The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-02
TRAVEL IN FAR BRAZIL
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I never thought of fastening the doors
| there. | found that the bar in the ho.el
was eft open all night, The bartender
often being away for hours at a time.
| II a man wanted drink he took down
/ the bottle and poured it out, and left
/ tDe money on the counter. The Gus
toms of eating were refreshing
we sat down at the table, at the
same time mine host wishing us 'guten
appetit,' and al the close of the meal
asking US how we liked tie food. Ny
room in the hotel was right near the
public school, and at the noon recess /
saw the master, a tall, gaunt German.
in Old-fashiOned clothes, come Ous and
walk up the street between two rows
of beautiful palm trees. He bad in his
two hands a cheese sandwich. which
must have been a foot long and about
eight inches wide. He bit gargan.uan
mOuthfuls out of the sandwich as he
walked along Behind him came the
scholars, VINO numbered more than a
hundred, each holding a smaller sand
wich. They walked up the avenue and
back again, thus eating their lunch,
and then returned to school Blume-
nau is a very rich town. There is
practically no poverty. / visited the
Jail and was told Il had only had one
prisoner within the last five years.
The Germans of Brazil.
There are colonies of this kind scat
tered throughout Brazil" said Ehe
consul general The state of Parana.
which / first entered, has about 10000
population. Of these $4,000 are Ger
mans and about 100000 native Brazil
ians and the remainder Italians. Poles.
exc. The Germans own the property
and control the trade. /, is the same
in Santa Catharina province. and also
in the state of Rio Grande do Sui The
chief city of the latter STATE is Porte
Allegro Ii has about 90 ZOO people, and
OF these at least 10000 are Germans.
The city is a large trade center. Il has
extensive factories and is the chief
commercial point for southern Brazil
The Germans own all the stores. Tney
are 50 prominent that in the principal
street the signs are German only. The
banks are German. and / understand
that the German-BraZilian Bank Of Rio
de JdneirO will soon establish a branch
bank in Porte Allegro. To give you
some idea of the money watch can be
maze in banking in Brazil [ would say
that this bank had capital Of abou.
So.000.000 and that 1t paid last year
dividends OF II per cent. Ii could have
paid 20 per cent. but did not do Sd. for
in that case its taxes would have been
materially increased
The California of Brazil.
/ here asked the consul general some
thing as % The crops in this part of
Brazil.
He replied: The climate and soil is
such that the people can raise almost
anything. The country IS more like
California than any other part of South
America. In the far south you ge;
northern California and along the San
Ia Catharina and Parana there is a
climate and soil like central California.
| There is n strip of mountains along the
coast and beyond these a rolling pla-
| Eeau, from 200 20 1000 feet in attitude.
which is wonderfully we'll wddef.d.
! There is an abundant rainfall. aid
crops can De grown witn1u, irrigation.
They raise coffee, cotton and tobacco.
They can produce every kind Of fruit
o.lat you can grow in California, anG at
/ the same time have some of the richest
grazing lands of the world. Rio GranGe
do Sui has a large export of hides and
| meats. 1t has wheat fields, and ii
| Ta.ses the products of the temperate
zone. 1t is the white mans country.
and our people would thrive there just
as the Germans have done"
How about lands? Could Americans
| buy property a. such rates as 10 be
profftable:
Yes; I asked as to this" replied the
| consul general. II was told that they
| would gladly welcome immigration
| from the United States. and that lands
will be given to immigrants for little
| or nothing. Colonies might be estab-
! lished which would be quite as Ameri-
| can as these are German now. | believe
| tracts of a million acres could be secur-
/ ed and by means of railroads opened
| up TO settlement"
Opportunities for American Carital
How about railroads. Mr.. Seeger?
Is there any chance for American cap
ital IN ,hat direction?"
| Yes. indeed replied the consul
general. II have presented that
matter to the State Department and
have filed maps and papers descriptive
Of the country. / give the results Of
lmy Investigations for the past summer.
and such persons as are interested in
the subject can, 1 suppose, get access
TO them | have, you know, no interest
except tnat Of a consular officer. ! only
want 20 serve the American people and
the American business men without re-
gard to personal investment
You ask as to railroads" the consul
general went on. Leaving Rio de
JaneirO. landed on the coast of Brazil
az the port of Paranagua. in the sta e
Of Parana, and there took a railroad
over the mountains to the city of Curl
tyba. The railroad Is one of the most
picturesque in the world. /. climbs
right up the mountains through the
most magnificent scenery for miles.
hanging 10 the sides Of cliffs. That
road was built by a French syndicate
on guarantee from the government of
six per cent. It was so expensive to
construct that it can never pay divi-
dends out of its profits, but the build
ers are sure 10 get six per cent from
the government. This road goes 20
Curityba, a town of $500 people, and
then extends southwark to Rio Negro.
town on the river IguaSsu. This
river is navigable from Rio Negro. a
distance of about 200 miles. and ships
I 90 e. z q.