The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-05-08
IN ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
Ellis Comiian Now Visiting There Tells
Something Of the CoHniry.

Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic,
South America, March 81. 1905
o. E. Dunlap. Esq. waxahachie,
Texas. U. s. A. Dear SIR
Knowing that you will be interest
ed in hearing something from a sis
ter republic far to the south of ours,
enclose some information which |
have gathered since our arrival some
two months ago.
Our voyage of twenty-seven days,
across six thousand miles of the deep
blue sea, from New York here was
not nearly so monotonous as we an
ricipated, considering that we only
had one stop of few hours at Mon
tevideo We had, however, some
fairly congenial fellow passengers
who assisted much in passing the
time.
The morning after our arrival at
Buenos Aires we were awakened by
the loud and continuous cries of the
news boys about the hotel and were
later informed that o revolution had
broken out during the night To us
this was rather exciting, considering
that during the day we could see in
fantry and cavalry rushed through
the city TO one of the railway stations
This all went TO confirm our previ-
ous1y formed opinion of all South
American republics, the opinion held
generally, / believe. by the majority
of the people of the United States.
1t was learned in a few days how
ever that the revolution consisted
only of a mutiny of several compan-
| les of soldiers in one Of the western
provinces of the states. the governor
of which. had an ambition TO be presi-
dent of the republic. II was prompt
| iy quelled by the government, some
| few of the reeolutionists being KILL
| ed while the others have been dealt
with rather severely since. This is
the first attempt az revolution iii this
country in fifteen years
The Argentine Republic is a
country very rich in resources and
about which very much could be
written 1t is situated in the south
temperate zone with a climate very
similar 10 ours for diversity and with
soil equally as rich II extends over
a greater distance north and south
| than the United States The noun
4
iare snow capped the year round
while i'm the northern provinces or
states oranges. bananas, ribbon cane.
rice and other tropical crops are
| grown In abundance Cotton has
never been grown to any great ak
| tent by the Argentines. bat is reaaiv-
ing more attention now rs It t@ fouaa
that the northern provinces are we'll
suited 10 it's growth Wheat, hoy
ever. is the principal crOp grown for
| export, Argentina being the third
country in the world in the export
OF wheat The total export of wheat
corn and linn seed amounts 10 more
than one hundred and seventy five
million dollars gold per aunum OF
/ the two hundred and fifty million
| acres Of land in Argentina suitable
| for agriculture only about twenty
two million acres or less than 10 per
cent is under cultivation. so it is
| readily seen that the possibilities OF
| the country in this line are just
| beginning TO be known.
! The stock raising interest ia the
| largest There are some very veal
| thy ranch people in the republic
From statistics AT hand | find that
| to compare Argentina with the
United States in horses. cattle and
sheep, that she has more than one
third as many horses, two-thirds as
many cattle and has more sheep than
any country In the world
The export OF cattle and of frozen
meats OF England and other markets
is very great. in fact, / am told that
the price OF meat, flour and wool in
England is controlled 20 a certain
extent by the success or failure of
crops in Argentina. This is destined
70 be one OF the great food producing
countries of the world.
BY comparison in size Argentina
is as large as all the United States
east of the Mississippi river with the
Dakotas. Minnesota and Iowa includ-
ed.
The seasons OF the country being
the reverse OF those of the States