The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
ARGENTINA'S LAZY PEOPLE.
o,,, CONDITIONS THAT HINDER
,xnyyTRr ~ BUENOS TYRES.


,,r,lc., of the future-The'r Redeemi"R
,,,,rc Of Ho.pit the
and That Is NeEiected-Ger-
su,,Isut tn. English in Com
,, a,d social Life in Argentina.
,...xo- AyREs. June 1.-THE leisure class
l., ,rc,,,lna is large In proportion TO the
,a,tn and In view VI the lhct tnnt
H. is a young country requiring ener-
, york T. develop tho great natural ad-
,,,,,cs derived from fertile and gener-
49,, soi, and beneflcent climate fropapEy
,to INCIDENT character ot the Argentine naive
W. a,. ~ The ease with which money
bias no,ue to him without any necessity on
This condition Of affairs 10 chiefly
outrp 10 the rapid rise In the value OF 'anoed
y" throughout the republic during the
.,ron,y years Under Spanish dominion
". so,,b America tho land was alienatsd by
!" -, vast areas to cOlonists or was sold
,r,a,p. sum 70 whoever cared to purchase
,... hs establishment OF the republic. BY
,,,ius NJ this century the majority OF
IT.. n, auv. standing owned real estate on
,,,ro,,v.,y large scale. The influx OF
LA, c,ri,al the building OF railways the
,,,,raI increase II population augmented by
,,t,.otion from abroad. all tended to en-
h,rce ,he-value Of property. and when the
i.,, ,..currcd In 1897 prices were run UP to
,.,r,,us figures Money was easy to obtain
~ mortgage, and the effect was to create In
p,,o,os A,res and other populous centres
i.-,o ,Isss o, reople.living In luxury and doing
~ ,or, Of york.unlesS occasionally dabb'ing In
noIitics can be 'desgnated by that name The
ss.,, NJ these conditions Is lar from satis'ac-
,,rc rro, the national character and. more
over, allows 'hr k'eH'' 49, ~,
natives 10 ever ''Se', u"re,ou 'uia ,,, :"
the 'verrrowdlhE " pueno, re. ~
to-day contaln'hs' ",'''''
total popuihtIou III ,'e iopuo''o VI '""''
4OOOiN0 sous i"u '"" -
mortgaged and-s'dr 'e"''' oiuei VIC, '''' '""''
OF non productive r''i''"' ","'
ON the otheF manu- II - ,"'. ''s'
some o' the -pou po'"'' ~ o ,''.
ter. Among 'he .''e' "'" ~
native iafnllleS 'he "''i'' NV
healthy ue 'h!'"''" Te' =, -,.s 49,,
fully looked after i"9'''",'', 10 . WV ~"
Is IaHlshy eAte"He" ~ az ~
may come p'o''tN ,,' -.
country dIs'H,'s '.o N"'1'e mo, y. ~
70 stay at the nut "' '""'ny VIC US. no.
the guest receives anu ms 10 s','n WV"
simple and unaffected Willingness. while pay
M : nafleT u
in'"t - 80, :, ID. oo,n.rr bopJ.d
dared It's Inc 'us'"'" VI VIC eo"n't', ''a""e.
dorm from Generat'ns back TO give 1000 ana
,hrar ~ m. ~chanre passerby and a very
e"e''o' =" :, ,.,, e., ~ lave ho,or. N.
necessary one II was IN ,ne uays oeiole ,"e
riuntry was settled and the.distances traVeIleu
t,.,, hobt,,tion 10 habi.ation we're long and
I''"- Indo,ont m. Arg.ntin.s nm.
~e"risoms ihu M. ,n., e ,, r.sa.nDia ',r
"a. ~ bosritality covers multitude OF sins.
wv - n,a,oroa md Nil m. real. hns,n.ss q,
In comm auu "n Wv D's ~, ~
the country the foreign element. numerically
,rraror as il IL to the Argentine, nevertheless
i.. Tho r,uwoys mr.. ,,nost Az
prei"mlha,es ne niH"os ar a, ",n' 90
sluooO coo having heeu subscribed In Lon
,hi. n,-noao Tho majority NJ thetram.
WAY way &C compantes are also in English hands. The
nrircira banks are London con,.rns: the re-
49,. C.ar,,,r s,apish Fren,.h or Italian
mainder herman. oran'e"' rfeiei, VI i'aiiaii.
The great importing Arms and Wholesale deal
srs are British, German or Spanish. and.the re-
,aT ,roda ia controlled hv the French. Italians
t''i taue Is commune" w VIC iiehe' i.a''a"e
md Spaniards ltisarare occurrence 10 flnd an
Argentine doing manual labor except among
,'ra .,aaL ,no 'sb,rrrr man in the citiss and
1--we STOCK me 'a,'r'',s man III tne c"'es ana
agricultural districts being the Italian. coming
more often than not from the neghborhood OF
VI. e.. na.hi, 100 oa,,,a ~ re.
10
the Argentine Is extremely useful. his train
ing from hoyhood accustominG n m 70 ride AZ
W. sN'Nh auu uoV WV '''''h VIC nosiNt
Is above work On n ranch. MS natural ten
dency II he has to exert himself I" gain liy-
lug. 10 70 optaln an apn2intment % some ON
cia post. Political null lseNcrvthing IL this
. country so lar as puolir offices nre concerned.
hence 80 much 81 the government work is per
formed 10 sov"nly and inefficient manner.
. II Is often asserted thur turonenn immiGIa-
uon I" TINS republic VIII materially alter the
native character ahd that me worst traits OF
me ArRentlnrs WI! ne mitEa;ed by THIS Tor
eleh influence. Inc assertion IL onen 7"
grave doubt n the present population.
hreeV cnnlrosel as II Is ol European immi-
not Of Latin blood is only 20 900 And vet tho
Official statistics show that the increase from
lml!Srh ION vas no Tess Ihan i,,h,i ~, per
SONS hetwean the years lSni ana lS,i: Forty
years ~ constant lnnnN OF Eurorean blood has
resulted IN less than per cent. 81 the inhabi-
lan's being other than OF Latin origin, These
trunuluGh. are uhlKelv, 10 change IN me near
!!utute'lNr the reason that SPAN ana ltalv are
We 'wN princlpal sources from whlrh Argen-
ina draws her Immigrants. Spaniards, ltal-
lanS ana Afgentines all snring from the same
st"cEand hold many characteristics in COM
mon 'hey are lh'lnS ana VIII remain Latins
W tne emu OF IN" rhapter
Vht course is oren by which really sound
anu permanent lmprovement in the national
cnata,ter car be Obtained. the establ shment
% a thoroughly efficient and practical educa-
IONA system, Al present publ lie EDUCATION is
nesecten rom every point ~ view, The sub
,, re-, II treated with an hnathetic indifference
.hat hugurS badly for any immediate and draS-
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