The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-30

long current among the native races. It
only remains to add that he first attracted
attention as editor of La Prensa of BuenoS
Ayres the paper of largest circulation in
South America, and as he is accepted au-
thority on agriculture in that country his
opinions on the future are of value to us.
Everybody knows that Argentina (poet-
ical name Of the country as Columbia is
of ours) is the United States OF South
America, consisting of II federal states
and nine territories; that it is unique
among Spanisll-American nations in hav-
ing q population of unmiXed European
stock (thers Is much less admixture than
in this country; that its capital, Buenos
Ayres, is called the Paris Of South Amer
lea, and that it is fast becoming our for
midable rival in the export of food prod
ucts to Europe. 1t is not SO well known,
however, that few years ago It had u
regular western Yankee boom, with all
the phenomena seen in this country in
1868 on an exaggerated scale, such as
paper money galore great subsidies to
railroads, assisted immigration, Credit
Mobiliers and speculative bubbles to make
a man dizzy, and that the collapse double
discounted ours. But we are coming up
again" said DR.. Zeballos, land on very
solid basis. Our country is too new, too
large. too rich in natural resources OF ev-
cry kind, to halt long, and it is a land in
which man can attain and preserve his
greatest possible health and energy"
A Great Country.
81 should be pleased to have your latest
figures on the products for this year"
''Ah, but you must get the basis first
Start with this: That we are the purest
blooded population on the western CONT
Bent, except it may be Canada. We have
fewer Indians than you and no negroes,
not 500 in the whole country. Indeed
there are many sections ia which one is n
curiosity. We are now nearly 6, 900, 600 Of
pure European blood. The national cen
sus will be taken next spring, but l esti-
mate by GER ordinary growth from the
last census. and there is very ample room
in the country for 100, 900, 900 people be-
fore it is as thicl1ly settled as your oldest
states. We have almost !, 900. 900 Italians,
and there are not quite half 80 many of all
other European born, French, Spaniards,
Germans, Swedes and English, and We
are now receiving about 100, GOO immi-
grants a year. l may say that in climate
our main area corresponds with yours from
Canada to the gulf, only our most north
ern province rams little into the tropics,
and there altitude more than offsets lati-
tude, but of islands we own away up south
into the polar regions"
What do you anticipate in the way OF
increased production and exports within a
few years?"
well, will put the main fact right
plain, and you need not bother about par
ticulars, which fact il that you cannot
compete with Us for many years Our
land averages far more fertile than yours,
il virgin and developing with the sdvan-
taSe OF your experience. OF wheat we
speak OF the last crop a. 100, 0O0, eco bush
els and this year it Will be l20, coo, 600
bushels. OF which we shall export nearly
one-half. Now We speak OF our territory
as in round numbers 1900, coo square
miles, and II you will look at this map
you Will see that nearly all Of il which is
wheat growing is within 100 miles of tide
water or the great nayigable rivers. Else
where the railroads arc penetrating, and
you see By the lag OF the country that get
ting the crop TO the coast Is but Il trife.
The area scwn is almost exactly 8, 600, 600
hectares q hectare Is y acresl Of
maize our crop this year may be /. 100. 600
tons, of which we will export over %, 0oO,-
coo bushels Now consider our small pep
ulation. and the vast area we have yet 70
develop, and the easy reach OF tide water,
and yol have really oil you want, but Cz-
cuse Inc from particulars. for have writ
ter book CT the trade relations OF Cur
country, and especially its relations with
this country and England. and that book
Is DOW bel ~ :Tinted here in Washington. -
\ nero Siznoe a. the recently published
official document given me by Dr.. Zeballos
convinced ns that tie panic il Argentina
was at least three times IS bad as that an
this country In 1913 their imports from
the Cn.sed States reached So, I6s, GIG,
which caused great rejoicing in both coun-
tries aud so:ae yeT= Spanish A american
enlogies upon thc ilscol policy Ct Areea-
tina Suddenly. II less than three months
apparently. they fell one-haIf and IN 1876
had sunk TO 81. sS9...4. nc< . they again
PASS the CID figures till 1883. Ihe rise was
ch.r~n,aa.l AZ ir tSS3 we exported 10