The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-26


a GREAT deal has been said of late
"a about German immigration to
Brazil. and the increase OF German
inhuence in South America some of
Gun Flgilaut statesmen and writers
nave referred 20 the matter as a
menace to American interests in the
south The statistics warrant no APP
Pfehension on this score Last year
tLele were only -ls immigrants troIu
Germany 10 Brazil. and there are not
as many Germans Il this entire coun-
Lty as there are in the city of AiilWau-
kee. The German element is located
principally DO Rio Gralde de Sui and
santa Catherine the two most south
ern states OF Brazil
These people are anything but SYM
pztnizers with tie Fatheriaud. neither
are they lH touch with the Brazilian
government. They speak the language
and follow the customs Of Germany, but
are Bl dz.liau citizens. Neither govern
ment is especially sOllcit0us Tor their
welfare, and they make no effort to
hide their indifference TO all outside
influences. They claim independence,
ana are nOmiu3IIy their own bosses.
Being agriculturists they live orr the
SOIL and many OF them never handle
money. The BraZiliaus have to go slow
IN their dealings with them or they
have rumpus ON hand III they are
not treated right the Germans are
never slow i'm manifestiug a rebelIlOUs
spirit
enc Of these German farmers was
asked 90 whom his people sold their
products. He replied that they sold
some TO Europe but exported the most
Of tEem cup TO Brazil This was an
odd way for a citizen Of q state to
speak about his country but 1T served
20 show how his people regard the
situation.
Climate Destroys Energy.
Thus il viii be seen that these Ger
man Co-0nists. being cut of from the
OLD country yet remaining apart In the
new one, are not as dangerous as they
are represented to be. They are neither
nsA nor fowl. AS "a rule they belong
10 the lower classes and the stock is
c0L imp owing. The second and tEird
Generations are about as iliterate as
the natives. A traveller through their
country employed one of the young
men as guide There vas some refer
ence 10 the EaLherlaud. and it de-
Veloped that this grown young man
ola not know that Germany was across /
The ocean. He thought it was some
where in Brazil.
The German immigrants who remain
IN tie Centers, instead of following the
pursuit of agriculture. soon lose their
takes away their energy, the men in
particular seeming 10 loose their ann
bitlou- The Washer-Woman at the
American legation in PeJropolis is a
German, and she takes I'm washing to
support big, strapping husband. and
horde OF cotton headed youngsters.
she has been doing this for six or
seven years Tie husband has q trade
but the wages paid I'm Brazil for his
particular kind of labor are not salts
EactoTy 70 him He could earn $3.50
per day but he thinks his services are
worth more than that so he lets his
vile support the family on about forty
cents day. She seems cheerful enough
al her big job, When asked why her
husband did not do something TO help. /
she replied, "Oh, he does. sir. He
writes "a beautiful hand and he makes
cut Ey wash bills for me"
An Inside Story
German colonies seem to be failures
every here and the ones In Brazil are
not departures from the rule. There
is am inside story about the origin of
the report about tie designs of the
German emperor on Brazil. While the
kaiser was cruising I'm Northern Eu--
rope, he happened into a harb0r where
the private yacht of a rich New York
publisher was at anchor The propris-
tor of the American paper went 10 cali
upon the emperor but his carl was
sent back 10 him and he was turned
eWay with scant ceremony. lie rctali-
ated by publishing what puTported %