The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13
BY FRANK @. CARPENTER

By FRANK y. CAtSf EAlN GArS
Special Correspondence Of Tho Sunday Republic
Washington, Dec. 1L-South America
trade is big red apple. for which the ma
tons are scrambling.
They would like TO annex new territory
but the Monroe Doctrine prevents tnat'
and SO they are doing what they can TO
gobble the commerce.
The Germans are the most anxious ana
have nut In the most money. They have
sls0.0oo,OCO in Brazil and 10000. COO In other
parts of South America They have &c.,
coo 900 in the nitrate mines OF Chile. $l0,-
100000 in Venezuelan railroads ana an
enormous amount in mines, farms. banks
and factories all over the Continent
But let me take you from country to
country and show you what IS going on
IN the way of foreign Investments and
trade In the other half of our hemisphere
We shall start with Brazil. That ccun-
try contains about half OF all South
America, and more than half the people.
1t has all sorts of land and almost every
kind OF climate and product.
1t produces the bulk of the rubber and
most Of the coffee consumed by the
world, and is about the richest undovel-
oped part of the globe.
Starting at the north IL the valley of
the Amazon. where tho Americans have
extensive Investments.
We have an electric line in Para. the
great rubber port. and another in Manacs.
a Thousand miles up the Amazon. We
practically control the rubber industry and
We ship cotton, fOur and other goods to
Para and Manaca.
The trade there annually amounts to
about s0OO00o0 gold dollars, and II is sus-
eeptible Of enormous increase.
In the States further south the English
and Germans have cotton and sugar fac
tories and the lower part OF the country
Il almost entirely given up to the Ger
mans.
There arc Provinces in Southern Brazil
which have a better climate than most
parts Of the United States
They have wheat and pasture lands as
rood az any part Of the Argentine. and
their meat factories turn out millions OF
dollars worth Of dried beef every year.
Hero you Ind German signs over the
stores, thsre are German factories ana
brewsries everywhere and the country II
known by the Germans as West Deutsch-
land
II II wsre not for the Monroe Doctrine
the Kdiser would have long since goboled
It. and in case Of Q great war In which
the United States hands might be firmly
tied he would attempt to annex II to Ger
may.
GERMANS IN BRAzrEs
COFFEE PROvINCEa
There are Germans In the great conee
Provinces = little further north ana also
many Italians and Engiish.
Tho biggest coffee plantation OF the
world - owned BY an English syndicate.
A hrrs part Of the exporting OF the
ooazee "a h the hands OF Americans Our
issdtng arms have houses at Santos. and
they largely control the coffee trade OF
the interior.
In this part Of the country the Germans
and English arc interested In railroadA
The Germans have also planned lines for
the upper Amazon. and they are talking
Of buiding ono along the coast from Per-
nambuco to Rio de Janeiro.
AZ Il IL now. they have about the best
steamship connections with South America
paniss which trade with Brasil and other
parts OF the Continent. enabling German
exports to have the lowest freight rates,
and connecting the Continent a. closely
with Germany a with any other country
Of Europe.
Both the Germans and English hays
banks in Brazil The English have bank
ins connections At every port, and tho
Germans have one bank there With . cap
ital Of 100000.
These banks give their respective i'm
porters q great advantacs ovee the Amer
leans
Tho most Of our banking busdneas with
eouth America Is done In European ex-
change. and We have to pay . tax 70 the
English banks on every dollars worth Of
our business
VAST RESOURCES OF THE
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
Nsvertheless. American goods are rapid
~ making their way into Brasil.
Nearly all the lard. bacon. salmon, lob
stsr and other canned goods OF the ANA
son come from tho United States.
They use our -four and our kerosene, and
we lead there In the sale Of hardware and
tools.
Some Of the railroads Of Brazil are ussns
American engines
There are electric railways In Santos
equipped with American rolling stock. and
our typewriters and sewing machines dom
mate the market.
The American bicycle Is considered the
best high-briced machine south of the
equator. and our firearms are In great de-
mand. In some places American furniture
IL making its way. although the Aus
tralian brentwood stiu practically controls
the market
The Argentine Republic is less appre-
ciated than any other part of South
America. 1t Is almost impossible to con-
ceive the extent Of its natural resources.
It II tho largest body Of good land on