INDEX
Reading edition
Agricultural instructors, 225, 260
Agricultural Show, 89
Agriculture, Argentine, Development of, 241
Agriculture, Cultivable area, 217, 237
Agriculture (Exports), 215, 242, 245
Alcorta, Dr. Figueroa, 2, 3, 64, 65, 66, 67, 208
Alfalfa and wheat, Alternation of, 224, 225, 254, 255
Alfalfares, 158
Alta Gracia, 149
Americanisms, 44
Anarchists, recalcitrant, 198
Anchorena (family), 187
Andalgalá, 164
Andes tunnel, 124
Arab-Semitic blood, 41
Araújo, 299
Argentines and Uruguayans contrasted, 42, 45, 59, 60
Aristocracy, Argentine, 4
Armageddon, 227
Arrowroot, 236
Artígas (general), 30, 31, 38, 71, 152, 301
Artígas (Department), 63
Asistencia Publica, 14, 54
August, 1914, 94, 95
Avellaneda, 141
Avenida de Mayo, 14
Azul, 142
Bahia Blanca, 140
Balfour, Jabez, 169, 170
Ballot, 36
Banda Oriental, 30, 31, 60
Bank Holiday, 19, 94, 95
Banks, 18, 112, 137
Banks of Issue, 103
Baring, 31
Batlle y Ordoñez, Señor, 33, 70
“Bear” (a famous), 118, 119
Belgians, 27
Belgrano (General), 168
Belle Ville, 149
Bella Vista, 155
Bermejo (River), 168, 205, 206
Boleadora, 15, 170
Bolza (Buenos Aires), 117, 118
Bolza de Cereales (Buenos Aires), 116
Bomberos, 14
Borax, 168
Brazil, 35
Bread and meat, 222
Bridges, The late Mr., 199
Britain, 259
British railway management, 53
British trade methods, 106, 107
Buenos Aires (Province of), 63, 139-44
Buenos Aires (Province), Chief products of, 142
Buenos Aires (City), 82, 83, 90, 92
Cafayate, 174
Caja de Conversión, 19, 98, 99
“Camp,” 11, 60
Campo, Dr. L. del, 67
Campo Santo, 174
Canelones (Department), 63, 214
Capital, 11
Capital, Federal, 63
Carbó, Dr., 18
Carmen de Patagones, 190, 193
Carnot, 74
Carré, Ferdinand, 251
Castilian language, 43, 44
Catamarca (Province of), 63, 163, 164, 165
Catamarca (Province), Chief products of, 163
Catamarca, City of, 164
Cedulas, Argentine National, 114, 115, 119, 120
Cedulas, Provincial, 119
Census (Commercial and industrial of city of Buenos Aires), 137
Centenary, Argentine, 67
Cereal cultivation, Chief areas of, 223, 224
Cereals (export), 246
Cerro Largo (Department), 63
Cervantes, 43
Chaco, The (Territory), 63, 214
Chacrero, 27
Chaves, Nunflo de, 250
Chicory, 236
Children, 57
Chile, 35
Chilled meat, 251
Chiripá, 14
Chivilcoy, 142
Choele Choel, 190
Chubut (Territory), 63, 193, 194, 195, 196
Chubut (Territory), Chief products of, 196
Cinnamon, 236
Club Uruguayo, 79
Coffee, 173, 218, 236
Colastiné, 145
Cold storage, 254, 265
Cold storage companies, 222, 269, 272
Colon Theatre, 85
Colonia (Department), 63, 214
Colonist-s, 7, 10, 27, 228, 265
Colonist, The case for, 229
Colonization, 10, 27, 97
Commissary, Police, 68, 73
Common sense, 5, 7, 50, 59
Comodoro Rivadavia, 193, 194
Comparative movement, in Ports, 125
Concessions, 51, 52
Concórdia, 152, 153
Congress-es, 62
Conquistadores, 43, 46
Constitution-s, 62, 65, 72, 75, 174
Conventillo, 91
Conversion Fund, 99
Conversion Law, 76, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103
Copper, 164, 166, 179, 184, 192, 214
Córdoba, Province of, 63, 145
