Selling Latin America

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Identifikator:: 101030657X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-41609

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Aughinbaugh, William E.

Title:: Selling Latin America

Place of publication:: Boston

Publisher:: Small, Maynard & Company Publishers

Year of publication:: 1915

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 408 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: III. Argentine

Collection:: Economics Books

ARGENTINE 39 From the days of the early Spaniards stock- raising has flourished and will always be one of the chief industries of the land. Not only the Government but individuals as well real ize this and co-operate with each other for the purpose of producing the best strains of all breeds of cattle. There are many “refrigerificos” or cold- storage plants and abattoirs throughout the land and for years Europe received practi cally all of Argentine’s animal products, her exports in this line alone being approxi mately $350,000,000 in 1914. Due to the fact that these establishments were oper ated by British capital, England naturally took most of this meat. The larger American packing-houses have now entered the trade with the double purpose of supplying both their European and American customers from this field and direct refrigerator ships now run from the River Plate to New York City with cargoes of Argentine beef and mutton. The last census showed 30,000,000 beef cattle; 9,000,000 horses; 500,000 mules; 300,000

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