The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-27
SOUTH AMERICAN EMIGRATION OvERBALANC IMMIGRATION
 OFFICIAL FIGURES INDICATE
European War Causes Exodus of Many Reservsts -
 Freighting Vessels Fewand Rates Exceedingly High Many Products Piled Up In Ports of Various
 Countries.

are 600, 900 tons stored in outlying sta tions ready to be forwarded to the port of Rosario en route for the con- suming markets. There Is, therefore, a, plethora of grain already, and the stock is being rapidly increased as operations upon the new harvest pro- ceed. At the time of writing about 40 per cent. of the seasons wheat and inseed has been collected, the quality and yield being very satisfactory. The corn plantations, favored by adequate precipitation and warmth, look very promising too.
 The great Southern railroad system which ramifies through the arabic and pasture lands of South and West, re- port identical conditions. There is a decided scarcity of labor where labor is wanted, there are the same plethora of grain in the granaries and abun- dance in the fields now being harvest ed. Doubtless the Western Railroad, which serves as a connecting line be- tween the two great systems already named, have the same general condi- tions and phenoemna to deal with. It all means congestion, loss and low prices for the farmers who are all ways in need of ready money. In the meantime the freighters which should be carrying the harvests of South America to the ports of Europe and feeding the industries of the Old Con- t1nent, are acting as transports, car rying troops and stores to the war.
 Locally it is difficult to measure the possible loss direct and collateral, caused by this dislocation of conmer- cia1 currents when the war is over. The consequences of the war will per sist. It will be a long time before the ports of this Republic are again full of shipping from the seven seas, as they were a few years ago, when to relieve the pressure, the port of Buenos Aires extension works were decided upon and pushed forward. That great undertaking, by the way, is now paraIyzed, nothing in the na- ture of an amica:ble arrangement or compromise having been reported
 The German residents in Argentina, where they form very influential and well organized community, act ing upon instructions from Berlin, or upon their own initiative. have creat- ed a, corner in wool. They have, in fact, bought up the whole available clip which is destined for shipment to Germany when the war is over, and the German mercantile flag is once more seen in South American waters Naturally this bulk in store occupies a good deal of the not unlimited space for storage in Argentina. But the Germans. are happy about the matter, since, in addition to having secured the goods they have prevented the British and French from rep1enishfng their supplies from the River Platte sources.
 Within ten months will occur the periodical (six years) change of Ma tiona1 administration. The election of Presidet and Vice President should occur within the next three months, but up to the present there are no candidates before the country. Rumors are fIoated almost daily only to enjoy a very precarious period of languid life and die a natural death. There are no candidates and apparently no real interest shown by the public