davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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sressive of the South American coun-
tries Al La PaZ, for example, electricity
has long been in use. and the present.
day appliances for household use which
electricity has brought into existence
well known. There is however. Oh.
product OF the present day which Bo-
livia lacks-the aut mobile. This is du-
not to any lack Of progress in tina d.
rection by the people. but to the mat
ural physical characteristics. Of the
country itself. which practically prohibit
its use.
La PaZ, twelve thousand feet above sea
level, is not the highest city in the coun-
try, as Potosi is yet thousand feet
higher In the eastern part of the couu-
try there are cities situated in valley =
and merely at sea level. With such con
dttions as these even the hardest auto
mobile would be impractical. And then.
loo. according to Miss Caheron, MANY
roads are not such to permit th'-
use of any vehicles even in the lower
regions. In many instances they az
but narrow paths suited only 10 The
mule or llama.
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VESSELS THE CHANNEL AT BUENOs AIRES.

houses naturally prefer English clerks.
who. when they come out from Great
Britain. usually come under contract
and are also content with much smaller
wages than would satisfy an American.
This statement applies to stenographers
and typeWriters. For these a knowl
edge of Spanish as well as of English
is essential. The American firms and
companies established in Argentina
bring out their own employees, so that
an American seeking a position with
them very rarely finds an opening.
Promoters should stay away from Ar
gentna. at least for a while. There is
nothing at present to promote. 1t used
to be the legend that any Englishman or
American walking along the streets of
Buenos Aires could not 80 three blocks
without being stopped and offered a con-
cesson or an opportunity to form com
pany, with the proviso that the capital
must be got abroad This legend prob
ably is an eXaggeration, but at any rate,
Argentina is past the period of promoters
and concessions. Her development is now
along more conservative lines.
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CROSSING THE ARGENTINE PAMpl.

CROSSING THE ARGENTINE rAMPi \
will not take the trouble to inform them
selves fully. They do not allow for the
fact that there are periods of over
booming and inevitable reactions which
reflected in commercial crises such
as Argentina is now passing through
without any ultimate impairment of its
resources. The land boom of the last
ten years has collapsed and inflated
values coming down to their proper
level. While that is going there is
no reason why the country should not
continue to receive intelligent study of
its possibilities. agricultural and other
wise.
| am going TO try to answer for the
benefit of American newspaper readers
some of the questions which come to our
diplomatic and consular officers and to
business firms by telling who should stay
away from Argentina and who should
come and why.
American mechanics, artisans and
laborers should stay away Spanards
and Italians furnish all the mechanical
labor required in addition to the native
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formation. A dozen years ago, after the
docks had been completed and the
north and south basins had been
dredged out and the channel of the
Plate made open for large ships. the
Argentina government. having pro-
vided for commerce. turned its atten
tion to making a capital which would
be worthy of the nation. The old
Spanish city had been laid out in the
convenient checkerboard fashion with
narrow streets and without any par
ttcular plan. Buenos Aires did not
have the advantages of preparation
for being the capital of a great ma
ton as the city of Washington is.
There was no Maj. L'Enfant to draw
plans for an imposing city. Buenos
Aires just grew until its people and
its government began to think of the
future. Then the reconstruction be-
gan. l have it before me now in the
plan of the capital and the proposed
notifications. The notifications began
with the creation of the broad Avenida
de Mayo. This is now completed. Next
came the diagonal avenues similar to
the avenues in Washington. Not all
of them are cut through, but some
streets. where formerly were shabby
business blocks and unattractive resi-
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An 0verpayment.

