New-York tribune., 1877-11-24
4 STEAMSHIP LINE TO BRAZIL.
ORGANIZING a COMPANY IL PHILADFLPHIA-BusI-
MSS FoR ia light ANLRiCAN TRADE Al
TETSENr.

ORGANIZING A COMPANY N PHILADFLPHIA-BUsl-
MISS FoR IA light AMERICAN TRADE Al
PRESENT.
lrRoM AN OCCASION Al CORRESPONDENT or TIE TRIBuNhI
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19.-An unpublished
statement of tic iraGe Of tie United States VITA
Brazil. for thc fiscal year ending June 80 ls'"
from the department at Washington. shows that
We have imported from that country rl3,4"9o4l
worth Of merchandise consisting Of $50 oOo0Oo
worth of coffee, ~ 100000 Of hides, FZ,OoJ'OOO Of
rubber ana > 600 900 sugar, atd some smaller Items
MOI necessary 20 mention Meanwhile We have sent out
10 that country partly iu foreign vessels only S49'IS
worth of our own products our largest eHs honf ~
which We sent nearly $1,000 900 worth The rest con
sists of railroad supplies, machinery Illuminating oils
lard and about 10000 worth Of cotton gooas Eng
land on ths,other hand, gets about TlOooOCJO' ana
paws n cash only - oo0O0p.
Tie balance against the Unted st'tcs IS So
9o- 1913 This remarkable showing Of EHslsn l'"'e
s one Of tie very strongest arguments for direct
tr,ee with Brazil II is all themore surprising
tnat We should thus allow European nations to
nal,opoiize this trade 60 exclusion They
have some thirty regular steamers per month thal lrade
in Brazilian waters England sends out one on an aver
age every fcur days while we have none Dn' salnS
vessels PuaIelphaus are alive 10 their Interests lH
this direction and company Is forming 10 p"'
Oh one steamer per month az least between nero
and the Amazon. They will Of course seelrc
the contract OF delivering the materia. Tor tie
Nad,,ra and MamoIc Railroad. some 10000 tons,
and this wI be made seppng-s,une toward establish
ing future trade. tapPoaTs that tic contracts for ths
road were secured this country 10y ta9 influence OF sue
Brazilian Government FOR tie original company are
mostly English capitalists Tho desire o these people
f~ l- commercial T. lations is unralstakble and the
matter Of trade with United states Is hsing stirred
up in Brazil i.t as t is here They have strong de
size TO adop OR model, and styles ia machinery, depot
ears aid implements. well as some OF our business
methods.
l. has been vel understood that packet privileges
would be granted by the B-l1lian Government 70 This
line of steamers These privileges are: First The im-
mediate DISCHARGE ana loading either week days or
holidays independent OF waiting FOR their turn Second
the permission 20 keep board their stores unseaed
Third the substitution Of the manifest Of intermediate
ports by st u the cargo received in said ports or by
cert fcatcs rom the fsca agents of Brazilian ports oi
destined for tac River Plate. The steam
ar. may leave Brazilian ports at aBy hour % the day or
night Ii the p0lce rcaa ions OF tie port be observed
- ~ The r.eeefi We comu,fiics nepg responsible
for the hacs which the masters uay incur it-S h-tI~
may land ON the day Of arrival 10 O'Clock IN the
evening. Tie same subsidy o. sl1l,ocO tha. nc Ne"-
il thought ~ the Brazilian Government eXpenfs an
nuaiy 10000 Ia This direction ana thcy nave Mh'e-
Those no nave had experience III TINS TRACE say H'
vessels of about $500 tons, with good compound e-
zines and barning small amount Oi coal are WLa is
required. They should have accommodations Tor my
pt-scn gers and make the voyage between Phadelphd
and Rio IN eighteen days. Articles sent oui mnai be oi
the lrsi quality ~ tine people are careful thor deaf
u-s with the business 0f the United states IheY
have learned from sad experience that We can
make the worst as well the best articles, ana
thev are not disposed 10 change 10 new sources
Of supply uness they benefit themselves materially
thereby. A. meeting heid ~ TINS eity recently IN me
Interests 0f the trade Captain Lima, o the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company, gave the stare
OF the pur-er cf Brit ,h steamer in which he SAID
that the receipts FOR the VOYAGE were tlroOO the eK-
penses 4ll,OdO. There were present. al his meeting
several reuI ruen who had had experience in the trade.
among them Charles j. liarrl who had made forum"
Brazil and WHO VIII take au active pant IN the new
cUmu4uy now forming. i committee Is at work enlist.
iug capital aud some important results may be looked
FOR within fcw days
our postal relations with Braz l. through English chan
nets are very uH-dtlrihrJoA ana hect niOiLlrs iht
btiHc f",tdi Lit-t. went lnlo tH'tl on July, "l
present ana does Dot appear that duy change
from former conditions 1as been elected by o. The pro-
vision for closed mails II not carried ont Reciprocal
p1vlaECs extended 90 Our mail matter reach
ing Brazil and much OF thlfdCius matter thrown
by British ute. IL not strictly ore, ad THIS, win
TIE ne transit, has worked 10 our dfadylIagc. As
Secretary Lvart- ana Pu>tmasrrGcneldl Key nave
pressed tleInse fayOrug the steamship no 10 is
hoped that Con -resr VIII, IN some way. aid it
Inc production nf coffee m lfaH n on tie increase nud
10y careful cultivation the quality has been improved 80
tEat nearly One-af OF s sold IN the markets O Europe
and America under the Of Java Ceylou. and Mocha
pounds per aunuu, and worth about SlpOO0UOOO. A.
take about 0nethrd Of mis- amount, We become i'm
pOrtau factors u this trade, ana, 10 o. very t.Eudcaut
t't, that when we had tariff on this att-
Gle II was sold IN RIO az low ~ niur cents per
pound but now, without tariff We are obliged
10 pay elemeeu cents per pound. IL = said that
these prices are secured 10y The mtuulaOns OF IN cN
tcusl1e ring OF spectators ln RIO. who control the mar
kei 90 reap the benefit # trade TINS
article. san PtIlu, a rich interior province OF w..ch
Santos - the port ou the coast about 200 miles south OF
RIO r. fast becoming rival OF the latter place. Tnc
coffee ana cotton is carried exclusively. There are
seven cotton mills ia Tue prOyuc.. aud would 10
br the best one, on many accounts, foi tho eISraut