The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23
ARGENTINE HAS
FINE DISPLAY.
Wide-Awake Republic Exhibits Its
Valuable Woods and Agri-
cultural Products.
REPTBLIc

REPUB LIc SPECIAL.
Buffalo. June 22-Our acquaintance with
Argentina will be considerably Increased
during the span OF the Pan-American Expo
s.tion. The country is composed of four
teen States and ten Territories. most OF
which are practically unknown to the resi-
dents of North America. There is such an
elaborate aggregation Of the products from
this PARKWAY country. representing as 1t
does SO mary useful ana ornamental arti-
cies. that the visitor to this division IS
agreeably surprised.
one Of the first things to attract attention
Is Il section Of a mahogany tree intact. ex-
ecpt the bark. which has been removed. and
The sap surface. which was originally COW
cred with bark. is very nicely polished. The
los from which this section was cut was
nt"Ct six feet in diameter. showing the i'm
n.ense size that these valuable trees affair
in Argentina. II
The variety of agricultural products is one
OF the strong points of the exhibit. which
Is properly SO because OF the vast resources
OF Argentina in this respect. The possibili-
Ties OF food supplies from this source are In
This manner deliberately suggested. even a
resident of Boston would he satisfied with
The numerous jars containing so many odd
ca,rr 81 o, the bean family; ranging In
browns and black. showing a variety In
shape as well as in quality and size. The
balance Of the case ~ filed with lars Of
sugar in all stages cf preparation. from the
first crude production Of the cane 10 the or
Ginsry graduated and familiar broken loaf.
Grains that We are all familiar with, COM
rr.sins wheat IN many varieties. barley.
rye, oatr. iite. yellow and red corn. with
seeds IN. are familiar: and a great many
that are strangers. are here. forming an ex-
tensive collection in this agricultural ex-
Eibit.
Coolers and peanuts. wild and cultivated
starches manufactured from different ce-
reals together with Farina de Mandioca
nour, with a few other oddities. complete
the exhibit IN still another case. II might
be mentioned here that Mandioca il a food
substance that in all probability In the near
future Will md an extensive market In a
good many Northern countries when its
merits are better known 1t Is a product of
the cassava plant. that grows something
form. and of many varietier. some OF which
attain to the size Of a mangeI wurzeI.
Turning from the food products TO wearing
apparel. We nnd more varieties OF wool than
We are accustomed to. In cases here shown
are DO samples representing an annual clip
from 100. 0o0. 000 head OF sheep.
~Sandwiched in between the cases of wool
il sn assortment of mineral products COM
prieing an object lesson in minerals and a
GEOLOGICAL formation that 10 exceedingly m
tereettng. The larger specimens, consisting
OF some very odd and beautiful slabs OF
onyx. are placed near by In frames on the
floor. ~
The colors Of some Of thess specimens arc
very fine indeed. A great. may views Of
the different sections Of the Republic are
i ss.'s sity an. aS0c ceu saTSuh RI. the h . e1 maan.s :a sS:t
properly illustrates the wonderful progress
~siveness Of this South American Republic,
II you would like to visit Argentine 60 to
the Pan-American Exposition n hunt out
the Agricultural Building: II ID cheaper and
quicker than going to South America and
the. results in regard to Information viii be
probably almost as satisfactory. Argentine
Is a large country consisting Of mountain
and plain. hills. valleys, mining sections ana
waterways in great variety. besides an =
teneive coast line. II Is a country that NE
expect to hear from extensively In CONNER
cial transactions before another decade has
rolled round.
In the matter Of cattle Argentine ID ex-
ceedingly wealthy. as there are cattle on q
thousand hills with others scattered through
the valleys. she can supply bovine products
The United States will look to these South
err countries In tho near future for Sup-
plies Of this nature to feed our millions OF
faCory workers that are increasing with
such rapidly.