The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

and comfort The fields of grain are
cultivated by the newest methods, and
the best of American agricultural ma
chinery is in daily use. Into this splen-
did region is poured annually an i'm
mense stream of immigration, but
even then not enough to till the fields,
harvest the crops or transport them to
market. But this is only the country;
how about the town?
Wonderful southern City.
Do many Americans realize that
Buenos Ayres is the largest city in the
world south of the equator? That the
city has nearly one and half millions
inhabitants; that il has more and bet
ter paved streets, in proportion to it's
size, than any city in the western
hemisphere; that its trolley service
carried last year nearly 100000 peo-
pie and is now so crowded that plans
for an underground railway are pre-
pared; that its opera house can put to
shame anythin gin America and has
entertained all celebrated artists from
Patti to Bernhardt; that its home for
the Jockey Club is famous for art
trea sures and decorations in marble;
that one of its many newspapers main
tains a huge building all its own, in
which are u library, lecture room,
museum, and even a dispensary for the
public, as we'll as rest and refresh
ment rooms Tor its employees? From
Buenos Ayres Is regular passenger
lines run to Europe, with as fine
steamers as money can buy, and Eng
land, France, Germany and Italy are
1Ar inc fOr fro N4-h
in the United States imagine is hardly
worth a serious struggle This is the
capital of the republic, but Rosario,
La Plata, Cordoba and Bahia Blance
are also progressive, and the interior
cities vie with those on the coast as
centers of intellectual and industrial
actility.
Bolivia Is Prospecting.
What about Bolivia? Many people
think that this republic is in the same
condition as the Spabiards found it
800 years ago. This is an error Of ig-
norance! Bolivia is pushing into the
front rank of industrial nations and
has long ago abandoned the isolation
TO which tradition unfortunately con-
fiHe6 lit. Bolivia is the third largest
requisite in South America the area is
109, GEO square miles and equals the
size of the two tiers of states next the
Pacific ocean. 1t is mountainous
country, iB striking contrast to Argen-
tina. whicb is essentially a land of
plain and prairie. Bolivia practically
leads the world in production of tin,
but the silver and copper play large
part in foreign markets. But Bolivia
has more than mineral wealth Tere
are hundreds Of square miles of some
of the richest agricultural lands on
earth one the plateaus wheat, corn
and fruits will grow. Further down
there are ilimitable possibilities for
coffee and cotton, while closer to the
great rivers running into the Amazon
and Paraguay are immense tracts of
rubber trees and soil suitable for
cacao.
Is Open to the World.
Bolivia has decided to throw open
these opportunities to the world. How
will she do it? BY building railroads
into and across these virgin spots. Al
ready there are two lines running
from ports on the Pacific to La Paz,
the capital, and a third is under con-
struction. This is not enough, how
ever. northern, an eastern and a
southern outlet are demanded, and
Bolivia has determined to supply them.
Consequently the nation has agreed
with Brazil to help construct from the
north a wonderful road around the
falls of the Madeira river, to tap the
heart of the tropics. 1t has agreed
with Argentina to run a line to the
south to connect with the railway
coming up from Buenos Aires, so that
within a few years the traveller can
journey in modern style over the old
Inca and Spanish trail all the way to
La Paz. The nation has also plan
Of its own to build almost due east
toward the wonderful forest land of
the Chaco and reach, within it's own
territory, the head of navigation on
one of the great tributaries of the Rio
de la Plata.