Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-02-10
a PROSPEROUS COUNTRY.
Marvellous Mineral and Agriculture Re-
sources of the Argentine Republic.

yarvetous Mineral and Agricultural Re-
sources of the Argentine Republic.
The Argentine Republic of South
America has within few years be-
come a country of great interest to the
millions of Europe seeking homes in
the new world. The arrivals from
foreign countries in 1889 amounted TO
41,615 and steadily increased to los. =
1879 IN 1884 and exceeded no. 900 in
1885 and 1886 This is Il | rger influx
of population than received by any
other country than the United States.
and larger in proportion to its ponu-
lation than ours. The Argentine r =
public is located in the south tenn
perate zone, in South America, and
consists in large part of the basin of
the great Rio de la Plata. river ex-
tending far into the heart of the CONT
nent, and nearly connecting in its upper
portion with the great Amazon. 1t is
we'll watered. fertile region, with an
area of 1000, 600 square miles, or one
third as large as the United States en-
elusive of Alaska. ItS present popu.
lation is only about 3, 1000, 900, of whom
400, 600 or 500 600 are recent additions
from Europe and from the United
States. The smallness of the native
population is for so inviting "a territory
point most favorable to immigrants.
1t will be an easy matter for the prog
ressive States of Europe to overcome
the deleterious influence given to the
country by its first Spanish invaders
If Germany wishes to go into the bus
mess of founding the colonies, the Ar
gentine Republic offers better induce
ments than any other half-settled ter
ritoy on either continent. In fact, a
considerable and incl easing portion of
the immigration to the new republic
is from Germany.
The country is divided into fourteen
States, which in area. population and
wealth seem TO be an exact counterpart
of what these United States were one
hundred years ago at the close of our
war for independence. Events move
so much more rapidly now than they
did at the outset of our National ca
reer that it is quite within reasonable
prospect that young people now living
may see this South American Republic
become as popular and powerful us
our own country now is. The agri-
cultural resources of this country have
never been half developed. The great
pampas plains that are its chief char
acteristic are roamed over by millions
of horses and cattle, hunted and
slaughtered for their hides and meat.
1t is hardly TO be supposed that the
half-million, more or less, of recent
immigrants to La Plata are attracted
by the prospect of engaging in this oc-
cupation. The country will speedily
outgrow it. and the virgin fertility of
soil will be made to blossom with every
variety of agricultural products.
The tendency of modern population
to large cities in America, is shown by
the fact that the largest city of the Ar
gentine Republic Buenos Ayres, has
800 900 people. and has doubled in size
within the last twenty years. This is
much larger population than any
city in the United States had one hun
dred years ago Thirteen other cities
of La Plata vary from 10, 900 to so. 600 |
Railroads are beginning to be built
and there are more m les of telegraph
lines than there were in the United
States twenty years ago. The fact |
that its great river is navigable long
distance into the interior gives the
country great advantage when rail- |
road facilities are added to those now j.,
existing. The trade of this young.
growing country is valuable now and
must be increasing so rs it advances in
importance and wealth. Ike all new
countries, it imports largely of m9iu-
featured goods, and these are
largely supplied by England. As
the most progressive of the South
American states, the Argentine Re
public. is likely to surpass Brazil,
which from its size now leads it. The
greater part of the latter country is in
the tropical regions, and its heat and
will repel the immi-
grafton from the temperate zones of
Europe which the Argentine Republic
attracts. The lines of immigration in
all ages have followed the Same lati-
tude' showing that various peoples be-
come attached to the variety of eli
mate to which they have been ALWAYS
accustomed. 1t is probable that when
emigration crosses the tropics it will
be to seek the same climate that it
leaves in the northern temperate zones
of Europe. If this be true. the Ar
gentine Republic will probably. in
time, be filled with a population from
the teeming millions of Central and
Southern Europe, with very possibly
large sprinkling from enterprising citi-
zens of our own United States. -Bos-
ton Budget
Discovery of Buried Wood.