[2] Though see Mr. Herbert Gibson’s opinion, quoted later.
[3] Still the following words, which occur in an anonymous work on Uruguay issued by authority of the Consulate-General of that country in London in 1883, are as essentially true to-day as they were then.
“It cannot too often be repeated that only two classes of emigrants are fitted for the New World: those who are accustomed to manual labour … and those who have capital to invest. Clerks and penmen should know to whom and in what capacity they are going.”
Argentines and Uruguayans can themselves supply all the book-learning and clerkly devices as yet needed on the River Plate.
[4] The chiripá, or primitive native substitute for trousers, is formed of a shawl-like blanket. This is wrapped round the loins, kilt-fashion; after which it is brought up between the legs, from back to front, and the end tucked through the girdle, to hang again down in front.
[5] The first cattle on the River Plate Territories were seven cows and a bull, brought down through Paraguay from Brazil by two Portuguese, the brothers Cipriano and Vicente Goes.
[6] The crop has been a good one as regards wheat. As regards maize, it is uncertain at the time of writing owing to some early rains.
[7] In the case of each of these items Mr. Tornquist gives the facts and reasons on which his calculation has been based.
[8] With the commencement of 1916, however, capital is flowing into both countries from the United States for both public works and private enterprise.
[9] The 1915-16 harvests are reported excellent.