The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-13

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| greatly IN demand by South America,
1 Every effort to grow wheat here. out
4 side Of the Argentine and Chill, has
4 been Intellectual. Some has been cul-
1 tivated on the high plateaux of the
North, but the crops were scarce sum.
cient to feed the hands that harvested
4 them. Venezuela, in order to compel
| the cultivation of the grain, put a pro.
hibitory duty on imports of 1t, while
Guatemala, with similar object, OF.
ferod large bounties TO wheat farmers,
\ But all trials proved that the climate
| and soil OF the tropical zones are not
suited to the product.
EXCESSIVELY FRUITFUL sou.
| Over large acres OF South America
the agriculturist is confronted by @
very curious and paradoxical problem
The soil is SO excessively fruitful that
he finds 1t difficult. II not impossible,
to get his living out<of it. He cannot
keep down the luxurinnt natural vege.
tation, in order to replace IL with cul.
tivated and valuable plants. Grass OF
J Brobdignagian growth springs up
faster than he can cut 1t down or pull
1t up, while vines riyaling in rapidity
and development that which bore
Jonah's famous gourd overwhelm his
1
themselves in competition with what
ever he tries to raise. But, with the
progressive Implements in agricultur.
al machinery and appliances, there Is
destined soon to arrive time when
this wonderful southland, subdued by
the pillow, will be the most productive
region on the earth.
The gold and diamond mines OF
Brazil are the richest in the world, but
the gold mines remain almost wholly
undeveloped, owing to lack of trans.
portation facilities and of machinery
to work them. Some notion of theii
richness may be obtained from the
experience OF n Portuguese company,
which, in the year 1881, turned river
In the Province of Goyaz out of Its
course by building large dams. Only
one days work was done in GETTING
out the sand from the river bed aftel
the stream was turned of, for the
same evening the dams broke, and the
water resuming its old course
drowned 500 slaves and entirely de
stroyed the results of twelve months
labor. But the sand dug out on thai
day yielded thousands Of gold bricks
which paid several times over for the
entire Investment that had been made
in the enterprise. This district Is now
owned by capitalists in the United
States, and before long it is intended
to turn that river once more and delvt
for its store of yellow wealth. TIL,
Moro Velh In Brazil is considered the
richest gold mine known. The Portu
guese opened it 200 years ago; IL wa.
reopened rs years ago by an English
company, and its workings now ex
tend three miles under ground. I'm
like other gold mines its produc
is continuous and never fail
ing. The tinost gold lace in the worlt
is made in Ecuador, of native metal
There is no very extensive market fol
1t, and it is sold chiefly to rich people
who make presents OF it to friends a
home and abroad.
THE DIAMOND FIELDS.
There are no diamonds now pro
duced equal to those of Brazil, which
is country Just about the size of tn,
United States. They are usually per
fectly white, and none of them hav,
the yellow hue which so greatly di
mishes tho market value of the Soutl
American stones. The diamond pro
ducing formation of Brazil is peculiar
Very valuable gems have often beer
: found lying exposed on tho plain
while others have been discovered Sc
sary to chisel them out Great com
panies work the mines and fresh Onel
are being continually opened. 1t /.
quite certain that only some of the de
posts have been struck as vet.
AT recent state dinner given by TIN
! Brazilian Minister FOR Foreign Affairs
the host stated, In response TO toast
that South Americans were Yankees
too, as could be proven by the fac
that, whereas the national dish of th,
United States was pork and beans, th,
national dish of all the Southern re
publics was beef and beans. The bee
they use for this purpose is 'jerked,
L tho process being to cut the anima
into strips, which are dried with salt
II Ii you want to buy a pound, half ,
j yard is cut off for you by the butcher
], This, with baked beans is indeed TIL
national dish of South America.
VI The usefulness of this plan of reel
J, procity both to the United States an,
u the South American republics is ex
:, pressed when the fact is. stated tina
| everything we make Is something the,
want, and vice versa.