The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-15
SOUTH AMERICA IS
LAND OF PROMISE
Buenos Ayres, Where Pan-American
Conference Takes Place, Is Sec
ond Latin City in World.

BUENOS AIRES, July 15.-The
fourth annual conference OF the PAN
American union in this city Is likely
TO call the attention OF North America
TO some Of the features OF her south
ern sister.
Buenos Aires Is nearly as big as
Cleveland, Cincinnati and Detroit to-
gether. This will probably surprise
the average American OF the states.
Buenos Aires has q population Of l.
242,278 souls, 1909 census.
Furthermore, Buenos Aires Is a
wonderful city as well as big one.
1t is the second Latin city In the
world in size. 1t Is the Paris OF the
new world.
And 1t has more of the zest OF life
than Paris. "Buenos Aires is Paris
given a kick and told to wake up
is an Englishman's comment on Buen-
os Aires
This conference brought together
delegates from FL republics. From
the United States came Henry White,
Col. Z. T. Crowder, Lewis Nixon, John
Bassett Moore, Bernard Moses, Lamar
G. Quintero, Paul 8. Reinsch and
David Kinley.
The ancients used to draw maps
of the world, surrounding the known
territory with q vaguely outlined coun-
try they called Terra Incognita"-
land unknown. It was rumored that
dragons and other rambnnctiors crea-
lures lived In this unknown lands but
nobody knew for certain.
To the average American OF the
states South America Is quite as much
terra incognita as the unknown
world was to the ancients.
We Americans know whole lot
more about Europe than we do about
the new world belo the line. Many
Of us 20 to Europe every summer.
There are thousands OF Us there no.
But blessed few OF US ever think about
coming down here. We are more apt
to think OF going TO Africa Thou
sands OF Americans have seen the
Pyramids, but previous few have seen
the home Of the Incas; tens OF thou
sands have seen the Jungfrau--but
who had seen the glittertng peak or
mighty Acondagua, more than half as
high again as the Jungfrau or MI.
Blanc or any mountain in the United
States outside Of Alaska?
It's time we were getting acquaint-
ed with our neighbors down here.
II we are looking merely for seen
cry, why South America can show II
20 Switzerlands and still have seen
cry to spare.
There are 40 mountains in South
America more lofty than any In Eu
rope, and perhaps a score more lofty
than any In North America.
Interested in cities? South Amer
lea has 'em. Buenos Aires. mentioned
above, is the biggest. Rio de Janeiro
IS much bigger than Boston; Monte
yideo Is bigger than Cincinnati; San
tiago Is bigger than New Orleans.
Interested in municipal affairs? Rio
furnishes an example OF municipal en-
terprise such as no North American
city has ever yet approached. In
few years the, Brazilian capital has
been practically rebuilt, with wide
streets and parkways, with a wonder
full sea-wall avenue, and 18th wealth
OF beautiful new buildings. The
forts OF Chicago, Cleveland and other
American cities to establish civic cen
ters lok feeble beside the accomplish
ed fact In Rio.
Incidentally the harbor Of Rio makes
the much-vaunted bay OF Naples look
like a mud puddle.
II we are interested in agriculture
or In grazing the Argentine and Uru'
quay can show us something; II In en-
cheering, there are some railways In
the Andes that are worth our while /:
II In exploration, there is plenty oil
real 'land unknown" left in South
America to afford the explorer amuse'
ment for some time TO come.
And then there Is In South Amer
lea a waterfall $50 feet high to Mag
ara's 10, and $500 feet wide to Mag
ares 1910.
And. OF course, this continent boasts
the biggest river in the world.
Altogether South America Is worth
seeing.
When the New York-Buenos Aires
International limited in running regu
larly over the Pan-Amerocan ray
road
Well, that will be q long while We
but they do say that we shall be able
to go from New York to Panama by
rail for the celebration when the canal
Ga nnanad