The nationality of Argentina is not founded on tradition; it comes from the fervour of self-appreciation. Despite the growth of Socialism in the ports the country gives unprecedented scope for individual daring—gambling on the future if you like. The doors are open to all the races of Europe to become Argentines. The terror of Asiatic labour, which troubles some other new countries, will be slain by the readiness with which all Europeans are received, be they Russians or Turks. By marriage the race is a jumble of Spanish, natives, Italians, and northern Europeans. In North America a man or a woman with a drop of black blood is called "a nigger." Unlike Brazil, there are few negroes in Argentina; but many of the best families have native Indian blood in their veins. In South America a half-caste, a mestizo, is always counted as a white. Thus there are no race prejudices such as are to be found in so democratic a country as the United States.
Yet there is no new country where there is such a gap between one section of the population and the other. I ascribe the scanty intellectual life of the Argentine to the big break between the plutocracy and the labouring classes. The poor immigrant has an enormous struggle to raise himself above the condition of a serf. There are plenty of exceptions, but notwithstanding this the statement holds good. To those who have wealth, money to play with, increase in possession comes rapidly. There is little scope for the salary-earning middle class—a most valuable class in all communities—and, though wages are high according to European standards, the advance is not so great when the heavy cost of living is borne in mind.
So far I have endeavoured fairly to picture Argentina as it is. It would be idle not to count the disadvantages along with the merits of the land. I did not go to South America with any preconceived ideas, but to see what I could and write about what I saw and learnt. It has not benefits for poor agriculturists such as Canada offers, though the life is more pleasant. Out on the plains the climate is splendid. It is not a country for the clerk whose knowledge of Spanish is nil.
But it is an amazing country nevertheless. For ages it has been lying in the womb of Time. It has just been born, and its growth is one of the wonders of the world. Its inhabitants are quickly adapting themselves to modern needs. The revolutionary days are of the past. It has millions of acres under the power of man; it has many millions more awaiting population. It is crying out for population. And great steamers from Spain and from Italy are driving southwards over the line of the Equator carrying what Argentina needs. She receives nearly three hundred thousand new arrivals annually. And within a couple of years most of them become Argentine citizens.
[INDEX]
"A.B.C." combination, [273]
Abattoirs, model, at Liniers, [129]
Aconcagua, [89]
Agrarian and veterinary school, Santa Catalina, [80]
Agricultural banks, proposed establishment of, [188]
Agricultural defence, department of, [61]
Agricultural land, extent of uncultivated, [77]
Agricultural produce, and the railways, [137]
"Agricultural smalls," [243]
Agriculture, education for "colonists" in, [56-60];
conditions of, [190];
prospects of, [198];
possibilities of development of, [257]
Alfalfa, development and cultivation of, [69];
importance of, [69], [116];
value of, [194-7];
reputed influence on water level of, [233]
Alpaca, the, [116]
Alta Gracia, excursions to, [143], [165];
golf at, [172];
races at, [172-5]
Andes, the, [89];
the railway, and, [147], [215], et seq.
