El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-22

D in the sun. and also with what the
good Lord has given It in the way OF
I resources.
Upon this I asked as to the Argen-
tines future He replied that his coun-
I try was just beginning to grow. and
that il would continue to grow in pOpu-
lation and wealth for generations to
Z come. He said the nation would
eventually be one Of small farmers
instead Of large ones, and that the
great estancias would be divided and a
time Of intensive cultivation would
come Said he:
The country could easily support
ten times its present population, and it
would then have only 100,000,00o. It
would then have only about as many as
your country has now"
1 asked as 10 the Argentine Of the
future, speaking Of the immigration
from Europe and the possibility that
the country might be ltalianlzed there
by. Mr.. NictorinO de la Plaza replied:
The Argentine OF the future viii be
much the same as the Argentine Of to
cay. No matter what the nationality
OF the immigrant we find that we soon
2ssimilate him and he becomes an Ar
gentino and a patriot We are making
Argentinos OF our immi grants Just as
In the past you have made good Ameri-
cans Of the mixed elements you have
brought in from the various countries
Of Europe We have the same advan-
tage that you have had. in that we
can put the immigrants out on the
farms and in that each man can have
his own land and own home and grow
up with the country. This makes him
better citizen than if he were Lerded
with others Of his own kind in such
cOngeSted districts as the cities and
mines, as is now the case with much
of your immigration. We have so
much land that L believe we can assim-
late our immigrants for a long time
to come"
New Capitol Imposing.
Leaving the Pink House I took a
teXicab and for about IS Genus Of our
money rode through the wide Ayenida
de Mayo, the Pennsylvania enue Of
BuenOs Aires. TO the new caIitol. d
where congress meets. This building
is still in course Of construction, but /
IL is already one Of the most imposing
structures Of the world. II stands in
front Of a magnificent plaza, which
was carved out Of the business part
OF the city. To make it four solid
blocks Of buildings were torn down and
the ground was built up and covered
with grass, trees and shrubs. Fine
statues were erected, fountains were
Instituted and other decorations made
at a cost Of $4,000, 600. In order to
have the park ready for the centen-
NAL display OF 1916 the work was all
done in 80 days.
The capitol faces this plaza It re- (
lA-AAS one a little OF our EanlLOl at
w ashington. 1t is a marble Lui ding
Of four stories. from whose center rises /
q great dome which weighs 80, 900 tons I
The dome rests upon pillars of white !
granite and its weight is suCl that in I
order 10 strengthen IL il was necessary /
70 construct an inverted dome beneath /
IL.
The building is Of Graeco-Roman /
style Its center has the form OF a. .
semi-circle and there is a wing at each /
end and projecting pavilion at each /
corner The buildings contain the ma /
lonal halls Of the house and senate. the
secretary's office, the committee
rooms and a library.
All Of its furnishings are magnifi-
cent, and it is like the state house Of
pennsylvania and the capitol at Albany (
n the extravaganza Of its expenditure.
indeed, there has been so much scan
ial connected with il that il has been
ncknamed the palace oftgOld.
Cost 3O,OOO.OO Pesos.
The original estimates for IL were 1
100000 pesos, but il has already cost
'ver 3O,O00,000. Something like S14,-
100000 was spent for cement alone, and !
Wo millions, so the people say. was
laid out for work that was never done.
mother two millions was sQuandered ]
N bronze capitals, three millions on
marble statues, and seven millions