A CERTAIN statesman. condemn ns
the international marriage thai is
based on mercenary and sordid grounds,
said in Washington:
Another pretty American countess
she inherited eight millions from her
fathers wholesale hardware plant-has
found marriage disappointment.
Her dyed and corseted old husband
said bitterly TO her one day:
Ours was business marriage. You
bought my title with your millions, as
you'd buy yard Of cloth in shop
Yes blazed the young countess. yes
but / ought to have got some change
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come as the prelude to sending their
commercial travellers and to establishing
their own agencies. They cannot IAN 10
learn a great deal about the trade op-
portunities in Argentina. as well as the
business methods and the local customs.
When they brush up against the business
community of Buenos Aires they will be
pretty sure to go away with an In
creased respect for it. Some of them
may also learn why the consular Off
GERS find il necessary to keep repeating
that the way to increase the market for
American goods in Argentina is to sell
the people what they want and not what
the manufacturer and exporter in the
United States think they ought to want.
=
Any American merchant coming TO
Buenos Aires at the present time cannot
fail to observe some points of special in
terest about its retail trade. One is
the enormous mail order business done
through the parcel post by two great
Paris department stores which main
tain local agencies or sample rooms.
Another is the more advanced step of one
of the greatest of the London depart
ment stores in establishing similar
store in Buenos Aires.
Tourists and globe-trotters should keep
coming. though the River Plate country
is not picturesque The scenery of Ar
gentina is neither grand nor imposing
until one gets to the foothills of the
Andes. The country is flat yet ii is
something of an experience to ride over
a railway which has tangent of 9oo
miles, and whole days ride through
wheat fields just ripenng to the harvest
has the same inspiration i'll Argentina
that 1t has in the Dakotas.
Buenos Aires itself may may not be
worth seeing, according to the mood of
the observer. ] am of the opinion that
most of the tourists and globe-trotters
find it worth seeing. for as a rule they
stay longer than their itinerary provides.
They see the capital city in the midst
of both physical reconstruction and
What may be called sociological trans
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7 TiirlneIy.

ttA GOOD resolution" said Secretary
Bryan to rich young congress
man.
Well, I'd suggest, as good resolution
for the average young man of wealth.
swear-on from the stock exchange.
THE stock exchange. you know, might
be defined as the place where hope is ex-
changed for experience
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Argentinos. While wages are fairly high
they are not equal in the skilled trades
to wages in the United States. The
companies which supply Argentina with
agricultural machinery at the beginning
of every crop season send out their own
men for the repair necessary and erect
ing work. and these skilled artisans re-
turn after a few months.
Farm laborers are obtained from
Europe at less wages than they could
be had from the United States. The
steamship companies bring out many
thousands who also return to Europe
after the crop season. An American
farm laborer could make big wages as
a harvest hand during a very short
period, just as in Kansas or Nebraska.
but the remuneration for a few weeks
at the height of the harvest hardly
would compensate for the long months
which would have to be endured under
the ordinary conditions of Argentina
farm labor.
Clerks and those seeking clerical po-
sitions of any kind should stay away
The retail business of Buenos Aies is
in the hands of Italians and Spaniards
Wages are small compared with what
clerk would receive in New York or
Chicago The big British commercial
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S@norita Elena Cald@a0n Daughter of Minister From Bolivia T


when one tries TO properly catalogue Miss
Calderon.
She is one of those modern young .wom-
on who. while they love society for the
good times it means. also believe that a
serious purpose should unGerlie all. To
Miss Caderon the ideal society means.
in addition to good times. meeting new
people and exchanging ideas that broaden
one
To many persons not in the diplomat &c
set said Miss Calderon. "the formal
functions bring to mind Il picture of
brilliant gatherings where wit and repair
tee hold sway. This is but half true.
At an afternoon tea or formal reception
there is practically no opportunity af-
!orded for the interchange Of ideas. In
the very few minutes in which one en-
cages in conversation with another person
there is no chance for more than the Gus
tomary exchange of society talk.
'AJ such a function even people of bril-
lance, Wit and conversational accom-
Dlishments may appear dull and unln-
terestins, because there is no opportunity
lnents. At dinners it is different. One
has a chance to enter into serious CON
versation. 1t has been my experience
that at the more formal of the diplo-
matte functions there is little opportunity
for that sparkle and brilliance which is
So often connected in ones mind with
such occa SionS.
Miss CalderoD believes in progress.
Nine years absence from her native
country has not dimmed her love for it.
Although she has been back to Bolivia
but once during that time, she is keenly
alive to the progress being made there,
and few are the books and articles writ
ten on Bolivia of which she is ignorant
Bolivia is made UP to a large extent
of Indians, said Miss Calderon. While
the gentle people are all of Spanish
origin. the lower or working classes are
descendants of the Incas, or are half
breeds And to this is largely due the
fact that Bolivia has not progressed as
she might have. had the laboring class
been of different origin. This lack OF
progress is principally to be noted in the
field of agriculture and manufacture, for
the natives are unlearned and are totally
devoid of ambition. So far no incentive
has been found to awaken them from
their sloth and superstition.
But there is some hope that this may
be accomplished. short time ago an
Italian, who had made fortune in Bo-
lvia, upon his death left $4,000 to found
school for the Indians. The work was
placed in the hands of a man formerly
connected with the American School.
"A few months ago my father received
a letter from this gentleman. in which he
gave an interesting account of the prog
ress made. The school has been estab-
lished upon a hacienda, or farm, near
Lake Titicaca. which is about fifty miles
from La Paz
The chief purpose at the present time
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Why.

