42 SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
observer counted over 600 vessels in the har 
bor of Buenos Aires flying the American flag 
or more than double the number of all the 
other nations combined. To-day but few are 
to be seen in the vast shipping of this busy 
port. 
The Argentine Republic stands ninth 
among the world’s nations in the length of her 
railways, having about 22,000 miles of track. 
Many lines are in process of construction or 
contemplated, the public and the government 
both realizing that a complete network of rail 
ways leading to the ports accelerate the mov 
ing of crops and cattle and are absolutely es 
sential to its prosperity. Buenos Aires quite 
naturally is the principal terminal of most 
roads, while Santa Fe, Rosario, Bahia Blanca 
and La Plata are rapidly coming to the front 
as shipping centers and are providing appro 
priate facilities for handling trade. It has 
been said that every railway in the country 
is extending its lines more and more into the 
interior, and railway journeys to Brazil, Para 
guay and Bolivia as well as Chile are now