Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-03-15

and even to that Of North America.
The development OF California and Or
egon. however. changed this. and today
the latter not only supplies their own
wants, but as well a large section OF
Central and part Of Western South
America with breadstuns. Chile on
her part has become the worlds nitrate
producer and notably so I'm copper,
while her vineyards have increased
with each year.
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,
II is. for example relatively speaking,
but few years since the United States
was shipping -four to the Argentine
Republic and to Uruguay. Today, as a
result Of the immigration that has
poured into those republics, but prn.
cipally into the first country. and as q
result Of the application Of North Amer
lean farm machinery to the great allu.
vial basin Of the River Plate the Ar
gentlne Republic alone exports to Eu-
rope 35.000.000 bushels Of wheat and
half that amount Of maize each year.
Not content with having thus become
the competitor of the UEted States and
Canada in the Old World Ia ssa expor.
tation of breadstuffs, the same reS1blic
has also become their cOmpetitor-and
strong and growing one, tOo-in the
expectation Of meat products. Few
Itn. nv ~ hn trfh f,f tfYfc 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,
1900 carcassps Of as good mutton as
the world can produce. while innumera-
bic square miles Of alfalfa fields dot
the republic and furnish rice. cheap
fattenlng material for 3O,000.000 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
ize the significance of the one fact
that well bred. fat steer can he and is
being produced In the Argentine Re
public and exported to England at to.
tai expense at lenst $15 less than 1t is
possible to do the same thing in either
the United States or Canada-while a
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 Ia 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 he looked upon as altogether
probable that within the next ten years
meat win 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 borrower will then carry the
well known aggressivencss and zeal Of
| American financiers 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
/ a 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 win seriously look for
1t in South and Central America. and
1t was the earnest wish and purpose
Of those who formulated and planned
the Pan-American Exposition that in
all the above fields they might. through
the Exposition. do something tangible
toward bringing TO all a better knowl.
edge than now exists concerning the
countries Of the Western Hemisphere
and that there might result fran the
Exposition something Of value IN the
| direction OF a wider dissemination OF
that practical knowledge of our sur
roundings and Of cur future Industrial
outlook so much desired by all Of US
and so essential TO a 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 It con
tains for. the building up Of an enor-
nous industrial empire, containing. as
II does, the most fertile agricultural
lands Of the world toward both ex-
remities Of the hemisphere, with min
erals and forests adjacent IN either sec
tion, with great navigable waterways
In both North and South America and
with central zone capable Of produc-
ing to an unlimited degree all the trOp-
ical and subtropleal products known
to or used by man.
The Pan-American Exposition was
not, therefore. either entirely or large
~ born OF a selfish desire on the part
Of the people Of the State OF New York,
and of Buffalo primarily, TO draw at
tentlon to anything they possess or to
acquire wholly local prestige and bene-
fit from the undertaking. The loca-