The Argentine in the Twentieth Century

INDEX

Agriculture, peculiarity of production, 109 (125-153);

principal regions, 125;

chief crops, 126;

size of holdings, 127-9;

land agencies, 130-1;

usual land tenure, 132;

dependent on railways, 132;

produce (tables), 135, 136, 137 (table);

increase of sown lands, 139;

statistics of area (table), 140-1;

profits of (tables), 147-151;

wheat, 154-161;

agricultural exports (table), 227:

total value of agricultural and pastoral holdings, 372

Agricultural census, see Census

Agricultural industries, see Industries

Agricultural machinery, see Machinery

America, see United States

Andes, climate of, 73

Area, of Argentine, 72;

cultivable, 76

Argentine nationality, the, 59-68

Argentine Republic, the position of, 71;

boundaries, 71;

area, 72;

climate, 72-4;

soil, 74-6;

scourge of locusts, 77;

rivers, 77;

almost a desert nation, 115;

production of wheat in, 154-161;

foreign trade, 211-234

Austria, trade with, 226

 

Bahia Blanca, port of, 89-90

Balance-Sheet, the, of the Argentine, (349-372);

securities in circulation (table), 352;

revenue of same (table), 355-356;

interest paid on foreign capital, 357;

table of English capital, 358;

of French, 361;

German, 363;

favourable balance, 367;

total value of farms and estates, 372

Banks, (261-278);

balance-sheets of, 264-268;

nature of business, 266-70;

clearing-house, 270;

balance-sheet of the bank of the Province of Buenos Ayres, 271;

see Mortgage Banks

Bank of the Nation, the, 270;

balance-sheets, 272

Belgium, trade with the Argentine, 219-225

Boundaries of the Republic, 71

Bourse, the (278-286);

extent of operations, 280-1;

organisation of, 276;

regulations, 283;

table of operations, 283-4;

value of securities quoted, 284

Brazil, trade with the Argentine, 219, 225

Breweries, 242 (table), 243

Budget, the (295-309);

amounts of, 296;

cause of excessive budgets, 299-304;

composition of, 305

Buenos Ayres, 83;

harbours of, 81;

market of, with statistics (table), 84-5;

port, inward and outward trade of, 85 (table);

importance as a port, 86.

Buenos Ayres, province of, 142

Bullion, imports and exports of (table), 218

Butter, exports of (table), 241-2

 

Canada, wheat production, 160-1;

immigration policy, 161

Capital, foreign, invested in the Argentine, 351;

English, 358;

French, 301;

German, 303

Cattle, numbers of (table), 211

Census, agricultural, of 1905, 127;

of 1908, 128;

of 1888, 134;

of stock of years 1888, 1895 and 1908, 169;

of 1908, 171;

of cattle, 1895 and 1908, 172;

1895 and 1908, 241-2;

of land, 1908, 372

Cereals, congestion of, on railways, 109;

shipping of, 110;

warehoused at railway stations, 112;

where grown, 126;

area under, 142-4

Colonisation, commencement of, 116;

comparative failure of policy, 117, 121

Colonising agencies, 131

Commerce, see Foreign Trade;

commercial balance (table), 212, 232-4

Companies, see Limited Companies

Concessions, harbour, 88;

railway, 99

Conversion, Caisse de (342-348);

conversion fund, 313;

failure at first, 313-5;

operation under new laws, 347;

metallic reserve of, 347;

present functions of, 318

Córdoba, 142-4

Cotton, 199-201;

profits, 200

Currency, the double (330-341);

origin of, 330-1;

depreciation of paper, 331-2;

bimetallic standard established and suppressed, 332;

gold premium, 332-3;

excessive issues of paper, 334;

law of conversion, 337;

speculation in exchange killed by, 339;

monetary situation of the country, 341.

See Caisse de Conversion

 

Dairy industry, 240 (table), 241, 242

 

Electric lighting, 257

Electrical industry, the, 256;

tramways, 256; (table), 257

England, wheat imported by, from Canada, 161

Estancias, model, 163-167

Exchange, see Double Currency

Exports, see Trade. Tables of, 160;

of wheat, 159;

of general, 213, 221;

of meat, 239;

of butter, 241

 

Finance, see Balance-Sheet of the Argentine.

Financial crisis, the, 289-291

Fisheries, 248

Flour exports, 237

Foreign trade (211-234)

France, trade with the Argentine, 219, 224;

French tariffs highly unfavourable to the Argentine, 223;

decadence of trade, 223-4, 229

Fruit-farming, 202, 207

 

Germany, trade with the Argentine, 219, 222

Great Britain, trade with the Argentine, 219, 222

 

Harbours, see also Ports, development of, 83

 

Immigration, (113-121);

supremely needed, 114;

paradise of, 115;

statistics of, 118-9;

statistics of (table), 120;

difficulty experienced by immigrants who wish to buy land, 121;

mistaken policy, 121;

in Canada, 161

Imports, see Trade and Tables of, 219, 226

Industries, Agricultural (187-207);

sugar-planting and making, 187-192;

profits (table), 189;

vine-growing and wine-making (table), 192-195;

tobacco-planting, 195;

acres planted (table), 196;

cultivation of the mulberry and sericulture, 196-7;

the maté industry, 197-8;

imports (table), 198;

cotton-planting, 199-201;

where grown, 199;

profits, 200;

oil, 201;

rubber, 201;

fruit-growing, 202-207

Industries (235-249);

dependent on agriculture and stock-raising, 235;

sugar factories, 236-7;

flour-milling, 237;

refrigerating industry, 238;

