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October 2, 1004. TITE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. T 1 I r I BRAZIL IS BIG AND BUSY fGrsat Bepublio of South America an Empire of Industry. UNTOUCHED POSSIBILITIES OF COUNTRY Ovnmltiloier Aauiar Tells of the Rrioorcrt amd Capacities of Ration that Wli to Be Friendly to Inrle Sana. (Copyright, 1804, by Frank O. Carpenter). ST. LOU 1 8, Bt-pt. i (Special Correspond ence of The Be. "Xhe L tilled Btate due nut want tha truda of Urasil!" .These words were spoken by Colonel F, M. da Bouia Agulur, the Brazilian commls aloner general to the World's fair, when we war discussing trade matters this aft ernoon. We l.ad been chatting about tha resources of the two nations as ws walked together from building to building Inspect lng tha magnificent exhibits of Biazll and were now sitting in the Biazllian pavilion, constructed by Colonel Agulur at a cost ot UW.uOO, to be his offices during his stay her. "Vou people pretend to want our com merce, but you will not go half way to gel It," he went on. "You cannot have trade without adequate transportation and bank ing facilities, and us It in, you are now re lying entirely for theco things upon the British and Germans. There ure three lines of alow steamers plying between New York and Biazll, but they are all foreign and they charge you a big tax for freight and exchange. What Brazil wants is direct steamship connection with the United Btat, and she lx ready to Join your gov ernment In subsidizing a line of American steamers. We will puy half of the subsidy and you may pay the other half and take all the protlts. We have offered to do this again and again, but your congress will not consent. If thoso foreign lines can be operated without a subHldy un American line should certainly pay with one." Uncle Sum Brasll's Best Customer. "What does our trade with you amount to. Colonel Agulur?" I asked. '"It Is far greater than that of any other nation, but the bulauca is altogether on our side of the ledger. You eel, us U.OOO.OOO or fl3,0uo,000 worth of goods a year, but we sail you o0,uoo,000 worth of mora, in 101 you spent ou.ooo.tOQ upon Braslllan products, buying about four-ninths of all we sold. You are our best coffee customer and our beat rubber customer, and these two staples form our chief exports." "What do your sales of these products amount to 7" "We annually export about 140,000,000 worth of rubber and about 100,uOO,OOU worth of coffee. You buy almost i,0OO,000 worth of coffee every year, and almost all of this comes from Brazil." "But this will not continue. Colonel Agular," said I, proudly. "We now have colonies and are going to raise coffee of our own." "Your colonies could not fill the spoons with which you stir your cups, much less the pots which are now filled with Brazilian liquid; and they never will. You Ameri cans are among the great coffee drinkers of the world, and you are drinking more from year to year. Your consumption In 11K3 was thirteen pounds for every man, woman and child in the United States, or altogether more than 1,000,000,000 pounds of coffee. What have you to supply such a demand? Your only territories which, will grow coffee are Porto Kloo, Hawaii and the f hilippines. Ia each of these countries the oeffee lands are small. "Brasll is tha coffee country of the world, and It always will be so. Coffee is not a common grain. It la not like wheat or corn, which will grow almost everywhere. You must have just the right soil, the right climate and the land must slope the right way and be at the right distance above the sea. On all the earth there Is only one large tract of land which fits these condi tions, and that Is In Brazil. Take your map and follow the Isothermal lines, and you will find nothing Ilka It elsewhere. There are several Islands and one or two tracts of mainland, but otherwheres the country along the ooffee lines Is either swampy on desert." Java and Mocha from Brasll. "But how about our Java and Mocha, colonel? Wa consume vast quantities of such coffees every year?" "Yea, but where do they come from?" re plied the commissioner general. "I have just received a letter on that aubjeot from one of the chief coffee dealers of this coun try. He says that the total production of Java and Mocha coffee last year was JO, 000,000 pounds, ot which 17,600.000 pounds were Java and 1,600,000 Mocha Notwith standing this total production thero were sold In your retail groceries of the United States last year about 600,000,000 pounds of Mocha and Java coffee, or, in other words, 410,000,000 pounds more Mocha and Java than Mocha and Java produced. This cof fee was sold at high prices, bringing from 16 to 16 cents per pound. The question Is, where did the surplus Mooha and Java come from? It undoubtedly came from Brasll." "But how about that Braslllan Mocha and Java, colonel? Do you aell your coffee branded that way?" "Yes, ire have mills whloh sort the beans Into six different varieties. The beans of a certain kind and quality go Into one box and are labeled Mooha, of another kind Into another box and are labeled Moklna, of an other Into a third box labeled Java, and so on. The purchasers