Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01

factories are assisted by the government.
Among the exhibits are cotton goods or ev-
Gees. There are also wooden goods, corsets,
hats and fine millinery. There are SILK
goods from mills near Rio; and all sorts OF
iron ware from cooking stoves to sa1es lhS
products shown are Of every variety ana
excellent quality. AS we looked al 'iiehi
Col Aguiar said: 49, .
I'VE have brought these goods here -
show what can be made at a profit IN Bra
I'll, and to induce American capitalists .
invest there. We want your big factories
and foundries to establish branches In ana ae
to use our cheap labor under our hish tall1.
We can give them exclusive market,
and through their improved machinery anu
methods they pay big dividends. we
Brazilians have watched you and your sue
cess in manufacture ana ,raoe; We na 81
come to believe in a protected tariH ana
we want to initiate you in the building up Oh
our industrial empire below the equator
The Bigness of Brazil.
"Rut have you the natural resources for
such an empire?' l asked
I'VE have almost everything" replied the
BRAZILIAN commissioner general. DO you
raauze the extent of our country! we nave
almost half of the land in South America
about one-fifth of all the land on TINS
benisphere and almost one-siXtleth OF all
the land on the globe. Russia STANDS nrst
among the worlds great land holders
Great Britain next, the United states next
and Brazil next. If you leave out Alaska
and your colonies Brazil is bigger than the
ITnited States and / believe 1t mas more
GOOD land The greater part of Russia IS
made ND of icy wastes and desert steppes
The Australian desert, belonging 10 Glea'
Britain. is one of the largest on the glope,
and her territories in British Columbia are
obieNv ice and snow. AS for you, you have
the waste lands of the Rockies. but our SOIL
is almost all rich. We can grow every crop
and we have nearly every mineral
How about coal and fron!
I'VE have them BOTH said Colonei
Aeuiar. beginning south of San Paulo
and running through three states Tor more
than a thousand miles is coal nelu Whlch
ia several hundred miles wide-one OF the
great coal fields of the globe. 1t Is as large
as your Appalachian coal fields Close TO
| that field are vast deposits OF iroh' soIne
| of them mountains of the finest ore. we
have some other deposits scattered through
| out the country. All that Is undeveloped,
| as vet. We are doing but little mining,
| but we will change that in time.
Brazil and the Kaiser.
| GLOW about your southern states, colo
| oel?, I asked TT is said they are settled
nv Germans who call their country West
Deutschland, and that they would Ike &c
| break away from you and be a German
| colony under the kaiser
"It is true that our southern states have
| many German citizens replied the Brazil
ian commissioner general, but it Is not true
that such citizens want to break away from
US Indeed, in those states our most en-
| thusiastc patriots are of German descent
| They are Brazilians first and Germans sec
ond They are like the American Germans
| thew love their adopted country, and the!
| would fight for her against the fatherlant
rather than have her imposed upon Inc.
retain. however, a strong love for Germany
as may be seen in their commercial rela
tons The Germans at home cuItivat
them and owing to this feeling there is
great trade between Germany and southern
Brazil This trade has been fostered d.