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Show e L, tj Vast Pampa Source of , b. Welfare in Argentina ean::; Argentina, richest of South Amer- ts s:3 jcan countries, draws its wealth coa' from the pampa a rockless. tree-less tree-less sea of grass, 2.SfO(l miles long g and 900 miles wide, grazed by mil- yij lions of head of stock. Fecund, 'ialf- wild herds of horses and cattle, seed ! of the conquistadores' mounts and L'CT milk cows, have been scientifically w bred up to the stable and the abattoir. abat-toir. s Calmer herds, tamer men. Almost '.r'v, gone is the gaucho. cowboy-son of U tXi SpaDish settler and Indian squaw. ifjj Apotheosis of the type was Dictator jjy (Vj Juan Manuel Rosas, who a century r the aSO routed the Indians, united his . countrymen, and ruled in a palace, " with a court jester. On the pampas jllltUfl on'y the pampero (cold wind, rain or hail storms) and locust plagues Deprtsi remain fiercely primitive, thjt rJ Buenos Aires, with its 2,000,000, mopS 's Par's. Chicago and pampa in one. wriu Quite effete now, it no longer flaunts in its Boca section adver- tisements of cheap, expeditious mur- der by expert assassins. For safety " and comfort, wheeled traffic is me , barred from the city's shopping discount dis-count trict between 4 and 8 p. m. World's ne gs Work, s. L5- .u . |