Córdoba (Province), Chief products of, 146
Córdoba, City of, 146, 147, 148
Corn Exchange (Buenos Aires), 116
Corrientes, Province of, 63, 153
Corrientes (Province), Chief products of, 153, 155
Corrientes, City of, 154, 155
Cost of living, Comparative, 84, 85
Cotton, 2, 8, 16, 181, 219
Coya Indians, 172, 173
Credit, Commercial, 111
Credit, Customary trade, 112
Credit, National, 76
Credito Argentino, 120
Crisis of 1890, 31
Cuenca Vidal, 189
Curanderas, 159
Curanderos, 159
Curuzú Cuatia, 155
Daireaux, Godofredo, 1, 299, 302
Defensa Agricola, 239, 240
Departments, 63
Deputies, Chamber of, 63, 67
Development of River Plate territories, 1
Dique San Roque, 149
Doctrinairism, 27, 69, 70
Doinnel, Hipolito, 268
Dollar, Uruguayan, 43
Drabble, Mr. Alfred, 269
Drama, Native, 86, 300
Drought, 225, 259
Dulce, River, 158, 163
Durazno (Department), 63, 212
Earthquakes, 176
Elections, Corrupt, 36, 68
Emigrants, 12
Empedrado, 155
Entre Rios, Province of, 63, 150
Entre Rios (Province), Chief products of, 150, 151
Espinoza, Juan de Galazary, 250
Estancia-s, 52, 53
Estanciero-s, 48, 76
Exports, 128, 130, 135, 136
Exports, Cereal, 135, 242, 245
Exports, Live stock and products of, 135, 266, 267
Farming, 52
Fashion, 92
Ferry boats, Train carrying, 151
Fisheries, 199
Flores (Department), 63
Florida (Department), 163, 214
Formosa (Territory), 63, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210
Fortune-tellers, 55
Frozen meat, 251
Frozen and chilled meat (exports), 275
Futures, Grain, 116
Galician language, 44
Gallegos Port, 197
Garay, Juan de, 249
“Gatos,” 117
Gaucho-s, 2, 13, 47, 48, 158, 159, 170, 171, 172, 173
German trade methods, 104
Gibson, Mr. Herbert, 171, 229, 250, 262, 264
Goes, Brothers, 16, 250
Gold, 157, 179, 187, 200, 214
Gold speculation, 103
Golondrinas, 109
Government, 4, 5, 62, 64, 74, 75, 76, 77
Government, Provincial, 64, 65, 77
Government, Municipal, 77
Granite, 203
Grapes, 177, 180, 181
Groussac, Mr. Paul, 43
Guanaco, 173
Guaraní, 43
Guayra Falls, 202
Guido y Spano, 299
Halbach, Mr., 261
Harvesters, 8
Harvests, 26
Harvests, Recent, 245, 246
Havre, 251
Hernandez, José, 299
High Court, Argentine Federal, 2, 3, 63
“History of Belgrano,” 249
Hops, 236
Horse breeding, 253
Hospitals, 53
Hot springs, 174, 188
Hotels, 90
Huerta, President, 38
Humahuaca, 168
Hurlingham, 89
Hustling, 105
Hypothecary Bank, Argentine National, 114, 115
Iberá, Lake, 156
Ibicuy, 151
Iguazú Falls, 151, 182, 201, 202
Ilex Paraguayensis, 220
Immigrants, 228
Immigration, 42, 126
Immigration (Comparative returns), 126
“Imperio in Imperium,” Railway, 216
Imports, 129, 130, 131, 132
Independence, Declaration of, 29, 47, 162, 168
Indian-s, 15, 41, 46
Intendente Municipal, 62, 64
Intensive farming, 6, 255
Intermarriage, 41
Interpreter, 108
Interventor, 66
Iron, 214
Irrigation, 137, 149, 150, 158, 160, 162, 163, 166, 167, 175, 177, 180, 186, 188, 189, 190, 227
Italianate population, 42
Ituzaingó, 155
Jesuits, 160, 185, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 221
Jeunesse dorée, 58
