The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-02

for the asking. This road, Tor WnlcA
Americans might get TIE concession,
could not but be enormously profitable.
IL need not all be built at once, and
could be made 10 pay as it was con-
stTucted.
Paraguay Tea for Our Soldiers.
One Of the chief freights of the
road" said the consul general, would
consist of mate, or Paraguay tea. This
is shipped in vast quantities from Pa
raguay t. all parts of South America.
In the neighborhood of 10000, 900 peo-
pie use this tea. IL is the fayorite
drink of the Argentines, the Uruguay
ans and the BraZilians. a great part OF
Paraguay's revenue comes from Il.
There are vast forests of the. bushes
which produce the tea leaves not far
from Port Uniao. Indeed, more than
20. 600. 900 pounds of mate are shipped
annually out of this section to the Ar
gentine and Uruguay. A railroad about
eighty miles long would carry this pro-
duce to the seacoast, and this is a part
of the proposed line which l referred
to above"
Il Understand you have advised the
use OF this tea for our soldiers, Mr.
Seeger," said l.
Yes, have" replied our consul gen
eral to Brazil. Il think il would be o.
great advantage to the troops of The
Philippines or those who are stationed
IN Cuba or Porto Rico. The tea Is
great stimulant. It braces your nerves
seems 10 strengthen your brain, an
enables you to endure all sorts OF hard
ships. Il has no unpleasant after-ef
fects. and 1 should like to see it givel
to our soldiers. l shipped a couple o
Of Prom, rftrity-i1 n pbiIq
Gelphia. IL is in the Commercial Mu
scum, and can be sampled by any on
interested in the subject
Money in Steamships.
There is a chance for an American
steamship line in southern Brazil. On
could be put on the River Iguassu fror
Rio Negro to Port Uniao. which wOul
pay well. The river needs only a littl
dredging to make IL nayigable all tn
year round, and a company whicl
would spend $4,000 in this way coul
get concessions which would be Of i'm
mense value. As to ocean steamer
from New York TO southern Brazil
these would also pay. The chief bust
ness Of that region is now done by tn
Hamburg and South American steam
ship line. 1t began to call at the port
, there eleven years ago, using at trs
only one steamer. 1t now has thirty
n one steamers going between EurOp
and southern Brazil, and il paid las
year a dividend of 1912 per cent.
have been told that it could have pal
= 10 per cent"
Q But. Mr.. Seeger," said ], have nc
. the Germans a monopoly of everythin
Q in southern Brazil? And can Ameri
Q cans get in?"
n the bulk of everything now, but yO
n must remember that the country is a
= undeveloped empire. Take the state {
= Rio Grande do Sui. 1t is bigger tina
Pennsylvania and New York cOmbinet
y and it has only 100000 population.
= could easily support 100000. III
. Brazilians are anxious to have ID
Q country opened up. l called upon n
Q governors and other leading men (
a that section. and they told me that the
n would receive our capitalists and in
n migrants with open arms and wou
= give them almost anything they mig
ask. The Germans are at present n
coming TO South America. / have bee
o in Germany within the past month, ar
- l find that the people there have a
they can do to attend to their oN
business. Times were never so good
Germany as they are now. The facto
les are all busy, and in most OF the
you have to wait a year to have yol
orders filled. The German governme
is discOuraging emigration. 1t wan
its people TO stay at home and work q
soil"
Electricity.
What chance is there for elestrici
in southern BraZil?"
n The opportunities are very great ]
III deed" replied the Consul General" IT
state of Santa Catharina is full OF "
terfalls, and electrical power could
developed by them. At present the
Tn ly factories of that state are manag
by man or horse power. All kinds
factories might no established. and 2