The Washington times., 1901-06-30
FROM FAR-0FF ARGENTINA.
Splendid Display Made Mt the Pan
American Exposition.


BUFFALO. June 29.-America's acquain-
tance with Argentina will be considerably
increased during the span of the Pan
American Exposition. The country is
composed of fourteen States and ten Ter
ritories, most of which are practically
unknown to the residents of North Amer
lea. There is such an elaborate aggrega-
tion of the products from this far-away
country, representing as it does so many
useful and ornamental articles, that the
visitor to this division is agreeably sur
prised.
One of the first things to attract atten-
tion is a section of mahogany tree in
tact, except the bark, which has been re-
moved, and the sap surface which was
originally covered with bark is very nice
ly polished. The log from which this sec
ton was cut was about six feet in diane
ter. showing the immense size that these
valuable trees attain in Argentina.
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 possibilities of food supplies from this
source are in this manner elaborately sug-
gested; even a resident of Boston would
be satisfied with the numerous jars con-
tanning so many odd varieties of the bean
family, ranging in color all the way from
white to drab, browns. and blacks, show
ing a variety in shape as well as in quail
ity and size. The balance of the case
is filed with Jars of sugar in all stages
of preparation from the first crude pro-
duction of the cane to the ordinary gram
ulated and familiar broken loaf. Grains
that we are all familiar with, comprising
xrrha in ariF ha ri rye
white, yellow. and red corn, with seeds
that are familiar and great many that
are strangers, ara here, forming an exten-
sive collection in this agricultural exhibit.
Coolers and peanuts, wild and culti-
waited cotton. nasturtium seeds and sam
pies of starches manufactured from diff
ferent cereals, together with farina de
mandioca -four. with a few other oddi-
ties, complete the exhibit in still another
case. 1t might be mentioned here that
mandioca is a food substance that in all
probability in the near future will find an
extensive market in good many north
ern countries when its merits are better
known. 1t is a product of the cassava
plant that grows something after the
fashion of a carrot. 1t is fusfform, ana
of many varieties, some of which attain
TO the size of mangel wurzel.
Turning from the food products to wear
ing apparel, we find more varieties of
wool than we are accustomed to. In cases
here shown are 200 samples representing
an annual clip from 100Oo0,O00 head OF
sheep.
Sandwiched in between the cases of
wool is an assortment of mineral products
comprising an object lesson in minerals
and a geological formation that is ex-
ceedingly interesting. The larger Specl-
mems. consisting of some very odd and
beautiful slabs of onyx, are placed near
Nv in fray M the floor
The eolorS of some of these specimens
are very fine indeed. A great many
views of the different sections of the Re
public are scattered about through the
exhibit showing city and country life IN
a manner that properly illustrates the
wonderful progressiveness of this South
American Republic.
: If YOU would like to visit Argentina go
TO the Pan-American Exposition, and hunt
out the Agricultural Building; il. is cheap
er and quicker than going to South Amer
lea and the results in regard to inforIna-
tion will be probably almost as satsfac-
tory Argentina is a large country, con-
sisting of mountain and plain, hills, val
leys mining sections and water ways IN
great variety, besides an extensive coast
line 1t is a country that one may expect
to hear from extensively In commerclaI
transactions before another decade has
rolled round.
In the matter Of cattle Argentina is ex-
ceedinkly wealthy, as there are cattle on
a thousand hills, with others scattered
through the valleys. She can supply DO
vine products to the rest of the world
The United States will look 10 these
southern countries in the near future Tor
supplies OF this nature to feed the mil
lions of factory workers that are lncreas-
ing with such rapidity.