Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-24

lN'lE EAMs
Al present It's exports amount 10 $50
100000 more than its Imports, and still
iiH imports figure up the tidy sum Of
yiOOO0OO0O a year
We take about half of all that Brazil
sells. We buy the most NJ her coffee
and tens OF millions of dollars worth
OF her rubber. We get but little In
exchange. our cxpots 10 Brazil are
only about ono-nfth our imports, ana
we pay her balance OF about $4,000
900 a year,
n We should stop buying the officials
OF some OF the best states would go
hungry, Para would have famine.
and Sac Paulo would have 10 patch It,
pantaloous The officials VI these
provinces rely upon their revenues
from the export business. These are
enormous amounting 90 20 cents a
pound at the present rates ON rubber
and II per cent ON coffee. The duties
are OF course paid By the consumers,
go that every American who rides a
ruhber-tlrcd bicycle has had to pay
20 per cent into the treasures OF Para
anu Munaos. and every one who drinks
"a cup Of c0ftoe adds thereby 10 tho sup
port OF the government OF the fee
growing state OF Brazil.
PETTY TANEs on AMERICAN
TRADE.
You would think that Brazil ought
TO be grateful to US for this enormous
trade, She may be 20, but she has "a
queer way OF showing 10. She charges
as a tnrln on everything we sell Co her.
taxing us on some articles as much uH
100 per cent. AZ times she makes what
urr called reciprocity treaties. Some
ut our goods go In n0miually free, but
Indirectly every ship carrying Amcri-
can goods which comes to Brazil has
to pay toll. In most OF the harburs
thcru rs what IS called oNpcdiuutc taxes.
A. Bahia the officials viii ask the ships
10 pay go much Tor a new hospital Al
Prruumhucu they want something for
"a sailors home, and at Rio they black
mail you Tor hurbor Improvements.
Such taxes are levied not by law, but
according 10 the ideas and tastes OF the
local officials They uro really a sort
ut blacltmuil, and the possibility 10 that
most OF tho money goes into the pock-
cts uf the men who levy the taxes. In
fact said a leading railroad Otiiclai
20 me the other day every one down
hero seems 10 be lying awake at nlght
10 think how he can squeeze "a few
mllrciH out ut tho foreigner without
working Tor them"
Every man who comes down here 10
go into business must expect TO pay I'd
tax Tor the privilege. There ~ not n
merchant or mechanic In RIO who does
not nay q tax, The hootblack puya
FOR the right 10 black your shoes.
Every store pays for the privilege OF
opening It's doors, and every contract.
note ana check must bear lts stamp.
II seems 90 me that the United states
has been Disseminated against as 10
government contracts, Al least this
has been the ease In the past Brazilian
coal until now has all come from Eng
lana, aud IL was only last year that
American firms were allowed TO com.
pete for government supplies. Then
Minister Bryan ana Consul General
Seerrr secured the right To competitive
business. and 100 900 tons OF coal wrr.
put mp for decision In this way. our
coal companies should study thls
market Brazil uses 5000, 900 worth of
English coal annually,
CHANCES FOR OUR ELECTRICAL
COMPANIES,
The Brazillans nre rapidly adopting
electricity, There are towns Of ten and
fifteen thousand ln southern Brazil
which have electric light The city ~
Sac Paulo. which has 100000 population,
Is well equipped In this respect. There