The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20


difficulty of any kind affects the peace
of the east coast of South America ana
but two such questions are still TO be
adjusted upon the west coast. Stable
government, well administered, mas
been reached i'm very many of the re-
publics south Of us. In some-notaDly
in those toward the extreme south or
the continent-the most striking ana
rand advances imaginable have been
made during the past ten years in their
material development and in the pros
perity of their people
This has been especially true or the
Argentine Republic and of Chile. Fltty
years ago the latter supplied hour TO
the entire west coast Of South, Central
and even TO that Of North America
The development of California and or
egon. however, changed this, and To-Day
the latter not only supplies their own
wants. but as we'll large section or
Central and part Of Western South
America with breadstuffs. Chile on
her part has become the worlds nitrate
producer and notably so in 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 a few years since the United States
was shipping -four 20 the Argentine
Republic and to Uruguay. Today as
result of the immigration that has
poured into those republics, but prin-
cinally into the first country, and as q
result of the application Of North Amer
lean farm machinery TO the great anu
vial basin Of the River Plate, the AT
gentine Republic alone exports to Eu-
rome 1000. 900 bushels of wheat ana
half that amount Of maize each year.
Not content with having thus become
the competitor Of the United States ana
Canada in the Old World in the eXpor-
tation Of breadstuffs, the same republic
has also become their competitor-and
q strong and growing one, too-ln the
expectation Of meat products. rev
have any idea Of the growth OF THIS 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,
$4,000 carcasses Of as good mutton as
the world can produce, while nnumera
BILE square miles of alfalfa fields dot
the republic and furnish rice. cheap
fattening material for 30,000,0OO OF
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
lie the significance of the one fac
that a well bred, fat steer can be and Il
being produced in the Argentine Re
public and exported to England at to
tai expense at least SO less than it i
possible to do the same thing in eithe
the United States or Canada-while ;
great advantage lies with the produce
of River Plate mutton-they woul'
!. realize the strong appearance Of proba
? blity to the often quoted statemen
d made by some that the not distant fu
J. tore would bring River Plate mutton t
K our tables in the United States.
d Great Cattle Zones In the south.
Many public men in South Americ
J. believe this will occur, reasoning a
j. they do that the conditions in the Unit
e ed States are such and their develoT
l. ment in manufactures is so pronounce
il that it can be looked upon as altogethe
d probable that within the next ten year
J. meat will be profitably exported to tn
e United States from the great cattl
e, zones of South America. They ais
1t believe that the turn Of the tide thG
Is has carried the United States into til
w position of a lender of money rattle
Is than n borrower will then carry til
IN well known aggressiveness and zeal {
H. American financiers and industrial OF
ar orators into South America, where
Q. highly profitable field would be foun
De for the employment of capital in II
y development of many of the small'
ty industries now In existence there an
ut In the consolidation and operation c
ne q large scale of the meat producir
d. plants there and in the handling (
al breadstuffs and all their related indu
~ tries.
be Millions Of acres of tillable land,
n. an excellent climate, with every faci
ty except immediate transportato
t. await those who will seriously look f
IL In South and Central America, ar
,is it was the earnest wish and purpo
1t; Of those who formulated and plannt
In the Pan-American Exposition that
Dr. all the above fields they might, throul
ms the Exposition, do something tangib
is toward bringing to all n better know
ne edge than now exists concerning &
as countries of the Western Hemisphe
en- and that there might result from {
* Exposition something of value in {
nd direction Of wider dissemination
lily that practical knowledge Of our ST
nd roundings and Of our future industri