Observations on the Present State of the Affairs of the River PlateBaines, Thomas
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Observations on the Present State of the Affairs of the River Plate
Baines, Thomas
Argentina; Argentina -- Foreign relations -- Uruguay; International relations; Uruguay; Uruguay -- Foreign relations -- Argentina
Monte Video. Buenos Ayres.
National 16 0
Brazilian 54 17
American 48 31
Chilian 1 1
British 115 47
French 52 20
Spanish 44 17
Sardinian 76 14
Portuguese 4 2
Hamburgh 14 8
Danish 17 12
Austrian 6 0
Swedish 9 8
Belgian 3 1
Bremen 3 3
Prussian 6 0
Russian 1 1
Hanoverian 1 1
Lubeck 2 0
Norwegian 3 2
Tuscan 1 1
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475 186
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Great as this trade is, there is no reason why its future increase
should not be as rapid as its past. There are at present several
millions of cattle roving over the boundless pastures watered by the
Uruguay, the Rio Negro, the St. Lucia, and the two hundred arroyos or
rivulets which flow into them, and with a few years of peace, this
number would be doubled, or if it was found more profitable, flocks of
sheep might be introduced instead. The repeal of the duty on foreign
wool, by the Act of 1844, gives additional encouragement to the raising
of this kind of stock, and the reduction in the duty on foreign
provisions made by the tariff of 1842, would, if this country was at
peace, throw a considerable portion of the provision trade created by
that reduction of duty, and at present monopolized by the United States,
into Monte Video. Enormous quantities of meat are now wasted, which it
might be worth while to prepare for this market, in a way suited for the
English taste.
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