Libertad o Muerte! Pt. XXI - 1851
On the first meeting between king and cabinet in 1851, on January the sixth Prime Minister San Martín explained the state of the nation to the king. Due to the lowered taxes national income became dangerously low and future programs to improve the national economy would drag Platinea into debt. As this wouldn't be a longterm options the secretary of economy proposed to reduce the military and naval spending and use the saved money to further invest into industrialisation efforts. Over time, so the plan, these investments would return a profit due to higher tax income. General Gutierrez, Chief of the Army, and Admiral Brown, Chief of the Navy, supported this concept as there wasn't any danger on the horizon. On the whole continent there wasn't an army or a naval force that was able to threaten the Platinean Kingdom.
With this initial actions agreed on Juan Bautista Alberdi brought forward an ambitious plan to populate and industrialize Platinea by maximum efforts within the next ten years. Alberdi set up the goal to increase Platineas population from 4,628,000 to 5,500,000, to reduce Brazil's population advantage, and to increase Platineas industrial capacities from 69 to 100 till the end of the year 1860, to strengthen Platineas position as the industrial powerhouse in southern america. If those two goals could be fullfilled the wealth per capita would be increased to nearly 2,0 enabling Platinea to compete with the USA for immigrants. Furthermore it was planned to connect vast parts of the country by railroad within this timespan. The last goal was to boost platinean science and research to slowly catch up with the european powers. This agenda was discussed a long time and many doubted that the goals could be accomplished especially as it reached far beyond the actual governmental term.
Finally the cabinet agreed on Alberdi's agenda who gained the king's support to increase Platinea's population and industrial capacities with maximum effort.
In January Bernardo Eunom Philippi who had been hired by Alberdi's bureau of immigration brought 12,000 german settlers to Platinea who settled in the wild Patagonia Occidental territory.
In March Esteban Echevarria finally published his political novel "El Matadero" ("The Slaughterhouse") which found huge readership among platineans of all classes and soon was translated in many other languages and became known in europe a short time after.
Professor Sergio Panucci, a disciple of Hegel, who was teaching at UBA came up with a whole new thesis about Hegel's philosophy and reinvented Hegelian Idealism. The "Platinean school" or Panuccian Idealism went in a complete different direction as its european counterparts and made the independence and freedom of the individual to its fundament.
In July some lucky settlers found coal deposits in El Turbio province. Soon the first prospectors and businessmen where at the site founding towns and establishing coal mines.
In April the governments investments in to the industrial sector show first success as construction of a huge winery began in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Construction would take 24 months but it was hoped that this was only the first step of a massive industrialisation programm.
In October a programm was commisioned supporting interested people in the city of Montevideo to start their own businessess.
In November many Buenos Airean farmers took well paid jobs at the glass factory.
On the first meeting between king and cabinet in 1851, on January the sixth Prime Minister San Martín explained the state of the nation to the king. Due to the lowered taxes national income became dangerously low and future programs to improve the national economy would drag Platinea into debt. As this wouldn't be a longterm options the secretary of economy proposed to reduce the military and naval spending and use the saved money to further invest into industrialisation efforts. Over time, so the plan, these investments would return a profit due to higher tax income. General Gutierrez, Chief of the Army, and Admiral Brown, Chief of the Navy, supported this concept as there wasn't any danger on the horizon. On the whole continent there wasn't an army or a naval force that was able to threaten the Platinean Kingdom.
With this initial actions agreed on Juan Bautista Alberdi brought forward an ambitious plan to populate and industrialize Platinea by maximum efforts within the next ten years. Alberdi set up the goal to increase Platineas population from 4,628,000 to 5,500,000, to reduce Brazil's population advantage, and to increase Platineas industrial capacities from 69 to 100 till the end of the year 1860, to strengthen Platineas position as the industrial powerhouse in southern america. If those two goals could be fullfilled the wealth per capita would be increased to nearly 2,0 enabling Platinea to compete with the USA for immigrants. Furthermore it was planned to connect vast parts of the country by railroad within this timespan. The last goal was to boost platinean science and research to slowly catch up with the european powers. This agenda was discussed a long time and many doubted that the goals could be accomplished especially as it reached far beyond the actual governmental term.
Finally the cabinet agreed on Alberdi's agenda who gained the king's support to increase Platinea's population and industrial capacities with maximum effort.
In January Bernardo Eunom Philippi who had been hired by Alberdi's bureau of immigration brought 12,000 german settlers to Platinea who settled in the wild Patagonia Occidental territory.
In March Esteban Echevarria finally published his political novel "El Matadero" ("The Slaughterhouse") which found huge readership among platineans of all classes and soon was translated in many other languages and became known in europe a short time after.
Professor Sergio Panucci, a disciple of Hegel, who was teaching at UBA came up with a whole new thesis about Hegel's philosophy and reinvented Hegelian Idealism. The "Platinean school" or Panuccian Idealism went in a complete different direction as its european counterparts and made the independence and freedom of the individual to its fundament.
In July some lucky settlers found coal deposits in El Turbio province. Soon the first prospectors and businessmen where at the site founding towns and establishing coal mines.
In April the governments investments in to the industrial sector show first success as construction of a huge winery began in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Construction would take 24 months but it was hoped that this was only the first step of a massive industrialisation programm.
In October a programm was commisioned supporting interested people in the city of Montevideo to start their own businessess.
In November many Buenos Airean farmers took well paid jobs at the glass factory.
