New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-26
TRADE AND FINANCE ABROAD.

The diamond trade or rather the diamond produc-
ton, in Brazil, which had decreased considerably
since the discoveries in the Kimberley and other
districts in South Africa, is beginning to be revived
since the opening of the Transvaal war, as was to
be expected Mr.. De Jaegher has recently published
in EuFOPe an n t m o Ra OF f eaT a
1880 the State of Minas Geraes, the principal pro-
Queer of the precious stones in the country, gave
in 1888 to few hundred carats Since 17Z7, the
nrst year n Whien bFaaian GlanonGs W b se e
time for total amount of more than 5COCTG;CS
earats of diamonds, or about two tons and half:
Heyde, publishes also important and interesting
information concerning another source OF wealth
production of coffee He writes mainly about the
state of Sac where ne exercises ms c6 S9a
constitutes one Of the principal riches OF Bra5n 1t
the whole of its prosperity. The soil Of that
State is the best for coffee growing since 1t contains
the largest acreage in Brazil OF what are called the
.terras roxas" and the .massepe' LANDS; In the
years AFTER the panGng ana b 0ny n tb years
It reaches eighty years of age On the other hand,
hounds Of The bean while the one grown on mas
sepe" gives only two pounds.
The journal des Transports gives in a recent
number full details in regard to the building Of
the railway which will take tourists to the top Of
Mont Blanc. The line from the Fayet to Cha
mounix the truction of which has already been
being automotors The starting station of the
Mont Blanc Railroad will be situated near the end
OF the electric tramway near the hamlet Of Tacon-
eleven hundred metres above the sea tun
the summit of the needle of the Gooter. at SS4S
along the open road leading divers points in
order TO provide for the passengers view OF the
mountains. large hotel and station Will pc ouilt
on the needle of Go1ter The total length Of the
road will be kilometres, and 1t will cost 2lO1OOOO
francs; 1t is expected that in July 1897 the tour
lists will be transported as far as the dome or the
five hundred metres.
The horse breeding industry, which is carried to
such an extent in the Argentine Republic, has
caused the agricultursts there to experiment, es-
peciaHy in the provinces of Buenos Ayres and
Entire Rios, on new plant Of forage. called la
plant from Siberia, and it is said that it pos
seSsgS very Id%nd and is not ecfed bv extreme
changes in temperature.
1t seems extraordinary at first sight that the
port of Paris. which is represented only by the
double line of the quays, should have greater
commerce than that of Marseiles which is the
most important harbor Of France in regard to for
gn 1ae s 1858 he Tc By o the pdT Of
Paris amounted to 9164,S25 tons, carried by 46.457
Se nef%oR Of rivers and Canals leading to u fRa
Seine r9m me sma o oaL q a5 ne b l seg
year Marselles had "a iraf f OF only 65s56a tons
which entered or left that port The French tech
nical journal explains this difference of more than
100000 tons in favor of Paris by saying that not
only Is that city an enormous centre of consump-
ton. but also that Paris is admirably connected
10 the fuVial network not of France alone but
also to that Of Belgium and the Rhine provinces
II is 10 be noticed also that the arrivals of mer-
chandise are larger the Paris quays than the
forwarding of goods. Out of the total movement
of 9l64s25 tons above mentioned for the year 1898
entries figure for $3.50 Ss similar difference
prevails at the railroad stations In Paris The
mage of arriving MERCHANDISE amounts to 70 per
cent of the whole traffic In these stations.
The tension in the political relations between
japan and Russia is more incentive to the
La Ter Power to push the construction OF the Trans
siberian railroad, and explains the enormous prog
ress recently made in that direction 1t is stated
at ST. Petersburg that the Transbaikal section of
the trunk line that is, the portion in the vicinity
OF Lake Baikai. will be finished at the end of this
year. Then thu trip from the Russian capital to
Vladivostock. which now takes twenty-seven days
IN the SUMMER season gan be made In twenty
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