Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-03-28

may be solved. Today no boundary
difficulty OF any kind affects the peace
Of the east coast Of South America, and
but two such questions are still 10 be
adjusted upon the west coast. Stabls
government, well administered. has
been reached I'm very many Of the re-
publics south Of Us. In notably
In those toward the extreme south OF
the continent-the most striking and
rapid 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 Of the
Arger tine Republic and of Chile. Fifty
years ago the latter supplied -four TO
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 large section Of
Central and part Of Western South
America with breadstuffs. Chile on
her part has become the worlds nitrate
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.
o. ofs N TfnfenA SfafnC
was shipping -four to the Argentine
Republic and to Uruguay. Today. "a a
result OF the immigration that las
poured into those republics. but l.
cipaIly into the fl country. and = n
result OF the appli, ton Of North AZ. r.
lean farm machine Y 10 the great & j.
vial basin OF the LIVER Plate. the Ar
gentine Republic alone exports TO Eu-
rope 35.0OO.O00 bushels OF wheat and
half that amount Of maize each year.
Not content with having thus become
the competitor OF the UE'ted States and
Canada In the Old World la 80 expor-
tation Of breadstuffs. the same re:.1blic
has also become their competitor-and
q strong and growing one. tOo-in the
expectation OF meat products. Few
have any Idea Of the growth OF this in
dustry In the River Plate republics.
Thirty years ago Great Britain import
cd 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 carcasses Of as good mutton as
the world can produce. while innumera-
BILE square miles OF alfalfa fields dot
the republic and furnish rice. cheap
fatienIng material for 30.000.0o0 or
more Of cattle possessed by the coun-
try.
The advantages the people Of the
United States and Canada might obtain
by grasplng the true meaning Of the
above facts would appear TO ne many
and their value very great.
II they would. for instance. bat real
lie the significance OF the one fact
that a well bred. fat steer can be and Is
being produced In the Argentine Re
public and exported 10 England at a to-
tai expense at least SIS less than Il Is
possible to do the same thing In either
the United States or Canada-while n
great advantage lies with the producer
Of River Plate mutton-they would
realize the strong appearance OF proba-
bility to the often quoted statement
made by some that the not distant fu.
ture would bring River Plate mutton TO
our tables in 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 IL can be looked upon as altogether
probable that within the next ten years
meat will be probably 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 n borrower will then carry the
well known aggressiveness and zeal of
American financiers and Industrial op-
CtoAOAS tuAO oOuAu WHIT u
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
n large scale Of the meat producing
plants there and In the handling OF
breadstuffs and all their related indus
tries.
Millions OF acres OF tilIable 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
IL was the earnest wish and purpose
OF those who formulated and planned
the Pan-American Exposition that In
all the above fields they might. throreh
the Exposition. do something tangible
edge than now exists concerning the
countries OF the Western Hemisphere
and that there might result from the
Exposition something OF value in ibe
direction OF n wider dissemIns ton 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 proper realization
on our own part Of the problems Of
trade and OF commerce that are In
store for as and for our children 10
solve that through IL the people Of the
Western Hemisphere might more clear.
~ appreciate than they now do the
enormous resources OF the Western
Hemisphere and the possibilities IL con-
tains for the building up Of an enor-
nous industrial empire. containing. m