The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-08-10

Al LhS Lulteu states AAAs1t 4A1N1 ~
an average as Buenos Ayres IN THESE
respects. The city Government I'M
presses the visitor as most eHlcleht
and the police force seems we trained.
saw less drunkenness, disorder and
confusion on the streets Of this great
capital than l have freqently noticed
in New York. Chicago and st. Louis.
l must pause here to command the
press of BuenOs Ayres. The principal
newspapers would be credit to our
leading cities. and are far ahead in
both enterprise and appearance of tbs
average European journals. Liam
Prensa, La Nacion and Ell Diraro are
great dailies of large cicuiauoh ana
powerful political influence. the nome
| of La Prensa is the most compt&te
and costly newspaper building in the
world. used exclusively by the paper.
1t cost $4,000 600. The Standard and
the Herald are printed in English, and
ably voice English interest. CaraSy
Saretas and Gladiator are clever Illus
trated weelklies.
1 am often asked about the charac-
teristics of the people of Argentina.
would speak with favorable consldera-
ton because Of my experience there
as American Minister, want TO say
lin all candOr that l believe Argentina
lis becoming the home of new, force
Iful, energetic and ambitious race. In
lother words, it would seem as if the
lbIsnding of the original Spanish blood
with that of the other Latin races,
like the Italians and the French, to-
lgether with an intermingling Of Eng
llish, Irish and erman strains, in
wonderful climate and in a new coun-
try, was evolving a people with the
observation-disclosures of all these. The
men average large of physique, quick
of action, and clever of mind Inc
women are graceful bright and pos
sessed of a remarkable finesse of man
ner and spirit, and thsy hold into ma
turity their early beauty like the
women of the northern temperate zone
In these descriptions refer to the
higher grads; the so-called lower
classes are uniformly healthy and Wig
lorous, with average mentality.
The statistics of 1903 showed l.
100000 foreigners in Argentina in a
total of 5,OOO,0OO OF these 100000
We're Italians, 100000 Spaniards, 1Oo,-
900 French, $4,000 English, $4,000 err
mans, $4,000 Swiss, $4,000 Austrians
and the remainder of many nationali-
ties. The number of Americans did
not exceed 1900 although many are
coming now to go into cattle-raisine
|, and farming in the country or into al
kinds of business in Buenos Ayres
English influence is very strong, es-
lpecially in financial circlss, with the
Germans almost equally active. The
, Spanish language is spoken every.
where, but English is being heart
more and more. These cosmopolitan
/ characteristics make the social life Of
Buenos Ayres particularly interesting
| Each nationality has its own club, ex
, lcept that, of course, the Americans
! lioin with the English, as in other parts
of the world when they are away from
| their home countries. The total pop
ulation of 100000 seems small, blu
t that is due to the ofrner isolation o
! Argentina. The growth of imrnigra
ton in the future will be large fifth
Government enacts favorable laws.
r Correspondents in the United State
, were always asking what are tn
main products or sources. Of wealth
: of Argentina, Her chief exports ar
wheat, frozen beef and mutton corr
= ((maize), hides and skins, wool, lfV
, lstock, linssed, hay, quebrachoy Woo
, (for dyes and ,tanning), flour, bran
, tallow, bones, sugar, jerked beck an,
butter. The value of these in 1870
was nearly $190,0BC, 900. ,
a The principal imports include al
kinds of European and American
: manufactured products, as manufac
:. turing is yet in the infancy of its de
q v!lopment. Among these are ever
variety of cloth goods, cottons, wool
lens, silk, together with machiner
and agricultural implements, orin an
STEEL metals, glass and stoneware, pa
: per, chemicals and drugs, oils an
{ paints leather, tobacco and liquors
:, furniture and wooden manufacture
= timed food products, ste, amountin
I'm value last year to nearly 1855, 0o0
y 900, of which the share of the Unite
y States is only $25,OOO,OOO. Mines an
? mining in, the Andes are also now at
" tracing much capital, and promis
= well for the future.
The government of Argentina is nc
e unlike ours. The Constitution is mod
= eled on that of the United States, wit
:" isome changes that are decided i'm.
II u provements. For instance, the Pres
u dsnt is elected for six years, and is nj
Z eligible for successive reelection.
% Few North American know how
le reach Buenos Ayres, and it is almos
% to the shame of our Wanted enterpris
- that there is no first-class passenge
= and fast express line of steamers rur
!" ming between the United States an
Argentina. In contrast to this, thel
/ are six of seven companies with BIZ
fast vessels plying between Buenot
re Ayres and the principal Europea
l. Iports. The average traveller finds
y mot only necessary but far more con
l. Portable to GO from New York
re Buenos Ayres via Southampton, Che
IS bourg or Marseilles, or Genoa, tha
'e direct to Bus nos Ayres on slow-goin
~ uncomfortable freight and cattle ship
's There Is one fair monthly passeng,
" line from New York to Rio Janer
re but the latter port is its. terminu
" Connections can, however, be mac
ST there with the European lines enrou
III to and from P1lapos AVrnS won