Order is restored in the Uruguayan countryside…

Order is restored in the Uruguayan countryside under Latorre's administration.

His government vigorously represses delinquency and unemployment (those without jobs are considered "vagrants") to protect farmers and ranchers.

Fencing of the countryside stimulates modernization of the system.

Barbed wired is such an indispensable element for livestock improvement and for the establishment of accurate property boundaries that an 1875 law exempts imports of barbed wire from customs duties.

This measure is accompanied by the approval of the Rural Code (1875), drawn up with the participation of the Rural Association.

The code ensures land and livestock ownership and thus social order.