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Show in mm NEEDShS. SHIPS Buenos Aires Said to Be Overrated as City of Opportunity. Hi'.ciios- Aires, as the uitv of opiiurumity, has been somewluiL o'ei'-ad"e'tizecI, ac-(.orditiif ac-(.orditiif to I'vobf'it I.ovo. of (.lie Ar-gentiiiH Ar-gentiiiH brniu-h of tho National City bank of Now York. JM r. Love, who is in Salt Lake on a vacation t rip to the Pacific i.-oasi, said that A mericans soiiifr to Argentina Ar-gentina to sell or buy something; and having- strong financial liackin- and a knowledge knowl-edge of what the;- are going for will do well, but that persons, such as clerks and general laborers, who think Buenos Aires opens a land for fortune to them will be sadly mistaken. Clerical help and labor in banks and industries are" not paid as well as in the 1'niled- States, he said: Living Liv-ing cos-ts are also higher ihere than in the Lnited Slates. Since tlie war the city has not gruwn, but the. population in fact has slightly decreased, he said. The great need uf youth America now, and especially Argentina, is for American shipping, as' the tiode is fast going to Kurnpe. Mr. -Love said, owing to lack of ". S. bottoms. He said the t". S. shipping- board has pro in i sod ships. Sunie-t Sunie-t lines a month and a half elapses without with-out mail reaching Lh:ciios Aires from the I'nited .States, according to Mr. Love. Americans must learn Spanish to succeed suc-ceed in . Buenos Aires, as Spanish and French are chiefly snok-vii. Several large American companies have established branches in Argentina, and exportation of meal, and gva n lo tite I'nited States is increasing, lie said. The National Citv Rank of New York and tho Kirs? Na tional Bank of Boston ha vo established branches f here. and Lh-se institutions have ereatly aided in the development of t hereon n try, "Air. Love said. The bank clearlir-s are large. Amer-icHii Amer-icHii irrigation methods are b'-ing used in developing A 1 gnt tna's vast la nd areas. Tito Mendo-.a region, he said, is similar to tlie 1 'a.ifor'.iia urape field district, ami much v. me is pi od U'-clI. |