Anthrax, the gaucho and, [230]
Arboriculture, school for, at Tucuman, [59]
Argentina, possibilities of, [4];
railway development in, [43-51];
land question in, [52-62];
call for population, [53];
value of exportations of, [60];
and world's food supplies, [63], et seq.;
production of food supplies in, [61-71], [244];
constitution of government, methods of taxation, etc., [72-88];
characteristics of, [89], et seq.;
from the British immigrant's point of view, [43];
wheat production of, [186], et seq.;
immigration laws and regulations, [203], [223], et seq.;
the Jews and, [237-41];
indigenous fauna of, [244];
and industries, [257], et seq.;
credit of, [263];
as overflow of Latin Europe, [271];
and foreign capital, [275];
possibilities of, [278-9]
"Argentina from a British Point of View," by C. P. Ogilvie, [197]
Argentine Agricultural Society, [120];
cattle-breeding and, [121];
and railway tariffs, [137]
Argentine Club at Bahia Blanca, [177]
Argentine Railway Company, [153]
Argentine Transandine Railway absorbed by the Buenos Aires and Pacific, [145]
Argentines, the, wealth and pride of, [5], [6], [7], [20], [22-23];
source of wealth of, [24];
social life of, [29];
extravagance of, [32];
moods of, [32-3];
characteristics of, [38-40], [270-2];
ambition of, [58]
Australia and wheat supply, [186-7]
Austria and frozen meat, [127]
Avenida Alvear, "B.A.," [30]
Avon, the, [19], [54]
"B.A." See Buenos Aires
Bahia, [11]
Bahia Blanca, [43];
commercial school at, [79];
grain elevators at, [70];
Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway at, [145];
natural harbour, at, [176];
growth of, [176-7];
land values at, [177];
life in, [177];
railways at, [178];
shipments from, [178];
Victoria wool market at, [180];
and the pampas, [181]
Bahia Blanca and North-Western Railway, absorbed by the Buenos Aires and Pacific, [145]
Banco Hipotecario Nacional, and loans for building, etc., [264]
Banks, licences for, [82];
and gold reserve, [263]
Belgrano, "B.A." British colony at, [27]
Belle Ville, dairy school at, [60]
Betting regulations, [28]
Benitz Colony, forestry school, in the, [61]
Birds, curious, [92]
Bovril, [15];
and meat extract trade, [159];
cattle-breeding station of, [268-9]
Brassey, Thomas, and first Argentine railway, [139]
Brazil, agricultural riches of, [4];
gambling in, [12];
and Argentine cattle, [128];
reported coal mines in, [155];
dislike of United States in, [273], [275]
Brewing, possible development of, [261]
"Bridge of the Incas," [219]
British capital in Argentina, [7], [21], [24], [43], [46], [123];
in railways, [134]
British Chamber of Commerce at Buenos Aires, [278]
British immigrants, possibilities of sheep rearing for, [183]
British trade and Argentina, [260-1]
British trade methods, futility of, [85]
Buenos Aires, arrival at, [20];
business of, [22-3];
the streets of, [25];
hotels of, [26];
expensiveness of, [26];
railways in, [27];
Jockey Club of, [28];
Colon Theatre at, [28];
immorality of, [29];
irreligion of, [29];
showiness of, [30], [32];
"Las Damas da Beneficencia," [34];
foundling hospital at, [35];
the Recoleta, [36];
as capital, [37];
population and characteristics of, [41];
fascination of, [42];
immigrants' accommodation at, [53];
land values in, [65];
slaughter-houses at, [70];
senators from, [73];
national and normal schools in, [78];
university at, [78];
shallowness of river at, [90];
regulations against dogs in, [98];
variations of climate in, [102-3];
offices of Argentine Agricultural Society at, [120];
Jockey Club at, [123];
frozen meat works at, [124];
population and meat demands of, [129];
sheep market at, [130];
railways from, [141];
the Retiro station at, [142-3];
suburban traffic of, [143], [151];
B.A. and P. high level line at, [145];
railway connection with Valparaiso from, [146-7];
Mar del Plata and, [151];
cost of living in, [241-2];
increase of shipping trade of, [244];
labour unrest in, [258];
British Chamber of Commerce at, [278]
Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway, returns of, [140];
growth and revenue of, [145];
Light and Power Co. in connection with, [145];
port accommodation at Bahia Blanca, [145];
high level line to Buenos Aires, [145];
reclamation of land from River Plate by, [146];
transcontinental traffic, [146-7];
Transandine line, [148];
snow protection on, [148];
prospects of, [149];
Mr. Guy Calthrop and, [149];
at Bahia Blanca [178];
at Puerta Galvan, [179]
Buenos Aires-Rosario Railway, [141-2]
Buenos Aires Province, population of, [63];
five years drought in, [90];
cattle raising in, [130];
cereal growing district of, [152];
Hirsch Jewish colony in, [238]
Caja de Conversion, effect on credit of, [263];
gold reserve of, [263]
Calthrop, Mr. Guy, and Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway, [149-50]
"Camp" life in, [67], [223], et seq.
