Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-04-17
The Argentine Republic
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increased l 81 per cent, Shns 'ns. " 50
uni,,d States has Increased BAT ~ pr
cent. and the city Of Bssnos Ayrs "
growing faster than Miassspoli' o. Den
YER. Las, year IL received i2t.oOo I'M,
mIsr.ni. from EarOp.. and the natural
Increase 10 very lsrg-. The n.seoms"
AZ, mostly Italia. aud Bsqs", "iia
,prinllins Of Germans. s-is and s"'a',
To temp, The imnigrsa,' into the ssn-
cultural districts the go,srnnsa' has en-
.e,.d l.nd ls-, even more literal th.n
ours. Each bead Of = family % entitled
70 $50 acre. free. aud I. much mote |.
he ds.irs. 10 parrhsss. 10. limit OF Low
acres. At .boai ,evsn,y.hvs esne al sef.
ia oar monsy. Or the settler may &C
ouire / 500 acres free sisr i've years ~
pl.niins 200 acre. 10 grain and twenty
four acre. 20 timber Free transports.
,ioa from Bssno. Ayrss 10 the place o.
location /. granted 10 all settler, and their
families. exemption from israiioa TOE zen
,,.,. snd eoloni1.lion socisiies are OF
gained which issue bonds guaranteed eY
The goysrnnsni. the proceeds OF -h'eA
are loaned 20 the settlers IN suns Dot
greater than OIL 900. tor I've years, With
inieres, q, pr cent. uPoa the eaih's-
ton q /. certain amount Of lsnd and ne
erection Of certain smoan; Of Improve
meats
The r.al,. of,hs.s bessfesai las are
coa.psssoa,. In 1856 nearly nine hand-
red thousand acre. Of -ild land -ers
ploashed and plated. ons firm IA bss-
90. Aye. ,old 1900 r,sPeu nssgi.eiaf-
Cd In the United States, aud o,hsf arms
{. Lesser number; elevators are beng
erected upon the bsht' Of the ri'ef'. IRON
wkich wheat !. lOaded inio vessels iof
Bnril and Europe. AID the aVersgs crop
90. twenty-five Bushels u wheat TO TIE
acre.
10 1855 ,hsf, ~,re foriy-ons mi.lioa
sheep in the United States, ssVsa'y.'-o
millioa. 10 Australia, sad oss hundred
million, Ia the AfsrH,ins RsPaelie. We
have t-o-,kifds Of sheep 20 every Ia
habitat In the Argen,ine ksPgolie
there az, twenty-five sheep. aud 10 Ura'
quay forty sheep 10 every man, -om.n
add child. We have forty mliiions OF
hortsd cattle 10 {. poPal.,ioa ot'iIiy NIL
li0n. the Argentine RsPaslie ADD urs-
quay k.., thirty-sigh, milli0a. Of cattle
10 population Of four AID half mllioa'.
Ia Urususy. With population u ave
hundred th0gsasd souls. ihsv are eight
million. Of cattle, tssaiy millions oi
sheep. two million horses, % siIiy bead
Of stock fof zach mAn. woman, and child.
Fifteen millioa dollars have bssA Invested
In -ife fsEes, In Uruguay alone. AID more
than twice =. much IN the Arssniins ks-
public. In either Of the eOaairis' coo
can Be bought for h', dollars. steer f.'-
isnsd Coz the muks, for tee OF twelve
dollars. = pair Of oxen Coz ,sea,y.h'e
dollars. . sheep Zoe FIFTY Or siIly esh,',
an ordinary working horse iOf eight OF
ten dollars, aud . roadster for ,-sniy.hve.
mule Coz fftsen dollars. aud . mate f0r
whatever her hide vii bfiag Mares
ate never broksn 70 saddle OF hAfnes', bg,
are allowed 10 run ~ild Ia The pastures
from The time they ate io.lsd ull they
cease 10 be Of value or breeding. -ssn
they ere driven to the ,aisisrDi. OF 'l.asb-
ter. houses. and Killed Zoe their hid,'.
A m.n Who -ould use mate under the
saddle OF before . wagon -Oald Be- COZ
,idsred Of unsouhd mind. There !. .
superstition sgsins, IL.
There used TO be place called P.,a-
gonis. IL appears IA our georaphiss
nov =. ". dreN md uninhsbiiAble waste,
upon which herd. Of hid h0ns. ADD cat
ne srsze. thai are hunted fof their hs,h
by few band. Of savage Indians Of i'm.
msn.e stature" an quoting from q
school book Published Ia 1856, and in
common use in hi, country. Tie sane
geography give. similar Information about
''ths Argentine Confederation IL make.
the Argentine. rO.r Nth rage TO call
their country ",hs Argentine C1,tedsr.-
,ion." II would Be jas, . polite snd
proper 10 call ihi, the "C0nfedsrs,e States
u America" A bitter. bloody var -u
fought 10 wipe that name OF the map,
bat our pgblisher. .,ill insist upon keep
ins /, there. |, i 20; = confederation (;
inA Nation. With big ~" like ours
-one ,nd in.ep.rsbls. uaiied Ne stand.
divided ~, fall. aud all ,ha, GOT, Of ,hing
the Argsniins Republic. To call Il
anything else Is al insul, 10 the patriot,
Who fought to make |, 90. and |. rsasc-
ton upon our own intelligence.
Several years P.,sgoni. -s div dsd
between Chill and the Argentine RsPuo.
lc, the ministers from the United STATE.
TO those two countries doing the carving.
The summit. Of the C0rdillerss we're fI-
ed as the boundary lines. Chill took the
Strait Of Magellan and the strip along
the Pacific coast between the mountains
and the sea. aud the Argsn,ine ksPub-
lie the Pamp.,, the archipelago Of Terra
del Fusgo being divided between them.
Sinoe the partition rsnehmen have been
pushing southwark with grea, npidiiy.
and now the vas, territory Is practically
occupied. There are no more Wild cat
tie OF horse. there than Ia Kansas. and
the drssry. uninhsbited wastes Of Psta-
gonia have gone into oblivion with the
"Gfea, American Desert"
The remnant Of q vast tribe Of along.
ines still oeeup!s, the interior. but the In.
dian problem Of the Argentine Republic
Was solved In summary way. Their.
va. considerable annoy snee on The fron-
tier from bands Of rowing avsge.. Who
used TO come north in the winter time.
steal cattle, rob aud rs'isk. and the out
Posis OF civilization were no, safe. Gen.
eral Roca. the Sheridan Of the River
Plate. W. seat With brigade Of cavalry
TO the frontier TO proven, thi. cor, Of ,hins.
E.s, and ives, across the territory run.
the Rio Negro, . s~ift. turbid stream
like the Missouri, with high banks. III.
~ miles or 50 from the mountains the