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route to the great European market centers, 

 Bordeaux, Havre, Liverpool, and Hamburg. 

 Much wheat is also sold to Brazil through the 

 ports of Bahia and Pernambuco. 



Absence of navigable streams extending into 

 the interior, however, necessitates extensive rail- 



FIG. 98. Docks and elevators, Buenos Aires. Export facilities are excellent. 



way systems. While improvement along this line 

 has been rapid, much of the country still feels the 

 need of railroad development. Along such rail- 

 roads as exist, shipping facilities are poor, ware- 

 houses are few, and as a result much wheat await- 

 ing shipment is stored in piles along the tracks. 

 The government is now attempting to remedy this 