Camp towns, ugliness of, [226]
Canada and wheat supply, [186]
Cattle, introduction of, by Spaniards, [95], [117];
wild herds of, [95], [117];
wild dogs and, [97];
improvement and increase of, [99];
numbers of, [122];
and importation embargo in England, [130-1]
Cattle-breeding, [66-7];
importation of bloodstock for, [118];
improvements in, [120];
Argentine Agricultural Society and, [120-2]
Cattle disease, prevalence of, [69]
Central Argentine Railway, returns of, [140];
growth of [141-2];
electrification of, [145];
suburban traffic, [143];
excursions on, [143];
goods and agricultural traffic of, [144];
irrigation scheme of, [144];
extension of, [144-5];
weekly receipts of, [145];
works of at Rosario, [156];
excursions to Alta Gracia, [165]
Central Cordoba Railway, [153]
Cereals, value of exportation of, [67];
low yield of, [70]
Chaco, the, swamps of, [91];
Indians of, [91]
Chamber of Deputies, constitution of, [73];
qualifications of candidates and members of, [73];
salary of members of, [74];
Socialism in, [75]
Chicago and Argentine chilled meat trade, [68]
"Chico," [212], [213]
Chili, nitrates of, [4];
railway communication with, [146-7], [149];
leprosy in, [246]
"Chilled" meat compared with "frozen," [125]
Chilled meat trade, American attempts to capture, [68];
extension of, [126]
Christ, statue of, on Chilian boundary, [148]
Chubut, Welsh colony at, [225]
Citizenship, qualifications for, [77]
Clarke, Mr. Percy, and Great Southern Railway, [152]
Climate, variations of, [89], [102-3]
Coal, lack of, and importation of, [83];
possible supply from Brazil, [155]
Coal Strike, effect in Argentine of, [243]
Colon Theatre, the, gala performance at, [29]
"Colonists," system of, [54];
and storekeeper, [55];
position of, [55];
agricultural education for, [56-8];
difficulties of, [225]
Columbus and his discovery, [1], [5]
Commerce, German and British competition for, [84]5
Comodora Rivadavia, government reservation on petroleum zone of, [243]
Condor, the, [245]
Cordillera of the Andes, railway and, [147]
Cordoba, live-stock school at, [58], [59];
university at, [78];
commercial school at, [79]
Cordoba, and Central Argentine Railway, [144];
position and population of, [158];
university of, [159], [162];
social life of, [160-1];
opera performances at, [161];
cathedral of, [163];
relics at Jesuit church in, [163];
British flag in church at, [164];
schools at, [164];
observatory at, [165];
excursions to Alta Gracia from, [165]
Cordoba and Rosario Railway, [153]
Cordoba Central Buenos Aires Extension Railway, [153]
Cordoba Central Railway, extension of, [153]
Cordoba Province, locusts in, [61];
cattle raising in, [130]
Corrientes Province, Indians of, [266];
resources of, [267]
Dairying, Regional Schools in, [60]
De Costa, Señora César, and statue of Christ, [148]
De Guzman, Ruy Diaz, and introduction of horses, [49]
De Mendoza, Don Pedro, and introduction of horses, [120]
Deputy, salary of, [74]
Devolution in Government, [75]
Direccion-General de Ferrocarriles, [49]
Distilling, possible development of, [261]
Dogs, wild, and cattle, [97];
extermination of, [97];
stringent regulations against, [98]
"Door of Hell, The," [2]
Drought, evils of, [60], [70];
severity of, [90]
Duties on manufactured articles, [82]
Earthquakes in Mendoza, [201]
Education, in agricultural subjects, [57-60];
"regional schools," [60];
divisions of system of, [77];
religious instruction and, [77];
secondary, [78];
university, [78];
authorities of, [78-9];
intuitive method of, [79];
national scholarships, [81];
complaints upon methods of, [81]
Engineer White, Port of, [178-9]
England and chilled meat trade, [68]
