The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-28
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH
BRAZIL,

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Adyices from Washington announce that
the House Committee on Postotltces Is en-
gagged In the consideration OF bill. intro
duced by Representative Robertson. which
proposes to establish line OF mail steamers
between New Orleans and certain South
American ports In a recent editorial we un-
dertook to show tho Importance Of this meas
,lre by statement Of the value OF exports
from the port of Rio JaneirO alone during the
year ending June 80, 1879, wherein 1t was
made to appear that out Of total OF $3e. 03a,-
709 for exports to the United States the one
item of coffee alone amounted to $40, OGf 1859.
being equal to fully thra-fourths Of the entire
expectation to all foreign ports, the United
States included. In 1878. II Is very important
that we should acquire the control OF the
commerce OF Brazil. English capital is largely
Invested there; IL Is q rich field with q great
future. and the government ought To be will
nR to spend money to opcn 1t to or enter
prslng people. Ev"m II tho lmm"'iat" re-
ulltts Islaould not bo 5aiiaI,ctoty Ina p"culilary
nrn,sa WV should l.rs"v"te and nrnk" the
country from which reonyr such large
inpnrtntiolE the market for tho pro
ducts Of the labor and skill Of our people.
At present this commerce Is SO distributed
among the commercial nations of the world.
that only the most persistent efforts and
beat conditoned system Of business can So
cure FOR us any considerable amount OF sue
cess Tho Germans and French. as we'll ae
the English. have invested largo amounts of
capital In this trade and have established
substantial commercial houses To watch over
and push their respective interests. England.
alone has an estimated permanent Invest
ment OF $125oO0ooO In Brazil, and Ger
many and France have probably as much
more. Those countries also have something
over ono hundred iinc steamers engaged In
tho Brazilian trade against tho single line
now In operation between New York and Rio
Janeiro, which In consequence OF the oontem-
plated withdrawal Of tho subsidy heretofore
granted by the Brazilian government seems
likely to be discontinued Mt An early date. The
good results arising from easy and safe COM
munieation within definite and short time
arc already apparent. Numbers Of business
mon hawr gone out To Brazil on each vessel
or the line, either to establish mercantile
houses. to Introduce the novelties of our
WORKSHOPS, VI IA teslUtiut bueIlCoASVc WIN
the wants and modes Of business OF the coun-
try 1t ls estimated that goods shipped from
New York by the Roach steamships can be
delivered ut the port OF Rio Janoiro within
twenty-four days, whereas under former CIR
cnmstanccs a sailing ship might make worry
good voyage and land it, cargo 10 forty days:
but during several months OF tho year there
would be an equally strong probability that
the voyage would occupy from fifty to eighty
lays From New Orleans to Rio Janeiro tho
voyage may be set down ordinarily at twenty
days, although first class vessels such as
those running from New York, could make
the trip In eighteen days, II not In less.
Many business enterprisef, II Is said. which
must depend largely for their success
upon facility of intercourse with the United
Statos have been commenced In Brazil by
our eountrymen, and many others have been
projected, but are held In allegiance awaiting
the course OF events TO decide whether they
shall hc urged forward or dropped. While
the failure OF the steamship line already Id
operation and the abandonment of those pro-
jeeted might not lessen the imports from
Brazil to this country, 1t would undoubtedly
b very prrjudicial to the growth Of our ex-
ports u Brazil, which just now would seem
to be the most important feature Of our ef-
| forts In South America At present 1t Is a re-
markable fact that while the United States
take 50 large proportion Of the coffee OF
! Brazil the great bulk OF the trade OF that
country is controlled BY the European ma
tions previously mentioned. We furnish
the money which the people Of Bra
I'll use In purchasing their SUP
piles from Europe, and some Of
our products are actually sent from the
United States to England, sold there. and
then reshipped to the ports of Brazil in the
steamships Of Great Britain, where they are
used Ia the market at great advance upon
the original prices. With the establishment,
on a permanent basis, OF a steamship line
between New Orleans and Rio Janeiro and
other South American ports We should at
once develop remunerauve market for cot
ton and wooden goods, stone. EARTH COAL iron
and steel, flour. grain, machinery, petroleum.
etc., an export trade that In 1867 amounted
to $42 ss5, 1886, from ell quarters, the bulk Of