A PROPOS of an inefficient managers
\ resignation. George Gould said to
a New York railroad reporter:
ITS every mans desire to wobble
round in a big job rather than to fill
a small one, and that's why SO many
designations are by request"
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points of transportation. And TO the same
extent it has been impossible to get mod
ern mining implements to the mines.
everything had to be taken muleback
and IN the case Of mining implements it
meant that only those pieces that could
he carried by mules could he used
10 speak OF Bolivia ana omit mention
If AXE Titicaca. would be to produce
"llamtet' without the Prince of Den
mark. Bolivia is one OF those South
American countries which combine val
eyS where it is always tropical. and
mountains where snow is perpetual.
And III the heat Of these mountains the
andes, is Lake Titicaca. the highest
naVIgable lake in the world More than
'2,ooo Tee: above sea level, and surround
ed by SnoW-capped mountain peaks. this
lake takes It's place among extraordinary
things in the world.
With but one exception the plateau
surrounding Lake Titicaca is the loftiest
in the world The exception is tina. OF
Tibet. where only mountain pastures
covered with sheep exist. while ii Boil
Via the capital is but fifty miles from
the lake. and other cites are almost as
close. And instead of mere sheep pas
lures this plateau has fields of rye bar-
ley. maize and wheat. The lake Itself IS
fourteen times as large as Lake Geneva.
." more than 1900 square miles.
W nile there Is no tropical vegetation
at such a height as this said Miss
Calderon, the lake is beautiful sight.
At the waters edge rushes and lilies
grow in abundance. The water. though
much too cold for bathing purposes. IS
remarkably clear and deep. And all
around rise the caps of the mountains
covered with snow. From Puno, which is
in Peru, to Guagui, which is the Bo-
a
From here it is a tWo-hour ride by
valley. and about three or four hundred
lake. one can look directly down on
is made in an electric conveyance which
Ziszags its way down the steep inclne.
In the time of the Incas there was no
such means of transportation from Peru
to Bolivia as exists today. Instead of
boats, suspension bridge was formed of
cables and cords made from the rushes
which grew on it's borders This mad TO
be renewed from time to time to pre-
vent decay. and was the sole means OF
communication between opposite sides OF
:he lake.
Lake Titicaca contains several islands.
the largest of which is called Titicaca.
This was long held in great veneration
by the Peruvian Indians-at that time
what is now Peru and Bolivia were one
as it is supposed to be the place
whence issued Nance Capac and his con
sort. Nance Oello Huaco. the great
founders of the empire OF the lncas.
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It's Best Anyway.

zap NJ an optimist again. said ex-Gos
/ Sulzer at a banquet in New York.
II was an optimist before my impeach-
ment Then / lost my optimism tempor-
arily.
IAN optimist." the ex-governor added,
drealnily .'is a chap who doesn't know
what's coming to him.
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Hiding the Worst.

