Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-12

uWu Americas trade Is a big red
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apple, for which the nations
are scrambling They would
Nb like to annex new territory,
but the Monroe doctrine pre-
vents that, and so they are
doing what they can to COB
,,o the commerce The Germans are
,bo most anxious and have put In the
,,,ost money. They have $lbO,OOO,OOO in
uraz and 5000, 600 in other parts OF
south America. They have sSOOOO'OoO
h. tho nitrate mines of Chill. $l0,0OOOOO
IN venezuelan railroads and an enor-
,oous amount In mines, farms, banks
and factories all over the continent.
OUR INVASION OF BRAZIL.
IN, LET me take you from country to
oonntry and show you what Is going on
IN he way OF foreign investments ana
,rade In the other half of our hemi-
snhere We shall start win Brazll.
That country contains about hair OF all
eouth America, and more than halt the
neople. II has all sorts of land and al
mos, every kind of climate and pro-
dupt. III DIOuuNts AhN pNihIN W Wv
Ssr and most of the coffee consumed by
mo world, and Is about the richest I'M
developed part OF the globe.
Starring at the north Is the valley OF
tbe Amazon, where the Americans have
Intensive investments. We have an
oIectric line In Para, the great rubber
mort and another In Manaos. thous-
and miles up the Amazon. We pracu-
caly control the rubber industry and
ue ship cotton -four and other goods
,o para and Manaos. The trade there
annually amounts 20 about 90,0OOOOO
god dollars, and II Is susceptible OF
enormous increase.
WEST DEUTSCHLAND.
In the states further south the Eng
fish and Germans have cotton and
sugar factories and the lower part Oh
the country Is almost entirely given up
to the Germans. There are provinces
in southern Brazil. which have a better
climate than most parts Of the United
states They have wheat and pasture
lands as good as any part OF the Ar
gentne and their meat factories turn
ant millions of dollars worth of dried
beef every year.
Here YOU find German signs over the
stores, there are German factories ana
breweries everywhere and the country
is known by the Germans as West
Deutschland. II 1t were not for the
Monroe Doctrine the kaiser would have
long since gobbed IL, and in case OF
great war in which the United states
hands might be firmly tied he would at
.fempt to annex II to Germany.
IN BRAzILs COFFEE REGIONS.
There are Germans In the great coffee
provinces a little further north and also
many Italians and English. The big
gest coffee plantation of the world ~
owned by an English syndicate. A
large part OF the exporting OF the cof-
fee is in the hands of Americans. our
leading firms have houses at Santos and
they largely control the coffee trade of
the Interior
In this part Of the country the Ger
mans and English are Interested IN
railroads, The Germans have also
planned lines for the upper Amazon,
and they are talking of building one
along the coast from Pernambuco TO
Rio de laneiro. As IL Is now they have
about the best steamship connections
with South America. There are five
great German steamship companies
which trade with Brazil and other parts
Of the continent, enabling German ex-
ports TO have the lowest freight rates,
and connecting the continent as closely
with Germany as with any other coun-
try IN Europe.
Both the Germans and English have
banks in Brazil The English have
banking connections at every port, and
the Germans have one bank there with
capital OF 100000 These banks give
their respective importers great ad-
vantage over the Americans, The most
OF our banking business with South
America is done in European exchange,
and we have to pay tax to the Eng
llsh banks on every dollars worth Of
our business.
AMERICAN GOODS IN BRAZIL.
Nevertheless, American goods are
rapidly making their way into Brazil.
Nearly all the lard, bacon, salmon, lob-
ster and other canned goods OF the
Amazon come from the United States
They use our flour and our Kerosene,
ana we lead there In the sale Of hard
ware and tools
Some OF the railroads OF Brazil are
using American engines. There are
electric railways In Santos equipped
WIN American rolling stock, and our
ypeWrlters and sewing machines DOM
mate the market. The American BIZ
cycle Is considered the best hgh-priced
machine south Of the equator, and our
urearms are In great demand. In some
aces American furniture is making
rN way, although the Austrian bent
WOOD still practically controls the mar
IN ARGENTINA.
The Argentine RenuhIIc ia leas anna
laIed than any other part OF South
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