The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-24
BRAZILIAN INDUSTRIES.


Them interestingly.
New York September pa special to the
Tribune from Washington says: Consul Gen
eral ziegler, writing from Rio de Janeiro TO
the state department gives some exceedingly
valuable information concerning Brazilian re-
sources and trade with the United States.
The United States consul general calls atten-
ton to the profitable business that nigh; be
done In the shipment OF Brazilian hard wood
to this country. lie SAYS that traffic is row
almost exclusively confined to rosewood. but
there are many other Ane woods in Brazil,
some OF which are much cheaper and even
more beautiful than the one mentioned
Mining is neglected. Il is confined to a few
. English companies, although the mineral
wealth of Brazil Is well known. Coal equal
to the best Cardiff exists in Rio Crande d.
Sui
The sugar cane industry has not been de-
veoped. The production Of cotton is general.
but decreasing.
On the other hand coffee production has 50
Increased az to create difficulties which con-
state OF Sac paulo. which led all the othe"
provinces of the empire, now depends on the
one speciality of coffee culture.
The grand total OF receipts of the coffee crop
for the year ending June 3d. 1895. was Ia
Il $40 173 bags of lSe pounds, or sixty Kilograms,
Il with some loosely estimated at an ayefeg..
5 P to- pa V" 81 tho S qaany m
4 coffee exported. the United States received
4 47in.69s bags. In the last three calen ar
4 wears the shipments of coffee from Brazil
In 1875, s.Sl67l5 bags. in 1895, 7.9ii,75i bags.
u in 1897. 1889 765 bags.
In New York prices per pound in the lasl
crop year for quality; No. Z spot. tn NV
York. decreased steadily from i-l6c on July
l. 1897 to 7-Sc on May /, lSAs. On July |,
n lssS. the price had advanced 10 sac. on June
II 30, 1895. the worlds visible supply was cal.h
q lated at 5,i36,090 bags, equivalent to half n
II years consumption.
NJ In the ten years prior to 1897 the market
n nricc afforded an extraordinary prcht to tho
81 planters and there was large increase in the
ii ara OF coffee plantations. Fer the ncNt yeaf
Va much smaller crop Is expected, because ex-
y perience shows that there will be q Light yield
n after two heavy consecutive ones. The esii-
# mates differ as to the crop Of iS9S-99 The
n official estimate places 1t ut 10000 bags, the
IA cummercial 1T 9, 900 COO.
ri Even the hiehest ESTIMATES are over nlll :.
s'isa7.s sH' nan o"sS '''' WA" ''' '''' .
u Mr.. seager makes certain practical susges-
#tiors One Is that the time tor inv stment
Ra1n brazil Is while things are depressed. Eu-
&rcpean capital IL investing. now. Financial
Wand technical experts who know the French
z<nri Portuguese languages should be sent. \
ncuhly or weekly trade Journal shou, be
#es ghlished by Americans at Rio and pub
H3ished in the Portuguese lupYuaFo.
III Recently English, Belgian and ether s. ndl-
5fca'ts have bought plantations tn Brazil. -
I34or the two former, special mention Is made
>5bf purchases IN MaVag Geracs aud Sac Paul d.
IN large body Of British merchants and capi-
Aalists Will visit Rio and Sapios and travel
<4hrCugh the interior IN October The attnl-
zion OF United s,atef business men Is called
b the danger Of their securing 4 controlling
Wnflgence over the coffee trade between Brazil
Xbnd this republic The consul general ~
3ul nishes q part OF hts information. Tor a
Ryndlcate organized In the United stat 20
Establish q permanent exhibition OF machines,
elodols I'D samples OF various articles at Rio
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