The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-16

New York Sun: The American i!
the p~re-eminent meat-eater Of tn
world. If the steaks, chops, roasts
ribs, legs, shoulders and the variou:
other sections OF cattle consumed il
this country were equally apportioneC
among h men, women and children
Of the United States, each would have
1872 pounds to eat every year. This
is twenty-five pounds a year more
than the heef-eater Of England con
sumes and forty pounds above the pei
capita meat consumption of France
or Germany. .....
And as you, MI. American Citizen
are a commercial as well as a car
nivorous person, it follows that yor
are vitality interested in the price OF
this element of your diet. The high
price Of beef may be an interesting
theory for the statistioans to figure
on, but to you it is a, cold. hard fact.
When you saw the tariff bill come
out Of the senate committee room with
meat still on the free list, you smiled
unless you are a political pessimist
and then perhaps you may have given
some thought as to where the expected
new supply Of meat was to CONS
from. Australia, perhaps, but. that is.
land is a long way off. A more con-
venient meat market for the United
States is Argentina
1t is curious history, how Argentine
has become the worlds butcher shop
1t begins as far back as the arriva,
Of the first Spainards who settled ir
that part Of the newly-discovered con.
tinent. These pioneers brought with
them not only all their household
goods, but also all the livestock the
ships they sailed could accommodate
Horses, cows, pigs, goats, sheep and
chickens made up part of the cargo o.
every vessel.
But the first colonists in the land ,oi
silver had more embroilments witt
their redskin neighbors than did oul
own Plymouth Rock Puritans. Thu
Guaran1, as the South American In.
dian eT.a called, time after time de,
scended on the Spaniards like the
Biblical WOLF on the fold, killing the
men, carrying off thew omen and scat.
tering their possessions to the winds.
During these raids a number of bulls
and cows escaped to the pampas OF
prairies n found there, the ideal en-.
vironment, plenty to eat and drink
with "a limitless plain to range over
This prairie cattle country 70 Argen.
tina is in certain districts superior tt
the range territory of the United
States. Under the circumstances it i.
not to be wondered at that in a Shor-
time the pampas we're spotted will
rowing bands of cattle.
For 200 years these herds increased
and multiplied practically unmolestet
by a The Argentinos were busy
during this period with a series o
wars that left them no time for thu
killing of mere cattle.
First, there had been an invasionb S
the English. Then they had to FREE
the country from Spain, and aftel
Argentina just as free and indie,
pendent as the United States the, PEG
| pie had a dozen little family rows be
fore it was settled who was the bes
man for president.
When this matter was decided tn
| country rested from revolutions
which have unpopular since, and tn
people began to look around for any
thing. that offered in a commercial
way.
The unclaimed herds of cattl'
caught the eye of the, more astute, ant
these set about establishing ownership
to the wild cattle. The feat was no
difficult. Nobody had right or. title tt