Show Uruguay Outstanding Because of Ran Ranching hing Exp Exports to United United- St States tes Gained I 70 Per Cent in 15 Years Editors Editor's Dutcher Rodney Note Washington corre correspondent for The Telegram and NEA Service accompanied accompanied tIle the Hoover party through South America I in this interesting article of his series he describes Uruguay By 8 RODNEY DUTCHER Copyright 1929 EA Service Inc W If you cant can't distinguIsh dis- dis between Uruguay and Paraguay Paraguay Par Par- aguay and arent aren't cure ure that there isn't only ono one of them remember that every time tile the Olympic games gantes ar held Its It's Uruguay who runs away with the worlds world's soccer championship cham- cham Last year yea she licked Argentina in inthe intile tile the finals after previously defeating 12 or 15 other nations all larger than herself Uruguay Is tile the smallest smallest small small- est republic in South AmerIca but butone butone one of tho most progressIve and prosperous A f fv few v glimpses of her healthy strapping younger younge generation genera genera- tion le led your correspondent to suspect suspect sus- sus that she will be holdin holding the soccer championship a long time hence J RESEMBLES ARGENTINE Ur Uruguay guay r resembles a Ar Argentine entine but it always ought to tobe tobo bo be l that in mearly instances in- in stances the Latin American n countries coun coun- coun tries are aro and variedly dif dif- Lerent ferent Uruguay Le ono one country which has no no sectionS section She has no mountain ranges langes to tD bar civilization civi- civi from her hel far reaches and nd her iler railroads d excellent water routes have enabled her to keep the wheels of going throughout through through- out the country Put the outstanding fact about Uruguay is 18 that except in Monte Monte- vied eo she is one vast ranch For every acre devoted to agriculture she lisa has eleven on whIch graze catlie cattie cat cat- tie lie and sheep Virtually 90 00 pet pcr cent of her exports are animal prod products Uruguayan arc each around a year She imports moru goods than Peru which has lIOS four fou times her tion Ble Blessed ed by a a of war demand and good prices for her products she has increased cx- cx ports to tIle the UnIted States per perCent percent Cent in 15 years and her imports front from us have j d d' 00 t r Site She bus bays gasoline sugar automobiles automo- automo biles coat coal potato fuel oil lummi- lummi ber bel Industrial machInery anti and cotton cot cot- ton tomi fabrics INVESTMENTS INCREASE North American in in inthe intile tile the country have increased to 75 75 placed in packIng plants factories es or 0 assembly plants public pub pub- lie lic utilities and national and ancl municipal municipal muni- muni cipal bonds Tins h British i cst cat ment in the country is nearly times ours Uruguay o offers fers an excellent example ex- ex ample of what foreign capItal has done to develop Latin Public improvements imbUe utilities util- util railroads packing and meat freezing banking manufacturing and trade have fo the most part been financed from abroad Thus Uruguay h s enabled to capt- capt on her natural resources favorable fa- fa marlet conditions and the enterprising nature ot of her people Her last big loan was one of 30 e il it tle United States in 1926 and designed for fo public improvements im- im several elec- elec plants and water eater systems British Brit Brit- ishi ish Interests own tile the railroads DEMAND GOOD ROADS An creasing sing number of automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles has created demand deman for oad an and po mv this his republic in size a little larger than New England has 2300 miles of national highways including or ma- ma Thero Thelo are arc about automobiles in Uruguay now but American companies can count on onan onan an ma ma et Since 1924 time the United States has led all nations exporting to Mon Mon- In tile tho years rears 1 15 we sent only 5 per cent of Mont Montevideo's vi eos importS now its it's 30 per cent Britain Brit Brit- ain ahm has dropped from 24 to 16 per percent cent ent and G has regained her prewar share of 12 We lead on foodstuffs raw materials mate mate- rh rials s leather goods hardware nio- nio tor to cars and amI construction materials Great Britain I France and Italy each lead us on textiles Germany BrIt BrIt- rUn ain and Italy all supply Uruguay with more alore drugs amId amI Germany has more of the musical Instrument trade LAND NOT CULTIVATED A large area of the tho land now now used for fol pasturage is tillable as only 5 per pcr cent of Hie land is now cultivated Industries and amid milling are arc llIght but Uruguay y i I just begInnIng beginning be- be gInnIng to produce rc necessities such sucha a cl clOth th for Tor herself Uruguay has marked progress progress ress politically as well eJI as economically econom- econom Her people le are arc nearly all allwhite white her immigration has c cOins ine largely Sp In and Italy HaIr and she sho is amply capable of self govern govern- ment For Fo years ears her two political parties fought bloOdy feuds over nothing whatever but 3 are now peaceful Colorados and Blancos- Blancos reds and whites whites-th y call them them- selves Manhood suffrage for lor literates has been in effect for fo years and freedom freedom free free- dom of speech appears to be per per- as in few other countrIes or of Latin LaUn Revolutions were appallingly frequent but there hasn't been one for fo 20 years ears or more Early last year ear Uruguay passed a double nationality law which permits per per- mits immigrants to be cItIzens both bothof ot of Uruguay and the land whence they tiley came Tile The law Is in accord accord- anco with tile the fascist theol and tile the principle has been made an issue issue is- is sue more than once elsewhere in Latin |