Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-10-12

French and rcpublished in Paris, which
led the Frenchmen into their highly suo-
cessful venture.
by tho way" continued this delegate,
Venezuela 10 very interesting and
prosperous country, as no doubt Dr.
Francisco Antonis Silva, the delegate,
would be glad 10 tell you II he could
speak English. There is one district Of
Venezuela In which the breeding OF
goats IL the chief industry. In another
district nearly all Of the inhabitants find
employment in gathering the beans of
the dividivi tree, which are crushed and
distilled for the large quantities Of tan
min which they contain. In still another
district many Of the people earn liveli-
hood gathering gums, balsams and or
chids from the forests. Petroleum, as
phalt, gold and silver are some of the
treasures to he found in the earth in that
country, and the forests contain vast
quantities Of mahogany.
American engineers stand high In
the estimation Of the people OF South
America. Since Meigs constructed those
wonderful railways in Peru our people
have thought nothing too difficult for
tho genius Of the United States engineer
10 overcome. In San Salvador, little
republic Of which dare say you have
heard but little In this country, an Amer
lean engineer, Mr.. Brannan, Is doing
eomo remarkable work in railway build
ing American engineers are employed
on many works In Chill, Peru and the
Argentine Republic, and an American
company is building railway In Hon
duras. Probably 1t will not be dozen
years before railway communication
will DO established direct from New
York and Chicago, via the city Of Mexi.
CO. with all the central and South Amer
lean capitals. A new era has dawned in
our life, and 10 Is tho era Of rapid prog
ress. We also have much confidence in
the completion of tho Nicaragua canal,
now that an American company has
earnestly taken hold Of that great pro-
ject.
at Is my belief that this congresss
and the visit wo are to make to your
manufacturing centers, will greatly
stimulate commerce between the United
States and our southern countries. even
II nothing more tangible than a more in.
innate acquaintancesfip comes from it.
am sure If Americans knew the oppor-
tunties for money making that are open
to them, in South America especially,
they would be more swift in taking ad-
vantage of them. We have rice fields in
which the grain Is threshcd out in NOR
tars with stone pestles, simply because
the people have not tae money with
which TO buy hulling machinery. Much
Of our wheat and other small grain is
harvested with primitive appliances, be-
cause we have no machines at hand to
do the work with There are mines
which promise rich returns.
ALREADY the people Of the Argentine
Republic owe debt Of gratitude to you
Americans. II was from your country
that the first advances were made toward
improving the breeds Of sheep and horses
down there. The pioneer in that busi
ness was Mr.. Eels. Of Vermont, whose
merinoes have already greatly improved
the quality Of the wool on many big
farms. A man from Michigan, Mr.. Sum-
ner, arrived in the Argentine not long
ago with a herd of magnificent Hereford
cattle. Your horsemen may be interested
In knowing that the Argentinans are In
fatuated with American trotting horses,
which find a ready market there. Fabu.
lous prices are paid for some animals by
gentlemen Of Buenos Ayres, but l am
sorry to say that when last in that city
| was told number of gentlemen had
been shamefully imposed on by Yankee
horse traders. The animals sold them
had long and brilliant pedigrees, traced
kack ~ Iist;nuris N tbnron oh hro,, b,,t
when put in races against Argentine half
breeds they failed to get place. AS you
may easily imagine, Buenos Ayres is not
now "A promising market for American
trotters. The Argentine gentlemen who
have paid from S. 900 to SIC, 900 per ami
NAL for the refuse of New York auction
stables are now pretty careful what they
buy.
"a singular fact with reference to the
! recent great boom In building, railways
| and manufactures in the Argentine Ro-
public is that practically all of the lum.
Der and timber used there has been
brought from the United States While
there are large forests of soft woods in
the country. they are so remote from the
rivers and tho coast that 1t has been
found cheaper to import from North
American ports. Buenos Ayres has a
splendid harbor, which is constantly
crowded with shipping from all parts of
the world. | say all parts. Perhaps !
had better except the United States.
Though large number of sailing vessels
from American ports arrive at Buenos
| Ayres each year, but small number Of
them fly the flag of the United States
! Among hundreds of steamers In that
port have again and again looked in
vain for the flag of your country. While
the trade of the Argentine Republic with
the United States is growing rapidly, l
believe there arc not more than one hun.
dred Americans in the whole republic.
There are thousands of Englishmen,
| Frenchmen and Italians
Every time sit down to dinner here
and drink q cup of coffee think Of the
! fact that you are the greatest coffee con-
suming country il the world. while the
! Central and South American countries
represented in this congress are the cof-
fee growers for the whole universe.
Therefore if we should 'over the coffee
reach better understanding of our re-
| Cipfocsu tidue TeiatlonS, u Woulu De most
fitting. am told that the people of the
! United States consume more coffee each
year than Germany, Great Britain, Aus
tria and France combined. Four-ti
of your requirements arc produced in
Brazil and Venezuela, and nearly all of
the remaining fifth in Guatemala, Mex
leo, San Salvador, Columbia, Costa Rica
and Hayti. Brazil alone supplies one
half of what is regarded as the average
annual coffee crop of the world. be-
lieve American enterprise and American