English immigrant, prospects of, [43], [224]
Englishmen and Argentine prospects, [100-2]
Entre Rios Province, cattle raising in, [130];
resources of, [267];
foreign small freeholders in, [268];
railways in, [268];
Liebig and Bovril ranches in, [268-9]
Entre Rios Railway, [153]
"Estancieros," profits of, [60]
"Estancias," extent and equipment of, [66]
"Fakes" in trade, [108-9]
Farming, profits and possibilities of, [60-2];
equipment for, [66];
slovenly methods of, [192]
"Farquhar Group" of Railways, [152]
Farquhar, Mr. Percival, and railway extension, [152]
Fauna, [92-4], [116-7], [244]
Fisherton, Rosario, [156]
Floods, dangers and extent of, [90]
Florida, the, "B.A." [25]
Foot-and-mouth disease, and exportation of cattle, [124]
Forestry, school for instruction in, [61]
France and frozen meat, [127], [133]
Fraudulent trade descriptions, [108-9]
"Frozen Meat" compared with "chilled," [125];
methods of freezing, [124-5]
Frozen meat industry, [22-3];
influence of railways on, [43], [51];
value of exportation of, [67];
growth of, [70-1], [123], [126-7];
establishment, [123];
and England, [123-4]
Fruit culture, school for, [60]
Gambling, on steamer, [12];
at Alta Gracia, [169]
Gaucho, and horse-racing, [172-4], [228];
effect of civilisation on, [227];
duties of, [229];
and anthrax, [230];
as shepherd, [232]
Gautier, Prof. Armand, on frozen meat, [127]
German-Argentine Society and frozen meat, [127]
German influence in commerce, [84]
Gold reserve of banks, [263]
Golf at Buenos Aires, [27];
at Alta Gracia, [172]
Government, Constitution of, [72] et seq.
Government House, "B.A.," [37]
Grain elevators, at Engineer White, [179];
at Puerta Galvan, [180]
Great Britain, and importation embargo on Argentine cattle, [130-1];
and Argentine railways, [139];
and Argentine foodstuffs, [193]
Great Southern Railway, returns of, [140];
Light and Power Co. of, [145];
extent of, [150];
increase of passenger traffic on, [150];
Mar de Plata service of, [151];
goods and live stock traffic, [151];
capital and receipts of, [152];
Mr. Percy Clarke and, [152];
at Bahia Blanca, [178];
Port of Engineer White, [178]
Guanaco, The, [245]
Hirsch, Baron, colonisation scheme of, [237]
Horse breeding, excellence of, [65-6];
development of, [123]
Horse, first introduction of, [119];
increase of, [119], [122]
Horse-racing, at Palermo, [28];
universality of, [107], [122];
at Alta Gracia, [172-4];
the Gaucho and, [228-9]
Hudson, W. H., "The Naturalist in La Plata," [93]
Hurlingham, "B.A.," [27]
Ibera, Lake, [267]
Immigrants, Italians as, [10], [25], [53], [224];
nationalities of, [63];
typical English, [109-10];
and political agitation, [241]
Immigration, inducements for, [53];
organisation of, [203], [223]
Inca, [43]
Indians, of Chaco district, [91];
and horse and cattle stealing, [98];
of Corrientes, [266]
Industrial school, methods at, [80]
Irrigation, Government work in, [60];
results of, [116];
State and railway works for, [144], [150];
in Mendoza, [208-9];
in sugar district, [253]
Italians, as immigrants, [10], [25], [53];
preponderance of, [224]
Italy and frozen meat, [127], [133]
Iraola, Señor Pereyra, and champion bull, [152]
Jerked beef, trade in, [128]
Jesu Maria, sanatorium of, [160]
Jewish Colonisation Society, the, [237], [238]
Jews, and wheat market, [23], [55];
population of, [236];
agricultural colonies of, [237-40]
Jockey Club of Buenos Aires, [28], [123]
Juan de Rivadaneira, Fray, and introduction of horses, [120]
Kindergarten at Mendoza, [205]
Labour, conditions of, [54];
scarcity of, on estancias, [243], [252];
influence of scarcity of, on industrial development, [257]
Labour question at Rosario, [154-5]