(table), 239;

dairy industry, 240; (table), 241-2;

breweries, 242; (table), 243;

weaving, 244;

tanning, 244;

the quebracho industry, 244-248;

timber, 248;

fisheries, 248;

mining, 251-5;

electrical, 256; (table), 257;

electric lighting, 257; (tables), 258-9

Italy, trade with the Argentine, 219, 226

 

Japan, trade with, 230-1

 

Labour, great opportunities of, 115

Land, vicious system of ownership, 118;

prevents colonisation, 121;

average size of holdings, 127-9;

national possessions and enormous private holdings, 129;

land law of 1907, 130;

system of tenure, 132;

agencies, 131;

auctions, 131-3;

areas in cultivation, 134;

rise in value, 139;

values of, and sales, 174-185

Limited Companies (286-292);

constitution of, 286-8;

the crisis of 1890, 289-291;

table of capital invested in, 291

Linseed, profits of, 150

Locusts, 77

Lucerne, 137-8;

use of in stock-raising, 162;

affects value of soil, 174

 

Machinery, agricultural (table), 144-5;

tables, 146, 148

Markets, Buenos Ayres (table), 84

Maté, 197-8;

where gathered, 197;

imports, 198

Métayage, 133, 138

Mines (250-5);

gold, silver, copper, coal, antimony, sulphur, etc., 253-4;

mining laws, 255

Mortgage Banks, 275-278

Mulberry, cultivation and use of, 196-7

 

National debt, the (312-329);

tabulated amount of, 312;

first loans, 314;

further loans, 315-321;

table of internal debt, 322;

total debt, 323;

interest on, 324

Nationality, the Argentine, 59-68

 

Pampa, the, 75, 144;

production of wheat per acre, 157

Pampero, the, 73

Parana, Rio, the, 79;

navigable value and dredging of, 80-1;

ports on the, 82, 88-9

Plata, La, port of, 86

Plata, Rio de la, 79

Plate, river, see Plata

Population, density of (table), 113-4; 117

Ports, 82;

statistics of (table), 83;

on the Parana, 82;

Buenos Ayres, trade of (table), 85;

see Plata, 86;

Bahia Blanca, 89

Property, large private, 129

Provinces, population of, 113-4;

produce of, 137

 

Quebracho wood, effect on value of land, 74-5;

the quebracho industry, 244-248

 

Railways (91-112);

mileage of (table), 93;

general statistics (table), 94;

comfort and equipment, 95;

statistics (table), 96-7;

revenues of, 98;

administration and tariffs (table), 98-9;

cost of, 99;

concessions, 99;

guarantees, 99;

mileage, 100-1;

comparative mileage (table), 102;

projected lines, 103-4;

Government policy, 104;

future development, 106;

celebrated aerial railway, 107;

indispensable auxiliary of production, 108;

congestion of traffic, 109;

mileage and capacity of cars (table), 111;

warehousing by, 112

Rainfall, 73

Refrigerating industry, 238;

(table), 239

Revenue, 305-310

Rivers, 77-82

Rosario, capacity as port, 80-81;

second port of Argentine, 87-8

Rubber, 201-2

 

Santa Fé, 142-3

Seasons, 72

Sericulture, 196-7

Shipping, 110

South Africa, trade with, 225

Spain, trade with the Argentine, 219

Stock Exchange, the, see Bourse

Stock-raising, (162-173), 125;

where followed, 127;

probable decay of old large estancias, 130;

industry undergoing modification, 162;

use of lucerne in, 162;

account of model establishments, 163-167;

breeds of horses, 163;

cattle, 163;

sheep, 164, etc., seq.;

importation of pedigree animals, 168;

statistics (tables), 169, 171, 172, 173;

value of stock (tables), 172, 173

Sugar (187-192);

where grown, 187-8;

profits (table), 189;

size of harvests, 191;

bounties, 195, 236-7

 

Tanning, 244

Tariffs, 215-217

Taxes, direct and indirect, 305-308

Telegraphs, 257

Telephones, 258

Temperature, 72

Territories, national, population of, 113-4 (table);

private property in, 129

Textile industries, 244

Timber trade, 248

Tobacco, 195-196

Trade, foreign (211-234);

exports and imports (table), 213;

excess of exports (table), 214;

metallic imports (table), 218;

imports with countries of origin (table), 218;

Imports (table), 220;

exports (table), 221;

commercial balance, 232-4;

see industries (234-249);

in chilled or frozen meat (table), 239;

value of exports, 326

Trade, see Industries

Traffic, through ports (table), 83;

railways, 89-112;

shipping, 110

Tramways, horse and electric, 256;

(table), 257

 

United States, wheat, production of (table), 158;

exportation of (table), 159;

trade with the Argentine, 219, 229

Uruguay River, 79

 

Valuation of Soil (174-186), see Land Vines, 127 (192-5);

where grown, 192

 

Whaling, 248

Wheat (154-161);

statistics of, 136,137 (table);

profits of growing (tables), 148-9;

production of (tables), 154-5;

production per acre, 157;

production in U.S.A. (table), 158;

yield per acre in, 158;

exportation of (table), 159;

exportation from Argentine and India (table), 160;

in Canada, 160-1

Wine, 193;

imports of, 193;

consumption of, 193-4;

production of (table), 194;

capital, 195

LIST OF TABULAR STATISTICS