The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-03

center. It is situated on ono ~ 49,
finest harbors of the world. This
in the shape Of q horseshoe six rr1r.
in circumference and so large tn.
thousand ocean steamers could
Chor in ii at one time. The t.u,.
name, Montevldeo. means Il 81. "a
mountain The mountain III IT,
case is a hill not quite so high IL
Washington monument. It lies
back Of the city, which is hujlr
tongue of rock that runs out from
The hill is called the Cerro. ara
has a lighthouse upon it with 4 NAT
derful revolving electric searchrr-,
which can be seer eleven miles 49,,
sea. 1t has 90,000.00O candlepowe-
The tongue Of rock tina runs
from the hill is washed on one
by the ocean and on the other
the waters Of the Rio de Ia Tl..
The bay has been dredged our
cost of many millions of dollars II
has been walled with great docks .-F
basins and its shipping facilities
now of the best. Al of the boats rh.
so to and from the Straits OF N...s-
Ian call here, and this includes
on the way to New Zealand ana t
the west coast. There are >.I.a
steamers that call only at MorteGd,0
and not BuenOs Aires, but all uf +t.
Buenos Aires steamers come t. 81
tevideO This makes il so that vDY
can set two, three OF more steamer
almost every day to Europe ana f~,-
Quent steamers to the west co4e,
There is also a great shipping mat
goes into the interior and along TIA
coast Of Brazil. have Travelled
mor han $500 miles on the PAN
ana system, and I could have gone
almOs to the headwaters of the AM
oZOp nv ShinS Ga iino from b.y.
At present there are somethine Ike
5000 or 5000 vessels which call here
every year, and their tonnage aegre-
gates almost 100000 which is
much in excess of what will -0
through the Panana canal for some
time to come. OF this there is orIv
one regular line Of passenger VS.
) sells from New York. This Is the
Lamport & Holt Company, which has
steamers every W. weeks. The ships
are Of good size, many of them being
OF $4,000 tons. They are Wcll
equipped and have all the comforts OF
, the transatlantic liners. They arc
generally p~atroniZed by Americans. al
. though many of our travellers go by
! Europe on their way to MOntevide0.
The trip is longer by the better part
Of a week, but the competition is such
that the rates Of passage are about
r the same. 1t costs $500 for a first
class passage from New York to the
River Platte, the rate to Rio de an
s GIRO being just $50 less. The time
from New York to Montevideo Is
t twenty-five days.
h The Lamport & Holt steamers BE-
r long to an English and
. {hnro ~ NJ ~, or.ro n-nurnnI voc.
sells that come to this part Of the
world. The Grace steamers pass
It here on their way to the Strait 81
l. Magellan, but do not stop. Americani
y in business in Montevideo and Bue0os
1t Aires, and our consuls and diplomat:
IF as we'll, tell me that there is urgent
l. need for a line of American steam
le ers and for American banks in these
r two centerS- Our trade with Argen
is tina now amounts to about $4,000.
n 600 and upward a year, n this con
stitutes about one-tenth of the for
as eign of the country, Whlci
as is a total of more han 800 00,0
ia per annum. We arc shipping here al
~ sorts of goods, including a great dea
K of machinery, agricultural and other
Id wise, and we are taking Urugua
e hides, wool, and Of late a great dea
es of chilled beef. This trade is boun
is to increase, ana IT seems a great pll
x to allow the British to take 9 to
from it. The same is true AZ I
to banking. Almost every dollar {
ne American money that comes here M
to go through an English bank, m
d. the money sent back for our lmpor
A is transferred, by way OF London
90 cur exporters in New York y oii'
St localities.
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