▁best ▁interests ▁of ▁the ▁nation , ▁and ▁the ▁na ut ical ▁and ▁drawing ▁ones ▁to ▁provide ▁the ▁youth ▁with ▁pr estig ious ▁and ▁luc r ative ▁care ers . ▁The ▁schools ▁were ▁situated ▁next ▁to ▁the ▁Cons ulate ▁so ▁that ▁Bel gr ano ▁could ▁easily ▁super v ise ▁their ▁development . ▁The ▁schools ▁were ▁in ▁place ▁for ▁three ▁years ▁before ▁they ▁were ▁closed ▁by ▁a ▁r uling ▁of ▁Manuel ▁God oy , ▁from ▁the ▁Spanish ▁mon archy , ▁who ▁considered ▁them ▁an ▁unnecessary ▁lux ury ▁for ▁a ▁col ony . ▁It ▁was ▁felt ▁that ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁might ▁not ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁maintain ▁them . ▁ ▁Bel gr ano ▁tried ▁to ▁promote ▁the ▁divers ification ▁of ▁agricult ure ▁via ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁lin en ▁and ▁h emp , ▁following ▁experiences ▁with ▁his ▁friend ▁Martín ▁de ▁Alt ol agu ir re . ▁He ▁proposed ▁to ▁keep ▁res erves ▁of ▁whe at ▁to ▁help ▁have ▁control ▁over ▁its ▁price . ▁He ▁also ▁tried ▁to ▁make ▁le ather ▁recogn ised ▁as ▁a ▁product ▁of ▁the ▁country , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁promote ▁its ▁commercial ▁potential . ▁None ▁of ▁these ▁propos als ▁were ▁accepted . ▁He ▁designed ▁a ▁system ▁to ▁give ▁pri zes ▁to ▁achiev ements ▁that ▁would ▁boost ▁the ▁local ▁economy , ▁divers ify ▁the ▁agricult ure , ▁or ▁def or est ▁the ▁p amp as . ▁The ▁system ▁did ▁not ▁work ▁as ▁expected , ▁and ▁as ▁nobody ▁met ▁the ▁requirements ▁no ▁such ▁prize ▁was ▁ever ▁given . ▁ ▁He ▁helped ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁first ▁newspaper ▁of ▁the