The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25

press. 1t has its huno-o
with striking cartoons arS pags-.
Journals that compare fs1-1-.,~ -.1 ~.s'ez,ei
those Of the United Sra,e.' s.:a
also great dailies. which IL Il,
grams from all parts 81 II tee.
and which today haya WQ.t
news quite as fully as tha =.
New ork. This Is so ~ as g.
and La Nacion. Both - - tFers4
been published regularly ~ have
forty-flve years, and have III .-e IS:
high rank for their indenant" Ia
clsms and their excellent n.,,--..' I'll,
Buenos Aires has two Erclisb ,7F'ce.
one is the Standard, founded '.-.t&
by the Mulhalls the well Er.a-. j. Isl
tlstlclans, and the other is ~, -.
nos aires Herald, now mar.-. -
MT. reginald Lloyd. Both az {!
prlslng, the Herald being as,....'''
noted for its agricultural ~ .'~..T
raising news S,elE.
During my stay here h.
through some of the newsr.,..- se1e
That of La Prensa is famo5e ,9 9'.'1sS.
the world. 1t stands on the o'e'
de Mayo not far from Florii. -'-A
ana IN the very heart Of the c,,,
building is of white stone rr. -"S
high, and a golden bronze 6. IS
Fame rises eighteen feet ,h.ys ~ =.
| Of its tower. The interior
| newspaper officer is palatial ars '.'
| or Its rooms would not be Out If ,r-
| in the home Of a monarch /, t'~''
| festival hall, four halls for ulflic 80.
erinSS, and quarters for the ertar.,.-
ment of distinguished visitors = H.
nos AIRES consisting Of draw,
room, dining room and smokire 80
| b11llard rooms, with dressing rooms =.
| tached. The paper maintains a fraa
| pupHc nbrary, and ii has med,csI
! department, where doctors and Ii.
cialistS treat without charea am ~,
| will come. There is also a Jeas1 10
partment, where any one who visr.s
may have the advice Of 4 renut,}lo
lawyer as to his business or pri,a,a
rights, and a chemical laboratory de-
voted to experimental agricultural
and industrial uses. The Presn3 has
it's own observatory and issues daily
| weather reports. 1t has a school :
music, where the best vocal and ~
strumental instructors train MitlaI,
charge those who show signs II !.
ent.
! have said that the Prensa is one i
the leading papers of Argentina Ii j,
without doubt one of the great paper,
of the world, and is at the head of Il,
class in all South America Its cIrII
latiOn often runs to 100000 copies
day, and it is now using about thiffv
five tons of white paper every twenty
, four hours. Its machinery is run b,
electricity, and it has lis own electf.
plant, although the presses may aIl %
, coupled with the electric plant If 4.
, city.
| have been interested in the adyer
, tisements Of this paper, and iii i
charges, which vary according t. til
, | character and purse Of the man al
, VertlSing. For instance, an employ
: er advertising for a servant pays 3
cents a line, while the servant adyeT
tiSing for a situation is charged onl
1O cents a line. A doctor who want
patients must pay 81 a line while
> poor girl out of a job gets The sam
for 10 cents. The Journal IS fTIl
small advertisements. Each mont
it contains about 60 600 Of that na
:. ture; and every day it has from So
teen pages Of official, professiona
= auction ads and other announce
ments. The paper altogether h'
: about 800 employees. Its telegraph
! tolls are close to a thousand dollars
DAY, and it's fees to correSpondeh
run high into the thousands q doiia
a year.
Q FRANK G. CARPENTEk.