The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-08
ABOUT URUGUAY.
A Country that Holds Forth Gre,,
Inducements TO Er,irrnn1s

Inducements TO Ernicrnnts.
A Scotch settler in the Banda Orien.
tale writes to The London Nems. From,
the combined effects of the immense
immigration from Europe, the volume
OF which is rather increasing than
otherwise. and the steady extension Of
railway communication, an Industrial
transformation is in progress in these
regions which has scarcely attracted
any attention at home, although it in
wolves consequences of serious import.
to your farmers and to holders of GOV
ernment stocks and railway invest.
ments. Hitherto the Argentine prov,
inees and Uruguay have been regarded
IN Europe as purely pastoral; and for
many years to come that. no doubt.
must necessarily remain the predomin-
ant Industry. But while '.Estancias''
have been extending on our further
borders, the districts bordering the
embouchure of the rivers Plate and
Uruguay, and which are within reason
able distance of the shipping ports by
river or rail, are slowly but surely be-
coming essentially agricultural The
European emjgrants, who mostly be-
long to the rural class, quickly achieve
competence in this country of high
wages. and invest their savings in
land, which they acquire, in fee sim
pie, at prices oftener lower than the
rent-chargc at home. Soil and climate,
over region as large as England, are
pre-emncntly adapted to agriculture
and the cultivation of cereals, etc. The
expense of reclaisning the prairie is a
tritic, and local taxation scarce worth
naming The farms vary from twenty
to two hundred acres, and as they are
cultivated by thefamilies of the settlers,
with occasional assistance from rela-
tives or friends fresh from Europe. the
cost of production is reduced to a
minimum. Certainly they are much
lower than in North America. Already
production is far in excess of local re-
qurements (Which used to be furnished
by the states). and our wheat and lin
seed cargocs are now competing in
Europe with those from America and
India. But these supplies are merely
the "avant couriers' of what will
follow; for our potential capacity of
production of animal food, no less
than of cereals and seeds, is practically
without count, and is at present in
creasing in ratio which your hard
bcset farmers can not afford to ignore.
FROM community of race and language
it is quite rational that agricultural de-
velopments in North America should
attract chief attention at home; but
here. in this southern hemisphere, an
agricultural development only less in
degree is in active progress Although
the settlers have less of the consuming
energy of the British race, they are
equally industrious and far more frugal.
and are certain to become formidable
competitors for the food supply of Ell
rope. These peasant farmers cling to
the railways, on which they act recipro-
callv. As in North America. they made
the roads and from their earnings are
enabled TO buy land on either side of the
lines, whore available. Consequently
they are becoming the largest contribu-
tors of traffic; and the result is that
our railways are at present the most
remuneratve in the world, and premise
to be more SO in the future, from the
rapid settlement of the country and for
the absence decomposition by new lines.
The completed lines are paying higher
dividends and their stock and debcn-
lures command higher prices than any
in Europe or America; and the lines in
course of contribution promise to be
equally remuneratiyc.
Cattle breeding for the prepared
mcat expectation is making rapid pro-
gress, and is likely to surpass in I'M
portance even that done now in wool.
Our mutton in the carcass has already
become well known in England and
France. and as to live stock, if suitable
steamers. such as are employed in con-
veying Canadian cattle, take up the
trade, we can easily ship to Europe two
million head Il month without sensibly
diminishing our hocks and herds. which
are at present increasing in compound
proportion.