understand perfectly well how tha coffee la graded, and there Is :o fraud In this method of selling. The day lias long passed since the name of a coffee denoted the actual locality where It was vrown. Indeed, we ship Brnslllnn coffee to Java, and the people there drink It under tha name of Java coffee." "How much do our Java coffees, whloh era sold from 16 to 45 cents a pound, bring In Brasll?" "About 10 rente a pound, I ahould say." "Is your coffee area Increasing?" "Not at present. We are trying to re strict the production In order to keep up the rrlces. Your Coffee trust Is always cutting us down, but our farmers are now combining to reduce their output and thus to offset the trust. As to our coffee lands we shall develop more aa the world da manda more coffee." Brasll's Robber Forests. "How about your rubber produot?" I asked. "Does it show any signs of giving out?" "No. Our rubber comes from the wild trees along the Amason and Ha tributaries, embracing altogether a length of about M.0O0 miles of waterway The forests there are of vast extent, and they will last for centurlca. They are now producing about 60,000,000 pounds per year. At present we art working only near the rivers, but when this territory has bran exhausted we ahall push back Into the Interior. We are finding new rubber fields every yenr. One of the most profitable fields exploited In recent tlmea Is the Acre territory, which we have Just obtained from Bolivia. That country contains a vast supply of rub'oer." "How about the Mexican and African rubbers? Do they not compete with yours?" "No. Their rubber comes chiefly from vines and trees other than the Symphonla elastica, which grows on the Amazon. The Amazon rubber, which Is known as the Pnra rubber, is the best In the world." "Why do you not set out plantations of such trees and cultivate them?" "It takes a long time to raise a rubber forest. It would be twenty-five years be fore we would get the first crop, and at present It Is more profitable to tup the wild trees." "What are you doing in cotton raising Colonel Agular?" "Wo arc already raising r11 the cotton needed for our 20,000,000 people, and we are weaving It In our own factories. Our cot ton Is better than that raised In tho United States, and It commands 1 cen more per pound In the Manchester market Indeed, thero was a time when Brazilian raw cotton could be taken to Manchester and there exchanged, pound for pound, for low grades of cotton goods made from cheaper cotton. We are steadily increus lng our cotton plantations." ttraall a. frulce.lvt tariff Country lea me sornuihina about your couu.i factories." "They are fostered by a high protective tariff," aald the Brazilian commissioner general, "ihey are sleauiiy increasing in number, and lue business is very proutajie We now have 166 in different pans of the republic. There are forty-thre in Kiu Janeiro, thlrty-llvo in Minas Ueraes, fifteen lu liaina, eleven In Sao r'aaU and others in other states." Aa I walked with Colonel Agular through the World a fair buildings we examine the Braz.ii.-u manufactured producta. Ihey are now making goods of all kinds. Ever industry Is protected by a high tariff und new factories are assisted by the govern ment. Among the exhibits are cotton goods ot every description from heavy canvas to calicoes. There are also woolen goods, cor aeta, hats and line millinery. There ai silk goods from mills near IUo, and ail aorta of Ironware from cooking stoves safes. The products shown are of every variety and excellent quality. As we looked at them Colonel Agular said: "We have brought these goods here to show what can be made at a profit Brasll, and to induce American capitalists to Invest there. We want your big fac tortus and foundries to establish brunches and to use our cheap labor under our high tariff. We can give them an cxoluslve market, and through their Improved ma chlnery and methods they can pay big dividends. We Brazilians have watched you and your success in manufacture and trade. We have come to believe In a pro tectlve tariff and we want to Imitate yo In the building up of our Industrial einplr below the equator." Bignoss of Brasll. "But have you the natural resources for auch an empire?" I asked. "We have alrnoBt everything," replied the Braslllan commissioner general. "Do you realise the extent of our country? We hav almoat half of the land in South America about one-fifth of all the land on this hem isphere and almost one-six tloth of all the land on the globe. Russia . stands first among the world's great land holders, Great Britain next, the United States next and Brazil next. It you leave 'out Aluslta and your colonlea Brasll la bigger than the United States, and I believe It has more good land. The greater part of Russia Is made up of Icy waates and desert steppes. The Australian desert, belonging to Great Britain, la one of the largeat on the globe and Its territories in British Columbia are chiefly Ice and snow. Aa for you, you have the waste lands of the Rockies, but our soil la almost all rich. We can grow every crop and we have nearly every mineral. "How about coal and Iron?" "We have them both," aald Mr. Agular. "Beginning south of Sao Paulo and run ning through three states for more than 1,000 miles Is a coal field which Is several hundred miles wide one of the great coal fields of tho globe. It Is as large as your Appalachian coal fields. Close to that field are vast deposits of Iron, some of them mountains of the finest ore. 