New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11
APPROPRIATIONS or FLOUR.

3s91l4 1914 So7 80
The United States is losing ground IN bread
stuffs. and not gaining, any advantage III com
petition for the general import trade OF Brazil.
England, Germany and France clothc RIO ana
Brazil Those countries supply nearly every
foreign manufacture that IS used here. The best
market for Rio coffee. Pernambuco sugar ana Para
rubber the United States is content to have the
balance Of trade against II AT the rate OF So
600. 900 against s. 600. 900 or SS.00O,00o. Every
American ConsulGcncral who comes 10 Rio Is
urged 10 do everything In his power 10 promot"
the introduction Of American goods hui the
present incumbent Of that Office General DockcIV.
Of North Carolina. shrewdly remarks that sales
cannot he made from the Consulate from samples
American merchants or commission houses are
needed on the ground 10 push the trade Ihce
are a good many Americans IN RIO, bui thcIc are
no merchants among them except few coffee
exporters who make a business OF FURNISHING
English steamers with freigftS. English. Ger
man and French mercantile houses are here. and
they sell goods by the case TO Brazilian merchortS
There is no time wasted in pcddllng samples from
the English French or German Cons nlaeS ne
merchants have representatives, here I" looK alifr
their interests and they have succeeded IN buIld-
inc mn an enormous trade for their principals.
An English manufacturing firm III MANCHESTER
for example, has branch houses III no, Fern"ni-
huco and on the River Plate. Those branch
houses have asccrtaincd the precise needs OF the
south American market. and are Supplying goods
by the case. American manufacturers cannon nor"
TO compete with that cntcrprshR Manchester
firm and other houses equally eneT tcuc ny SEND
inc q line Of samples 10 the United States Con
euiote They must, have an American agent mere
T. represent them, and 10 sell tier goods Dy
persistent effort and enterprise Ire way I"
compete is 10 compete ,.
TIe Rrazilians know that their best ma rkct
Toe ia the north Of them. They have no prclu-
dices against American goods. They complain
that the requirements Of their trade are not under
stood and assert that they purchase their imports
in Europp mainly because manufacturers ana me-
chants there have taken the pains 10 SludN lhc
market 10 find out what is wanted, and 10 luTnish
il by a system Of rapid transportation. ~ amen
cans enter into open competition with tle Eng
fish. French and German houses, they VIII ne wen
received here Their institutions are admire" :
they themselves are liked. The one desire 10"
uppcrmost in the minds OF Brazlllans Is tlc ~
nrdidnrtion of the American Constitutional system.
k Minister Barboza himself expressed the schtl-
ment to me last week Our greates. We" -, -
lie romcnt is TO model the new BraZlan re,
n,h1ic according TO the Constitution OF the nFu
S,a+ne and to develop and consoldab
,,r friendship and commercial relations
U,;tb that incompatible Nation. Ihat IL
the attitude Of Brazil toward its best customer
in tho markets Of The world. Americans oah
aba odvanfagc OF the revolution II they Will 10
;nnrovc their trade with a country when VIII
inipl;,o6, receive any overturcs from New-l OK
mr. Washington Let the Lnited states NoNcihh
VI ~, I'D tho line Of steamers which IS no" sun
si6igod nv the Brazilian Treasury, ana ther
niW ho quicker mail communications adequaac
tranenortation facilities and passenger "THlr
,.o.,Ip ~ tbc American flag Let the New-l DIk
"nb33rts do what their life insurance c9ihpat ls
nro d"in% throughout South Amerlca-r, NH ,
"stohIefe agencies and transact business VIII VIII
American energy in every important Po,u 10
civ. and Brazilians will be pleased 10 NJ =
European monopoly broken up