Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-10-02
A LAND OF BEEF.
CAPT. RICHARDSON, OF DEER
ISLE, WRITES OF ARGENTINA.
CHOICE TENDERLoIN, SIX CENTS A
PoUND-soMETHING OF THE coUN-
TRY, ITS GOVERNMENT, IT'S
PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMS.

ROSARIO, Argentina Republic, Aug. IA
and green's, wool, hides and tsllow. The
central and western plains OF the United
States are no doubt productive, but /
question IL they are naturally equal to
the almost treeiess lands of Argentina.
Besides its fertility, this country is not
of mean proportions; having 1900, 600
square miles, divided into some fifteen
states, and generally covered with thirty
inches of rich soil. All that is needed is
government.
j may be crank on this old subject,
but the glaring lack OF strong and honest
government is what one meets and learns
of all countries over which Spain once
reigned and which are now misruled by
the unhappy and unballowed fusion of
Spanish blood with any sort Of black or
tan. The ruling class here are the des-
cendents of the conquering stock, gradu-
ally and steadily fused with the Indian
during some passing centuries. On our
late arrival at Buenos Ayres, that city, the
capital Of the country, was under martial
ment at all times rest over political vol
cano.
IL, instead of these continued unhappy
conditions, there had been good and
peaceful. government since their relief
from Spain, il Uruguay had not seeded
and the three present separate nations of
Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, with
their community of Interest,", were one,
there might now easily have been strong
and respected government, whose cur
rency would not in times Of peace be
quoted at 2.35 like Argentina's, or at above
500 to the gold dollar as it is now in Para
quay, and the United States would have
in the western world a rival worth con-
sideration and respect.
OF course the people of the manor are
no better workers than rulers, though If
they would but rule we'll, immigrat ion
would do the rest. Even under the dis
couraging conditions, immigration here
has been great and OF a good kind-far
better than we receive in our coast Sec
tions. The laborer and the small farmer
immigrant are Italian, French, Spanish
and Swiss. The brain and capital has
come with the Germans and English, and
but for these the country would be poor
indeed.
Such varied influx and continued
movement of humanity causes a decided
cosmopolitan character, appearance, Ian
guage and habits of the people. 1t is not
uncommon for little children to readily
use three different tongues, and there
are separate daily newspapers in six Ian
guages. The national religion is the
Roman Catholic-and there is an impos-
ing cathedral in almost every town-yet,
contrary to most other latin countries,
absolute religious freedom is permitted,
and there are churches of every creed.
In place where the Spanish tongue is
the most common to greet the ear, the
eye naturally looks for raven hair and a
Moorish complexion to prevail, but it
does not SO happen here. There is more
blonde hair on the streets than any other
kind. One reason for this is doubtless
the greater Oriental seclusion of the
female of any Spanish blood, while the
blonde immigrant from Northern Europe
is allowed more freedom. She dresses
much the same as the American woman,
without SO good taste or set of garments,
and stares almost as boldly.
Rosario, in population and commercial
Importance, is the second city OF the re-
pubic ;and is the capital of the rich
province of Santa Fe. It is more than
$50 miles from the open sea, but is the
natural seaport for more than half-a-
dozen provinces (states), for the whole
country of Paraguay, and for the upper
heavy draft, sea-going vessel can COM
fortably go much beyond here.
There is, consequently, a great deal Of
river tratfic-partly by steam, but largely
by small, topsail schooners. They trade
many hundreds OF miles above here. On,
rather interesting sight land it would in
deed be interesting to the little boys il
Maine) is schooner after schooner com
ing down river with larger and high
deckloads of oranges than any deckloa'
of lumber that ever went out of Unio
river. The deckload is held in place b
high posts and wire netting all around il
They come from Paraguay.
All vegetables that grow in Maine ar
, very plentiful here. An inferior apple
, also raised, and peaches, in their season
by the million. There are two crops {
pc, atoes each year, and they never gro'
by the bushel, the price is always quote
} by the ton. They are now about S17, br
have known them in more prolific sea
: sons to be sold at less than half this
price. The cheapest thing is beef, and
is excellent. Choice cuts are cents
pound, but il one is rich and demands
, clear cut tenderloin, he must pay cent
pound.
The breeding of the cattle and horse
on thousand hills and plains has ev
IDENTIFY been tempered with by SON
, crafty descendant OF Jacob, as they al
] nearly all ring-streaked or spotted. Tt
finer carriage horses, used by the wealth,
are of imported stock, OF magnificer
form and mostly of a seal brown. Mar