The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-27
ITS 100000 PEOPLE. OF
WHOM TogE THIN
'EiLF EaE Foreigners.

!. k.~vsrhted. 1895. by Frank q. Carpenter.
Euenos Ayres Nov. 3. isas.
r-ESOs AYRES r. the London.
AZ the New York. the Paris Of the
more Il ualgnt almost be called
~ The Argentine iiself. 1t controls
II .ou-s,rv ne no capital Of the world does
-. ard II il supposed TO dominate. Ii -
~, sis saying that Paris Is France she IL
- 20 to the extent that Busnos Aysss Is
~ Argentine. There are hais dozen oii-
x-srs cities in France which are iudepend-
=. rornnercia. ccnters. Paris is by no
E~as ali France indas.riaily. she IL 30
Ss.LnaI;y. socially and perhaps intellec-
- gusn0s Ayres Ia the political capt.
"a ~ The Argentine. II Is Its commercial
l.ai. lis Industrial: capital. It's financial.
- and intellectual capital Politically
~ rnozt Of tae Argentine congressman
|. Bueuos Ayres citizens. Many OF them
49, represent far-away districts practice
~ here. They live in the city the year
u,ud. although they may now and then 90
- their constituents. The republic is
,mpoxed Of rotten boroughs supplied by
sa1sos Ayres men The result Is that when
,.rox Ayres takes snuff the whole Argeu-
~ sneszcs
I6ustriaity, Buanos Ayres has s. per
>e III the factories Of the republic II mas
sns than Sc. employing over 1900 hands.
~ great yo;ume of foreign trade. now
kmsun,ing 20 more than 5000. 0o9oo0 a year.
skanes through Ii. Its wholesale houses
n MY the republic with goods. There are.
d bet, only two places tn the Argentine
8s,vecs Ayres aai the Camp. Buenos Ayres
q gsenos Ayres. The Camp is all OF the
Arntne outside OF Buenos Ayres-
80 hanks and Argentine Finances.
commercially ard financially Buenos
Ares IL the Argentine. II has the banks
4,soh supply the republic with money. big
Ztsks. with fire buildings: banks with de-
rts Of from 50. 90. 0oe silver dollars down.
tshsa one with capital Of So. 600 900. but
a. was closed by the failures which
Sartisd the financial world and made the
hiring Brothers trembie. It's depositors los
- SO 00Ho BY It's breaking. Buenos Ayres
Us rs stock exchange. where The Argen-
tse" In bought and sold In parcels. and
thsse stocks and bonds rise and fall as
eaenos Ayres thinks them good or bad. On
BIZ exchange more than half billion gold
hiarf worth OF stock was fioated during
Dc ten years ending In 1889. When tho
nslc came ~ per cent. Of the companies
yx.ed and mos. OF the shares are now not
HH'h per cent, OF their face value. New
egae.sss. both city and country are In a
BOD financial condition.
3As a social center Buenos Ayres Is tho
argentine The most Of the money made in
%ea Camp is spent here The city has scores
"A miliionaires, nabobs who each own their
Nil million acres Of land and who count
ser cattle and sheep In herds OF thou
1Gais. They may go 10 their farms In the
Emmer. but their winters are spent In
Asr palaces here. where they give royal
sertainments and pay a thousand dollars
sr season box at the opera house.
booming Town OF south America.
The Argentine is growing fast in popula-
tn. II has On its seven league boots conn
sred With the United States. II trebles its
Reputation every thirty years. and II now
As NOR thap s.G0a.ofD people. Buenos
Nrss grows even faster than the rest OF
n country. 1t is jumping upward at the
Hte Of a hundred thousand year II has
Hs $4,000 people. and by the end Of the
Ininry It's people claim that Il will number
kprs than a million. one-fifth OF ali the
tople In this country live In Buenos Ayres
The city grows like a green bay tree 1t
lreases more rapidly than any city In the
[n.se1 States. Long ago II began to take
J Al the adjoining territory. When IL had
g great boom on the edge Of the panic all
Dsdecrs VAS plated in lots. and within
Ms years the real estate iransactio
froansed TO about 500 900. 900. Stil enough
snd has been built upon TO make a vast
8Gv. ard that a most solid one. The houses
IN rot detached a. ours. They are built
hhoeks Of four acres. each surrounded by
Nnsyow streets Some OF the sections are 40
sswdsd trst me peopi. swarm I'm them like
4b~s In others there are wide stretches Of
hs fields The city as II Is Laid out Is
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