Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-10-01
ABOUT URUGUAY.
A Country that Holds Forth Great
Inducements To Emigrants.


4 Scotch settler in the Banda Or en-
tale writes to The LoRd0n AeVS: From
the combined effects of the immense
migration from Europe. the yolume
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 t in
wolves consequences Of serious import
to your farmers and 10 holders of gov
eminent stocks and railway invest
ments. Hitherto the Argentine prov
inces and Uruguay have been regarded
in Europe as purely pastoral; and for
many years to come that. no doubt.
must necessarily remain the prcdomn-
ant industry. But while "Estmcias"
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 cmigrants. who mostly be-
long to the rural class, quickly achieve
a competence in this country of high
wages, and invest their savings in
land, which they acquire. in fee sim
pie, at prices Oftencr lower than the
rent-chargc at home. Soil and climate.
over region a. large rs England. are
/ prominently adapted to agriculture
and the cultivation of cereals. etc. The
expense of reclaiming tho prairie is a
trifle, and local taxation scarce worth
naming. The farms vary from twenty
TO two hundred acres. and rs they are
cultivated BY the families of the settlers.
with occasional assistance from rcla-
tiyes or friends fresh from Europe. the
cost Of production is reduced to Il
minimum. Certainly they are much
lower than in North America. Already
production is far in excess of local re-
quirements (Which used to be furn shed
by the states). and our wheat and lin
seed cargoes are now competing in
Europe with those from America and
Ind 4. But these supplies are merely
the "ayant couriers' OF what will
follow; for our potent al capacity Of
production of animal food. no less
+ than of cereals and seeds, Is practically
without count, and is at present in.
crcasing 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 chef attention ut 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 Eu-
rope. These peasant farmers cling TO
the railways. on which they act recipro-
cally. AS in North America, they made
the roads and from their earnings are
enabled to buy land on either side Of the
lines, where available Consequently
they are becoming the largest contribu-
tors of traffic; and the result is that
our railways are at present the most
remunerative in the world. and promise
TO be more so in the future, from the
rapid settlement of the country and for
the absence of competition by new lines.
The completed lines are paving 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 rcmunerative.
Cattle breeding for the prepared
meat expectation is making rapid pro-
gress and is likely to surpasS in inn
portance even that done now in wool.
Our mutton in the carcass has already
become well known in England and
France, and rs 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 month without sensibly
diminishing our focks and herds. which
are Mt present increasing in compound
proportion.
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