Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 42, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 March 1933 — Paraguay [ARTICLE]

Paraguay

Paraguay is one of the two inland countries of South America, having an area of about 97,700 square miles. Excellent grazing land is aboundant and pastoral industries have advanced greatly in recent years. The chief exports are hides, yerba mate (Paraguay tea) oranges, tobacco, timber, meat, cattle and tannin extract. The chief imports are textiles, provisions, hardware and fancy goods. There are less than 300 miles of railways. Principal cities are Asuncion, the capital and chief river port; Villa Rica, the center of tobacco growing; Villa Concepcion, a trading center of the Paraguay river.