Chapter I: Front Matter

THE AMAZING ARGENTINE

JOHN FOSTER FRASER

THE AMAZING ARGENTINE

THE AMAZING
ARGENTINE

A NEW LAND OF ENTERPRISE

BY
JOHN FOSTER FRASER

WITH FORTY-EIGHT PLATES
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

NEW YORK
FUNK AND WAGNALLS COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

1. THE INVADERS 1

2. SOME ASPECTS OF BUENOS AIRES 21

3. ROUND AND ABOUT THE CAPITAL 31

4. RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC 43

5. SETTLEMENT ON THE LAND 52

6. ARGENTINA'S PART IN FEEDING THE WORLD 63

7. THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT 72

8. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUNTRY 89

9. "CABBAGES AND KINGS" 101

10. LIVE STOCK IN THE REPUBLIC 116

11. THE STORY OF THE RAILWAYS 134

12. ROSARIO 154

13. CORDOBA AND ITS ATTRACTIONS 158

14. BAHIA BLANCA AND THE COUNTRY BEYOND 176

15. THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE 186

16. MENDOZA 199

17. A TRIP INTO THE ANDES 212

18. THE CAMP 223

19. A MIXED GRILL 235

20. TUCUMAN AND THE SUGAR INDUSTRY 248

21. THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE OF THE REPUBLIC 257

22. THE NORTH-EAST COUNTRY 265

23. PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS 270

INDEX 281

LIST OF PLATES

The Mayo Avenue, Buenos Aires _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Plaza Del Congreso, Buenos Aires 20

The Plaza Hotel, Buenos Aires 22

The Tigre, Buenos Aires Rowing Club 26

Lola Mora Fountain, Buenos Aires 32

La Recoleta 36

The Government Building, La Plata 38

The Southern Station at La Plata 40

In the Great Square at La Plata 40

Statue presented to Argentina by the French Community on
the occasion of the Centenary of Independence 42

Central Argentine Railway Company's Grain Elevators at
Buenos Aires 46

Latest Type of Passenger Locomotive 50

Latest Type of Dining Car 50

View of Grazing Lands 54

A Drinking Place on an _Estancia_ 54

Branding Calves on an _Estancia_ 60

A Group of Gauchos 64

The Chamber of Deputies 74

The Kindergarten at Mendoza 78

Ox-Carts in the Argentine 90

A Typical Argentine Public Park 100

A Regatta near Buenos Aires 110

A Fine Argentine Bridge 114

Breaking-in Horses in the Argentine 120

Interior of Dining Car, Central Argentine Railway 134

The Statue of Christ on the Argentina-Chili Frontier 148

Plaza Constitution Station at Buenos Aires 150

The Rosario Express, Central Argentine Railway 156

On the Way to Market in Cordoba 162

The Ninth Green at Alta Gracia 166

In the Courtyard of the Monastery at Alta Gracia 166

The Hotel at Alta Gracia 170

A Typical House in Cordoba Province 174

A Street in Bahia Blanca 176

The Elevators at Ingeniero White 180

Plaza Riverdavia, Bahia Blanca 182

A Bahia Blanca Bank 184

The Town Hall at Bahia Blanca 184

Conveying Alfalfa to a Railway Station 194

The Entrance to the Park at Mendoza 200

The Promenade in Mendoza Park 202

The Grape Harvest in the Suburbs of Mendoza 204

In a Mendoza Bodega 208

"Chico" in Charge 212

A Corner of the English Club at Mendoza 212

The Hotel at Inca 218

The Inca Bridge in the Andes 220

General View of an _Estancia_ 224

A Gaucho and his Family 226

La Rambla, Mar Del Plata 234

The Esplanade, Mar Del Plata 238

A Historic Building: "Casa Independencia," at Tucuman 250

The Statue of San Martin at Tucuman 256

The Longest Girder Bridge in the Republic, near Santa Fé 266

THE AMAZING ARGENTINE