Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-11

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IN" ArSentin" Republic in IS99.
What is the condition of the Argent irl,
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IL Is IN good condition. replied the
minister We are having some trouble as
10 our financial matters. but these will I
think, be satisfactorily settled TIL, urosi-
dency OF General Roca Is a guarantee Of
peace and order. aI-i as long as Argentina
has these it cannot hut grow. ", have a
very rich country. with VAST tracts 80 mn,
developed land The Argentine Ear,,hIic
IS about one-third the size OF tb. I.uftad
states. Ia many respects it is naturally
quite rich as the United states. buf II
has only about one-iiftaruib a., MAN. ~
pie You have 10000 900 We ba,-. .b.,,t
:, 0pu 0oo and YOU Sc. therefore "a. 49,
room to grow The nor, herr, nay, ~ tbs
country is in thf. senf-rrnuics apa A. -,
raise sugar as cheapIy as any nam If fba
world \ little further south we b.,-,, ,-s,sT
wheat fields upou which we raIsaI al,,,,t
"a, 100000 bushels of grain I'm 1Nas This
was not much more imam one-ten,h yhar
you raised that wear bUt cnnsideri,,,y H.
difference of population. our pr"dn"t n r,T
capita was more than vours Tho rr,s,,r.t
IS mat the crop this year VIII be very large.
-, t ,iig Wiz lfeIIs OF Argentina are
cultivated and we had nor ~ ,,.,,, III, ii.g
the Iocusts, We could almost supply the
markets OF Europe with wheat"
But now about the locusts? Are they
as pad this year as ever?'
thlnk not, replied the minister from
Argentina. The locust invasions seem 10
run IN cycles or periods. They vary from
year TO year, being generally very bad for
ABOUT seven years, and then perhaps ceas-
ing altogether for ten or fifteen years.
wheat growing In Argentina is Of com
parauVely recent date. and so far we have
not had one OF these periods of entire free
dom from locusts to show what We can do
When such a period comes the result will
astonish the world.
what are you doing to get rid Of the
locusts?" 1 asked.
Everything that can be imagined" was
the reply. We have appropriated from
one time to another millions OF dollars TO
destroy them, Vast traps have been made
to catch them, Rewards have been offered
Tor successful means OF exterminating
tnem' IL you want 10 make big fortune,
al you heed TO DO Is 10 Invent some means
OF Killing the Argentine locusts. If IL ia
successful We will give you your weight "
gold for 1t. might almost say We would
pave a ROAD from here to Argentina WITH
shVer IN order 10 get you ana your inVen-
ton there.
Have you ever seen one or these locust
inVasions|
An Invasion of Locusts.
Yes. 1 was in Argentina during one
of the most terrible locust invasions Of his
tory. 1 was living in the province of Entire
Rios. The locusts were fully foot deep
on the ground. 1hey craWled over ana over
stroying everything as they went The
country locked as though fire had passed
through 1t after their departure, They ate
the leaves and bark from the trees. They
ate the paint off the houses. They ate up
every green thing and left only desolation
and starvation for the people. j can't de-
scribe it, 1t was so terrible II is not al
ways as bad as this, but II Is sun very dis
astrous to our crops"
Have you any real hopes that some
thing to destroy the locusts will be in
VentedI
Yes. l have" replied Senior Merou. We
have. we think. discovered something that
will free US from them. This is a disease
which is prevalent among the locusts of
South Africa. 1t comes in the form of Da<
ciIli and is so epidemic that when it breaks
out among the locusts they die by The
millions We propose to import a quantity
of the lGCusts afflicted with this disease, or
rather of the bacilli and to indicate our
iocusts We tried the experiment once be-
fore hut we found we had taken the wrong
kind of = locust, Locusts run I'm faulilies,
not always affect another Our lotust-'
however, are just like the South African
locusts, and We have great hopes