Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16
IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Cause Of Large Proportion Of Females.
Argentine Recovering from
us COLLAPSE
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paraguay said Latham Hall Of RO
saiio Argentine Republic, formerly Of
Elizabeth. \, u. 10 the Star rcprcscnta-
tive this morning no the Hamilton,
''woud be- a good place for bachelors 90
cmigrate TO for the reason that the wo-
men largely ouummber line men.
Willis discrepancy ia the seNca IA due
90 The whr DetWecn Paraguay and Bras
III, when the men were killed on ~
ia very marked 10 a traveller. Spanish
women are 10 a certain degree pretty,
but tncN 90 not compare with American
women They have large, beautiful eyes,
bat the bouuty OF Spanish women, about
which 800 much lHs been written, ~ to 0
large extent, mythical
Argentine rs recovering from the dis
asirous effects which followed the linan.
cial imitation and collapse of the boom.
The country h chiefly dependent upon its
agricultural resources aud is now one OF
the main competitors Of the United States
Ina exporting wheat and corn to Europa.
Tho Increase in the shipment Of cereals
has beon Very great within the last few
years aud the corn from Argentine brings
IA better price IN the European market
than American corr. though why ] can
not say, as II ~ not as good a product
as that Of the United States, az they do
not have the frosta which cure corn 80
eXcclently In this country. The export
OF wheat will grow % mammoth proper.
tons within few years and the United
States viii have a powerful rival In Ar
gtntine.
"Cuttle raising, which was once the
principle Industry of the country, Is di-
vanishing because colouists are eucronch-
ing upon the grazing lands. The colOnists
are mainly Italian aud number about O8
per cent Of the immigrants. They
thrive aud live on very little. They are
very Industrious. ! have seen husband
aud daughter farm hy dny and M night
In the bright moonlight the wife had
taken her tuIn at the plOw Whilo the
Immigration, has not been so great MS be-
lore the collapse yet II is still henYy.
lie comparison with the other immi.
grants Americans are but few. Most
Of The Americans IN Argentine are rauchs
eros engaged IN cattle horse and sheep
rai9ing Tho others are mainly engaged
Ia the exporting aud importing business;
Argentine Us u good place for Americans
II they hnYc capital or II they have
friends there aud go under favorable cOn-
dHions, but only under these circum-
stances would recommend my country
men 10 so 10 South America There has
been, however, considerable American
capital sent down there recently for In
vestmcnt Ia lands Property which sold
for 2lOOOOD a square league now sells
for $4,000 The general depression
throughout the country is &C about thia
ratio
America exports great deal Of agr-
cultural machinery TO the country, bus
the engines which run The threshers ara
OF English make The English control
and build the railroads 10 Argentine and
England has an enormous quantity Of
capital invested In that country.
"Ilere are many reasons why America
does not do as much business with tho
South American republics as Il should,
aitd here Us one: Our merchants want
20 do "a oash or practically cash husinesn,
and 90 not seem inclined 10 give credit
for more than month or so. English
and German merchants give credit for
from six months 10 two years. II Is
lean merchants. on this score alone, deal
with Europeans In fact tho business
OF the country Is largely done on q credit
basis. There Is n good market for Amen
lean goods, and Americans should ca.
deaYor TO cultivate it."