Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07

in April. This revolution was sup
pressed by President Schaerer, and the
leaders of it were exiled. according to
the usual procedure.
far more than attain stability In gov
eminent. She has carried govern
mental reforms farther than any other
nation on this hemisphere. Several of
her governmental proposals are more
advanced than any that have ever been
considered by the United States.
Such. for instance, Is the proposition
to substitute commission form OF
government for the present single ex-
ecutive. the president. 1t would not
ried out by Uruguay within the next
year. The Uruguayan government is
the best manifestation of the spirit of
that nation. which is not content with
good enough, but continually strives
for the ideal.
From the point of view Of American
trade expansion both Uruguay and
Paraguay present difficulties-Uruguay
because she has attained a conserva-
tism not observed in the other South
cause she has no foreign trade of great
importance. Paraguay Is a promise,
and there are strong indications that
as she develops and becomes rich the
United States will have a greater share
Of her trade.
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The situation is different in Uruguay,
where there exists the largest per cap
ita foreign trade in South America. The
per capita trade figures throw an ac-
curate illumination generally upon the
relative prosperity and development of
the various republics. Uruguay leads
with a foreign trade of s104.17 per cap
ita. of which 12h per cent is favorable
balance. or an annual profit per capita
of $13 in her foreign transactions.
Argentina has the next best record,
with foreign trade amounting to s9752
per capita. Then comes Chile. with
$6S.2s. held to this figure largely be-
cause Chile possesses the monopoly of
one of the worlds necessities, nitrate
Bolivia. with s27.so per capita annual
by Brazil. s26.73: Venezuela. s17.35;
Peru, 1894: Ecuador. $14.03; Paraguay,
$13.13. and Colombia. s11.4S.
Uruguay has grown conservative
through years of peaceful business and
social development. OF all the cour-
tries of South America she is the slow :
est to change or adopt Innovations.
One reason for this is that the British
influence is very strong in Uruguay.
There is large group Of young Eng
iiSH-SpcdhlHS pSOple III Uruguay VINO
are native to the country, the sons and
daughters of English settlers, who pre-
ferred the better climate and more
familiar hilly landscapes of Uruguay to
the fat prairies Of Argentina. which
burn under an ardent sun in summer
and are swept in winter by icy gales.
Montevideo. Uruguay, is just across
the River Plate from Buenos Aires,
Argentina, yet there is a great differ
ence in climate, with the advantage all
IN har
of the wealthy foreign residents of
Buenos Aires spend their summers in
Montevideo to escape Buenos Aires
heat and take advantage of the mag
nif1cent ocean beaches along the Monte
video water front.
Climatic reasons thus probably ac-
count in part for the large British
element in tie Uruguay population.
Another reason is that the Uruguayan
landscape Is like unto the countryside
in England. Next to the American, the
Englishman is the most persistent dis
parager of foreign countries extant, but
/ never heard any Englishman express
anything but enthusiasm for Uruguay
and the lake country of southern Chile,
which not only in scenery. but also in
its cool, foggy climate, resembles Eng
land And in both these regions there
are many English settlers.
British commerce. therefore, has a