Labour troubles, frequency of, [84];
in Buenos Aires, [258]
Land, profits on sale of, [47], [53], [64-5];
ownership and labour on, [52] et seq.;
conditions of ownership in, [188-9]
Land values, [65];
at Rosario, [157];
at Bahia Blanca, [177];
in Mendoza, [204]
La Plata, [19];
description of, [36-8];
slaughter-houses at [70];
university at, [78];
and frozen meat trade, [124]
"La Prensa," offices of, [41]
Las Damas da Beneficencia, [34]
Latin American, Spanish immigrants to, [2];
range of, [3];
possibilities of, [4];
riches of, [5]
Latin immigrants at Rosario, [154];
as farmers, [193]
Latin races, as emigrants, [3], [9], [25], [53];
as seen in South America, [24], [59]
Leprosy in South America, [246]
Licences for business, [82]
Liebig Co., and meat extract trade, [129], [269];
cattle-breeding station of, [268]
Liniers, slaughter-houses at, [129]
Linseed, Argentina's production of, [191]
Live stock, value of exportations of, [60], [67];
and importation embargo in Britain, [131]
Llama, the, [116]
Lloyd George, Mr., and Argentina, [24]
Locusts, depredations of, [61], [70], [233];
and sugar districts, [254]
London and River Plate Bank, gold reserve of, [263]
London, chilled and frozen meat and, [126]
Lumber tracks of Posados, [243]
Mackie, Mr., on Pan-American railway scheme, [277]
Maize, Argentina's production of, [191]
Manufactures, inability to develop, [83]
Manufacturing resources, possible development of, [257] et seq.
Mar del Plata, [53];
life at, [235];
Great Southern Railway and, [151]
Mares, distaste for, and slaughter of, [119]
Martinetta, the, [245]
Matacos Indians, [266]
Meat extracts, trade in, [129]
Meat trade and U.S.A., [23], [68]
Mendoza, Viticulture College at, [57], [58], [80];
the railway and, [147];
situation and population of, [199];
life in, [200-1];
earthquakes in, [201];
Western Park at, [202]2;
schools in, [205];
English club in, [212]
Mendoza Province, paper money of, [76];
Government of, [203];
how strikes are dealt with in, [203];
taxation and land in, [204];
vineyards of, [206];
irrigation in, [208];
fruit growing in, [211]
Mendoza River, [147], [208], [214], [217], [222]
Mercedes, [146]
Mexico and cattle, [4]
Military service, compulsory system of, [81]
Millionaires, proportion to population of, [64]
Mocayr, Señor Pedro, and U.S.A. influence, [275]
Money-lenders, licences for, [82]
Monroe Doctrine and Argentina, [272], [273], [274], [275]
Monte Video, [19];
the River Plate at, [90];
and jerked beef trade, [128]
Mutton, value of exportations of, [67];
prejudice against, [98]
National Bank of Argentina, gold reserve of, [266]
National flag, [64]
National Ministry of Education, [78]
National Railway Board, influence of, [49], [50]
National School of Commerce, [79]
National School of Pilots, [80]
Nationalisation, Law of, [24], [63], [77]
Neuquén territory, irrigation works in, [150]
"Norther," The, [103]
Nouges Bros., sugar mills of, [252]
Observatory at Cordoba, [165]
Ogilvie, Mr. C. P., on alfalfa, [194-7]
Oil for fuel, [83], [243]
Page, Mr., and financial control of South American Republics, [274]
"Palace of Gold, The," 37[37]
Palermo, fashionable life in, [27];
races at, [28]
Pampa, dreariness of the, [89];
extent and possibilities of, [181-2]
Pamperos, the, [91]
Parana River, [90];
wharves on, at Rosario, [154];
lumber on, [243]
highway of Santa Fé, [265-6]
Parana, town of, [268]
Parque Independencia, at Rosario, [156]
Patagonia, wilderness of, [89];
as sheep-rearing country, [183];
stature of natives of, [245-6];
pastures of, [246]
Pearson, Mr. C. H., and Central Argentine Railway, [141], [142], [143]
Pellegrini Law, the, and gold reserve, [263]
