Wichita eagle., 1888-08-05
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
A LAND OF PlENTY-ITS PEOPl5
AND TRADE.

Business In the South American Pro-
vincs-Bssiness, Schools. Climate and
Railroads-The Newspapers-ProsperisH
"The people CT the United States said Mr.
Charles Il sanford. q partner OF the firrs
Of Samuel B Hale & Co. bankers, Of Buenos
Ayres, do not know what an Isl Dorado
the Argsstine :Reputtic s. Not in ,pad and
silver. thocgn We ufin< evaa thess precious
metals there. bot in productiveness | think
that today RuenGs- Ayves- odsEs . greater
field for the employment OF .cnritai with
safety than the city cf any other country IL,
the world"
What is Buenos Ayres ,iser-
Comparing II with city Of the United
States. ] should say Pniladelphia It's streets
ara laid out in regular squares or blocks of
go feet each and IL covers a great deal Of
ground 1t is built upon a slight elevation.
rising from the La Plata river. 1t has a
front OF two miles on the river, and extends
back between two and thrce miles The
number OF inhabitants Is SOC, 900. II IS 10 all
intents end purposes seaport, though 10
miles from the ocean, as it has direct con
nectiou by steamer with Europe. The bank
ing interest Of the city Is very large, There
Is enc hank building that cost e9oo.ooo,
another that cost $3.50 900 and others the
cost of which varies from $500 600 70 $780,
coo The National bank is jus; about To
begin the construction Of building which,
with the land, viii cost 81. 500, 900. These
structures are of brick aud stucco handsome
In design, and compare tavorably with thoSe
OF any city. OF the residences the city has
many handsome ones that cot from 500. 900
to $500, 900 each The cost of others is froua
/ z - L..
generally spoken, but English is much cul,i-
waited among the natives. and the larger
number of foreigners being Italians, their
language largely prevails"
What is the government likel"
The government of the Argentine Reyrb-
lie is similar to ours, and its constitution is
an exact copy Of ours with the exception
that the president is elected for term Of six
years instead of four. The present president
is Mr.. NJ Juarez Colman. lie is very
young man 70 occupy such position, being
under ~ years OF age He is very ener-
getic and eDterprisinS ruler. and l have no
doubt that his years viii be Of prosperity 10
the country Military rule and dictatorship
have long since been a thing of the past IN
tue Argentine Republic, although many PEG
pie think that this Is still the rule of the
country"
''W hat are some OF your wes,thiest men
WORTH
I'VE have one man who is worth from
s25,000,O00 to So, 900 200, several whose
wealth is placed at s20,0o0,cO0 each and
many who are each worth over s5,O00,0uO.
The general social life is the same
here III New York or in London. Buenos
Ayres has finer opera than any city on this
continent 1t is-ltalian opera, and boxes for
forty nights cost from S2.Gla to $500. Our
opera house will seat 5000 people, and wo
have as leading tenor the great Tamagno.
Patti Is now there. she has had most bril-
liant success and has received from the
Argentues tie hi chest rate OF remuneration
ever paid To any operatlc performer on any
stage. The city has large parks and these
are frequented by carriages, the style and
elegance of which are equal to those of any
city in the world. Palermo is the principal
park, and includes many acres No city -
30 well supplied with tramvays or horse car
lines Us Buenos Ayres. IL has at least 30
miles of them The service is Of the best
kind and the cars are Of the finest. Arrange
ments are no. being made 10 light the city
by electricity"
"Wh hat about schoolsf
Every state of the province has n normal
the head of the latter, with but few excep-
tions, there are American girls Ia BuenOs
Ayres the public school buildings are hand
sorner than those of New York. Last year
the total number OF schools in the country
was 3,O28 They were served by 6,2iI
teachers, and their attendance numbered
227, 45On
"How is the clinate9'
md ali Il 30
mercury rarely goes above 50 dogs. In sum-
mer or below GO dogs in winter The great
est extreme is 10 degs. It is not a tropical
country, but is dr. and henlthful, about tho
temperature of Georgia. except that it does
not have the extreme cold Tint state some
times experiences Rarely does leo freeze
thicker than a pane OF glass. This makes
the Argentine Republic the best cattle rats
ing country in the world II is never necses-
sary TO house the cattle. The number of
sheep now being raised there is 100000
and Of cattle 20 0o0 900 A new industry
has taken great bold Of tbs people Of late.
II is the raising Of horses I, is prophesied
that in few years the Argentine Republic
will have As fine stocks of horses. II not Iner
than any country in the world One OF the
latest horses imported for breeding pui-posas
cost 5000"
"W nat about rallroadsr
THE number Of B4ies OF railroads IN ths
country il AGO They ccst SIC. 10000
Their gross earnings are 81, oo0, coo and nes
earnings over si3. 900 900. They pay divi-
dends Of from 10 70 II per cent Ono com
psny has ,0OO Eliiss. another eco, and u
now building 70 be 10 miles loag. Ths
government has ordeTSd the building 81
road about 200 miles hong. Another now
being constrncted il 10 roach from Baeaos
Ayrss TO Chill. Tho line viii b. done IN two
years IL viii connect Buenos Ayres via
4cndoza with Valparaiso, and will neto
Buenos Ayres sae great metropolis ~ south
America, all west eoest passengers. mails
ard light freight, etc, fov Essops viii save
ten days by usinS tAs3 railway"
al haven't asked you about newspap~rss
I'VE have SONS very bright daiiy papers
and q number Of them, aud tbeg compare
favorstIy with ,Eos.s Of thu city for su.er-
prise and appearance. They contain daily
dispatches from View YORK, London, LIVER
pool, Rome. Ber.la AID osa~< priaeitAl
pcInn Two q tbs dA,iles printed ia
En-lish snd TIE re.a IA GyAnasa- o. TIA l>L
ter tns Leading ores are In Sae1on and La
Prenka The income siss forrne- b $500
net, aad tina. at tie ix-.ee Ia soarosly any-
thing I1<s The la~dias KngtaA psp~x 10
Ths Seandard enc q tie rroprss1rs II
which u tke great ssssssssoaAs, 4 O. xaEaaIl
The 1ro~rerisy n The people u rszas.rs-
aba Failures arc aln10s unknown. a.d
noDs u in por.aacs have tAkxa place n Is
iasi agks yszrs IN Arg-asnes word % his
bond A so.e -.s ssvs ssvsa rhers for
S<ks t<fcre IN AID