The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
Great fortunes in Paraguay
-JPgi-AE S HAVE MADE MONEY IN
SOUTH AMERICA. UNRIVALLED AID
r4NTA.ES FOR CATTLE-RAISING.

.,-.. ur-spondence of The Journal.
}.rs.#o>, PARAGUAY, Aug. 8, 1904.
-s uot south America the great
..l-.Hu-- nave been realized by for
..--..n .j Ii diamonds, gold and sill
r.. r.A. ur nitrate, coffee, sugar, or
rls ~ I-I Dut in cattle raising; and
ts e of the best investments
Il. sa pi.al. In Paraguay no other
..-r-t pays 50 we'll, although cattle
not yet attained anything
a1l-1 development. So long ago
al Ne var of the Triple Alliance
'-s awards of two million head
D.. tt!e in the country; but
sgt. rN compute them at some
lJ' seven hundred thousand.
-ar - II course do not include
&a,' ..rS'ic animals, which accord
~ .-r cars government reports
-- 'olloWs: Horses, 1868;
l.- l- sheep, 5000; goats, H.
19.
records kept on various es-
# demonstrated that d square
'd is capable of supporting
.. $50 thousand grown-up beasts,
'' ulged of them to the square
ae Aofllng to this reliable COM
1-4'r eastern Paraguay alone (Which
''N 'lno0 square miles, might
- 100000 cattle, while in the
H. bare Just across the river and
r- ie narrow timber belt. an
plain begins, hundreds of
"~ Altnt, with mean elevation
4 .ert, rising in great terraces,
o. -.qeS, to the foothills of the
+.4" aii is said to be one of the
G'-" ranges in the world. The
'9-s and frosts which frequently
-.rl 'ro a havoc ain Argentina are
4-@ mknown in Paraguay; the
'-aai's are numerous and perennial,
'' a.ie iatten quicker, attain better
''= aud afford a finer quality of
Es OWING 10 nutritious grasses and
"''aaha If water. Yet the proper
-'- ' a-ie IN Paraguay compared to
'' '.-' about eight to the square
-- A.e Ia big Argentina it amounts
'"'.' s seven to the square mile.
" ''eTfture on this subject is
'--'2 The government has hand
.Dl appeared to have taken a
.-- 'oh ahead'' in providing for all
f'''-'.s Abu impossible contingencies in
'-- way nj future over-croWded popu-
.''''. IL IS a well-knoWn fact that
"' proper rule under ordinary condi
VEIN is 10 the ratio of one animal to
"l one-half acres of land; but
.''' Is d Jaw IN Paraguay, lat present
1 thiorced), which requires four
'''' I'll each beast. This law was made
WV golden ante-bellum days, when
~ '''le Was enormously rich, yet the
~ '''p'5 Pald 10 taxes. Under the regime
'"AelS and the Lopezes the utiliza-
" government lands was almost
r 'l source of the public fortune.
., government was absolute master
d. d" aud the theory was that the
.'Ial be entirely self-supporting.
A.. Ae establishment of large estan-
,rs w cattle farms, on the State lands
,r 'i''I enormous agricultural enter
w.. S''' winch provided the government
A., oplfhdld resources but made it a
eo,~, ''"Dit rlval-With it's immense
M. r'''I and arbitrary command of Ia
Mac. Vhe private holders and COM
Row., ,''@' men, whose limited means soon
in. ~e'A to the wall. In the Argen-
pstn "epoblic four thousand head of
st,n, are allowed to the square league,
iDg NV. 9,'Ho acres; but the pampas, be-
a,s. '"'iofmiy flat, have a much larger
Ria r. VI pasturage than Paraguay. In
EN- D ,''iue de Sui, province of South
sccora ,a@li' where a league is computed
lle.na is 70 the Portuguese standard of
m, YVES the law limits the animals
Of pa nv" IL to $500; and in the province
To ton IL is restricted to one animal
Ter in d. an estancia is simple mat
@faguay, and can be done on q