The Washington herald., 1909-07-18

thar the Argentine Republic and the
United States are nor taking Fun Sd
vantage OF mutual opportunities still.
your trade with Us. though sadly neg
lected. has grown very remarkabIy Ten
years ago the United States sold rs
100000 worth Of goods. IN 1907 Il sold
us SSs,60o00o worth OF goods The IN
crease OF nearly so per cent has come
! spontaneously. and with no particular ef-
fort on the part OF the United States.
Trade between the two countries has
simply ignored obstacles. and grown and
fourished in spite or Heterogeneous
and Indifference"
should foreigners who 60 20 your
country on business speak the Spanish
| Language"
Spanish would be helpful. % course.
/ but II IS not necessary. Our business
men" and I thought I detected a note
{ OF satisfaction IN Mr. Por1ela's answer,
I know more than one language. The
/ English didn't speak Spanish az first.
I but the Germans. coming in and pressing
/ for advantage. used the language in ali
/ their transactions. and now the English
/ are rapidly leSrning 20 talk with US IN
our own tongue"
Meat Trust at Work.
rs It true that the United States meat
trust has begun operations in your coun-
try?"
Il have no Information on the sub
ject, except the reports have read in
the newspapers Several Of our editors
say that a number OF our largest pack
ing houses have passed into the owner
/ ship Of what IS known rs the American
beef trust. but viii continue 10 do BUSH
ness directly with Europe. Some fear Is
! expressed that the trust win get con-
/ troll Of our trade in meat We have
great ranches for cattle and sheep. and
| send many ships TO Europe loaded with
| dressed beef and mutton. Indeed, a con
siderable part OF the famous roast beet
| and boiled mutton OF England comes
from the Argentlne Republic. English
men are Interested in our packing houses:
Liebig. the German. has an immense es-
/ tablishment. and many OF our own peo-
pie are engaged in the packing industry.
Our live stock interests, OF course,
! have become famous all over the world
/ No other country has so large an area
for the fattening OF cattle OF grasses
which grow and keep green the whole
( year through. We have 252 000OeO acres
| OF arabic land. three-fOurths OF which
is in extensive plains. The last figures
\ saw gave US 100000 goats, $1,000, coo
cattle. and l00.000000 sheep. Near the
/ ,arge cities there are dairies Of 5000
! cows, which live IN the open every
month IN the year. We have also begun
TO raise immense crops Of alfalfa Mod
/ ern creameries export butter 70 Europe
! in successful competition with Denmark
and Holland We have sent as many as
$1,000 horses 70 South Africa IN a single
year for which We received from SO TO
/ $S5 each from the British government
Our best draft horses. however. bring
I 800. Cows can be bought for So. and
fat sheep for $50. Sheep are sheared
IN September. and shipments OF wool be-
gin in October. and are so large that they
influence the. markets in London and the
rest Of Europe. We exported about $500
! carloads OF wool last year
Conserving the Forests.
rs anything being done with your for
ests?"
I'VE have several million acres OF for
ests. but little use has been made OF
them commercially. Pine for building
spurposes is imported from the United
States but We export considerable guam
= titles OF quebracho. the bark OF which is
employed IN tanning. The wood Is very
bard and IS sometimes used for paving
streets One of the principal squares in
the city Of Rome was paved with cue
I bracho donated by the government OF
Buenos Ayres. Heretofore We have been
4 careless with our forests. but We are
learning from the United States how 10
conserve our natural resources The
Incas and Aztecs obtained great quanti-