Pernambuco, [2], [10]
Peru, rubber in, [4]
Peso, the, [236]
Petroleum zone, Government reservation on, [243]
Pilots, National School of, [80]
Plate, River, [19];
volume of, [90];
reclamation of land from, [146];
silting of, [155], [176]
Plaza Jewell, Rosario, [156]
Plaza Mayo, "B.A.," [26], [27]
Plaza San Lopez, Rosario, [156]
Plaza San Martin, Rosario, [156]
Population, call for, [53];
growth of, [63]
Posados, lumber trade of, [243]
Port Madryn, Welsh colony at, [225]
Portugal and frozen meat, [127]
Poverty, non-existence of, [35]
President, qualifications and powers of, [72-3]
Property, State regulations on disposal of, [76]
Provincial Council of Education, [79]
Provincial Governments, powers of, [75];
relations of, with Central Government, [76]
Puerta del Inca, [219]
Puerta Galvan, [179]
Quebracho, the, [92]
Railways, luxuriance of trains on, [36], [44], [134-5];
influence on prosperity of, [43];
British capital in, [43], [134];
mileage of, [45];
State lines, [45];
limitations of dividends of, [45];
landowners and, [47];
government and direction of, [48];
profits of, for roadmaking, [49];
and mail carrying, [49];
equipment of, [49];
causes of profits of, [134];
"special cars" on, [135], [166-7], 213[213];
carriage of agricultural produce, [137];
growth of, [138];
William Wheelwright as founder of, [138];
United States and, [139];
Thomas Brassey and, [139];
dividends and prospects of, [139];
growth of the Central Argentine, [141-5];
growth and prospects of the Buenos Aires and Pacific, [140], [145-150];
growth and prospects of Great Southern Line, [150-2];
"Farquhar Group," [152];
amalgamation of, [153];
at Bahia Blanca, [178];
Transandine, [213];
influence on possible manufacturing developments, [260];
and development of Santa Fé, [265];
American scheme in connection with, [277]
Ranch, life on the, [103-8], [230-1]
Recoleta, [36]
"Regional Schools," [6]
Religion, indifference to, [29-30], [77]
Retiro Station, Buenos Aires, [142], [143]
Revolution of 1810, [64], [99];
memorials of, at Tucuman, [249]
Rideal, Prof., on frozen meat, [126]
Rio Blanco, [217]
Rio Cuarto, and Central Argentine Railway, [144]
Rio de Janeiro, Harbour of, [13];
the city, [16]
Rio Negro Valley, irrigation work in, [150]
Rio Neuquén Valley, irrigation works in, [150]
Roadmaking, railway profits taxed for, [49]
Roads, bad condition of, [48], [106], [170], [226]
Rosario, land values in, [64], [157];
grain elevators at, [70];
"The Liverpool of Argentina," [141];
railway works at, [143], [156];
as business centre, [154];
labour question at, [154-5];
growth of, [155];
life at, [156-7]
Rosario-Cordoba Railway, [141];
concession of land for, [46]
Royal Mail Company, [53]
Russia and wheat supply, [186]
Sandstorms, [103];
at Bahia Blanca, [177]
San Juan, fruit culture school at, [60];
School of Mines at, [80];
progress of, [204]
San Luis, [147]
San Martin, statues of, [37], [160-1]
San Pablo, sugar mills at, [252]
San Rafael, progress of, [205]
San Salvador, [1]
Santa Catalina, agrarian and veterinary school at, [80]
Santa Cruz, dreariness of, [246]
Santa Fé Province, cattle raising in, [130];
development of, [265]
Santos, [17], [18]
Savoy Hotel, Tucuman, [250]
Scholarships, at Agricultural Schools, [58];
for European study, [81]
School of Mines, San Juan, [80]
Schools, religious instruction in, [77];
primary, for adults, [77];
secondary, [78];
equipment of, [79];
attendance at, [79], [81];
technical and commercial, [79];
physical drill in, [80];
in Mendoza, [205]
Senate, the, constitution of, [73]
Senator, qualifications of, [73];
salary of, [74]
Servant problem, [108]