Jockey Club, Argentine, 5, 88
Juarez Celman, 31
Jujuy, Province of, 63, 167, 168, 169
Jujuy (Province), Chief products of, 168
Jujuy, City of, 168
La Frigorifique, 268
La Paraguay, 268
La Plata, City of, 139, 140
La Rioja, Province of, 63, 165, 166, 167
La Rioja (Province), Chief products of, 165
La Rioja, Province of, 165, 167
La Rioja, City of, 166
Labour, 7, 11
Lago Pellegrini, 189
Land, 5, 7, 51
Lands, Fiscal, 7
Language, 42, 43, 44
Latent landlords (Latifundíos), 9
Latifundíos, 207
Latzina, Dr. Francisco, 17, 236, 237
Lavalle, General, 168
Laws, 72
Leach family, 167, 169
Lead, 179, 214
Lertora, Mr., 54
Liebig factories, 153
Linseed (export), 242
Live Stock, Chief areas of, 255
Live Stock Disease, Comparative absence of, 258
Live Stock Disease, Precautions against, 258, 259
Live Stock Products (exports), 266, 267
Live Stock on Hoof, Prohibited importation into Great Britain, 258, 259
Live Stock (statistics), 256, 257, 262, 263, 264, 265
Loans, National, 114, 115, 119, 120
Loans, Provincial, 65
Locusts, 238, 239, 240
Los Andes (Territory), 63, 214
“Los Remedios” Estancia, 261
Lotteries, National, 88
Lugones, Leopoldo, 299, 302
Maize (export), 242
Maldonado (Department), 63, 214
“Mañana,” 20, 49, 225
Marble, 166, 179
Mar Chiquita, 149
Marcos Juarez (town), 149
Mar-del-Plata, 5, 88, 123, 141
Mármol, José, 299
“Martin Fierro,” 299
Martinez de Hoz, Señor, 253
Mate, 56, 220, 221
Mate Yerba, 202, 203
Mauduit, Señor Fernando, 277, 278, 298
Mayflower, The, 44, 194
Meat, Early export of, 268
Meat trade (exports), 270, 271, 272, 273
Meat trade, Recent, 269, 272
Mendoza, Pedro de, 249, 250
Mendoza, Province of, 63, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178
Mendoza (Province), Chief products of, 175
Mendoza, City of, 176, 177
Mercedes (Corrientes), 155
Metan, 174
Metric measurements, 106, 107
Mihanovich (boats), 201, 202
Mihanovich, Nicolas, 81
Miller, Mr. John, 261
Milling industry, 116, 145, 213
Minas (Department), 63
Minerals, 157, 163, 164, 166, 187, 192, 214
Misiones (Territory), 63, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205
Misiones (Territory), Chief products of, 203, 204
Mitre, General, 31, 123, 249, 299
Mitre, The late Señor Emilio, 122
Mitre Law, The, 122, 123
Monetary system, Argentine, 101
Monetary system, Uruguayan, 33, 104
Monetary values, Equivalent, 100
Money Markets, 93
Monroe Doctrine, 105
Montevideo (City), 32, 45, 53, 79, 80
Montevideo (Department), 63
Moorish civilization, 41, 58
Mora, Lola, 301
Morals, 90, 91
Moratorium, 20
Mulhall, The late Mr. E. T., 191
Mulhall, The late Mr. Michael, 191
Nahuel Huapí, Lake, 187, 191, 194
National Territories, 62, 63
Negro blood, 40, 41, 46
Negro race, 15
Neuquen (Territory), 63, 185, 186, 187, 188
Neuquen (Territory), Chief products of, 187
Newton, Mr. Richard, 261
Nueve de Julio, 142
Old Colonial days, 29
Oligarchies, Provincial, 2, 64, 65, 66, 67
Olivera, Señor, 261
Once cereal market, 116
Onyx, “Brazilian,” 157
Oratory, 300
Palermo, 5, 87, 88
Palermo Agricultural Show, 253, 263, 264
