The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-15
IS COMING TO TIE FRONT
H. e. ATTERBURY, OBJ BUENos
AYRES, TELLS OF ARGENTINE'S
ADVANCEMENT
GRAIN AND FLOUR INDUSTRY
Modern Machinery and UD-to-Date
Methods SuppIanting Native
ImpIem With
U. 8. Growing.

An interesting visitor in the Twin Cities
is H. E. Atterbury, of Buenos Ayres,
Argentine Republic, who at present is in
Minneapolis with his wife as the guest
of his father-in-Iaw, Col. George c. Rip
ley. AS the general South American
agent of the International Paper COM
pany, Mr.. Atterbury has been at Buenos
Ayres for nearly two years, and speaks
entertaindngly OF his residence there.
To the grain men of the Twin Cities
anxious to learn what they can about
the grain industry in the Argentine Re
public, Mr. Atterbury has proved a reg
ular fund of information, and many are
the interviews that he has granted on
this one subject.
Much more attention is being devoted
to wheat raising in Argentine, says
MIR. Atterbury, than heretofore, and the
acreage this year is much larger than
formerly. The government recently open
ed up eco kilometers of road toward the
South, tapping a good wheat region The
Southern railway is putting in an entire
new system of docks and wharves at
Bahia Blanca, in the southern part OF
the province of Buenos Ayres. The actual
tillage of the field is quite as modern
as in TIE United States, the very best
agricultural machinery being used. There
are no bonanza farms, though there are
pieces. The agricultural population is
largely made up Of Spaniards, and in the
southern part there is. a very large Welsh
colony.
Another rapidly growing industry, ne
says, is -four milling, SO important, in
fact that the new treaty between the
United States and Brazil has brought
forth a storm Of protest from the Argen-
tine millers. BY the terms of this treaty
the Brazilian tariff on -four irnorted in
sacks is higher than that on -four in bar
rels which, as the Argentinians use no
barrels, is a distinct premium on Ameri-
cam -four imports. This treaty was an
nounced after the meeting between the
presidents Of Brazil and Argentine at
which a sort of alliance had been agreed
upon to resist the growing aggressiveness
of Chile This contretemps naturally
caused much bad feeling But as the
United States takes 50 per cent of all
the Brazilian exports it is not likely
that Brazil will dare to change the flour
tariff
Cattle raising is another of the large
industries, 1t being conducted on an i'm
n1ense scale. A big cold storage plant is
now being built by the Swifts at Buenos
Ayres. The general economic conditions,
ne says, are good. Two loans recently
negotiated by the government were taken
up without any trouble. immigration is
also on the increase. The lack of direct
banking connections with the United
States hampers American trade relations,
but this it is hoped win soon be OBJ
waited by the establishment of a bank
to look after this business.
Mr.. Atterbury is we'll satisfied with
South America, and is confident that a
bright future awaits It, The United
States, he thinks, can establish trade re-
lations without any trouble if they will
study the people and act in accordance
with their customs.
Mr.. Atterbury leaves at once for New
York, his old home, whence he will sail.
July for Buenos Ayres.