The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-09-14
Our Olio.
Some Facts Concerning South and
Central America.

NAsN ~ 49,
+ 4 letter from William H. Edmouds.
/ of Swampscoit. Mas, TO the Baltimore
Manufactures Record, August 2;}rd,
{ says The Manufacturer Record has
F had a good deal to say from time to time
about the trade Of South aud Central
America, and has repeatedly urged the
! importance, to the South particularly, Of
+ closer commercial relations with these eoun-
tries, This suhject Is giveu unusual prom
! ineucc now by The interest that attaches 20
the approaching Pan-Americau conference,
which will convene in Washington early in
( Ocsabrr and viii Be made ap Of delegates
f FROM the independent nations OF the Amer
F lean Continent The main purpose Of the
conference viii be- tD evolve such methods
and laws and treaties as viii lead 10 a more
/ extensive business between the American
nations The delegates that have been
appointed 10 represent the United States
an John H. Henderson Missouri; Cor
nclius y bliss. New York; CIcmcu, Stnde-
baker. Indiana; T. JefFcrson Coolidge Mas.
sschusctts, Wa. Henry Trsscott, South
Carolina, .Andrcw Carnegie, Pennsylvania,
John r. q Pitkiu Louisiana. Morris NJ
Esice, California. aud Joha F. Hanson
Georgia. The appointmens of ex-tioy
pitkip a. minister to the Argentine Re
public created vacancy in the delegation
and il vas suggested that Mr. T. J Hurley
af Fors Worth, Texas, b. appointed as
representative Of the great Southwest A
ssan A. his name vas mentioned in this
connection the Governor 0f Texas, the Gov
ernor of Nebraska, members of Congress,
bankers in the Eastern eiJics, presidents Of
boards at trade, and many newspapers sent
10 President Harri-on and Sccrelary cf
State Blaine hy wiTe and mail, urgent ap-
peals for Mr.. Hurieys appointment. Ia
I fortunately, however, he has had 70 put an
cad to these energetic efforts BY The an
nouucemcnt that he could not serve. OF
this fast | was igu0rau, until met him
day Or two ago, here Al SwAmpsooti, whore
be i staying with his family, and on in
I guiry learned that an imperative business
tFip to Europe will make It impossible for
him 10 accep, the appointment. ] spent
I the evening IN his company, aud asked him
a great many questions about South Amer
ica. | gathered from the conversation
some exceedingly interesting facts. Re
plying To inquiries as to the industrial and
commercial condition Of South American
countries, their degree Of civilization, &c,
[ be- said
There exists in our land a surprising
/ ignorance concerning that mighty peninsula
I which contains the Amazon, the la Plata
Z and the Andes IL makes a cosmopolitan
smile 10 hear our people boast about cur
snap aud enterprise, and oomplacently assert
/ that We are the smartest traders on Gods
green earth, and all that sort Of thing.
Z Why, there Is a city in South America, a
commonly supposed abode Of barbarism,
that, in push and enterprise, is far ahead
Of even our Western cities mean
/ Buenos Ayres, the capital of the Argentine
/ Republic. Trade centres all over the world
consider Buenos Ayres the most enterpris-
ing city to-day on the globe Probably not
one man in a hundred knows anything Of
BuenU7 Ayrcs or the country of which it
Is the capital, or could tell, of hand, just
where they are. The population of Buenos
Ayres is now nearing the million mark.
In lSS6-s7, 124,000 European immi-
grants landed there. ltspopulation is made
up of natives, Italians, French Germans,
English and many Irish, the latter there,
as here, being influential in political and
financial affairs. The city has l46 miles
of street ears IL has more telephones in
proportion to population than any other
city in the world, Ii is considered the
best lighted city in the world. 1t has
eleven large banks, some of them occupy
ing marble palaces Two of them have a
larger capital than any dozen banks com
bined in the United States The Bank OF
Provence has paid-up capital of s3T 600
600, a circulation of S22 900 600, deposits
amounting to 100000, 900, with loans and
discounts to the amount of $4,000, 900
The other national bank has capital OF
! So, 900 900. Fifty-seycn large steamers
a month arrive and depart, but not one OF
them flies the American flag. The British
government spends about $500, 600 yeaI
in subsidies 10 mail steamers to Buenos
Ayres. As a consequence freight and
many of the mails from the United
States to Buenos Ayres go via Liverpool
Enterprising Yankees should mediate on
that The Argentine Republic offered tt
the United States to pay half of subsidy
of $500, 900 to be granted by our govern
: ment to line of United States steamers t,
Buenos Ayres. The city has twenty dali,
newspapers. The editor of one of them
by the way, is Winslow, the fugitive Boston
forger, who, it is said has amassed for
tune of nearly half million. There ar
many other enterprising and rapidly grow
! ing cities in South America and in Centra
5 America, and new towns are coming int,
existence all the time.
The Argentine Republic is probably tn
most progressive of the nations south of us
= Every head of family is entitled by LAY
to 250 acres of land free, and as mucl