The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-04-01
America and represent eight-ninths of its

America and represent eght-ninths of its
trade.
The continent of South America has elev-
en- republics and three colonies, fourteen In
all. with S,455,6 92 square miles, a. l50,34S peo-
pie, 1861 ships and 1911, ,331 of commerce
in 1890.
The three Guiana colonies belonging to
England, France and Holland, cover Isl, 49j
square miles, had 1885, 6S4 people, 1,2A naviga-
ting ships and S2S 412 400 commerce in 1880,
and of course their mother countries must
decide. and not themselves. whether they
Shall exhibit at OUT exposition. $1,000.
The eleven republics contain S,2A.lS9
square miles, and had in 1890 49, o64 peo-
pie, 1850 ship entries and did .0ti
of commerce. OF these eleven repu .od csS
the six which / visited contain 5.45S,loo
square miles. 25,000710 people, and dld SoVh,-
S5S162 foreign trade, or ten-elevenths Oh Iaie
trade of the whole eleven republlcS IN lo?V'
These five republics are Venezuela, Brazll,
Argentine. Uruguay and Paraguay ana
Chile. -,
The other five republics of Colombia,
Peru. Salvador Ecuador and Bolivia nave
2.Si6369 square miles, and in 1890 had $780,
s4a population ana z5aoSs c of the trade
interests of this continent are, therefore,
reached in the six first republics A.
OF these six Argentina and Cnlie ar so tae
two most prosperous. Argentina had S2dS'-
OO0. 600 trade in 1890, and Chile doing SlSo,VV,
600. These two countries voted proilip'l ~
make exhibits, the same to be increased IL
needed. o,,.
exhibit to a society in Chicago ana the
Hon. Hector Velasquez, the foreign MINIS MINIS
ter of Paraguay. has written tne sotl tbs
Cotton States and International exposition
with such new matter as Will DrlhS II w
Uruguay has an exposition of her own
this year. but is willing to nave an ar
rangement for each country TO De repre-
scented at the other, which VIII pc uone'
Venezuela has officially accepted the III
vitation to take part and my work mere
will be simply arranging definitely Ior 'le
exhibit. nj,
The only country in any doubt is Brazil
not because she does not desire 10 eNhIpli.
and she promised to do SO, ana her ILGT
state of Minas Geraes, the NEST poWerIui
commonwealth of the republic III Ma u
advantages. had begun a movement ioa
herself at the exposition, but because S Sns
has had a visitation OF cholerd tis1s nc nc
blockaded her commerce with uesttu ~ NC
effect and she has been graphing WIN
revolution under Admiral da CANA III ~ ~
sortbern state of Rio Grande do Sui. her
press and business men favored the eApoStt.
ton The outgoing and new COVER IlIlle e. =
both declared for 1t, but the uheApeC.ctA
calamties have stopped any nloVG I'm ~ -
and we can only hope that she may pe -
lieved of her distressing trouples ~ - a
10 ioin rs No country here mas taken d
warmer interest than Brazil. Inc ldCl tIlsIe
the United States is her largest GUS t,nda
doing over one-third OF all her - i,,,
made and still makes her, from every IN.
Dulca of sentiment and interest, ueSH Jus
10 unite in such an enterprise as ING ~, % 80
nortant to the common interests OF the t"o
great republics. -, .bo a1,nosi-
Our government, people ana the sAp onr-
tion have cause to be gratihed at tle ~ IL
diaIitv with which South America mas ta I'm
M this great international trade proS}e Zen
And if IL is carried through as II mdS inter-
conducted so far, il will be a colosssIi iii''A
ID We must do what Europe has done and
is doing, if we get trade there. -,ooo IN
Great revolutions are taxing pldc t;I ~.
trade and industries. affecting all sections
~ the United States. The west has 1ound
VI ~ and more markets for it's provisions
nv srro,yth of Industries in the South
makes her a seller instead of consumer eI
as heretofore. South America is the com
a., market of the world. Her natural al
ia11tages are enormous and undeVeioped.
Europe has been wise enough to see tne
missionary field there, ana ms a. o. ~ 5Itohe
1'here never was a wiser or tlmeller move
hhei' 'ii'''A l. w. AVERY.