Palermo race-course, 5
Pampa, A tale of the, 1, 44
Pampa Central (Territory), 62, 63, 182
Pampa Central, Chief products of, 183, 184
Paraguay, 35
Paraguay, River, 205, 206
Paraná, City of, 151, 152
Paraná Congress, 268
Paraná, River, 123, 143, 144, 145, 150, 151, 154, 155
Paraná, River, Upper, 202
Patriarchs, 1, 2, 48, 51
Payadores, 13, 299
Paysandú (Department), 63, 212
Peaches, 177, 180
Penna, Dr., 54
Peon, 12, 47, 48
Pergamino, 142
Petroleum, 193, 194
Philology, 43
Pig farming, 253, 254
Pilcolmayo, River, 205, 206
Pillado, Señor Ricardo, 17, 101, 241
Plaza, Dr. Victorino de la, 18, 34, 39
Pocitos, 79
Politics, Argentine (foreign or commercial), 3
Politics, Argentine internal, 3, 4, 75
Ponchos, 14, 173
Population, 8, 15, 96, 97, 254
Population, Problem of, 226, 227, 228
Ports, 125
Posadas, 201
Poultry farming, 253, 254
Protective economic measures (War), 94, 95
Provinces, 62, 63
Public works, 137
Puente del Inca, 177
Puerto Deseado, 197
Quack doctors, 55, 159
Quebracho, 2, 144, 154, 158, 206, 277
Quevedo, 268
Quichúa, 43
Quintana, Dr. Manuel, 66
Railway enterprise, 215, 216, 217
Railway “Imperium in Imperio,” 122
Railways, 215, 216
Railways, Foreign, 6
Railways, Foreign capital invested in, 122
Railways (total lengths of lines), 122
Railways (gauges in use), 122
Railways, The Buenos Aires Western, 122, 184
Railways, The Central Argentine, 52, 122, 149
Railways, The Buenos Aires Great Southern, 122, 124, 140, 184, 186, 191
Railways, The Buenos Aires Pacific, 122, 124, 140, 177, 184, 190, 193
Railways, The Central Córdoba, 124
Railways, The Entre Rios, 124
Railways, The Province of Santa Fé, 123, 124
Railways, The Province of Buenos Aires, 124
Railways, The N. E. Argentine, 201, 205
Railways, The Central Uruguay of Montevideo, 122
Railways, Argentine National, 124, 163, 167
Railways, An U.S. Syndicate, 124
Railways, travelling comforts, 123
Ramirez, 79
Rawson (town), 194
“Reds,” 32, 60, 69, 76
Rebenque, 170
Recoleta, 89
Regulations, 72
Retail traders, Nationalities of, 138
Revenue, Surplus, 136, 137
“Revolución de Arriba,” 67
Rice, 218, 219
Rio Colorado, 143, 183, 187, 189
Rio Cuarto (town), 149
Rio Grande do Sul, State of, 35, 213
Rio Negro (Argentina), 183, 187, 189, 190
Rio Negro (Uruguay), 213
Rio Negro (Territory), 63, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193
Rio Negro (Territory), Chief products of, 191, 192
Rio Negro (Department), 63
River Plate Spanish (language), 42, 43, 44
Rivera (Department), 63
Rocha (Department), 63, 214
Rosario (de la Frontera), 174
Rosario (de Santa Fé), 145
Rozas, Juan Manuel de, 30, 31, 38, 152, 261, 301
Rural banks, 28
Rural Society (Argentine), 251, 262
Saenz Peña, Dr., 34, 36, 64, 67, 68, 76
Saladillo, River, 158
Salta, Province of, 63, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174
Salta, City of, 174
Salto (Department), 63
San Antonio, Bay, 190, 191
San Blas, 191, 192
San Ignacio, 202, 203
San Jorge (gulf), 193
San José (Department), 63, 214
San Juan, Province of, 63, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182
