The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-23
ARGENTINA FREE
AND HAPPY LAND.
Country Is Perhaps Best Gov
erncd OF Ali South Anlcri-
lean Republics.
HISTORY AND DEvEL 0PMENT
.Bucnos Ayres Is One Of Largest,
Richest and Most Beautiful
Cities in the World,
HISTORY AND DEvEL 0PMENT

Cities in the World,
(From Our Regular Consequently
WASHINGTON, d. c., November Pa
to look upon their country as so far
ahead OF all others tn the matter OF
growth and development that there Is no
close second. While Ut Is true that the
United States has grown with rapfddty
that is entirely unparalleled In history,
| ancient or modern. SO far as we Of this
| generation know, 1t is also true that other
countries OH this hemisphere have made
! progress In development ofrrcsourccs that
approach that of this country In point
OF rapiNty. If the government of Ar
gentina had been as stable for the past
half century as has been that OF the
| United States the growth Of that, coun-
try would have been as rapid probably,
| for the Same races which have developed
the United States have been largely In
strumentnl In developing Argentina.
| DR.. y. Mayer, American consul general
at Buenos Ayres, the capital Of Argen-
tina, says In q report to the Department
| of Agriculture, that the exports of cereals
from that country this year will prob
| ally amount in value to 800, 900, 900. In
| 1870. the value OF the cereals exported
amounted.to &6s, 1000, The cereals OK
ported consisted Of corn. $2a. 900 900; wheat,
/ MS, 500 900; linseed, sl7,5oOO0O; flour, $l,-
800. 900; hay, sl,ooo,oon
/ "A number Of grain elevators are being
| erected in the country and many flour
| ing mills are being built. The report
says that 1t is believed that the activity
| In these two directions encourages the
hope that tho quality OF the grain and the
flour shipped wall in the future be OF bet
ter quality than In the past. The report
gives figures, which leads to the belief
that one reason for the large amount Of
wheat exported Is that the people con-
sumo so z little. The consumption Of
wheat per capita in Australia Is 4si
pounds year; France, AIS; Spain. 40;
Cana da, 44O; Great Britain, 425; United
States, 403; Germany. IA; Austria Hun
gary. 400; Argentina, 37S Italy, sos.
Eat Much Meat,
It will doubtless surprise the average
reader to know that the United States Is
sixth in point Of consumption Of wheat.
| and that Spain consumes moro yearly.
according 70 population than we do. The
explanation is found lin the fact that
Americans eat more meat than almost
any other people, though this eSplana ton
would not answer In the case Of Italy,
| for Instance. for In that country the con-
sumption Of meat per capita Is very
| small.
Consul General Mayer gives this ex-
PLANTATION Of tho small per- capita con-
sumption OF wheat products In Argentina
| He says the people OF that country eat
| more meat In proportion to population
than those OF any other country. That
the people of Argentina are great con-
sumers of meat Is evidenced by tho fact
that the live stock of the country Is
estimated In round numbers at q, 100000
cattle; 10, 10000 sheep, and 10000 hogs,
The number OF horses in the country Is
estimated at 100000.
For purposes Of comparison, the follow
ing figures are given from the census re-
ports regarding the number of various
kinds OF live stock in the United States:
IIors es. l3.b0o00o; cattle, 1900 900: sheep Al
500 OON. When it lis remembered that the
population of the United States is six
teen times that Of Argentina It Will be
seen that the number Of the four kinds
OF farm animals per capita In the sla tier
| is far greater than In this. Dr. Mayer
thinks the number of horses In Argen-
tina will become less by reason Of tho
increasing tameness Of the cattle owing
to cross-breeding, which will do away.
largely with the use of the lasso IN sepa-
rating animals and marking them. Al
though the value Of the horseha4r and
horse hides exported amounts to $1,000
900 4 year the catt1e-raisers are begin
ming to get rid of horses and substitute
cattle and sheep. Owing TO the Increased
consumption of horseflesll III certain Eu-
ropean cities the raising of horses in
Argentina may Increase also.
There ! re- 247 100 900 ac1c1 OF land In Ar
, pe,,t ina suited To- raising live stock: 20 &
.,,,,, 10 sam man he business NAV bc
greatly Increased In 1902 the number OF
am an 20 17g7a 90 acres int n small