The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-27
And Routine Of Life is Thrown
Very Much Out Of Gear
in That Country.

BUENoS AIRES, Jan. 27.-The
influences Of the war in Europe are
being felt acutely In South America,
The routine Of life, as fixed by the
seasons and their phenomena, Is
thrown out Of gear. immigration
returns for the first time in many
years, show a balance OF emigration.
This is attributed to the exodus Of
Italian reservists who have rallied to
the colors with enthusiasm and spon-
taniety. In normal times the Italian
and Spanish immigrants flock In
about equal numbers to the harvest
fields of Argentina. The efflux has
gone on in the same proportion, for
1t is a peculiar fact, n which no
one seeks to explain, that the Span
iards, as II acted upon by some SYM
pathetic influence are leaving by
every passenger steamer. 1t cannot
be said that they are going In great
er numbers, for the simple reason
that all those who are not radicated
In the republic already have drifted
away.
This shifting Of labor is not
strange: but, occurring at a period
when hands are most needed and
wages are highest, 1t causes a certain
feeling OF uneaslness. One good re-
suit Is that national and provincial
authorities have been induced to
think more seriously of their natural
sources of human energy, and how
to organize them. The country is so
large that with ample railroad facil-
tiles the Unemployed hands in the
North, for example, could be shifted
to the South, where at a given period
OF the year, extreme difference Of ell
matte conditions prevail. This or
g%anization, SO far has not made itself
apparent by results.
oilers Cause Trouble.
At the present moment there Is a
considerable number OF unemployed
in the Pampa territory near what
may be called the geographical center
Of the republic. Having drifted
there, these elements are causing
considerable trouble by their trucu-
lent and menacing attitude. AS the
territories are, Of course, under ma
tional administration fifty men Of the
metropolitan police armed with rifles
and we'll equipped with ammunition
have been sent down to reinforce the
local police and maintain order. The
department Of labor declares that
had these elements been amenable to
control they would not have drlfted,
at the precise moment when they
were wanted elsewhere, to a point at
which they were not required. 1t Is,
however, difficult to organize ele-
ments so i~lliterate that they cannot
read.
Another serious effect Of the war
liz that frelghting vessels are few and
rates exceedingly high. The amount
Of Argentine produce held up for lack
of transport is very large. An idea
Of its magnitude can be gathered
from the following facts which, re-
|lating to a few zones, may be regard
ed as common to all. The Great Cen
trial Argentine railroad system, rarni-
flying through the central northern
and northern provinces report that
over 200, 900 tons Of wheat and lin
seed Of the last harvest are still walt
ing to be moved.
In Rosario, the depot Of the North.
there Ia at least the same quantity q
corn Of the same harvest stored and
waiting for export. In addition there
are 800, 900 tons stored in outlying
stations 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 ID being rapidly increased as
operations upon the harvest proceed.
At the time, Of writing about forty
per cent Of the seasons wheat ana
linseed has been collected, the qual-
ity and yield being very salisiac,
tory. The corn plantations, favored
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