San Juan (Province), Former finances of, 178, 179
San Juan, City of, 182
San Luis, Province of, 63, 156
San Luis (Province), Chief products of, 157, 158
San Martin, General, 156
San Martin, Zorrilla de, 299
San Matias (gulf), 190
San Rafael, 175
Sandhills, Shifting, 248
Santa Cruz (Territory), 63, 195, 196, 197
Santa Cruz (Territory), Chief products of, 197
Santa Fé, Province of, 63, 144
Santa Fé (Province), Chief products of, 144
Santa Fé, City of, 144, 145
Santa Marina, Señor, 81
Santa Rosa de Toay, 184
Santiago del Estero, Province of, 63, 158, 159, 160
Santiago del Estero (Province), Chief products of, 158
Sarmiento, President, 31, 152
Securities, 28
Securities (investment), 116
Senate, Senators, 63, 65, 67
Servants, 56
Settlers, 9, 185
Sierra de la Ventana, 143
Silesian Brothers, 199
Silver, 164, 166, 179, 214
Single-tax, 28
Smuggling, overland, 209
Socialism, 28, 70
Society, Argentine, 4
Soil, The nature of, 246, 247, 248
Spain, 29, 30
Spanish blood, 40, 46
Spanish-speaking commercial travellers, 107
Speculative shares, 113, 118
Squadron of Security, 14
Soler Theatre, 79
“Soriano” (Department), 63, 212, 214
“Standard,” The Buenos Aires, 191
Statistics, Foreign trade, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133
Statistics, Uruguayan, Deficiencies of, 132
Stock Exchange, Buenos Aires, 113, 114
Storekeeper, 8
Sugar, 16, 160, 161, 162, 167, 218
Sugar-beet, 236
Sulphur, 179
“Sun of May,” 168
“Swallows” (Golondrinas), 9
Sweet Sorghum, 236
Swiss colony, 27
Tandíl, 82, 143, 144
Tarquin (bull), 261
Tea, 236
Tellier, Charles, 251, 269
Terrasson, Eugenio, 251
Theatre, 58
“The Land we Live on,” 229
Tierra del Fuego, 63, 194, 195, 197, 198, 199, 200
Tigre River, 87, 89, 143
Timber, 16, 187, 202, 209, 277, 298
Tin, 164, 166
Tobacco, 16, 181, 218, 219, 220
Tornquist, Mr. C. A., 19, 21-26
Tosca, 247, 248
Tramways, Buenos Aires, 84
Tramways, Montevideo, 71, 85
Transandine Railway, 175, 177
Traps for the unwary, 9
Treinta y Tres (Department), 63
Tres Arroyos, 142
Tronador (mountain), 187
Tucuarembo (Department), 63, 212
Tucumán, Province of, 63, 160, 161, 162, 163
Tucumán (Province), Chief products of, 160
United States, 44, 105
United States, trade methods, 105, 106
Urquíza, General, 151, 152
Uruguay, 212, 213, 214
Uruguay, River, 123, 155, 156
Ushuaia, 199
Vanilla, 236
Varela, Juan Cruz, 299
Viceroys, Viceregal, 29
Victoria Island, 187
Vicuna, 173
Viedma, 192
Viera, Dr., 18
Villa Constitución, 145
Villanueva, Señor Benito, 143
Voting, Obligatory, 36
Walle, Paul, 159, 197
War, The, 18, 28
Welsh colony, 27, 194, 195
Wheat (chief areas of production), 223, 224
Wheat (export), 135, 242, 246
Wheat and lucerne, Alternation of, 254, 255
White, Mr., 261
“Whites,” 32, 60, 69, 76
Windmills, Water-drawing, 142, 225, 260
Wine, 157, 165, 174, 175, 177, 180
Wit, Native, 13
Wolfram, 157
Women, 55, 57
Wool exports, 136, 260, 267
Yankee, 48, 106
Zárate, 151, 254
Zeballos, Dr., 263
Zinc, 179
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