The Republican journal., 1906-02-15

rI4QualiN OUT surely CIdllSeu W
cultural one by the European
+. who have settled here within
4 few years. Especially is this
the province of Santa Fe-the
growing district, immediately
II the province of Buenos Ayres,
a Rosario is the capital-whlch
qaIv thirty-seven foreign colo
um6ering all told about 10000
HE first of these was establish
.rg ago as 1856, with emigrants
-ajtzt rland; and it did so re-
II well that others soon follow
Fl of them occupy central
ut the province, or are strung
.r ne of the Argentine Central
11gether they cover an area
six million acres, which is
mach waste land redeemed
..e,s grazing and made to fur
.uta to the worlds food sup
rs mostly dry, level prairie,
... rom $500 to $1,000 per acre
movements, while the graz
.liacent sell for from 80
rents per acre, according to
utes from the centers of
The principal crops of the
a.r wheat, corn, barley, hay,
.tots, sweet potatoes, peanuts,
rN4,. and the less important
The yield, | am told, is
a.l Of wheat and 80 to l of
al in home paper the other
surprising statement, for
5-Iacy l would not like to
argentina exports more corn
uited States. Before many
OH account of our own home
Size will surpass the United
aXpoltation of food products
gate. For the first half of
ogal exports were several
Much as those of the United
gloportion to population"
ltten been attempted here to
..ops a year from the same
Xcept in the case of alfalfa,
1poSsible. Although with
are any crop can be brought to
ua in almost any month of the
. has its natural harvest time
I'D be adhered to.
lie emigrants to Argentina
sen mostly from southern
The arrivals in Rosario dur
. wear were officially stated As
Italians, IS per cent; French,
e.. spanish, s per cent; Swiss,
all others, per cent.
a mostly peasants OF the poor
go per cent of whom came
free passage. The statistics go
, nat only 40 per cent of the
amber can read and write; that
-ul are Roman Catholics, and
rts only 50 per cent are regu-
seed. 50 per cent of the en-
-r are adult males: females
.o-. "A per cent; children under
ii age. 4 per cent. Here Is a
4 ears largely or the future of
4s. viz: the lower native popu-
Hiuch females are consider
recess. mixes readily with the
~ element. In the native
o0ation hardly one i'll five can
. l.la are intensely Roman Cath
los If the coloniStS have come
,.E Some expect to get rich
wears and then return to
q to enjoy the fruits of their
.a ot course there is always a
g chronic rovers-that class
a. to he met in all new
gbo are always moving on
..ss dissatisfied, i'll search OF
Iatuus, they know not what.
rty we're attracted to this
f.. cheap lands in large tracts
De-. produce almost anything,
and healthful climate, as set
literature of the industrl-
lt.on bureau. So far, North
migrants to Argentina
r 60 be classified as they mum
rr than three in a thousand
.-u population in the interior
{. UNA Twenty years ago emf
rarely thought of ascending the
gl less of penetrating into
-Ipr of Argentina; but all
uto the province of Buenos
".. and there became scarce
seeing the Importance of
H.l immigration throughout
-..r. the government adopted
f--,lc policy with that end in
Is ommission of Emigration
7 unlimited power. and local
.1--- with salaried managers
4miuted in all the principal
y-rute the orders of the Com
Ea to set forth the wants and
e- of their respective dis
o- passes were not only given
r- TO the emigrants, but also
..o- AyreS to any point in the
which they might select.
.Oe opened for the free lodg-
-ouy newcomers while they
W4 around and deciding
-,.e. and Intelligence offices,
.t-l with the immigration
1u;shed all sorts of informa-
ua Employment for mechanics
offers dispatched letters and re-
'u Europe, in brief took good
d every emigrant until he was
Hu- Yut for himself-all free of
I'm every province the local
Hues eo-operated with the gen
o'4fAment, but each had varia-
If lis own III the scheme of coloni-
santa Fe it is carried on by
ISiS or companies, who secure
lands from the government on
Nile Terms on condition of plant
rle'Il certain number of agri-
families within a given time.
tnIliieS their agents offer
y Inducements i'll addition
'ae .or4ished by the general gov
~" s"rA as the advancement OF II
III 1u|a Of money or its equivalent,
coalitions of payments to be
'o- vi the crops. That the sys-
..le> We'll is proved by the stats
@H'O certify that within the first
Cd rs au average of $500 per capita
aouldted to the credit of every
woman and child in the colonies
Na}mg their debts to the loaning
Ldrs besides a comfortable living
mat time. 1t must be remem-