Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-25
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long current among the native races It only remains tu add that he first attracted attention aS editor uf La PrcnSa Of BuCnOS AyrcS, inc palar ut largest circulation in South America and aS hn is accepted au thOrity on agriculture in that country his opinions on the future arc of value to us
 Everybody knows that Argentina (poet- ical name of the country as Columbia is of ours) Is thu United States uf south America, consisting ot II federal states and nine territories: that it k unique among Spanish American nations in hay ing n population of unmixed European stock (thcre iS IuuCh less admiXturC than in this Country), that its capital BuCnOs AyrcS, is called tho Paris uf SOuth Amer lea, " and that 1t k fast becoming our for midable rival in the export of food rrod ucts to Europe IL is not we'll known. however, that n few years ago il had a regular western Yankee boom, with all tho phenomena seen in this country in 1865 73 on an exaggerated scale such as paper money galore. great subsidies to railroads, assisted immigration, Credit MObilicrS and speculative bubbles to make a man dizzy, and that the collapse double discounted ours But we arc coming up again, |" said Dr Zeballos, and on very solid basis Our country is too new. loo large. too rich in natural resources of cv cry kind, to halt long and it is a land in which man can attain and preserve his greatest possible health and energy
 4 Great Country.
 T should be pleased to have your latest figures on the products for this year "
 An. but you must get tho basis first. Start with this: That VIC arc the purest bloodcd population on tho western conti, nent, except it may be Canada We havs fewer Indians than you and no negroes not 800 in tho whole country Indeed there arc many sections in which ono is a curiosity. We arc now nearly 6, O00 GOO of pure European blood The national cen sus will hc taken next spring. but l esti- mate by our ordinary growth from the last census. and there is very ample room in the country for 100 GOO GOO people be- fore it Is as thickly settled as your oldest states We have almost l, ,OOO, GOO Italians, and there arc rot quite half so many of all other European born. French. SpaninrIls Germans, SwCdCS and English, and We arc now reCvi,ing about lS0. 0O0 immi grants year may say that in climate our main arca corresponds with yours from Canada to the gulf only our most north crn province runs litflo into the tropics and there altitude EOrc than offsets lati, tude, tut uf islands We own away up south into the polar regions
 What do you anticipl,H in the way of incrcaScd production and "xports within a few years
 Well, l will put th" main fl right plain, and you need not bother ak l: par ticuIarS. which fact iS that you cannot compete with us for many years Our land averages far mora fertile than yours
 is virgin and developing with the advan. taGe of your "NpCri"ncc of what we speak of the las crop as Ion, 900 npo bush els and this y2ar it will hC l2O 100. 900 bushels. nG which w. shall export n"arly One-ha!( \"w we speak of our territory as in round numbers !, 301. 0oN square miles. ani If you will lonk at 'h;S map you will sec that nearly all of jt which is wheat growing Is within 100 miles ot tide | water or the grcat nayigablc rivers Else where the railroads arv penetrating. and you see by tho lay "f the country that get | ting the crop to the coast IS but trifie. The area sown Is almost exactly 6, con 900 hectares GA hcctare is ; r acrcsl Of | maize Our crop this year may be !, loo, 0OO | tons, of which We will export over 70, OOO | 900 bushels Now consider our small pop ulation, and the vast area we have yet to | develop, and the easy mach of tide water,
 and you have really all you want hut ex-
 cuse me iron. particulars, for ha.C writ ! ten book on the trade relations Ot our country, and especially it. relations with this country and England. and that book is now being printed here In Washington. A mere glance at the recently published | official document given me by Dr. Zchallos convinced me that the panic in Argentina | was at l. a~t thrS' tIIn'- Hs bad as that in | tLi> country In lsi3 Ihcir imports from | Ihe UUi'''i states reached g., i67 GIG | which IlUs,tl great reluIring in tnth oOun' | tries and >unC very spanish American | sulngics U!n.u 'hr ii>"al policy nf ArGen- l tina Su'ids hly in I'.., than tht,"' months | apparently. IL"y toll .tHv kalt aI,l m 1876 | ha.l sunk to SI, sSn isu nor did they again l bass the old iigur.'S t!li lSS3 Ths rise was phenomenal, and in l>s9 We exported Co l Argentina lumher, lroE and steel and a 1 few other articles to tho value of sic, SOL ! 750 The fall was even moro sudden and
 destructive than before, and in 1891 tLeiT
 Imports from us were but 8, as, 99I, and ! they went on shrinking until they but
 slightly exceeded g, GOO, 900 In 1893 the
 revival was marked, and Dr Zohallns
 to lis country w.u greatly exceed the
 maximum Of 1889
 Our imports from thsm ATc far mors
 regular Thus in is13 wo bought of them l 10 tho value of S:.. t'sl. 9I6 an'l with small
 variations this grew tn e 52S S9i. n"r has | tt much derlin"d sin.r Thus It appears | that in spits of eur neglect, lf there has i been such neglect as Is charged. ArHsH l tina Is doing mora for LIS than wa are do l ing for ourselves the balance of trade be | ing taken as an index It further appears
 that our shipment uthat country consists i almost entirely uf lumber, kerosene and