Evening star., 1919-04-27

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census of 1909 tthe nlomSi recent ore =
According to that enumeration the.
were $50 600 citizens of foreign htrtl
The Italians predominated with -
enumeration of 211. .00o. There ar
less than GOO Americans.
The constant influx OF Immigrant
has been one of the principal canse-
OF this rapid increase in populaticn
To many Americans the size -.
spiendor OF this far southera cit.
would be revelation. i;S broad
streets. sp!endidly lighted and paved
and cleaned. its handsome buildings of
fine architecture and strict confornity
10 uniform height. the many banks
and The genuinely inspiring activity
OF its people could not help but arous.
admiration. Within the city are TWEEN
ty-eight theaters and twice that MANY
movies" uinety-seyen parks. thirty,
four markets and -four street car CON
panies wiki almost iI5 miles of track
ase. n
Has a Modern Subway.
Buenos Aires has modern suhway'
system which was built to relieve this
congestion on the surface. Their af'
more than 3.A0a registered vehic;es.s
OF which t.o0o are motor ears. y
least 200 ewspapers are puhlish-c
regularly. more than 10" Of them rep
resenting the foreign colonies. E"-
sides all this there are many moderS
museums. clubs art galleries. Il VIC
equipped fire department. water - =
electric and gas facilities aid a =
organized police forre.
Next to Buenos Aires in size aud
portance in ARGENTINA s Rosario.
the province cf Santa Ee. II is
miles distant from the capital. OF
right bank of the Parana river. a
has population OF approximate
800 900. 1T is a great grain shippn I:
point. In fact. IT'S port is always
busy one, as many other produce
from the rich interior are shipped,
from II.
The third city of the republic is
Cordoba. with a population OF more
than 10000. II was founded in los1
and is situated 432 miles from Bueno'
Aires. The national observatory is 10
Gated there. and in the city are nu-
merous other fine buildings, including
a large university. Probably the most
interesting feature OF Cordoba is the
San Rogue dam. short distance out
side the city. considered one of the
finest irrigation storage basins aud
electric power stations in the world :,
There are numerous other large and
promising cities in Argentina. al; at
them with their particular ind:vidu- 4.
ality and promise.
Arid Area Is Small. #,
OF the somewhat more than l.0oo.- ,
gentina, more than cne-third Ia sra
! BILE. and nearly all of the remaining =
area is covered with rich forests. :
rivers, lakes and mountains. The arid
lively small. AT the present time
more than G5,000.000 acres are un.ev }
cultivation, and, as a result. the prod =.
ucts of the field and pasture easily
j stand first in national Importance and
wealth. There are more than $4,000 .
600 in whent a G0D n00 in
linseed, 100000 acres in corn. 1000 :
900 in oats and 100000 acres in al
falfa; while barley, sugar cane.
grapes. rice, potatoes and other vese :
j tables, with trees. cotton and tobacco
make up the diversified crops. From
| the beginning of colonization live :
stock has been principal source OF ,
the wealth of the country.
Argentina is one OF the principal cattle /,
countries Of the worlc, and next to Aus
tralia is the greatest sheep country. a =
recent census shows that there are in =
Argentina over 100000 bovine cattle. Z
900 600 asses. $4,000 sheep. 1000. 600
goats, but something less than 100000 3
hogs. The total value of such property =
! is estimated at more than 500. coo e6e .
gold
Dairy Industry Growing.
The dairy industry has increased re-
markably and much of the products
from this source is now being imported
by the United States During the past.
year more than 1000, 900 pounds OF
cream were produced, 10000 900 pounds
of butter and 100000 pounds OF :.
| cheese.
Argentina has the distinction of beings
the first country to export frozen and
chilled beef to Europe. Hides OF cattle
also are exported in large quantities. t,
From the earliest days of the country
minerals have been mined: gold, silver.
copper. with some borax. are the chief
products. Recently paying wells Of pe--~
troleum have been put in oDeration. =.
The value of the articles imported
by Argentina last year was approv.
imately S195. 100000. of whic., amoun,
the United States. The principal arti-
cles imported were textile goods.
oils. paper. electrical apparatus. agri
cultural implements and machinery.
railway equipment, shoes, iron and
steel manufactured parts and chem
icals
OF the approximately $3.50, O0.00G
worth of articles exported by Argen
tina, the United States received EOS,
per cent.
Government Modelled on U. S.
The government, of Argentine
very similar to orr own governmen-
IL IS a Ieder2l fof1 WIN a cOnSIhh-
tion providing three branches---
legislative, judicial and executiys
There are a president and = vice rEe
dent. elected for term OF six yea.s
but neither is eligible for an inn.ed
ately succeeding term. The leS!sla
tive power lies in the senate and
chamber Of deputies, the former WiH:
thirty and the latter with 100 lue1n-
bers The members of the forlae' q
serve nine years and the latter ~
term of four years.
The president of the republic forms
his own cabinet, which consists OF
eight ministers. He also appoints tie :
members of the supreme court Th~
vice president presides over the pro
ceedings of the senate.
Argentina's standing army is com
posed of about 10000 men. besides thr
reserves and national guard. Gndef :
the law military service is compuI
sorry; all able-bodied men must sery.
from their twentieth to their forr.;
fifth year, active service being ud-
year as a rule. Under this plan Ar
gentina is capable. OF an almost li'
mediate mobilization Of 5000 tram
ed soldiers.
Seeks American Capital.
There are approximately sixty
eight vessels in the Navy Of this re
public. There are two modern dreati-
naughts of $4,000 tons each, both of
and both numbered among the worlds
greatest sea fighters.
What Argentina seeks most durni:
it's present era of extension and al
ysncement is additional capital. ana
overtures of most attractive nature ar.