Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-09
SOUTH AMERICA.
The Con trast Bet Ween Life There
ana Here.

The Con trast Between Life Their,
| ana Here.
Mr.. WIN. Coghill, of Bnenos Ayres
South America, on his way to Coquilla
Mexico, stopped for few hours in thu
city, and was met at The Nadeau by {
HERALD reporter. Being somewha
curious to know something of thu
country from which Mr.. Coghil
hailed, request for information wat
made. Certainly" replied the gen
t eman, "I would be most happy te
give you any information possible
but indeed fear there is very little O
inter st to tell. Notwithstanding
have resided near Buenos Ayres for q
number of years, am far from il
love with the country, and am not dis.
posed to expatiate on its merits
to any great extent. l say
merits, for there are some
features about the country 1 very
much like. The climate is better
than in most parts of the United
States, but of course in no way equal
to California. The chief industry is
stock raising. 1he immense plains
support large herds Of cattle, horses
and sheep; however, it requires about
twenty times as much land to support
an animal as in this country. People
live easy, in fact entirely too easy for
the comfort of persons not bred and
born to life of Incidence. The mer-
chants in Buenos Ayres are nearly all
Italians. There are quite number
OF Americans represented in the mer.
camille departments and sprinkling
of Englishmen. The greatest object
ion to the place is the utter absence
of society in which the English or
Americans would care to move.
Nearly all OF the representatives Of
the class mentioned are adventurers
stopping temporarily or persons hav-
ing no great amount of character, at
least not such as would tie them to
their native land"
'Mr. Coghill, do you intend to re
turn ?"
"No, sir. am now on my way to
Coquilla, Mexico, where 1 expect to
make my future home. 1 am negoti-
ating for large tract OF orange land
there, and if succeed in closing the
transaction l will at once proceed to
plant trees"
"Doy you feel that you will be secure
in your title ?"
"Well, as for that l can't say that
have given it much thought. l am
accustomed to uncertain titles. In
the Argentine Confederacy it is i'm
possible to tell one day whether one
will be the owner Of his land the next.
Titles may now be little uncertain in
Mexico, but the tide Of immigration
which is now flowing to Californil will
very soon extend to Mexico. In fact,
Mexico is now receiving a large
American immigration. Southern
California is the cente now and al
ways will be, but il the whole of the
country should be cut up into town
lots it would not hold all the people
who desire to escape the rigid East
ern climate. 1 do not pretend to say
such thing will ever occur here, for
I think you have all the town lots
you will need in the next five years.
Small farms will be what will make
this country. 1t certainly is delight
full country, and is having prosper
Gus, solid growth. 1t seems quite
strange to come to such a bustling,
thrifty place after years of seclusion
in the slow-going cities of South
America. The contrast is as marked
as day and night 1t certainly must
be delightful to live in such place
and have the benefit OF the
society you have here. l could at
first hardly understand how in so
short time city with all the modern
conveniences could spring up, but
perceive your population is drawn
from all over the United States, and
even Europe; hence you can avail
yourself of the experience of cities
all over the world. 1 am indeed glad
to see it, for am confident when you
are full here, Coquilla, with her in
viting climate and soil, will receive
her share of the cream of civilization.