Fraser John Foster. The Amazing Argentine: A New Land of Enterprise
CHAPTER I. THE INVADERS
CHAPTER II. SOME ASPECTS OF BUENOS AIRES
CHAPTER III. ROUND AND ABOUT THE CAPITAL
CHAPTER IV. RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC
CHAPTER V. SETTLEMENT ON THE LAND
CHAPTER VI. ARGENTINA'S PART IN FEEDING THE WORLD
CHAPTER VII. THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER VIII. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER IX "CABBAGES AND KINGS"
CHAPTER X. LIVE STOCK IN THE REPUBLIC
CHAPTER XI. THE STORY OF THE RAILWAYS
CHAPTER XII. ROSARIO
CHAPTER XIII. CORDOBA AND ITS ATTRACTIONS
CHAPTER XIV. BAHIA BLANCA AND THE COUNTRY BEYOND
CHAPTER XV. THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER XVI. MENDOZA
CHAPTER XVII. A TRIP INTO THE ANDES
CHAPTER XVIII. THE CAMP
CHAPTER XIX. A MIXED GRILL
CHAPTER XX. TUCUMAN AND THE SUGAR INDUSTRY
CHAPTER XXI. THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE OF THE REPUBLIC
CHAPTER XXII. THE NORTH-EAST COUNTRY
CHAPTER XXIII. PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS
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The Argentines call their city of Buenos Aires the Paris of the southern hemisphere. It has a population nearing a million and a half, which is greater than that of any other town below the line of the Equator. The people promise that in time it will overtake London.
You insult an Argentine if you mix him up with Chilians, Brazilians, and other South Americans. He does not thank you for being reminded his father sailed from Italy, or his grandfather from Spain. He has no affection for any old land from which his sires came. The beginning of the world for Argentina was in May, 1810, when the Republic was set up.
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The Argentines are town proud. You are not in Buenos Aires a couple of days before you are bombarded with the inquiry, "Don't you think this is a beautiful city?" It is not that; but it is an interesting city.
In the oldest quarters the streets are narrow, after the Spanish style. So narrow are they that, with electric cars jingling along them, vehicles are allowed to journey only one way. To reach a shop by carriage it is sometimes necessary to drive along three and a half sides of a block of buildings. Funny little policemen, brown faced, blue clad, and with white gaiters and white wands, direct the traffic. In the Florida – the Bond Street of "B.A." – all wheeled traffic is prohibited between the hours of four and seven in the afternoon, so that shoppers may have an easier way.