styY7E miss President Wilson's quiet
" and trenchant wit sadly here at
Princeton said an instructor in Greek
"I remember, at one of President Will
sons receptions, / complained of a man
who boasted of his bad habits.
when a man. said the President,
boasts of his bad habits. you may rest
assured that they're the best he has.
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Der of people there seem to know of the
existence of the Argentine Renublic and
its capital. but they have pretty vague
notions as to its Mace ~, tho man
The other day. calling in at the con
sglate to get som. mai, the clerk hand
cd mo y ;at.ar. ,sIr..,,, - ..p,.o,,.,
,f-,s. ,,.,r,o r., :.
nat Is iio'iils' re-
marked Consul General Bartlemann as
J." drew my attention to some curiosities
in the way Of letters received They were
So interesting that 7 conied tba addrsssa,.
o,, e.,-c,..t of th, ,,,-,a1ao. IL.
''s
so,'.' "' '"e'il-'
A'nerlcan Consul, Buenos Aires, Abys-
sna.
This l.+,a, NO., e.., r.
il, >-,,,. y,r,- =. -.
49,, .z,..s.-.. ~ - ~
80, '''''''iseS o' rs GOODS Tor the IN
'"'''dn's "t AnSssif'ia My recollection
is that il takes about tventy-one days by
camel caravan from tho Rcd So. mort ~,
To ,iii, ,t, -,
,.a,it,1 ,f ,aia,, t,,s,, 9 - w,
oS''"' VI dhcieHt rthiopia are hardly
%resSiNe capital of modern Argentina.
"oi' confusion "Ais's in regard to the
p'Ni'''" u euenos Aires among the
"ou'h American countries. Many letter.
writers insist on placing it in chile or in
Brazil Some of the addresses were as
ioti"ws;
American Consul. Chile, Buenos Aires...
zee ,ohsui General, Buenos Aires, Bra
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Lots Like That.

A CERTAIN famous skyscraper builder
said in his New York Office the Other
day apropos OF costs and values:
Costs and values get confused beca usr
there are SO many men who, If sunshine
had TO be paid for would swear that Sas
gave much more brilliant light.
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is to teach the Indians modern methods
of agriculture. The school was to be
opened one morning at o clock, but TWO
hours before that time a large number of
the Indians had gathered and We're wait
ing TO get in. Already there are about
forty pupils.
:: :;
A much more potent factor in teaching
the Indians than either their ignorance Or
lack of ambition is their superstition. Ii
is this which has to be broken down. Tn
til a few years ago it was comparatively
rare thing to see modern implements
being used in the agricultural work. The
Indians believed that unless a thing haG
been used by their forefathers Tor hun
dreds of years it should not be used. They
would plant seeds, and if they grew, al
well and good. If they did not-there was
nothing to do
The agricultural situation in Bolivia
has been brought about by the same con-
ditions. Inasniaed many times. thai are
responsible for the situation which. I un-
derstand, exists today in the southern
states of this republic. 1t is purely a
question of obtaining competent labor In
Bolivia fields lie idle because the natives
cannot be induced to work them properly
Like your own southern states Bolivia is
rich and fertile. Many staple crops could
be produced from its rich soil. If only the
crops. when once planted. could be prop
erly worked.
But here is the obstacle. All the man
ual labor on the big haciendas farms
must be done by the Indian poems. They
know nothing of modern methods, and
they do not desire to learn. because to
most of them a modern reaper and binder.
for instance. would appear to be an in
vention of all the evil spirits of their So
perstitions. Their ancestors had moth
ing like this; why should they bother with
complicated machinery? That is their
logic.
The overseers on these haciendas are
no help, either. He is usually Indian
He may be able to read and write He
may have attended school. But a. heart
he is just an Indian bound by the super
stitions of all his people.
SO it would look like a hopeless task.
Yet, If once modern methods of agricul-
ture can be introduced into Bolivia she
can take footing with the foremost pro-
ducing countries of the western hemi-
sphere, If not with any country of her
size in the world.
'Bolivias wealth lies in her mineral
mines, chief among which are silver and
tin. But here too, existing conditions
have tended to keep the country from
taking her proper place. A few years
ago there were but 500 miles Of railroad
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Bolivia's Educational
and Industrial Condi-
tion = Sights Worth
Seeing in Bolivia
Lake Titicaca.
DUNG girls are rare

DUNG girls are rare
i'll the diplomatic
set at Washington
this year. Although
the season is at its
height. the Young
girls who are "out"
and take an ac-
tive part in the so
cial life of the
capital are so few
that they could al
most be counted on
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Cites Instances Where
Big Firms in the United
States Show Ignorance
Regarding Location of
Great City of Buenos
Aires - Missives Ad-
dressed to Nearly All
Countries in South
America and Even to
Europe-People in the,
United States Who
Would Profit by a Trip
to Capital of Argentina.
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,ttti1ibeT 70. lJl-i.
I.OGR A PLY for
merly was taught
j n I lie pub lie
5 E II O o s of the
United States. one
wonders down here
If il is still taught.
should say at
the outset. however,
that tn. same in
quIry occurs as to
the schools in Eu-
rope. A large num-
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1t Doesn't Apply.

