal regions. The steady and mild eli
mate of the Atlantic Ocean, and is continual and
peculiar motion on the west Of Europe, prevent
| ing the ice, which the north wind watts down
| from The Arctic seas, from lodging ITSELF or even
approaching. those shores, strongly influences
| The climates Of The British Islands and Norway
rendering hem more temperate han others many
| degrees farther south in the interior of Eu-
rope ard Asia. Eastern Prussia, and Polish
| Russia are rendered disproporionaely cold
BY he prevailing wind, which sweeps without re-
sistance from The bosom Of The Arctic Ocean 10
the Carpalhian Mountains and The Northeast
wind, laden with the frosls OF Siberia, and un-
tempered by the southern winds, from which II is
cul of by The lofty AIay Mountains, carries
cold under which men, nay whole caravans
/ 4, 20 in he mi q
| erp Africa. and The confines OF The burning Sa-
hara The Caspian and Black Seas-MounIs
Caucasus and Taurus prevent Asiatic Turkey,
and Mount Hamus, European Turkey-frOm
experiencing similar cold. The same wind en-
legng Europe, reduces the temperature oil lis
eastern considerably below that OF lis western
confines; and effects are iell more or less west
wardy, in proportion as its course is arrested by
mountains. The climate OF Silesla and Saxony
is FIR colder and more muIable Than mat oil 30.
hcmia, from which they are only separated by
the Erzgebirse and Riesensshrse. In Northern
European Russia, in Finland and the basin oi
The Dwna-in The same attitudes where Norway
exhibits the hola OF Northern Germany-splnIs
freeze and quicksilver becomes malleable. But
il is unncc, ssary 10 continue this enumeI alton.
Lei u now lake q rapid view ol the wool grow
! ing countries embraced in the specified zones
Aui We will first complete The description OF our
own continent.
heYico-ihat portion Of il north Of latitude 30
deg.-bears too close resemblance 10 our IVES
fern Territories coltermiDuus With Il! 10 feqcire
separate notice.
Bur small proportion Of The grea, peninsula
Of South America is included between fhr 30h
and 45ih parallels 81 latitude, and admitting, what
seem. probable, TIA, The contisuity OF two great
oceans oud 81 affect The climate rs 10 carry the
northern lire oi The VOL zane !iHle nearer 10
the Equator this would Sill embrace bnt
saw. lwo-ihifds OF Buenos Ayfes, nearly all OF
Chill, The Iiule Salc Of Uruguay, mere point
OF Biaz !, and The north OF Patagonia.
The growing Of Wool has already been COM
merccd on The vast yampas. Of Buenus Ayres-
.hous h as yet 10 : bur i,nned extent In 1892
The export nf wool 10 Great Brain was 30 G52
arroba.;s hu The came year the imrort OF English
wooleus considerably exceeded il in value Th-
United States Tariff Oh foreign WOODS costing I
cents per pound Or under, being hen but per
cent al rdi0,em the importation ni wocl OF that
qualify from the Argentine Republic INFO our
couary in The fiscal year ending June 80 1916
was ,295, i59 lbs and OF wool costing more than
I cents tpay'Es day of so per cent. al rai07em,
and specific duty Of cents per ponnd) The Ini-
port was 43 63l lbs
The yampas resemble the North American
prqif1es, being plains covered with wild grasses,
and entirely destitute oil timber. The land IS d.
vided by the Government into estates league
square Is 7G0 acres) and sold al ~ cents per
acre. Unul recently The pampas were depas-
iured almost exclusively By horses and cauf,
and SO plenty and cheap were hsy, that they
we're frequently killed Tor their hides alone. The
hsrdsmrn and shepherds live in miserable hus,
and temporary fluids are formed OF the trunks "
peach trees. Western or southwestern winds
called yanipa0s often sweep The country with de-
s,ruclve fury, and there are instances IN which
Jocks .! sheen have been forced BY them into
streams and have persisted.
The inhabiianis Of the pampas are IN The
north line Gauchos ---drscrndaEls oi .;pan:alts--
who, living in the saddle, and can;cni 10 suhsisl
on crked beel and cold wafer having few wants,
aud more which the lasso wi moi surpiy-leada
life q! wild and rowing liberty. Tribes OF mount
ed Indians, wild, predatory and constantly al var
with The Gauchos, occupy the southern pampas.
The facilities for producing wool here closely
resemble those OF the North American prairies,
though wood is wanting over much more extern
sive tracts. The price OF lands on The rampas IS
less, hui they are more remote from markets, as
.hcre is little or no manufacturing done in South
America. Besides The cost OF transportation,
wool must pay, before reaching market, the du
lies levied by some foreign nation. The duly in
the United States, by the Tariff OF 1916, is 30
per cenluln AL raloruaa, without regard TO quail
", thus disseminating that great discrimination
in favor OF the coarse article, which allowed a
large proportion Of The woods OF Bnenos Ayres,
Africa, Turkey, &c, TO enler our ports under
merely nominal duty. The present Tariff raised
the duty on these woods TO s1 Times the former rate,
l. on woods costing cents, from 81 mills 10 2
GEMS anc mill per pound. This will make an
important difference 10 The foreign grower and ex-
pollcr. II these woods continue, as hitherto, TO
be imported in the grease and dirt, from which
state they lose about halt weight in being brought
as Clean as well washed United States wool, eve
ry pound Of them so imported will actually pay
double duty, or cents and mills, halt OF this
being paid for DIT. II, on The other hand, they
are washed prior 10 expectation, reduction OF
50 per cent in their weight viii call Tor cores
ponding advance in their price. Wool now cos
tine cents al Buenos AyIes or Smyrna will
co:l Ia cents; and il this is exported into The Uni
led States, i, must pay duty Of 30 per cent or
crs and mills Ier pound twill be seen, therefore,
that The lowest priced foreign woods cannot enter
our country wilhou, paying about This duty a c,s.)
rer pound, unless under auduenl invoices and |
This, as has been already shown, is hall The cost |
Of producing wool throughout region OF the !
United States much greater in eXen! Than all !
that portion Of the South America included with
in The wool-growing zone.
The English duty on woods costing less than |
81 cents is | cent per pound; ever II cents, :
cents per pound. The French culy is p per cent
cd uai0rcm without regard 10 cost.
The security Of life and property is far less IN /
Buenos Ayres Than in The United Stale; he char
ac,er OF The agricultural population less nduslrl. /
ous less skl:ul, and less mcihodIoal CaPral' .
ISIS trom other countries may, on account Of The /
cheap Of the lands, make il profitable 10 pur,
chase large es,anetas, and raise vast hocss OF
sheep; and this has already been done b. few
Europeans. But the pampas are subjec' 10 The |
same general objcc,ions'' with The North Amer
can parties, AID when the contagious diseases,
advened 10 in speaking OF The later, once obtain
a footing on them, ii is not difficult 10 predict
how linse diseases will be encountered By The
wild ard, so lar as agricultural labor is concern
ed ipcoleut Gaucho Tine difficulty Of encoun-
lrrrg .hem, with The best skill! and Industry, IN
der such circumsiances-oi preventing their IN.