The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-11
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statement Of tho financial condition Of Brazil
In 1895 Tho whole revenue Of The empire was
but little over three millions OF dollars In
1866 Il was over tmrty-one and half mil
lions-an increase which denotes that there
exists In Brazil the elements of great ma
tionality. providing they are properly devel-
oped. Tho greatest increase in the exports
and imports took place when steamships COM
mencsd running to the Brazilian ports. The
facilities which these offered to learn the wants
of the people and supply them gave a great
impulse to production and the consumption of
foreign goods in exchange for exports. Steam
lines also FURNISHED rapii and safe transit for
exchanges and lettsrs-something absolutely
necessary TO the unrolling Of international
trade.
The value Of merchandise which has been
imported into Br Gil direct from foreign coun-
ries has doubled sincs 1886. To-day the
value OF their imports reaches nearly forty
three millions Of dollars.
In the products Of Brazil there is very
marked increase during me last twenty years
Tie coffee prod 10! has besn trsbled, until, in
1866, 1t reached nearly thlrty-one millions OF
dollars. Cotton raising also shows well, and
from one and . hilf millions Of dollars ip
1916 tbs product OF 1866 shows nearly twenty
three millionA This branch OF industry re-
c-ived great impetus during our civil war
From the figures ", quote it is evident that
Brasil, IS well - India, did not fail TO profit
BY our dissensionA These figures prove
also that there b some chance for
tho South American countries to COM
pete with " in the cotton growing business.
Not only Is this the case in Brazil, but Southern
B0livi,, the northern half Of the Argentine
republic, the provinces Of Corrientes and
Entire Rios, AMI Paraguay, all In La Plata
valley. possess cotton lands which are scarcely
surpassed BY our own. This cotton product Of
Brazil should teach us that we gan never hope
to hold such monopoly of it's culture ~ we
held in 1860. Cotton In the United States can
no longer claim arlstooratic privileges or boast
that it is king. II IL q curious fsstur,, how
ever, that though the cotton product has been
incro ased so much in twenty years, there has
been but little effort made to foster home manu-
factures. While they produce twenty-.hree
million dollars worth Of cotton, they import
fifean million dollars worth Of cotton goods.
THIS Is mostly from England. 1t shows that
Brazil is paying tribute TO En- lish commerce
and English manufacturer. Of which thsre il no
necessity; for within the Brazilian territory
there are m snutacturing elem ,nts sufficient to
supply the wants Of the empire.
Great Britain ranks rs the first in the list Of
consumers Of Brazilian products, and the
United States, France and the Argentine re-
public follow in line. The great secret Of The
English trade is the steamship policy, which,
within Ave years from the date Of its establish
ment, added . fabulous increase TO British
Brazilian commerce. France, pursuing the
same broad scheme, is tapping tho South
American trade with great rapidly, AMI il the
United States pursue their present retrograde
commercial system We may hops to stand not
second in the Brazilian trade, but fourth or
fifth.
One feature of the statistics we have pub
lished shows what competition there is
among foreign nations for the trade of
South America. OF thu com n,rolal houses
which pay taxes about three-sevenths are
foreign. We're we to go to the great commercial
emporium of La Plata valley, Buenos Ayres,
we would find much greater proportion OF
foreign houses than this OF these but very
few are American. They mostly range be-
tween the English, French, Portuguese, Ger
man and Italian competitors for trade. Owing
to our difficulty Of commune alton with those
countries we have almost lost sight of the i'm
mense and rapidly growing advantage, which
they off,r for our commercial development.
Brazil by q reliable estimate, has ten mil
lions Of people. The taxes thus far ars very
light, averaging two dollars and min ct sen cents
for each individual. These. however. must be
greatly increased this year as well as in the
future, on account OF the immense war debt
Brazl Is rolling up in her efforts TO extend her
territory towards the magnificent La Plata
valley. This war must damage Brazil i'm
mensely. Had shs created an equal debt for
the purposes OF internal development, and
waited five or ten years for the results. abe
might have dictated terms to the whole of
Eastern South America; as 1t is now, she Is
wasting every energy in . struggle out Of
which she neither rcaps glory In coveted terri
torial aggrandiz ,ment nor in military action
We recognize, however. that she is simply play
ing her part Of the great game against repub-
licanism which was inaugurated in Europe in
1901. She only finds that Paraguay is
worse field to retire from than was Mexico
to Napoleon, New Granada to England Ia the
contest for the Panama Railroad, or the west
coast OF South America to Spain. Brasil has
. glorious future before her IL she will
but govern herself wisely. Let her retire
from her Paraguay war and confne herself to
her internal progress II she will but do this
she may, before the year 1900, show wonder
fhl Increase in her exports and imports, far in
excess OF that which she has shown since