The Argentine in the Twentieth Century

The financial situation——Continual increase of national expenditure——Great and rapid progress since 1891—— Insufficiency of the means adopted to moderate this increase—— The Bud...

BANKS——International character of Argentine banking——Evolution of banking machinery——List of the principal banks, with amount of capital and business done——Conditions peculiar t...

The drawbacks of large properties——The necessity of a better subdivision of the public lands——The division into lots of large tracts of land, in order to encourage colonisation—...

THE INVENTORY OF MOVABLE PROPERTY OR SECURITIES——The capital represented by movable properties, stocks, bonds, shares, etc., is the only kind of capital which lends itself to st...

The important part played by the foreign trade of the Argentine—— Table of imports and exports during recent years——Explanation of their respective movements——Favourable conditi...

List of railway companies, with the length of their roadways and their returns——The difficulty of obtaining exact figures——The tariffs of the railway companies——Form of concessi...

ARBORICULTURE——On account of the diversity of the climate, all fruit-trees can be grown in the Argentine——The various fruits cultivated in different regions——Amelioration of the...

Climate of various districts. The prevailing winds. Nature of the soil; its fertility; adaptation to the culture of cereals and the raising of live-stock——Transformation of virg...

The financial crisis——Consolidated loans——The Romero arrangement—— Loan for the rescission of guarantees——The internal public debt——The total of the Argentine public debt, and i...

The financial situation——Continual increase of national expenditure——Great and rapid progress since 1891——Insufficiency of the means adopted to moderate this increase——The Budge...

The industry of the Argentine Republic is more or less independent upon its agriculture and stock-raising, which contribute the raw materials for the manufacture of various alim...

Difficulties in estimating this value——Principal factors of valuation——Examples taken from lucerne fields and the forests of quebracho——Despite adverse circumstances, and with a...

Approximate area of the soil devoted to cattle and sheep; general estimate of the numbers of cattle and sheep——Results of the census of 1908——The capital represented by Argentin...

The persistence of the double currency——The history of paper money—— The origins of the premium on gold, and its almost continual increase——The year 1890 and the depreciation of...

The Argentine Republic, as we have already on various occasions explained, has not yet entered upon the industrial phase. All its capital and all its energies tend toward the ex...

Immigration is a vital problem for the Argentine——Table of the population per Province and per Territory. Its sparsity——The Exceptional situation of the Argentine as the objecti...

The world’s wheat-harvest——Comparison between the statistics of consumption——The conditions of production in Russia and in the Argentine——Comparison with the United States, Indi...

The principles on which the establishment of this institution is based——The necessity of a rapid redemption of fiduciary money—— The imperfect success of this programme——New iss...

The important part played by the foreign trade of the Argentine—— Table of imports and exports during recent years——Explanation of their respective movements——Favourable conditi...

The drawbacks of large properties——The necessity of a better subdivision of the public lands——The division into lots of large tracts of land, in order to encourage colonisation—...

Climate of various districts. The prevailing winds. Nature of the soil; its fertility; adaptation to the culture of cereals and the raising of live-stock——Transformation of virg...