The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-27
GARDEN SPOT +
SOUTH AMERICA
Is the Little Republic of Far
Away Uruguay.
PEOPLE ARE THRIFTY
National Treasury Has a SurpIus-Chief
Hnrbor Is Montevidco, One OF the
Best I'm the World-Trade
Is Invited.
PEOPLE ARE THRIFTY

| From the New York World.
| Montevideo. the capital Of the republic
| of Uruguay is the Bar Harbor the New
| port and the Palm Beach of South Amer
| lea.
| From the Argentine Republic. from
Brazil, from Chile and, in fact, from all
he other South American republics peo-
pie Of wealth flock to Monteyideo for its
baths, its beautiful drives, the grand
opera, the theatres, bullhghts and other
| amusemonts.
| To meet the demand for amusement and
entertainment the best operate and
dramatic talent of Europe. may be found
| in the theatres of this little South Amer
| can republic. 1t was in the grand opera
| house in Montevldeo that Caruso scored
one OF his earliest triumphs.
| Because Montevideo is the summer and
the winter resort for the whole OF South
America people of the country are alive
/ 20 the advantages of having wealthy FAM
| lilies visit their capital, and have provided
most excellent system OF public schools
| as well as some very exclusive private
ZONES
Climate Like Cnlifornia's.
| Montevideo Is naturally the place for
| those seeking health and happiness be-
cause the climate Is equable, being about
| be same as that found In southern Cali
| fornia.
| But it is not as a pleasure resort alone
| that Uruguay ard its pital. Montevideo
have reached position of Importance in
| Europe as well as in South America. 1t
was the commercial advantages OF tho
country that first led to the yearly influx
| of travellers.
| With rare foresight the government of
| Uruguay determined to seize upon the adj
yantages that nature had laid at its door,
and in 1898 congress passed bill provide
| rg for the Improvement of the harbor
OF Montevideo.
| A Frer eh company secured the contract
| for making the Improvements and nearly
| $50, 0S0 was spent in the work. That 1t
was well spent is shown by the fact that
the harbor is now classed as the fifth
| largest In the world
| When the work of constructing this
| harbor was almost finished the French
government. in honor of the work having
| been done by French company, and as
| mark of esteem for the people of Cru-
quay. sent three battleships to Monte
video to fire a salute. These battleships
were 1900 ton vessels.
warships Steamed to Docks.
| So we'll had the harbor work been done
that the French admiral steamed his
ships into the harbor and made them
| fast at the docks without the assistance
of tugs or pilots. He expressed his sur
prise at the beauty and safety of the
| harbor and warmly congratulated the
president of Uruguay on the foresight
| that had led the government to provide
| such an excellent refuge for big vessels
| This harbor at Montevideo is the key
| to. the commerce OF all the southern coun-
tries of South America, and has already
given to Uruguay the value of the money
spent in making it.
| Uruguay lies between the Atlantic
ocean, the River Plata, Brazil, and the
argentine Republic. 1t has an area of
| 70 21o square nles-New York has 1915
square r1iles-snd has 100000 inhabitants
! The most notable feature of Uruguay
is it's extent of long, rolling plains conn
| rrising almost the entire length of the
country. occa sonally broken by low
mountain ranges. and copiously watered
by numerous streams. On account OF its
peculiar topography. Uruguay Is naturally
suited for stock raising, its principal
industry.
Numerous meat packing houses are
found throughout the country. Agrlcul-
ture is practiced TO q considerable extent.
Nearly all cereals are raised. but mostly
for home consumption.
There are LARGE valuable timber lands.
IN these forests are found d number OF
excellent cabinet and other woods noted
mountains are valuable deposits of gold,
silver. copper and coal.
Grazing On the ranges are about 3O,0O0,-
COO head of stock. embracing 100000 cat
tie 2O.Oo0,000 sheep, 100000 horses, and
riany thousand mules and goats.
urueuey is the cIly South American
country whose treasury has surplus
The fiscal year ending June 8, 1908, showed
surplus of s2,O000O0 in the national
treasury, and the year ending June 80
1859, showed an increase of SLIGO ,0co
Last year the customs duties brought
the government a revenue OF $13,365,525
being an increase of 1899 1876 over 1903.
The Banca de la Republica, founded in
1857. mas a surplus of s5.1S3,91652. In 1909
The foreign commerce amounted to SILL
500 324 icing an increase of S2,a0o,o00 over
the previous year. OF this sum. the i'm
rortations reached $34,61S,S04 and the ex-
ports $57,2S0.523
The principal exports are hides jerked
beef, fresh meats and wool. From Mon
tevideo alone, in 1909. there We're shipped
to foreign ports 1862 tons of wheat and
6,92S tons of flour.
The foreign commerce and expectation
are represented by the following figures
for the year ending June 80. 1909:
England. 1903 per cent, or $12, 800. 600;
France 1856 per cent, or 81, 900; Ger
many 142s per cent, or SIC, 600; United
States 7.S9 per cent, or $5,695,00O
The importations into Uruguay were:
England 1882 per cent, France 11.65 per
cent. Germany 1857 per cent, United
States 3 per cent.
No u, s. steamer Touches There.
There are now being exploited in
Uruguay 1,047 miles of railroad. One of
these roads earned a net profit of
81. 7S3, 900 last year. 1t is owned by an
English company. The regular lines of
steamers touching at Montevideo are:
Eighteen English. seven German, three
French four Italian, two Spanish, one
Holland. one Austrian, two Brazilian and
none from the United States.
In 1909 there entered the port OF Mon
tevideo 1904 steamers. representing $685.
7ss tonnage and 259 sailing vessels, rep
resentng 1895 tonnage.
Uruguay has two wireless telegraph
stations. The principal ports of the
country are Montevideo, Salto, Paysan-
du and Mercedes
A bill has been recently introduced in
Congress providing for the construction
of q railroad connecting the port of Co.
lonia with the Brazilian railroad sys-
ION, The completion of this line will