The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-20

- UENoS AYRES. Oct. s. issn.-Trae
~ Argentine Republic anazes me /
expected 70 find il something Ike
the United States, but IL is as
~~~~cs ~ lemons are different from
s.-nEsns. Sometimes Il seems to me
=, me Unned States Is tie lemon and
=. .rsensine the pumpkin. but oftener the
,.s,sse states Ii the bigger Of the two. We
booming country Things also
-. Ia the Argentine. bat the character
- eonfif!oYs OF prosperity are entirely
ssSsrer, here. We raise some wheat, so
-. he Argentine We raise wool: the
.--.rrsne far oufstrips us in sheep We
-. rae more land but the Argentine has
..rysrcry which IL almost all good for
ee.shng, and II Is In area at ieas: one
s.rs the size Of cur country, without
stsera and our new islands. TIE Arsesl-
.sse 4 longer from north 20 south than the
ssrs,~d states. I. ss almost twice as long
II ss could Iift II W al the corners. tsis,
i, srocn6 and spread 1t over oar country
ern east to west. placing the lowest edge
Z Patagonia at New York, the borders of
p-sxs and Bolivia would ne some distance.
s,yond salt Lake City. II We conia cur 1t
- INTO patchwork pieces and ct them
,-.n Ii. territory of the United States
.ssry iaeh Of cur land east of the Missis-
s.sns would be covered. and the remnants
rglf D. larger than the area OF a number
~ or states west Of thai river. The Ar
,,ns.ne Republic ss twelve times as big as
frea; Britain II is five times as large az
Trsnee. and II II greater In area than the
rass OF Mississippi. Louisiana. Texas,
ysx Maxicc, Arizona. California Utah.
gplo,zde and Kansas combined This won
drrful land Is mace mp OF mountains and
pians Its mountainous country IL COM
psrstiseiy small. Out It's plains are among
r. largest Of the world, extending from
TIE hot lands Of the tropics on the edge
81 Brazil 10 the cold terraced pampas OF
southern Patagonia
The Valley of the River Plate.
The best parts Of the Argentine Republic
have been built Up by The wonderful, sSs-
ten Of streams which have an outlet In the
Eser Plate. These rivers are the IRA
gay. Paraguay. Pilcamayo and Parana
Tsey form a vast drainage system which
tas been carrying the lands down from the
nsEntaiEs Tor ages and building up this
country. They drain country larger than
~ basin OF the Mississippi. and. In fact Is
large as half Of the whole United States
The best lands OF the Argentine III. along
TIE rivers The most OF the country in
great piaip gently sioping in the north and
sensral part from the Andes to- these
eTs&ms. If you could see the Rio de- la
Rkia. or River Plate, you could realize
What great earth builder II is. II Is an
}lsIcI4r lifEf w MITES Woe at itS mouth
I'D ~ miles long 10 The point where IL is
sa.mFd BY the Junction OF the Uruguay
nd Farana II is so full OF soil that /,
srops 1900 tons or mud every hour into lis
- Inis is load so great that If you
EDsiic load IL on to two-horse wagons In
YOU'D take lire % teams sixty miles long
AIRY II. l entered the Rio de la Plata
German steamer. in which | sailed
Fun the Falkland islands 20 Montevideo.
he waters OF the sea were stained by the
no
hs river II took as al! night 10 sail
afspes II. and In the morning We were s,ii,
tms distance from Montevitfeo When T
teok my bath | found the tub filled Win
VIA, looked like split pea roup ana whe,,
Rt the huid oui there was a sediment n,
" cosiom OF the tub 50 thick that 7 ief,
hofprfnts IN Il quite as plain az those
sash iishtenesi Robinson Crusoe in the
end Of his desert island.
The sea captains tell me that thesa
Sormols rnagses Of mud are rapidly filing
NE bed OF the Rio de Ia Plata lis depth
las many banks banks and so a'h ssns, Tsst BIZ.
As gwen II "A bottom Of ffne sand THE
Steamers which ccme 10 Buenos Ayres
s snsn have to plow their way through the
BUG. ard already the people are IA king ~
Ftsy system similar TO that which Eadas
oalt AZ the mouth Of the Mississippi.
How the Argentine Looks.
can give you better idea Of the Ar
stntne Republic by comparing It with
nrts Of the United States. Take the rr.a,
saaey OF the Rio de la Plata as you find
hcre and for hundreds OF miles to the
sms and north Of Buenos AyreS. If Won
~ imagine yourself IN Illinois south Of
sgssngneld along the Ohio and Miasissippl
nssss You Will he In a country much like
- ieu must. however. cut out the corn
hsssax leave eut the woods aud make the
e. e. az pasture. Take away forty-nine
m VT houses out OF every fifty. tear down
~ ne harms. and In the places of our neat
.shsry homss put hHts Of mud and straw
- -. bricks. sometimes matched and Some
sasss rooted with galvanized iron Then
~ nete ana there a larger group Of low
SSa.4aiNss surrounded by flowers ard trees
ssas.hs 20 the rich proprietor. and Won
w. me basin OF the Rio de la Plata
ssS must must spot the landscape with sheen
e'''ie III hooks OF thousands and