The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-12

' t*t1wo at AE5L ndnu.
 1 The special train. by the way, was
 one of the finest I have ever seen. The
 engine and the exterior of the cars were appropriately decorated with ' United States flegs and bunting The I engineer in charge of the train was
 from the United States. At the end of | the Journey Secretary Root shook hiia
 warmly by the hand and conRratulated
 him on the splendid run he had made. | The special car of Dr. Dose Figueroa
 Aicorta. President of the Argentine Re.
 public, was attached to the train, for
 the use of Mir Root and those who ac lcompanied him. President AIcorta himself was member of the party. So
 were the Minister of Foreign Affairs. | the Minister of Agriculture. the Presi-
 dent of the Provincial Chamber of Deputies and number of other dlstin-
 guished Argentinians.
 | At the different stations which the special train passed crowds were prA- ent to wave greetings to the United States Secretary of State. Villanueva,
 the station for the Vivot estancia, was 1 gaily decked with United States and | Argentine flags. A huge banner ex-
 tending all across the principal street bore the words of welcome, Viva Sud y Norte America"
 A three-mile drive in our-in- hands brought the party to the estancia. Af-
 ter an informal reception and a lunch- con that would have reflected credit upon the culinary resources of any country house in the United States or i In Europe. Secretary Root and those
 who accompanied him were shown over the estancia.
 This consists of six square leagues Of land, or 26,5T0 acres. Tnere arc
 on the place 15,0O0 cattle of
 the Durham breed, 10000 sheep
 and s.00e brood mares. The animals
 are high class, many of them being oiooded stock. For example, the highest price ever paid for a bull rais
 ed in Argentina was for one from
 the Vivot estancia. The Argentinians
 pay liberally for good cattle from the
 United States, England, etc., and are
 now raising some excellent stock Of
 their own.
 The estancia house. or homestead, IS
 surrounded by an artistic collection of other buildings, Including several cha let's and B handsome private chapel
 These give the place more the ap-
 pearance of a small village than of a farm. Telephones connect the estan lcia house with the outlying posts of
 this vast tract of grazing and agri- cultural land.
 The MraIxct for Agricultural TmpIe. mentS.
 That United States manufacturers have already greatly benefited by the immense agricultural activity of Argentina is best demonstrated by the fact that we sold her during the last
 live years over S20,0e0,000 worth of agricultural machines and implements alone. Nearly all cf these were sup piled by few Of our larger manu- facturers. who ara represented in Ar gentina High prices arc charged for the goods, so tnas there is largo profit to the dea!er.
 l am satisfied that other manufac- turers, as yet ioing tile or no busi- ness in Argentina, can develop a good demand in that ceun nry for their ap- paratus, machinery and supplies A number of prominent dealers to whom talked were anxious to secure sala- ble specialties in the agricultural and other lines.
 Although the owners of the pIanta- tions are weathy, they take pride in giving their personal attention to the work of their estancias. They ar" men of culture. some of them having been educated in the United States or in England. They read and keep in- formedasto what is going on in oth- CT countries. They therefore realize | that, the conditions in the United l States are much the same as in their own country, and for this reason are much interested in the progress made here and in the Implements and ma chinery we m LnufactLre.
 Even he Europeans who purchase land and make theig homes in Argen tina,-the immigration during 1905 | was 221622--show preference for | United States implements and ma- chinery.
 Imports and Exports of Argentina.
 The Argentine Republic embraces aa l AN toral industry may be said to consti- l tute the mainstay Hs her prosperity | Scattered over ths corntry are about | 120 million sheep, thirty million cat | tie, i've million horres, three million | goats and one million pigs.
 The population i'll -a03 was estlma- | ted at 5,oO5,S5s and is now about S. 100000. In other words, Argentina | covers territory more than one-third | the size of our own country and has | almost as many people as Canada.
 One City, Buenos Aires, has 1O0O.- 900 inhabitants; Rosario has 140, 900; La Plata. the new capital of the prov | ince of Buenos Aires, 90.OOO, and Ba- hia Blanca more than 5O,00O. These comprise the principal ports of Arr gentina, There, are, however. in the republic four other cities ,lch O. 25,Ooo inhabitants. fourteen more of 10000 each and eight others Of 5000 each.
 The imports into Argentina--princi.. pally agricultural implements, ma hardware and other articles such as are made Tn the United States have increased from $Ss.s73, 900 in 1897 to $197,974.00 in 1905. For the six months ending June 30th 1908. they were $112,9O5.o0O. The total inn ports from the United States in 1895 were $2S,429, 200. and for the first half of 1906, $15.s4O,7S0
 The exports from Argentina--con- sistlng almost wholly of products of the soil, have grown from $92.123, ,20C in 1897 to SS11,544,O00 in 1905. For the first half of 1906 they were $780, 1c4.O62.
 In a letter written to Secretary Root. during his recent visit to Bue- nos Aires. Mir. Francisco Seeber. ex- Mayor of Buenos Aires and author of the well known work Greater Argen- tine" said: Our exports this year will amount to s55 per mead, as against the United States $lS.O0 our imports to $S9 as against the United States s12.."
 The City of Buenos Aires.
 few words about this magnificent South American capitol may not be put of place.