Great Exhibit From Argentine
Southern Country Will Have a Fine Display
at the Pan-American
Lt. Atwell Is Here
He Will Attend to Intalling the Exhibit in the Agriculture
Building
Is An Interesting Gentleman
Short Talk About the Scope of the Display - Argentine's Navy is Large in Proportion
to Her Population.
Buffalo Evening News March 4, 1901
Lieut. Juan S. Atwell of Washington, D.C., the Pan-American commissioner from the Argentine Republic, arrived in Buffalo yesterday to make arrangements for the exhibit from the thrifty Commonwealth under the Southern Cross.
As a special favor to Argentine, the authorities of the Exposition have granted permission to her to make a collective exhibit in the Agricultural building.
Senor Atwell will remain here several days to arrange for the construction of the Argentine booth and the installation therein of the exhibit from that republic.
Lieut. Atwell is an interesting man. French Irishmen are not uncommon and in Pennsylvania there is a big settlement of Irish Germans, but a Spanish Englishmen is a genuine novelty in this part of the world. Lieut. Atwell's father and mother were both natives of England, but their son was born in Argentina and his environments have left an indelible impress upon him. Strange as it may seem he speaks Spanish with the greatest fluency, but his English, while absolutely correct, is a trifle cautious and hesitating.
Lieut. Atwell's sentiments are admirable. The Sunday NEWS man, in a spirit of curiosity, asked him whether he was going to England to attend King Edward's coronation.
"I don't know that I care that much about England or English affairs," he replied." I am a citizen and an officer of Argentina. A man who loves two countries loves no country."
In speaking of the exhibit of Argentina at the Pan-American, Lieut. Atwell said: "The sum of $30,000 has been appropriated by our Congress. The exhibits will be chiefly agricultural products - wheat, corn (he called it 'maize'), oats, barley, rye. Then there will be flours, medical plants, hides of horses, cows, sheep and wild animals, wool from improved breeds of sheep, a fine display of hard woods, and photographs and charts illustrating the development of the country. Then there will be a display of silver, copper, zinc, lead, iron and other metals and a number of minerals.
"The exhibit will occupy 4500 square feet of space in the Agricultural building."
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