Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-03-26

By WILLIAM !. BUCHANAN. Director General
eY COURTESY or GOLFERS WEEKLY

In the Argentine Republic the
changes that have occurred are even
more striking. because they relate to
things with which we Of the United
| States and Canada are more familiar.
lit Is, for example. relatively speaking.
but few years since the United States
was shipping -four to the Argentine
Republic and to Uruguay. Today. as n
| result of the immigration that has
poured into those republics, but prin'
clpally into the first country. and as a
result of the application Of North Amer
lean farm machinery to the great allu'
vial basin of the River Plate. the Ar
gentine Republic alone exports to Eu'
rope 35.OO0.OOO bushels Of wheat and
half that amount Of maize each year.
Not content with having thus become
the competitor of the Un!ted States and
Canada In the Old World La he expor'
tation of breadstuffs, the same republic
has also become their competitor-and
strong and growing one. too-in the
exportation of meat products. Few
have any idea of the growth Of this In
dustry in the River Plate republics.
Thirty years ago Great Britain import.
ed less than 100000 pieces Of frozen
mutton. Indeed that was the begin
ming of that industry. Today there are
killed, frozen and exported to Europe
each day from the province Of Buenos
Ayres alone, in the Argentine Republic,
13, 900 carcasses of as good mutton as
the world can produce, while innumera'
BILE square miles of alfalfa fields dot
the republic and furnish rice. cheap
fattening material for 3O.OOOOOO or
more of cattle possessed by the coun.
try.
The advantages the people Of the
United States and Canada might obtain
by grasping the true meaning Of the
above facts would appear to me many
and their value very great.
If they would, for instance, but real
lie the significance Of the one fact
that a well bred. fat steer can be and Is
being produced in the Argentine Re
public and exported to England at to-
tai expense at least SIS less than 1t Is
possible to do the same thing in either
the United States or Canada-while q
great advantage lies with the producer
Of River Plate mutton-they would
realize the strong appearance Of proba'
billty to the often quoted statement
made by some that the not distant fu-
ture would bring River Plate mutton to
our tables In the United States.
Great Cattle Zones In the South.
Many public men In South America
believe this will occur, reasoning as
they do that the conditions In the Unit
ed States are such and their develop
ment In manufactures is so pronounced
that 1t can be looked upon as altogether
probable that within the next ten years
meat will be profitably exported to the
United States from the great cattle
zones Of South America. They also
believe that the turn Of the tide that
has carried the United States into the
position of a lender Of money rather
than a borrower will then carry the
we'll known aggressiveness and zeal OF
American fnanciers and Industrial op-
orators into South America, where a
highly profitable field would be found
for the employment Of capital In the
development Of many Of the smaller
industries now In existence there and
in the consolidation and operation on
q large scale Of the meat producing
plants there and in the handling Of
breadstuffs and all their related indus
tries.
Millions Of acres Of tillable land, in
an excellent climate, with every facili-
ty except immediate transportation.
await those who will seriously look for
It in South and Central America. and
1t was the earnest wish and purpose
of those who formulated and planned
the American Exposition that In
all the above fields they might, through
the Exposition. do something tangible
toward bringing to all better knowl.
edge than now exists concerning the
countries of the Western Hemisphere
and that there might result from the
Exposition something Of value In the
direction Of wider dissemination Of
that practical knowledge Of our sur.
roundings and Of our future Industrial
outlook so much desired by all Of Us
aud so essential to proper realization
on our own part Of the problems OF
trade and of commerce that are In
store for us and for our children to
solve. that through It the people Of the
Western Hemisphere might more clear.
ly appreciate than they now do the
enormous resources Of the Western
Hemisphere and the possibilities 1t con-
tains for the building up Of an enor-
nous Industrial empire. containing. as
It does. the most fertile agricultural
lands Of the world toward both ex-
tremities Of the hemisphere, with min
erals and forests adjacent In either sec.
ton, with great navigable waterways
In both North and South America and
with a central zone capable Of produc-
ing to an unlimited degree all the trop-
ical and subtropical products known
TO or used by man.
The Pan-American Exposition was
not, therefore, either entirely or large
ly born of a selfish desire on the part
Of the people of the State Of New York,
and of Buffalo primarily, to draw at
tention to anything they possess or to
acquire wholly local prestige and bene-
fit from the undertaking. The loca-
ton Of the Exposition was fixed at
Buffalo by reason Of the fact that the
courage of the people Of that city and
their public spirit and faith In their
ability to finance and produce an Inter
national Exposition which should be
confined to the Western Hemisphere
was strong enough to convince Con
gress that the work would be well
done, and hence the location was de-
cided upon.
What Buffalo Has Done.
This step having been taken and the
die thus cast. Buffalo has risen equal
to the occasion and has subscribed
millions of money, and as a city, there
have been sunk, In one common pur-
pose to succeed, all personal and Sec
tional jealousies and ambitions.
A splendid location was selected for
the Exposition. In which there is In
cluded large mart of the city's great