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If you have already used Liquozone this offer, of course, does not apply to you. But if you hare not used it if you don't know its results please send us this coupon today. Do that in Jus tice to yourself. The acceptance of this offer places you under no obligations, and It will introduce to you a product better than anything else In tho world for you. Liquozone costR BOc and $1. CUT OUT THIS COUPON for this offer mar not appear annln. Pill out th. bl.nka and mall It to th. Liquid Oion. Co.. 461-464 Wabaall At.., Chicago. Mr dtneaae la I bar. sever tried Llqunaona, but If To. will upplr m. a 60e boitl. era. 1 will take It. OlT full addroae writ, plainly. Anr phralclan or hoaplt.I not y.t valug Llouoaa will b gladly aupplled for a tut. ri. WHOLESALE. COIUf.l MA PIIONOODAril CO. 1621 FAR NAM ST. minw.e.' .r- RETAIL. We are doing but little mtning, but we will change that in time." Brasll and the Kaiser. "How about your southern states, colonel?" I asked. "It is said they are settled by Ge:innns who call their country West Deutschland, and that they would like to break away from you and be a Oer man colony under the kaiser." "It Is true that our southern states have many German clUaena," replied the Bra slllan commissioner general, "but It Is not true that such citizens want to break away from us. Indeed, in those states our most enthusiastic patriots are of German descent. They are Braslllans first and Germans second. They are like the Amer ican Germans: they love their adopted country, and they would fight for It against the fatherland rather than have it imposea upon. They retain, however, a strong love for Germany, as may be seen In their com mercial relations. The Germans at home cultivate them, and owing to this feeling there Is a great trade between Germany and southern Brasil. This trade haa beei fostered by the excellent steamship and banking facilities which Germany gives. "Give me some Idea of that part of Bra sil?" "The country there Is much like parts o the United States," said Colonel Agular, "It Is made up of rolling plains covered with grass. It in excellent for grazing, and a quarter of a million cattle are annually butchered In Rio Grande do Bui alone. That part of Brazil httti good towns, some rail. roads and many factories. Its people are thrifty." "What kind of a Ftate Is Sao Paulo?" "It Is one of th most prosperous parts of our country. It has the best coffee lands, and although comparatively small It con tains about one-eighth of our whole popu latlon. Sao Paulo has now 2,600,000 lnhabi tants, which is three times as much as It had thirty years ago. Us capital city, also named Sao Paulo, has r0,000, and ia one of the finest cities on the continent It Is great educational center, being noted for It schools of all kinds, anil for its libraries and museums. It is a rich city, Its wealth being based on the coffee trade. The state has, In round numbers, 16, "00 ooffee planta tions, with more than &),000.0O0 bearing trees. Indeed, It could supply all the cof fee consumed by the world. Suo Paulo also raises sugar and cotton." II Iff American Investments. 'How about your street car systems? understand you have many electric roads, and it would seem that they might furnish Investments for American capital." "Americans are already investing In them," replied Colonel Agular. "One of the most profitable car companlea of South America is that which operates the Sao Paulo trumway. It has a capital of lli,- 000,000, on which It pays S per cent divt dends, notwithstanding the capitalization probably contains considerable water. This company Is known as the Sao Paulo Light and Power company. It gets Its electricity from the Peruahyba river, about twenty miles from the city, where It has one of the largest electric planta of our oontlnent. It lights Sao Paulo. Tha same company has recently planned to take over the street railroads of Bio Janeiro, and to run them with a power furnished by water- falls 100 miles fro mltlo Janeiro. The falls are so strong that It Is believed that they will light the city and drive all the cars. Rio Janeiro haa now (00,000 people, and the street car traftio Is enormous." "At what figure will they capitalise their new company ' "It is already capitalised. The stock mounta to $45,000,000, and they expect to pay dividends upon that They will have every street car line In Rio de Janeiro ex cept the Botanical garden line, and they will probably be able to sell power to that line. The Botanical garden line was one of the first built on this hemisphere. It wss constructed by an American named Green ough, who made a fortune out of It and then aold it out to the Braslllans. Amer icans have also built the street car lines of Manaoa, 1,000 miles up the Amason, but they have sold them. Indeed. 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