Evening journal., 1911-12-08
Suggests Business Men of
United States Meet
Near Neighbors Face TO
Face.

Colonel L. G. Buckner, vice-presi-
dent of the Z. l. DUPONT de Nemours
Powder Company, who has returned
from a six months trip to South
America, where he went in the inter-
est Of the company, is a most en-
thusiastic champion Of the people
and countries down there. He states
that his trip was one continuous sur
prise and revelation and feels that
the memories wrapped up in the
half year he spent i'm Brazil. Argen-
tina and Chile will be a never-ending
source of JOY and qualification.
lowing to the inferior steamship
service between the United States
and South America" said Colonel
Buckner yesterday. 1--WE went by way
of London. The trip is not a tiresome
one, broken as it is by stops at
ports in Spain, the Madeira Islands
and cities along the east coast o.
South America. In addition there is
always a passenger list that insures
del ghtful acquaintance and congen-
ial association. For instance, in our
ships family going, among other
prominent people were Paderewski,
the celebrated pianist. and Sir Reg
inald Tower, the English Minister
TO Argentina. The average time con-
sumed between London and Buenos
Aires is three weeks but We found
this time slipping by rapidly as the
ship ploughed through a sea seldom
disturbed while the mellow atmos-
phcre of the tropics made life on
deck sweet and attractive both day
and night II is well worth trip
TO that far away country TO make the
acquaintance of the glorious south
ern sky if for no other reason"
Fine HarbOr at BuenOs Aires.
Where did you spend most Of
your time?" the reporter ventured.
In Buenos' Aires. My chief work
was there. We stopped at Rio Janeiro
for a day and saw her Incompatible
harbor and drove through her beauti-
full boulevards, thus getting fairly
good idea of the wealth and greatness
of the capital of Brazil, a country
whose vast territory and resources
man has scarcely made any impress.
sion upon.
Argentina a Wonderland.
I've spent two weeks in Chile-ir
Santiago and Valparaiso. Chile is 6
unique and interesting country witt
a proud yet hospitable people and The
trip across the Andes, through th'
great tunnel recently completed, il
one never TO be forgotten. As ml
work with the government of Argen
tina most of my time was necessaril!
spent there and I want TO say tina
the man who said that Argentina il
the wonderland of South America
happily put a great deal into a few
words. In extent Argentina is abou
half the size of the United States, ex
elusive of Alaska and our ISLAM,
possessions. She is primarily an ag
ricultural country with great plain
covered with a deep black soil. o
our trip TO and from Chile we rod
for hours over prairies upon whic
were grazing tens OF thousands q
sheep and cattle and saw vast areas
miles upon miles, blanketed--W with al
fafa wheat and linseed. Such a trl
is calculated to make a profound i'm
preston upon citizen OF the Unite
States who is acquainted with tn
story of the development of our ow
Mississippi Valley and the wealt
wrapped up therein. There are gres
forests i'm certain parts of Argentin
but these We did not see. The coun
try is practically without manufactur
ers and there is consequently ar at
sence of thrifty prosperous, sma
cities as we have them in the Unite
States This fact and condition wi
emphasize the greatness and insur
the ever increasing prestige of Bueno
Aires. the capital of the Republic. Al
gentina has a population of sbou
eight million, Of this aggregate aboU