Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-11

crop this year VIII be- very large In
deed. the wheat nclds Of Argentina are
60 extensive that u thev were carefully
cultivated. ana we had not To contend
with the locusta. We could almost SUPP
ply the markets or Europe with wheat
"But how about the locusts your
eNccllcncyl Are they as bad ihis year
a. uver3"
- think not. replied the minister
from Argentina. 'The locust lnVaHnna
socm 70 run In cycios or periods. They
vary from year h. year. being general.
~ very bad for about seven years. and
then perhnps ccasing altogether for zen
Or fifteen years Wheat growing in
Argentina o. of comparatively recent
date, and ~ far We have MOI had one
~ these periods of entire freedom from
iucusta 10 show what we can DO. When
such a period comes the r0Hult VIII
aetonlsh the world"
what arc you doing to yet rld o. the
locuats7' I asked.
Everything that can be imagined"
was the rcplY I'VE have appropriated
from one time 10 another millions u
dollars to destroy them. Vast traps
have been made 10 catch them, re.
wards have been offered Tor successful
means OF cxtsrmiuatlug them. " you
want 10 mako a big fortune. all you
need 20 do u 10 invent some means u
killing the Argentine locusts N ID la
successful we viii give you your wclght
IN gold for g. I might almost say we
would pave o. road from here 60 ArEun-
tina with silver iu order 90 get you and
your Invention there"
Have you ever seen one Of these
locust invaslouHf"
Yes I was 90 Argentina during one
N tho most terrible locust lnvasi1na VI
history I was living iu thn province
OF Entire Rios. The iocusts we're fully
foot deep on the ground. They
cruWied over and over ono another.
moving on and ON. and destroying
everything aa they went. The country
looked na though Ore bad passed
through n after their departure. They
ate the leaves and bark from the trees.
They ate the paint of the houses. They
ate up every green thing and ieft only
dcsolntiOn and starvation Tor tho pe0-
pie. ! can't describe a. II was sp terri-
BILE. II IL not always au bad ns this.
but a Il aiili very disastrous to our
Have you any real hopes that somo-
thing 90 destroy the locusia Will De In
vcnted2"
Yes. I have" replied Senior Mcrou.
we have. We think discovered SOME
thing that viii free ~ from them.
This u disease which ig prevalent
among the locunta of South Africa. II
ANNWNN III ANf ANNIN OF NNNAAW ana ~ 20
epidemic that when 10 breaks out
among the locusta they die by the mill
Hons. We propose 60 import "a quantity
% the locuat4 ufiilctrl with this disease.
or rather Of the hacilil and 90 iuuculnte
our locusts. We tried the experiment
once before. hut We found we had
taken the wrong kind of locust Loo
Gusts run ln famIlioa and disease
that Affects one family does not always
AFFECT another our ioeuata. however.
are Just like the South African locuata.
and We have great hopes"
AMERICAN TRADE WITH THE AR
GENT1NE.
you were speaking. your cxcelioncy.
Of lettering the trade between Arren-
tina and the United States. can you
not suggest something that our mor-
chants should do TO Increase their
trader"
"Ycs." was the reply. zone thing
that you should have D. closer come
mprclnl connection with Argentina
You should have your own people On
the rr0und 10 do tho huHlnoHH You
rely too much on foreigners and do not
push matters uH you should You
should have your own houses IN uue.
nos Ayrcs and above everything you
should have an American bank there.
Your people are very rich, You have
become so almost altogether hy home
Investments and you 90 not yet realize
the vast amounts which are made by
the capitalists OF other countries ln for