St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-14
A FARMING COUNTRY

While the representatives of the
South American republics are going
about, interest Is excited In their home
countries, which are but little known
generally. We eli p from a recent pub
Iication on the trade and transportation
between the United States and Span ish
America, issued by the government, the
following extracts, relating to the IN
crease OF population and the agric ult-
ural advantages of the Argentine Re-
public:
INCREASE OF POPULATION.
'"Fhere Is line of steamers running
from Genoa to BuenOs Ayres which
carries very little else than passengers,
and receives from the Argentine gov
eminent a subsidy per capita for every
immigrant carried. Those Immigrants
who choose to go into the agricultural
section are given free lands and seed
and s. month for the first year, or
until the first crop enables them
to become self-supporting. There
are also large numbers of people going
to the Argentine Republic from the vast
provinces of Spain, and quite number
also from the same locality to the Repub-
lie OF Urugay, which lies across the river
from the Argentine Republic. A large
proportion Of the labOring classes and
mechanics in both of these countries are
Spanish BaSqueS. and those people ap-
pear to find the country and the climate
especially adapted to their tastes.
1.-THE rush commenced about 1884,
when they received about 100000 peo-
pie from Europe, most of them, as /
SAID, being Italians and Spanish
basQues. In 1885 the immigration had
largely increased, and it has been in
creasing rapidly ever since, until last
year the number of arrivals was 155, 900,
and during the six months of the present
year the arrivals numbered 10000.
These statistics do not look very
large beside those given on our own
tables of immigration statistics, but it
must be understood that in the Argen-
tine Republic the population is only
4,00O,000 while we have 65,0OO,0 900 here.
AGRICULTURAL ADVANTAGES.
1.-THE Argentine Republic has the adj
vantage of having fertile prairie land
near their ports, which is easily cult
waited and which is being developed by
the rapidly increasing population.
Lines of railroad are heing built
through the country. The climate
is temperate and favorable to ag-
ricuIture. Its farmers have the advant-
age over those of our Northwest in that
they can raise four or five crops of
alfalfa or clover a year. Their stock
does not require shelter, therefore they
do not have to divert their energy in
harvesting for long winter. Owing to
these special advantages they are large
producers of wool. They export two
and half million hides per annum,
which hides are of the best quality
shipped from any part of the world.
Fifteen years ago all the -four con-
sumed in the River Plata countries came
from the United States and Chill. Now
they not only provide for the increased
consumption of their own country, but
are exporting cereals; and the wheat
fields and corn farms of the River Plata
are destined to rival In extent and pro-
ductiveness these of our own
Northwest. The Argen tine Repub-
lie has this advantage in supply
ing breadstuffs to Europe: As the
wheat 1elds of the. Argentine are near
the ports, and, owing to the new rail-
roads and surplus tonnage for home
ward business, the freights on products
from the wheat fields of the Argentine
Republic to Europe is from 90 to 40 per
cent less than it is from the wheat
fields of the Northwest to Europe. the
present quotations being Sc ton from
the Argentine Republic and $3.50 ton
from Milwaukee,"