Evening star., 1921-03-20
BY BEN McKELwAY.

A MEXICAN farmers. their meth
~ DDS and machinery. are want
n ed in Argentina, and Ricardo
Videla, representing the Bue-
nos Aires and Pacific railroad. has
come to the United States to get them.
Passing through Washington last
week on his way to Chicago, where he
will establish his headquarters. Mr..
Videla outlined his program for an
experiment, the results of which are
going to be interesting to watch.
The Buenos Aires railroad. one of
the longest lines in South America.
running from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific ocean. faces a stage in it's devel-
opment today experienced nifty years
ago by our own railroads Of the west.
Given the facilities for hauling
freight, this road must provide to a
certain extent the freight to haul, and
developing agriculturally the terri
tory through which 1t passes seems
about the best way to bring this
about.
Although the farmer of the Argen
tine has been supplied with bulletins
by his own government showing the
best methods of farming. he has
shown striking likeness to the
American farmer by disregarding
has been found more feasible to dem
onstrate correct methods than to
write about them. To obtain Ameri-
can demonstrators. men who will go
to Argentina and take farms Of their
own. Mr.. Videla is going into the mid
n 10 II 10 ,,1 =, u, fr,rA
and with moving pictures to illustrate
what can be done with correct meth
ods in the virgin lands of the Argen-
tine. He is going to tell the Ameri-
can farmer that an opportunity
awaits him in Argentina: that where
the Argentine farmer has been sue
cessful. the trained American farmer
will be twice as successful.
Mr.. Videla points out that his plan
is not colonization or immigration
scheme. In the first place, compare
lively few farmers or demonstrators
anime personally the fitness of each
candidate, and when thirty or SO
young men have exhibited their abili-
ties. he will arrange to have them
provided with land at a nominal price.
Each one must go ION his own" how
ever. and start in with the idea OF
making his venture a paying invest
ment.
Mr.. Videla hopes to aid in establish
ing several American farms along the
railway he represents. He believes
American machinery and American
methods will illustrate more vividly
than any other way the benefits to be
derived from scientific farming. He
believes the Argentine farmer will be
quick to learn and adopt American
agricultural science and prosper
thereby.
Before coming to Washington Mr..
Videla spent some time in California.
where he studied the fruit industry,
and especially the organization Of
the California Fruit Growers Associa-
ton which. he declares. is a wonder
full machine for marketing the farm
of the American grain industry. and
recorded his observations in book
form. which has heen sent to South
America for distribution to farmers.
The fruit industry Of Argentina. Mr..
Videla states. is growing one. As
fruit from tho Argentine left South
America the 7th of this month. There
Sc market for the f-uit here Mr..
vfdela believes. ard the supply Is
practically unlimited.
The committee in Brazil in charge
of the program for celebration of
Brazil's centenary has included as
one of it's plans for the event the
establishment of a regular airplane
passenger service between Rio ia
Metro and Buenos Aires.
X y
Senior Alberto Cortadellas. secre-
tary and charge d'affairs of the Bo-
livian legation since July. 1920. is
leaving Washington today for New
York. He will leave New York to-
morrow for Bolivia. Until the new
minister fom Bolivia is appointed
Senior Carlos Gumucio. consul gen.
eral in New York. will be in charge
of the legation. News Of the ap-
pointment of a minister from Bolivia
is expected within a short time.
X X
Salvador, which has been unrepre-
sented by a minister here since the
departure last September of Senor
Salvador Sol. resigned. is understood
to be awaiting the formation of the
Central American Union. or else it's
failure, before Designating another
representative. Should the union be
formed. only one representative of