New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-17
S4LVADOR DE MENDONCA ARRIVES
TuE'NEw MINISTER TALKS ABOUT BRAZIL AND
HER PROSPECTS.

THE NEW MINISTER TALKS ABOUT BRAZIL AND
HER PROSPECTS,
salvador de Mcndonca, the newly appointed Brazil
ian Minister TO the United States arrived here yestcr
day on the United states and Brazil Mail steamship
seglranca. Senior Mendonca Is well known in this
CITY, having been Consul General for Brazil here for
several years. At the time Of the Pan-American Con-
gress lie was appointed delegate for Brazil and was
also made special envoy to Washington. This special
appointment, IT now Is announced was for the purpose
of negotiating commercial treaty between this country
and Brazil, work in which only few details now
remain to be arranged. senior Mendonca returned to
Brazil to receive his appointment Minister OF the
new Republic at Washington.
In speaking of the present state of affairs in Brazil
he said yesterday 1.-THE country was never more
prosperous | surprised at the activity and
business enterprise j in the scabOaid cltlcS
Emigration is pouring in from Portugal, Italy ana
Germany The recent troubles in the Argentine
Republic have caused a considerable immigration from
that country also The Government advances the
massage money of immigrants and gives them land.
allowing them five years in which 10 pay for IT,
These immigrants have to receive ccrthche from
the Brazilian Consul at the port from which they come
of course, certifying that they are desirable lhmi
grants. We desire to get good aGrcultlriStS a'"No
all Most of the lands given in the coffee zone.
There has of late been considerable immigration OF
Russian Jews into the southern portion OF IraAl'
and they have brough considerable capital Win them
Foreign capital is being invested in large amounts
now in Brazil 1t comes from England fi"hoc anu
Germany principally and Is mostly invested III man"
factories. There are now i'll success1W oPc'"""" !"
Brazil thirty-twO large cotton factories. fdrodu' arc
bonr built and il only needs the completion OF 500
lit of rairood 10 7-alc a complete line from Para
:, tbe north IN Eio Gr;ndc do sui In the south
This will give complete line along the ht'"iaI l'
country was never 80 prosperous As II j. now Inv
elections will take place at the end Of tins MONTH
General Fonscca the present President, i the ONLY
candidate for the Office OF Chief Magistrate Inc
tr,cclo will he over the selection Of NlccP>denI
seven states have already adopted state constituents
The feeling toward Dom Pedro is most kindly n l'TaII'
M one has ANYTHING but good words for the On genie
man. and all regret the necessity OF the sl''du'' "'
comp,llcd nj, eXpatration. The DEGREES % bd'i'i'
against the ImpcrastS have been TN'IhdeI' cN'op'
those against the Imperial family Those, OF course
could not be- do not think that the rubber syhd'cato
being formed in Para Is 50 alarming a. some exports
would indicate. do not think there VIII be corner
IN rubber" 49,,
Minister Mendonca left here for Washington on inc
first train after his arrival I'm port. When the s'a'
ON which the Minister arrived came mp the DAY N"'
wa, met BIZ tug. which were TIE bid1'ld' WI"
sul General Maceo. OF New-lork' +. AaVer' ''@','
Consul al baltimore Civil Engineer Mctozo OF brah
Nrio do Ncndonca special second secretary Of eea-
.ion. John Jay Knox, Charles X. llint ana captain
J. C. Lachlan general manager Of the 'htcu S'a'cs 'A
Brazil Mail steamship Line
Julian Won Hagowz, who represented IN feF-
nambuco an American firm doing business IN S"lil'
was among the passengers on the seguIanca' III
speaking OF the present state OF lrazi' nc s"iu INV
Government never more stable. lie Si I
~ Ein,ncc has tried several artificial means 10 lower
Tho rate OF exchange with Europe. one was nahIiiE
imDorters paw their duties in 80 per cent goa ne
aunounced that when the rate OF exchange lei 10
-: pcnce in London only 20 per cent III goa WOMB
he required short time ago the Government loi'I
All commercial houses 10 disclose their CIPHER 10
,hn telegraph officials before they could ~cnd 'I'f
d,.nstrh The reason given FOR this wa- thai ruW"f-
and false report had been sent out 81 me country
Which tended 10 disturb the credit Of The "oNcIhH"
i'm London This censorship lasted for ouit tWr
wcoks however. the Government deciding thlt ~
was strong enough 70 let false reports die OF them
selves There is no doubt about r., the ahlc,t and
most popular men in Brazil are now az the hca1 OF
affairs The people content. There VIII BE- no
reactions