Evening star., 1914-08-01
BUENOS AIRES IS THIRD
IN POINT Of POPULATION
New York and Chicago Two Larger
Cities in Western
Hemisphere.

What are the three largest cities in the
western hemisphere: About 100 out OF
every 100 well posted citizens of the
United States would pormptly answer:
New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
And, according to communication just
received by the Pan-American Union, they
would guess wrong. This message states
that the corrected returns of the recently
taken census show that the population of
Buenos Aires has grown to 1,7OO0oO, thus
passing Philadelphia, and crowding her
out of the third place.
The growth Of the Argentine capital has
been phenomenal In twenty years it has
almost trebled its population and become
the largest city in the world south of the
equator. the largest Spanish-speaking city
in the world. the second largest Latin
city. Paris alone outranking it. and the
third largest city in the western world.
immigration is. of course. largely re-
sponsible for this rapid increase. but the
city's birth rate, 341 per thousand. has
cut considerable figure.
Some interesting questions. the answers
to which are not very generally known
might be asked in this connection. For
instance. Where is the finest jockey club
in the world? Where the most expensive
theater in the Americas? Where the most
remarkable newspaper building in the
housed municipal water works station? !?
Where the most INTELLECTUALLY artistic
business street? And the answer to each
Is Buenos Aires.
Other Noteworthy Facts.
A few other noteworthy facts relative
to the Argentine metropolis are the fol-
lowing: Not only is It the greatest South
American seaport. but in point of en-
frances and clearances Of vessels en-
gagged in foreign trade it is ahead of
even New York. while in tonnage and
value Of foreign commerce it ranks next
to New York in all the Americas. 1t is
the greatest wool exporting port in the
world, late returns showing that it has
crowded Sydney, Australia. out Of first
place. In exports of frozen and chilled beef
Argentina leads the world: next to Russia
it exports more wheat than any other
country in the world; In the product on
and export of linseed it leads the world.
while in the export of corn it more than
trebles the United States, and, of course,
leads the world.
Relative to the newspaper building men
toned above, in q descriptive article in a
recent issue Of the Monthly Bulletin of
the Pan-American Union, Edward Albes
writes:
"The building is on the Avenida de
Mayo, not far from the Plaza, and is said
to have cost over 100000. In addition
to the newspaper plant, the owners Of
La Prensa (The Press. maintain at their
own expense free medical dispensary,
an able physician and assistants VINO pre-
scribe for and attend charity patients'
law Office where the poor may go for free
legal advice: a free library and free en-
ployment agency. A large concert nait
beautifuily decorated with paintings and
frescoes is maintained for Its stan OF
employees, who also have gymnasium
and a private restaurant. Finally. suite
of rooms is maintained, consisting OF a
BANQUET hall, smoking room, ladies' oou-
Soir. reception room and sumptuously
furnished bedrooms for the accommoda-
tion of distinguished visitors from for
sien countries as guests of the nation in
general and OF La Prensa In particular
These apartments are not inferior in their
furnishings and artistic decoration to
many of the renowned palaces OF EURO
mean ROYALTY Incidentally, the paper
Claims to have the most extensive foreign
news service Of any paper IN the "orio.
Is Great Thoroughfare.