The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-20
ANXIOUS FOR TRADE.
Eoufh American Markets Eager
For Our Products.
My ENGLAND HAS CONTROL
0ruaf stores Opened by Her N~rfhan"
IN south American citiss-stesn'-
ship Lsses Needed.

~ A&Hf&8TgS 1stss Apsb So
partment Of state has just published re-
port from Consul Docke-y. OF brszl.
which conveys the first detailed reports Oh
the change in government OF that Ffeai
Houfh American country. u ~ an in.sf-
eafine document. and while the facts IN the
change 81 government bad been published
nnofIicsalIy, the report contains
anna comments which are all OF
fnportance. - they bear directly On tue
trade relations between this country ard
that new republic. They are valuable a.
l,efne the ufserance OF one not only upon
the scene and in position TO understand
the xftratfon. but OF one who IL part OF
fIne administration In that he Is supposed
q - n sympathy with IL and with the
chief Of The particular department. In which
be serves.
The consul paints bright picture OF the
s,e.eibslities for trade. He believes 1t 10 pos
nibie 10 build Up commerce that WIZ DC
hfwhfv reraunerative 10 those Interested
Immediately, and viii result IN giving
standing 70 the American flag upon the
oeax. thet can come in no other way so
epeediIy. The report Is enthusiastic. After
eflsreinr on the natural resources OF
Brasil. Consni Dockery advises The present
- the time for action. lie says:
NOw seems 70 be . favorable sime for Amer.
can enterprise The government has initiated
car example in the establishment OF republican
lpstifntions: the people are With us, and cssifs
more intimate commercial relations with our
country. They are wonderfully pleased with
the character, style and Tin the mssnl WIN
the prices OF samples Of American produces snb
miiied for their inspection. The decided tn-
it, d eeadtfv adynafteff.
Rspecially Il this the case with hardware oil
ever kind, machinery. farming implements
6fc-arms and the coafscr and more popular
styles OF cotton goods la ell classes OF dfy
eoods <specIsiiy reads. made clothing. hnts,b boots
ana shoes prinfs and the finer qualities OF textile
1kbr4ca. Brazil and the other South American
states ere almost entirely dependent upon I'M
nostsfioua from other Nations. and the advfn.
fseos and pro1s of this immense supply are
now the imporsant Issue
This IL no time or place for sample exnios-
fIons The BRAZILIAN people do not purchase ~
sample They only buy when they can see the
article and they want Ii delivered ~ once.
They are not willing to await months the tardy
arrival Of steam ships or 10 risk stsie OF goods
unlike the sample. Let large stores. with dit
lercnt lines Of goods. be opened in Rio dc ia
neffu and other places In Brazil and throughout
South America under the control OF competent.
scliabje and experienced statesmen. who under
stand the language OF the country and who rec
oenize the tastes and the wishes OF the people.
then the tiifienify will be partially surinounted
II introducing machinery and labor -savifig i'm
plement1. men should be on the ground OF easily
accessible, to repair damages In the event OF
hsoaks and 10 assist in managing, Ia them, the
complex machinery.
The English merchants experimental lew
yenrs ego with the sample order of business.
INT, not succeeding. they abandoned II. and are
nav controlling tho dry goods trade OF Rio dc
Janafro. BshiA Para. aud Pernambnco. Monte
vIdiO and Buenos Ayres. by establishing stores
80 these cities and 1lIing them with large stocks
q ruodo from Manchester and other mills A
sample ID presented native Brazilian merchant
~ monumental traveller from che United states;
he coolly seplies III ron want our trade do ~
other nations are doing open your stores and
eoll ON the ground by the caso and bulk. or We
hay Of Others who are ready TO de liver the
goods.''
Closer commercial relations should he formed
with this country. Faster stea mships and more
of them should be employed Ia our carrying
trade. The stars and stripes should become q
moro familiar spectacle on the high seas and on
the bays and rivers Of South America The I'm
Rlish ing II predominant. and can be seen in
every quarter. very large percentage of coffee
exported to the United States Ia carried IN kn
eiinh bottoms for less money than our steamers
Tan 0UOfU 70 tHkt H. Ibty ttau with Ehttft fBf
New York or New Orleans. then cotton TO Liver.
pool. then goods to Rio de Janeiro. thus making
three distinct lines OF cargo Ia one round trip
with more business and less expense they under
bid our carriers. and they afford 10 do so. ,~
cause Of the large subsidies which are paid 10
steamship lines by every government except our
own.
Reports from other consuls sent from the
United States to other American republics
are directly in line with the one quoted
above. They seem To be unanimous on the
advisability In fact almost the necessity,
Of establishing closer trade relations be-
tween this government and those of South
America and they come from the state de-
pArtmcnt with some significance just
II this time when the Pam American Con.
Rrexs is in session, and when the policy
Of this government toward the Latin re.
publics is the subject Of so much talk
when the subject Is alive and a fresh impe-
tus has been given 10 the ideas ON that sub
iort which have been allowed Ia siumher.
Minister Egan OF Santiago has touched
on the same subject as regards Chilli lie
touched on the steamship lines connecting
ports in Chilli with those in the United
States and other countries. There are
seven lines owning seventy-three shipS.
Minister Egan says:
The Chilian government while mosi friendly
towards American machinery, Is iast now re.
crlvsng for the government railroads thirty.
eight locomotives and about eight hundred ears
manufactured in England upon American snod.
els and have teen assured that this order was
placed in England in preference % the United
States solely on sccount OF the cheaper sruigh,s
sna more rapid delivery
mest anxious 81 promote mere extensive trade
with the United States. and. with this oblee; ia
view, are DESTROYS CD see established heswncf
the principal ports of the Unitrsf States snd
those OF Chilli asF,et. regular. and rapid steam.
shlp communication. I have assurance that
Chtt 10 prepared Ga contribute her far pscpor.
ton OF any reasonshle sahsity that may be
steamship sefvica
Consul Burk, OF bahia. in Brazil. has
q report en the trade relations be.
tween the two countries. which il In
much the same tone as that Of Consul
Dcckery. They are stronger documents
than usually come from the coasuls in
these countries and viii be read with in,
tercst by merchants and business men al
ell kinds who believe that The American
commerce with foreign ports can ANA vii
he revived and brought 10 standing tia
l. proportionasa 10 the greatness of thi.
country in her home institutions.
As the time approaches when the acsiv,
work of counting the people In this eounsr,
viii be begun. under che general manage
ment IT Superintendent Porter. OF the cen
aus bureau. IL becomes more and uaofr an
parent 10 these who have the work IL s,
that the country Is a good deal larger II
iSsa than il Was in iSSA. The sesope 81 IN,
fenxQx takers work has h..s.,, .s.la'.-.4 =,