The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-11
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
A View Italy Building in South
America.
This Tear .5o.so0 italian Farmers
VIII Emfxrate Thither-A lib
eraI Government.
Mexican F1uaaeier.

Dr. Latzina's recent work on the
geography Of the Argentine Republic
offers a mass Of valuable statistical
matter regarding that interesting
country. The population two years
ago Is given at soc go. and at the
rate OF immigration durisg the last
two years il must to-day be very near
ly :, 51o. go, not large number, il Is
true, but judged by results most in
dnstrious and progressive nation.
The population Of the City OF Buenos
Ayres Is nov very nearly $4,000, or
some 10000 more than that of the
City OF Mexico. 1t is an interesting
fact that the City of Buenos Ayres
should contain an eighth part of the
population of the entire republic.
and il IL well in this connection to
remember that the country is largely
agricultural, and so fertile as to be
able to support the activities of large
urban population of merchants. man
ufacturers. bankers and officials. The
City of Mexico contains only thir-
tiefh part of the population of the ma
ton of which il is the political and
commercial capital Were this coun-
try proportionately as well populated
with active producers as is the Argen
tine Republic we might reasonably ex-
pect to find I 90, 600 inhabitants in the
chief city of the country, but, unfor-
tunately, Mexico is apparently unable
TO attract immigration, fact partly to
be explained by the hostile attitude of
a portion of the press to foreign immi-
grafton unless il be made up of colo
nists of Latin origin. No such senti
ment prevails in either the Argentine
Republic or in Chill, countries where
a provincial prejudice against foreign
ers no longer exists.
And, speaking of immigration. it is
interesting to note that from 1871 to
1886 inclusive there landed in the Ar
gentiBe Republic 1873 $50 immigrants,
while the emigration from the country
during the same time was only 2j9, 303,
there remaining consequently as per-
manent residents 63i ,266 foreigners.
OF late immigration into the country
has been increasing rapidly, and for
the first nine months of this year the
figures show an inflow of los. 255 colon
lists. as against T7,5l9 arrived during
the same period of 1887. The Buenos
Ayres Standard estimates the total i'm
migration for 1883 at $4,000. The
same journal, which is noted for its
general accuracy and lack of desire to
exaggerate matters, SAYS: Next year.
according to advices from Italy. still
greater hegira will take place from the
Mediterranean and what with the
fortunes that Italian farmers will
probably make this season out of
wheat and the misery in Europe. ow-
it,.x 10 hn fafist Of -. -
at all improbable that the immigrants
that will flock to this country in 1889
will exceed $50, 900 in numbers"
A quarter of million of immi-
grants, largely industrious Italian
farmers! This prediction should ar
rest the attention of the press of this
country and compel newspaper writer's
candidly to examine into the causes
which contribute to the growth OF the
Argentine Republic by foreign immi-
grafton, while Mexico can hardly at
tract few thousand of colonists
yearly. Let the journalists of the
country reflect on the hostile attitude
too many of them assume towards ex-
isting colonization companies and
their too frequently exhibited dislike
for foreigners. 1t will not do to place
the blame on the government; that
will not explain why it is that there
prevails to-day in Europe an impress
sion that Mexico is not friendly to
foreign immigrants Nobody is COM
ing to dwell where he is given cold
and grudging welcome. He will rather
prefer to betake himself to more
friendly quarters.
What immigration, welcomed, fos-
tered, worked for. has done for the en-
terprising Argentine Republic is to be
seen in the wonderful rise in the value
OF landed property there since 1882,
when il was es 'imated by Mulhall at
$527 900, 600. and is set to-day by Lat
Gina at $500, 0Oo, 900, gold, rise of so
per cent. In these figures the value
of the national territories are not in
cluded. In these vast domains we
find source of great wealth to the
nation, for the 1900 square leagues
of national land are, at a moderate
valuation, worth 1886, 000,O 600, gold.
Here is the foundation of the national
credit as il is taken into calculation BY
European capitalists and bankers.
The area of cultivated land in the
republic is placed by Mr.. LATINA at
,s97 .525 hectares. producing grain to
the value OF SIS .293,1s5