Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-18

countries Of Uruguay and the Argen-
tine make fortunes by shipping dried
meat TO Brazil and a. West India
Islands. Here the money ONES chiefly
from the sale OF cattle on foot and from
their hides. About one hundred thou
sand hides are exported from Paraguay
every year. They are sent down the
rivers to Buenos Aytcs and thence
many OF them are shipped TO the United
States.
As to stock farms. the most Of them
are large. but so far the cattle upon
them are OF low grade. They do not
compare with those OF the Argentine or
Uruguay. and the money made Il not
through careful management nor good
breeding, but purely on account OF the
rich lands and fine climate. ! am told
that the natural Increase OF the stock
Il from % 20 % per cent annually as TO
the number OF animals, and from 80 to
% per cent MS To the number Of cows.
Cattle are now worth In the neighbour
hood OF $40 a head. although good fat
bccvcs Will bring more at the mar
ke,H. II is estimated that the country
VIII support eight times aa many cattle
~ II now has. The estimate IN that a
square mile NJ pasture VIII maintain
2sO cattle and that square league will
feed 1900 grown bceves
HOW LAND ~ SOLD IN PARAGUAY.
Land In Paraguay IL sold By the
square league. a ParaRuan league
contains b.7GO acres or almost 1909
acres less than n square league ~ the
Argentine Republic. Land sells all the
way from 800 gold upward per league.
There Il little good lana that can be had
at the lowest price. Tor at that II
would bring less than cents an acre.
Hut | have seen what | am told Ia fair
grazing land sold at 500 u league. and
there are times when you can buy fair
~ good pasture Tor less than this. such
land requires only fencing TO make u
urable The cattle upon II might be
herdcd without fencing, but this would
throw u open To all and N not conaid-
cred advisable.
would say. however. that no pur.
chnHca should be- made by our people
without personal Investigation. The
man who thinks OF putting his money
In Paraguay should come here and
study the conditions. He should not
buy without seeing the land. aa there
are large Hwamps In som. parts of the
country aud the rainy season covers
such lands with water.
THE FORESTS OF PARAGUAY.
The forests Of Paraguay are full Of
line woods. I believe they offcr good
chances for Investment. but utlll the
wheels ~ Dame Fortunes lumber cars
In South America are cioEgcd with
natural difficulties, which can only be
Understood by those upon the ground.
There II a big demand for lumber In
all South American counties. ! found
oregon pine at all the ports % the west
coast and our Maine pine comes To lira-
zll. Uruguay. the Argentine and goes
even around through the Strait OF
Magellan. This pine II carried n dis
tance of more than 5000 miles by ship
90 the iiucnou Ayrcn markets. Here In
Paraguay the forests are right On the
river with a water communication as
good as that ~ the Mississippi between
them aud the markets. and the distance
from here 20 HueroH Ayrcn u only
LIE miles. You would think that all
the lumber Of the Rio de Ia Plata basin
would come from Paraguay. SIN "
does not. Why? Because II costs too
much To get the woods down the river
These woods are almost all hard. They
ar" nH heavy NJ iron and when you put
n log on the water II sinks to the bot
tom. There II no means ~ getting
them from the Interior 10 the river cx-
ccpt upon the railroad where frieghts
are high or upon carts or ON boats on
the little streams which are tributaries
of the Paraguay. Lumber carriage IN
all paid for by the pound. and the
frclghts cut the profits out 81 the bust
ness. Labor " low az far as daily
wages are concerned. but aa measured
by results II II high, The men are lazy
and Inefficient. There II no machinery
The logs are sawed out by hand. one
man standing on top and another be-
low, The most ~ the trees are crooked
and u IL almost impossible to get n
straight log.
WOODS WHICH GO TO THE UNIT
ED STATES.
Ana Htill some kinds Of the woods are
wonderfully beautiful. Quebraoho Col-
urndo n aa red as the dark moss rose.
II " used for dye wood and tanning.
ana there Il a German firm that IL
shipping large amount of II to the
United States. The best ~ u comes
from the west bank OF the Paraguay
river IN what Nv known aH the Para
Runynn Chhoo. This wood IN also used
Tor railroad ties, II brings about 81
gold "A tie In Hucnos Ayrca. and this.
am told, leaves a pront OF % cents .
tic
WOOD WHICH WILL BREAK AN
AK.
Another very hard wood II the le-