The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-15

planning to adopt commission
rule, Indicate the rapidity of
progress in some of he South Amer
lean countries, IL progress with which
few dwellerS in North America are aC-
quainted. Uruguay, the least Of the
Independent South American nations,
is In some respects the most advanced
country on either of the western con-
tinentS.
The lowest percentage of poverty In
either of the Americas belongs to Uru-
guay'S distinctions. The nearest ap-
prOaCh to a universal eight-hOur day
in its industries of any country on the
American continents also is to he found
in Uruguay. The charities of the cOun-
try are administered by governmental
commission. which has method of
reaching each individual case The
little republic has public insurance
system, owns n large share of the cleo
triC and power plants in the principal
towns and plans sweeping economic
program that will bring every public
utility under government ownership.
Uruguay is tired of political parties;
that Is why 1t yearns for commission
rule. 1t now has a president and a
tw0-hOuse congress. The representa-
tiveS are chosen by direct vote every
four years, the senators by electoral
vote The two houses of the congress
elect the president, who serves four
1
posed of two senators and five repre-
ScntattVeS takes the place of congress
during recess and assists and advises
the president on legislative matters.
In this respect, at least, the Uruguayan
congress Is on the job more than that
Of the United States Under Uru-
@uHy'S proposed commission plan both
the advisory committee and the preSi-
dent would be dropped and IA commits
sion Of seven men would rule. all of
Ilrm being constantly on the job. Each
would have a SiX-year tenure of office
and All would he selected by congress.
whose powers would be greatly cur
tailed under the proposed rule.
Its Climate and People.
Gifted with the nearest to an ideal
climate to be found in the western
world. Uruguay has done much to de
vCIop its natural resources and to
make life Congenial for its people. The
average temperature for the summer
is only e. degrees and for winter is
~ degrees As Il result of the highly
favorable climate the physical char
acteriSticS of the Uruguayan people
are remarkable. They are taller finer
Set-up and have clearer compilations
than any of the other South American
peoples. There is less of the Indian
in them. too, than in any of the other
dwpllcrS on the southern continent.
The country has fairly complete SyS-
tenn uf railroads, three of which are
guaranteed by the government-tha is,
Il certain net income is assured to
them each year The country IS going
in for good roads very rapidly and
macadamized roads extend for about
forty miles outside OF Montrvideo, the
capital and chief city.
As Uruguay has made efforts to al
tract Il substantial type of immigra-
tion, the population is of diverse ori-
gin, At present the Spanish and ltal-
ianS predomnatC, Spanish being the
language of the country. There are
several Swiss and German colonies,
however. The immigrants are closely
scanned, for the country wants none
that will swell its low rate of pauper-
ism. At one time tn" lruguayan gov
ornmcnt offered 10 Immigrants not
only free land, but tn" means to pur-
chase the needed farm stock and i'm
ppmentS. However, the increase in
population has been so marked Of late
years that no extra inducements are
now offered to new settlers.
Women Are Beautiful.
The Uruguayan women are said tD
be more beautiful even than the wOnl-
en- of Chile. They are more democrat
ic, more inclined to the new order OF
things than the women in most Latin
countries. Not in any other land are
10 be found such splendid hurSeWomrn
rs those Of Uruguay: they learn to
ride when children and they equal in
fpnts of riding the daredevil %uachoS
of the plains.
The country is given over mostly to
~~-~~-~~OOo~~~~-~~-~~~o ~o~~~o~0-0~">">>"~N~0~7~0>