The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-07-22
"See America First"

During many years, all sorts OF
pat lots have been advising their
nelghbors and friends to See Amerl-
ca First. Strange to say, until with
in the past twelve months, this ad-
vice was given small heed. The peo-
pie who had the money hurried
across the ocean to see some Of the
places that are hallowed by romance
and poetry and history, some Of the
places that dad and mother had Wis.,
tied when they went on their we'd
ding tour, etc. But of late there has
become manifest genuine interest
in America and the numerous things
that she has to offer the tourist. OF
course, the fact that California has
a worlds fair and another exposition,
that in it's way i sthe finest thing
ever produced in this country-those
are things that help some"
Now, when we say See America
First Of course, we mean the whole
western hemisphere, that whole
magnificent continent which Christie
pher Columbus discovered, although
he never saw it and never set foot
upon it. And whenever we think OF
places outside of the old United
States proper of course the places
that are mentioned before all others
are the Panama Canal and Buenos
.Ayres And perhaps more especially
the latter. For the fact has become
we'll known that Buenos Ayres is the
most beautiful and also the swiftest
and gayest city in the new world;
perhaps there is nothing in the old
world to compare with 1t. Paris at
its best may prove more attractive
to be artists, but to the average trav-
at some future time expect or hope
to be artists, but to he average tray
eler who wants to see and to be en-
tertained, and who is making COM
parsons, perhaps gay Paris will ap-
pear a bit slow beside the twentieth
century gaiety and glitter of Buenos
Ayres. Let no one imagine, how
ever, that because it is comparative
~ new, Buenos Ayres is cheap.
There is really the city where money
seems to be no object. She has real
works of art, architecture, real
opera, real everything, no matter
what the cost She wants the best,
and she gets it, However, the tour
list from the states who is contem-
plating trip to Buenos Ayres and
a more or less extended sojourn in
the gay capital of South America,
should heed lagos advice: Put
money in thy purse And having
done so, he should remember that
Jago was insistent, and repeated that
good advice a number OF times;
hence he should put more and still
more money in his purse before he
starts for Buenos Ayres. Before
starting on that journey, send TOR
the consular reports, which are pub
lished daily by the United States
government The little pamphlet is
sued on July s, contains a long re-
port from our commercial attache
Albert Hale. at Buenos Ayres, dated
May II, which will prove of interest
Thus the commercial attache, what
ever that is, notes that the charges
in the better hotels are from S6.6C
to s17.6O per day; that $40 E
month is considered reasonable
2. charge for board; that fve-roon
! apartments range from SIS to $35:
per month; that modern luncheon
costs from $1.32 to $1.54 per per
sons, while a dinner is seldom ar
ranged at less than $3.50 to S1l pei
plate; that nobody can live in Buenos
Ayres with a family at less than
$4,000 per annum; and that repre-
|sentatives of American firms, who
are to be permanently located in
Buenos Ayres ought to receive $1,000
to $4,000 per annum. Get the
pamphlet, read that long report with
care, and then go to some health or
isummer resort in Iowa for your vaca-
ton.