Sheep, development of local characteristics in, [94];
introduction of, [117];
increase of, [123];
precautions against disease in, [130];
for freezing works, [130];
on the pampas, [232]
Sheep-breeding, decline of, [67]
Sheep market in Buenos Aires, [130]
Sheep-rearing, drawbacks and possibilities of, [182-3]
Shoe factories, [84]
Sierra de Cordoba, [158]
Siesta, abandonment of, [40]
Small-holding, difficult of securing, [225]
Socialists, cohesion of, [75]
South America, possibilities of, [4]
Spain, and Argentina, [98-9], [116];
and frozen meat, [133]
Spaniards, and early colonisation of Argentina, [94], [116]
Spanish, necessity for use of in commerce, [87], [110-12];
firm hold of, [271]
"Special Cars" on railways, [135], [166-7], [213]
Sports, Argentine's adoption of, [271]
Stevens, Mr., and Puerta Galvan, [179]
Storekeeper, as "middleman," [55]
Strangers' Club, Rosario, [157]
Stucco, use of, in "B.A.," [30], [36]
"Suestadas," the, [91]
Sugar industry, school for instruction in, [58-9]
Sugar growing, at Tucuman, [250];
possibilities of development of, [253-5], [262]
Switzerland and frozen meat, [127],
[133]
Sydney Harbour compared with Rio, [14]
Tango, the, [235]
Tariff on sugar, [255]
Tariffs on manufactured articles, [82-3]
Taxation, methods of, [82-3]
Technical education, attention to, [79]
Textile industries, possibilities of, [262]
"The Argentine as a Market," by N. L. Watson, [255]
"The Naturalist in La Plata," by W. H. Hudson, [93]
Tigre, the, boating on, [27]
Tobas Indians, [266]
Totalisator, use of, at Palermo, [28]
Tower, Sir Reginald, [98], [278]
Trade, British and German methods of, compared, [85-6]
Trade Unions and Government, [84]
Transandine Railway, [147];
Summit tunnel of, [148]
Tucuman, [43], [49];
arboricultural school at, [58], [59];
and Central Argentine Railway, [144];
aspect of, [248];
historic house at, [249];
life in, [249-50];
sugar harvest at, [250];
development of sugar industry at, [251-6]
Tunuyan River, [147]
Underground Railway of Buenos Aires, [27]
United Kingdom and Argentine cereals, [67]
United States and Argentine development, [7], [22], [64];
and Argentine Railways, [139];
influence in Argentina of, [271], [272], [275];
wheat supply of, [186]
Universities, qualifications for and localities of, [78]
University lectures in agriculture, [57]
Uruguay and Argentine cattle, [128]
Uspallata Valley route, [147]
Valparaiso, railway connection between Buenos Aires and, [146-7]
Victoria Wool Market, Bahia Blanca, [180]
Villa Maria Rufino Railway absorbed by the Buenos Aires and Pacific, [145]
Vineyards of Mendoza, [199], [206]
Viticulture, college at Mendoza for, [57-8], [80]
"Watch Bird, The," [92]
Water supply on the pampa, [233]
Water-wheels, American, [44]
Watson, Mr. N. L., "The Argentine as a Market," [255]
Wheat, the Jews and, [23], [55];
influence of railways on exportation of, [43], [51];
average yield of, [70];
world's supply of, [186];
Argentina and, [190-2];
the world's production compared with Argentina's, [193]
Wheelwright, William, and foundation of Argentine Railways, [138]
Welsh Colony at Chubut, [225];
at Port Madryn, [225], [241]
Western Railway of Buenos Aires, returns of, [140]
Wilson, President Woodrow, and South American Republics, [273-6]
Windmills for pumping purposes, [233]
Wine, production of, in Mendoza, [206-11]
Woman, position of, in Argentina, [28], [29], [33-51]
Wool, low quality of Argentine, [183-5];
prospects of improvement of, [184-5];
values of exportation and importation of, [262]
Woollen industry, possibilities of, [259]
Woollen manufactures, crudeness of, [84]
Ypecaha, the, [93]
Zanjou Amarillo, [218]
"Zonda," the, [91]