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without scruple or principle bent on the spoliation of the 

 riches of her fertile plains by these Buccaneers of Com- 

 merce. Their methods are relics of barbarism, with abso- 

 lutely no basis or shred of equity : the producer is entire- 

 ly in their hands, quantity, quality, and market price, it 

 is all the same he is tricked and fleeced in one way and 

 every way. 



Woe to him if he has borrowed money against his 

 produce, even though he pays a modest 30 per cent, in- 

 terest, then indeed his lot is a hopeless one. 



Wake up Argentina, let the voice of your great 

 Press ring out the challenge to this Hydra-headed mons- 

 ter that is within your gates. Is it not enough that it is 

 absolutely the same grip of millions exploiting the labour 

 and riches of your soil, which shackels the serfs of South- 

 ern Russia and the Congo nigger. The economic prosti- 

 tution of these countries, having in sequence, atrocities 

 and bloodshed is to the standing disgrace of civilisation. 



It is Argentina's duty to arrest the outrage on her 

 resources that is daily being perpetrated, and this with- 

 out delay, or the unwritten page of history may have in 

 store for her no mean penalty for such a grave default. 



A trust in precious stones is not difficult to counten- 

 ance, but a trust in Cereals is a malignant tfancer, it 

 strikes at the heart of the general fare the producer suf- 

 fers at one end and the consumer at the other. 



In the present case the rich harvest of profits reap- 

 ed in the exploitation of the Country's products does not 

 find even a home here, but for the most part is disbursed 

 in Europe. Even this solace is not forthcoming. 



Argentina does not hesitate to vote the necessary mo- 

 ney to maintain the efficiency of her Navy and her Army,, 

 nor scruple to grant ten millions of dollars to combat 

 the Locusts ; it is therefore beyond question that when it 

 is fully realised that money is required to build ware- 

 houses to defend her increasing Crops, it will be forth- 

 coming if not from private enterprise, then the National 

 and Provincial Governments must come to the rescue. 



It is more than essential it is imperative. 



Brazil sets Argentina a brilliant example by her re- 

 source and adoption effectively of the necessary mea- 

 sures instituted for the protection and proper administra- 

 tion of her great Coffee Crops, not only by supporting' 

 the inauguration of the Option markets at Santos and 

 San Paulo to defend her planters against threatened mo- 

 nopoly by a few wealthy exporters ; but by the f ormation? 

 of a big- Storage Co., under Government guarantee, and 

 the passing of a Warrant Law to work in co-operation 

 and to facilitate the carrying of stocks so that shipments 