MRS. NICHOLAS LONGWoRTH was
AvA condemning village gossip.
They say she ended. that one-haf
the world doesn't know how the other
half lives. That. though doesn't Apply
TO the average village"
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the fingers of one hand. 1t follows natu-
rally. then. that those few who do join
In this years festivities should be more
tnan ordinarily in society's limelight.
Among them is Miss Elena Calderon.
daughter of the minister from Bolivia,
Senor Don Ignacio Calderon Miss Cal
deron is young. pretty and ever ready
for good time: combination which
has never Yet failed to bring popularity.
1t has been nine years since Senior
talderon first came to the United States
as the representative of Bolivia and in
that time Miss Calderon has become
thoroughiy Americanized-or should one
say North Americanizedo But, whatever
the term, Miss Calderon is as typicaliy
That In manner as she is typically South
American in appearance.
Rather small of stature she possesses
the features and coloring of the Latin
peoples, and it takes no very fertile
imagination to picture Miss Caideron
gaily chattering Spanish behind painted
fan. But there the picture of the tropic
beauty stops. The shortest conversation
Is all that is necessary to convince any
one Of Miss Calderon's thorough Ameri-
canism
In the first place she has absolutely no
accent, and she possesses vocabulary
which would put many natve-born to
shame But most noticeable Of all is the
dash and go possessed by this daughter
OF the land of the Southern Cross, which
particular characteristic the people of the
United states have been wont 10 regard
as peculiar to themselves alone. And
the result Of all this is conflict Of ideas,
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this one: American Consul Val Praza.
Argentein Republican. South America.
The writer was a German-American and
the contents of the letter showed that
while he meant the leading city of the
Argentine Republic, he had mixed his
Spanish and Portuguese in an effort to
reach the fiourishing Chilean port of Val
paraiso, which he seemed to think was on
the Atlantic side of the Andes. Germans
are rarely so inexact.
Another instance of confusing the two
leading countries was in a letter ad
dressed as below: The American Coun-
sci, Briziline, Argentine
Post Office departments the world over
are experts in guessing where letters
should go. SO that as a rule these COM
munications reach the intended desti-
nation.
l do not mean to cite these exhibits
awful examples of geographical igno-
rance, but merely as the basis for a few
suggestions. All of the correspondence
in question was from persons either
seeking business in Argentina asking
for Information of business character
The writer's matter of course re-
ceive courteous answers from the con-
Sular officers, but business firms in Bue-
nos Aires to whom letters are similarly
addressed are not apt to be so consd-
crate. 1t rather prejudices them against
correspondent whose ignorance is
made so manifest on the outer covering
of his letter. The moral seems to be
to study the map of South America.
Aside from these misdirected letters. 4
large quantity of correspondence pours
in which is properly directed. The vo
ume is increasing and its bulk is evil
dence of the awakened interest in Buenos
Aires and in the Argentine Republic
Some of the letters merely indicate Curl
osity. while others show real desire for
Intelligent information. The most of
the correspondence relates to trade con-
dtions and business opportunities, as
well to the prospects for employment.
The Inquiries have become so numer-
Gus and many of them show such mis-
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in. tie entire country. Travel was done
principally by mule. Even now this is
largely the case, although considerable
progress has been madesin the building
Of railroads. Such conditions as these
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could not fail to retard the progress of
the country.
while silver and tin abound, it has
been, until very recently. extremely diff
icult to bring them from the mines 10
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Sprcial Correspondence Of The Star
RUENOS AIRES, argentine Republic.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-29
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BILLY SUNDAY MAY NOT COME
BILLY" Sunday, evangelist, will not
conduct a campaign in Chicago I'M
less the Third Presbyterian church,
of which he is member, rallies to
his support.
Pastors of church say they do not
like Sundays methods or theology.