Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-22
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ty women teachers from the leading col
leges of the United States and placed them
in charge of the native schools. During
that time also he had erected upon the
public lands 200 school buildings, which
stand as monuments OF the good he accom-
plished.
The ten years which interviewed between
his leaving the ministry and his present APP
pointment Doctor Wilde spent in travel and
in literary work. He has made the tour of
the world several times and has written
extensively of what he has seen, besides
number of books on scientific and economic
questions One of his most popular books
treats of the United States.
No Stranger Here.
"Your country is not new to me- he said
the other day in talking with representa-
tive of The Star II have been here twice
before. and ten years ago on my return
from Japan spent some weeks maxim,
study of this republic its marvellous i'm
provements and its more wonderful people.
Upon my return l wrote an account Of II
and my book was very popular Every
body wanted to read it. for in my country
everybody is interested in these United
States and all that concerns them, and
will have to add that 1t is one of the things
that have surprised me most that there
seems to be so little known about our coun-
try even among your well-informed people.
I'm Buenos Ayres. which Is a city fully as
large as Washington. the leading papers
and magazines published In the United
States are on sale at the news stalls, and,
indeed, from all of the large cities of the
world. In our daily papers-and you may
not chance to know that there are more
daily papers published in Buenos Ayres
than in New York city-column after
column is devoted to Geographic foreign
news from all sections Of the globe. and a
good portion of that space Is given to the
United States. 1 have scarcely found line
from my country in any of the papers 1
have seen since / have been here. OF
course. our republic is small-it is as the
earth to the sun in comparison to yours =
and yet IT Is by no means an insignificant
one. A few years ago We imported much
of our wheat and grain: now We export all
nually thousands of tons Of wheat alone to
Europe, and the wheat farms on our vast
pampases will become more and more
factor in the commerce Of the world in
course of time. There are over 10000. 600
acres under cultivation in the pampas coun-
try, besides the pasture grounds. There were
more than 5O,0OO,OOO cattle and 100000, 900
sheep fed on those pastures last year, so
you see that 1t Is bound to be trade
which is not to be despised
Trade Relations.
II hope to be able to broaden trade rela-
lions between this country and Argentine
during my stay here. There arrive in the
harbor Of Buenos Ayres something like
thirty steamers and sailing crafts daily. but
very few of these come from the United
States. A good line of steamers between
the principal ports of this country and those
of South America would be OF immense
mutual advantage to both. When came
here l was obliged to take ship at Buenos
Ayres and go to Europe and then recross
the Atlantic and come to New York. This
can be done in about twenty-one days, and
in most comfortable vessels. whereas If
had come direct from the South American
port 1 should have had to put up with most
unpleasant steamer accommodations, ana
with no mishaps en- route could not nave
reached here under thirty days. This illus
trates how much the line of direct steamers
is needed
DR.. Wilde is accompanied by his wife. who
is a very beautiful woman Of the Spanish
type. She is an accomplished linguist and
musician, and they both are charmingly
cordial in their manner They will remain
at the Arlington until they leave for one
of the seaside resorts for the summer. and
upon their return in the fall they will es-
tablish the legation in the West End.