Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-21
LATIN-AMERICAN PROGRESS.

r%RANCISCO j. YANES Of the Pan-American Union, on
recalls in the Journal of Race Development tnat the
first university in the New World was tilaV G5 5o SaO
Thomas de Aquino at SantO Domingo IN 1900 ho
longer in existence The San Marcos at Lima Peru was
founded in 1851 the University of Mexico, estaDsneG IN
1853 and refounded in 19l0 Cordoba, Argentina lolo'
Eucro Bolivia 1928 Cuzco Pe 692 CaTaGaS % 17aa zsen nd
Quito Ecuador 1887 Humboldt found the sclent1lc
equipment of Mexico university the finest III the I'VE"
World 1000 4ho
In the United States Harvard was founded in $685. the
sixth of this continent and the fifth OF those now exist
ing; Yale in 1701; Columbia in l754.
All the Latin-American countries MAINTAIN scholar
ships for study abroad Such scholarships IN the Onteu
States number more than l,350.
Tatin-American theatres are unsurpassed. Opera is
gyen in most of the capitals in excellent STYLE Inc press
is brilliant and in the larger cities enteprsmg La FIe
sa of Buenos Ayres has model newspaper plant naU-
America led the continent in the installation OF pruning
in Mexico 1536and the first book printed was one by
Father Las Casas Cartagena Colombia is SAID to nave
been the second city of America to have printing press
in 1860 1862 but Peru seems to hold the record Io e
first book printed in South America about 1884 LA Paz
Bolivia had printing establishment about l6lO Inc
first work in Bogota printed about l76O Venezuela
in 1764 Chill in 1776 fis%F %FpsvTaS
Railroad building in Latin-Amerlca is he!d PACK by
sparse population by the mpossby OF crossing the An
dean wall at most points and by the cheapness of river
freighting However, there are $4,000 miles OF Latin
American railways, against 2O7 4}2 in Europe and 24l
199 in the United States Argentina mas 2oO00 es h9
37,495 in Germany.
IatinAmerican commerce is SIS 100000, chiefly raw
materials This is surpassed by the single natlons-Great
Britain Germany and the United States-but about
equals the commerce of France. 1t is more than twice
that of Russia though Russia has more than twice the
population of Latin-America.
There telegraph telephone and electric lights IN the
larger towns Buenos Ayres has subway in operation
G.. Howell Parr social leader of Baltimore, performed
distinguished service for the country Tuesday, and his
name should embazon the pages Of history. He, on
wager laid down in the road and rolled over and over
without getting to his feet for distance of three miles
He was Is hours at the job 1t is safe bet that If this
same society leader was asked to hoe thIeeme row of
potatoes he would feel highly nsulted You see there is
great difference between soing tender hands with dis
graceful ungentlemany work and soig clothes to win
a gentemany wager. The nation should feel deeply
grateful to Mr. PaT for his noble and heroic example.
The contest between Benson and McNary for the NOM
nation for supreme Judge is close that it will take the
official count to settle it, First and then the other
is ahead and the count Wednesday morning gave Nc
Nary two votes the best of it. There are still several pre-
cincts to hear FROM some with Benson probability and
some with aprety safe vote in favor of McNary. From
close figuring of possibilities, it looks though Nc
Nary had shade the better of it, but this will only be set
tied when the official votes counted and this will prob
ably be ten days.
The attempt to patch up the differences between the
Progreses and the old line Republicans is bearing some