Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-08-11
THE GREAT AMAZON.
IAvALLEy WHERE FORTUNES LIE ii
THE SAP or THE TREES.

=. -. :. Sl| - IS
= VALLEY WHERE FORTUNES LIE IN
THE SAP or THE Trees
Country First Explored ~ sha 8pnnlaeNa
Over Three Hundred Y.ars 4 ~.---yt !. :.
nrodsrr r, s..~ss.. ". -. Oh q y
- : 4 - -
YET SOY Soso'
The great Amazon -. d...-s1.s s1..
graphic words and with $500 ,,s.,s,,-
before the Pubic scbnoi sc,,s
ton by Mr.. Courfensv a. W.1t.s ~ SS-
York IL Harris, ac.devnr <,<,rsc.-< xS11 ~
de KaIb has made tw<, vora<,s. 49, a.
valley Of the Amazon r.enef,.si.. ~ as-
est wfldernesses He reknrne<1 ~ {ii~ s,,.,.s
try from : yoyaee throuch Cents-I 4 ,r-s.s.
lea. n
ssIu thu beoinnfno frrr. &. 49, -
15l6.r be xaid sswIen Vinr~,,fe v-,,s- g. g
zon entered the Amazon ~ MarS,,o,,' ~ ~
was known to him : rxIamor ~ ,,.5,..<f. q
romance BEGAN ID Gather a1rr,k 4Li~ ~s,,~
and its mighty forest e,o,nrrs7 vs5I~. -
154O Francisco de- CreI1ana ca1r,& rrrr,s- -
Andes. deserted PIxarn ", ~ m, Ns~-,
and sailed down xhe Amazon 3, ~ 80
bringing vood r<,{,s fa1~. ~ 49, r----a ~ -s-
namon and cold and ~ Lincdc.,,~ - - 49,.
-
riches. adfled tales AZ oIifferfr0 ,,,s,--1ftss-
until Ia 1890 Padre Griato-.i d~ 1-ss,,s
after his Journey acroea fbe hasSr ~ ~. :
river, boldly affirmed fhat ber. ~ ett,,.
ated that famous HI Dorado. which - 80
Holy Grail 81 sixteenth ce.,turv <rrrfnc.
that here abided the Amaxons q tbe rIehssf
splendor the world had knovrn
ssBut the tabled Fl Dorado shr,.nk frn,,
one impenetrable wilderness u autxhex ~
explorers unlocked their necrrts The -
CONS were at length fornff Il, ~, rry, IN.
mistake committed BY OrelIana fecsus~ fhe
men OF certain cities lid not dress Al ffar.nfIv
from the women. and the Omae11an hecar,,.
known az nothing more thar = v.ra ~ 49,
perior savaoes, The people Of the An,aznn
slowly became disilIusiorpd tut the .y,5r;e
of Incidence. the life OF uenurr eoT1che<1 IL
the luxury OF eilded dreams. Il sxill their
birthright from the past. New forces sre
working also. Tie poetry of each new m
Dorado Is dispelled as soon Is found by the
brazen Jingle of commerce. and the Ana
IONS have found their Ell Dorado at last
not gold. not diamonds. not barbaric snIen.
dor, but that wonderful gnu from their
forests of rubber trees. whose rsx.. n, A.
art of civilization Seem TO have ue, end
ssThe center of the rubber producing srea
miles frcn the mouth of the river with a
feet OF water at low tide. an important cou-
sideration in commerce. There Are three
lines of steamships to Manaos. one RraziI;an
line and two English lines. Of the Latter ore
being from New York and one from Liver
pool. They all receive subsidies. and wa
have allowed them TO obtain q CARRYING
trade on i river that is Increasing bv leans
and bounds and allowing the trade to h.
come firmly fixed in English shipping lines.
whereas, by taking advantage OF the mail
subsidy bill and seeking these Brazilian
subsidies ourselves, we could not only OBJ
tain the carrying trade. but would vastly
benefit the chances OF American merchants
and manufacturers in getting control OF the
commerce of the valley of the Amazon.
Efforts are being made to establish teIe-
graph communication in Manaos with the
outer world, and as soon as this is done it
will become one of the greatest ceuters of
trade. Those firms on the ground at the
to get Americans to establish bank in
Manaos several years ago, but noone would
venture England has since done 50, and