REPORTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

In November, 1903, the organization commission was appointed by the
President as follows:  Senor Francisco Sequi, president; Senor Ricardo
Pillado, secretary; Senor Luis Suberbuhler; Senor Antonio Lanusse; Senor
Francisco de Souza Martinez; Senor Manuel G. Llamazares.

Dr. Jose V. Fernandez, commissioner-general; Senor Eduardo Schiaffino, commissioner of fine arts; Senor Horacio Anasagasti, commissioner of liberal arts and mines; Senor Guillermo A. Puente, commissioner of manufacture and electricity; Dr. Damian Lan, commissioner of live stock; Senor Ernesto Nelson, commissioner of education; Senor Enrique M. Nelson, commissioner of agriculture and forestry; Senor Jose de Olivares, commissioner of press and propaganda; Miss Ernestina A. Lopez, Ph.D., delegate of the National Board of Education; Mrs. Sara C. de Eccleston, delegate to the Women’s Congress; Dr. B. del Castillo, delegate of the Argentine Press Association; Dr. Luis A. Sauze, honorary commissioner; Dr. Vicente Casares, jr., honorary attache; Senor Ricardo Fernandez Guerrico, honorary attache; Senor Jorge Newbery, delegate of the municipality of Buenos Aires to the Congress of Electricity.

In the extent and importance of its participation the Argentine Republic ranked among the greatest foreign exhibitors at the International Exposition of 1904.  The total amount of money expended, including the national appropriation by Congress, the contributions of the various ministries of the Government and of the art, industrial, and scientific institutions of the country, represented more than $300,000 gold.  The total space covered by the Argentine exhibit sections, independent of the site occupied by the national pavilion, was about 20,000 square feet.

The Argentine commission constructed an elegant pavilion at the northern extremity of the grounds in the renaissance style, which was a copy, although reduced in dimensions, of the two higher stories of the central part of the “Casa Rosador,” or “Pink Palace,” the principal Government building in Buenos Aires.  In the pavilion was installed the offices of the Commission, a reception and a reading room.  On the second floor was exhibited an excellent archaeological collection.

Numerous photographs distributed on the walls, in albums, and in stereoscopic apparatus almost equaled a visit to the principal cities of the country.  The principal exhibits of the Argentine Republic were found in the palaces of Agriculture, Mines, Liberal Arts, Manufactures, Fine Arts, Education, and Electricity.  The art facades constructed about each of the exhibit spaces in the greater palaces of the exposition were universally admired.

The Argentine Republic, being a country essentially agricultural, its section in the Agriculture Building revealed the productiveness of the country and its vast agricultural resources.  Wool was displayed in numerous samples.  That obtained from the Merino and Lincoln sheep was noticeable.  The first species was of a short and exceedingly fine thread; the other, longer, coarser, and adapted for the manufacture of “cheviot.”