The evening times., 1901-05-04
GERMAN TRADE INCREASING.
Spirit to Sc E5muIatcd by the Unit
ed Staf.S IL, South America.

ed states IL South Au.crira.
The State Department has received from
the Vice Consul General aJ Frankfort,
Germany, Mr. Murphy. communication
concerning the commercial activity being
displayed By the Germans in South Amer
Ica. Mr. Murphy transmits 10 the De-
partment TRANSACTIONS Of FIVE items of
news published recently in Il Berlin paper
devoted exclusively to- German interests
in South and Central America
The rapid extension of Cscrmauy's di-
rect lines Of steamship connection with
our southern neiShbors- the growth of
German colonies there. and the conse-
queut increase Of German influence and
trade especially in southern Brazil,
should in my opinion, SAYS the Vice
friendly rivalry i'm American business cir
cles if we intend to maintain our position
In these rich markets. Geographical ad-
VantaSeS and political sympathy cannot
alone win or hold markets in these days
Of keen international competition. We
must emulate the enterprising spirit of
the Germans especially in the extension
OF our direct steamship connections with
Central and South America ig We hope to
be able to continue successful competition
with our great commercial rivals in those
countries
The translations forwarded by Mr.. Nur-
ply are as follows:
At a meeting on February Z. 1901 of
the Central Society for Commercial Ge-
osTaphy in Berlin. Prof. Ferreira de Mel
10. Of the UnivecEity of Sac Pau.o. Brazil
delivered an address on the industrial
problems Of Germany in Brazil The lee
tuTer began by saying that he was in no
grHas L ETr1rg
Brazilian Government or of one of it's
States, or of syndicate Of any kind. bat
as an individual who was convinced of
the correctness OF his statements. He
praised with enthusiasm the wonderful
progress Of Germany in every direction
ana expressed his regret that in recent
years Germany has somewhat neglected
IFS commerce win Brazil. While the trade
between Brazil and Italy. Great Britain,
ana the United States has been constant
iy increasing, that between Brazil and
Germany has been falling on more and
more This the speaker. as a true friend
OF the Germans, deplored. because Brazil
has IneNhaustible riches, which are now
going to the competing countries. The
German expectation to Brazil of hops and
beer. implements and machines. silks.
and other textiles is declining. This seems
>
eral expectation has doubled since 1Ssy It
Is true that the value of BrazfTs foreign
trade has also diminished. although the
amount Of wares imported and exported
mas increased This is due TO the decline
IN prices Of the principal articles Of ezs-
port The expectation Of coffee. cocoa.
sugar, cotton, caoutchoUc. leather. cocoa
nuts. ana tobacco has increased. In the
opinion Of Mr. de MeIlo. three fr7D0rfaur
ID
man enterprise and German capital:
- ~ Inc opening and colonization of the
middle and Upper Amazon Valley.
~ Inc establishment Of lines OF river
steamers on the Amazon and its tributa-
res = above Manaos, especially on the Ma
% The building Of a railway along the
coast from Pernambuco 10 Rio de Jaueiro.
! ne lecturer stated that the middle and
upper valley OF the Amazon COMPRISES Z
territory eight times as extensive as tho
German Empire This region is covered
Wlth virgin forest and its soil Is cana HE.
OF producing every kind of tropical rner-
chaHdISe. On the left bank of the river
thefs are rIch deposits of minerals which
are awaiting development. The average
temperature IS g degrees Fahrenheit
which IS not too high for German colo
hiSts- As the Government is willing to
sell the land at from SIS to s. per , -
acres enIeFDFislng Germans could with Z
Nt5y Snail capital. soon accumulate con-
St4FI't+'5e fortunes. / nth recently. not =
Single Gerniah steamer could be found a
MaHaQs. but in August, 1900. the Ham
puFg-A fnertc3n Line esta bIished connec-
ton with this place Above ManaoS how
ever, the German fax is still lnIynovz-r
although the success of the srbcjdizad
BraZiiian line shows that th. trade *
nToHtable, this company being able IN d.
clare 10 per cent dividends Py- this r,,7-.
II would be possible TO handle the wealth
OF the nteFIoT-CaOutchOuc as well as Pc
IuNlaA EIleraIS-noW laborioTISIy trans
ported over the Andes to the yI-ev+ gl,,rt 7
rope. 0'i Au-
The east coast of the Stat Of pr
HdUlDuco as far as Rio de Janeir9 NOT oni,-
produces iron, zinc. silver gold and o-T7ar
u!lEei7iS- put IS also suitable for the colo
u-@ttloh OF German emigrants. The rail
"d[ from feTRamDuCO 10 Rio de Jarair1
CouId De constructed for d relatively sr1slI
sum Its length would be less than 596
iniitS, ana careful estimates fix the cost
At the close Of Mr.. de NIeIlo-s s,rj5ress
me PRESIDENT or the society felt compafiad
- correct few mistakes which Mr. Do
.NEll0 liulCdLed- ne having ruadf. rho mis-,
take of taking the official C,arr1,T, 90
tlcS aS the basis OF his calcuiatioDs rTt,a.,
StauSucs do not take into account fhe i'm
IneHSe ImpoTtations into the free r,orrs s+
BremeH and HAMBURG Rrer9e,,- - - = IN ~
tite principal tobacco market and Han
huiS Jhe principal coffee market of 80
JTal Europe. and so long as this o,rtj--
ueS- there can be no danger of q faIiire,
on OF Germany 5 trade with RrazU -
-, ilIoi lIie lTtfh1au steamship lines oc-
'.ul'S7Sstzi4 Il strong position in the SoTTfF,
american traffic that. for instsucs +Ea
-EOTth american commercial feet * en-
JTeIE unable 10 enter into c1pIuat{tir,,
with them Not less than five Iar.ra c.
man steamship companies are .rrz-s r-e4 IN
trade with South America and aSuecisrI,-
WIN LraZu The number of their vessels
Is between - and 100 Furthermore NOT
ohiy IN the central provinces bur eeTa
cIaiiy IN the south. where there ar n
ready over 10000 German coIoufSrs rFr
German commercial spirit has co-,rTat 81
driven out the English
ne president then exp. osSed The o-,fy
ION IIldl the Amazon and coast regions ~
EraziI are less suitable for German roJo-
IiHajlpn than lS southern Brazil ON which
thS great German coIonizat tfou s0cictfsl
nave mad their eyes for many years Tho
DuildlnS OF a railway from PernarnfT,
70 kio de Janeiro would. moreover Drob-
aoiy not be paving Investment. as mas
SeaGeTS would no doubt prefer to make
the Journey by sea rather than take The
long land trip on a tropical railway In
regard 10 the development OF river uayf-
cation. the speaker expressed the oD{nfnD
Jhat TINS Is matter which it may be well
10 carefully enquire into
II Is reported that an agreement has
been reached by the HambIi.e- reeri.,Iu
Line and the HambUrg-South American
company in regard T. the traffic with
the eastern coast of South America Ths
main point Of agreement IS that TWO thirds
Of the profits are 10 go d tn" TF;I -rG5rI1a @
South American Steamship Company afId
thatI the MISREPRESENTATION ! me is to