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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02
By Frank G. Carpenter.

4 Especial Correspondence of the Times-Dis
patchD
ST. LOUIS. October 1.-The United
States does not want the trade of
Il Brazi 70 III !; rs
These words were spoken by Colonel r:
Z Al de- Soilza Aguiar. the Brazilian COM
Acknowledgement to the Worlds Fair,
when We were discussing trade matters
this afternoon We had been chatting
about the resources of the two nations
as I'VE walked together from building n o
building Inspecting the magnificent ex-
llibits of Brazil and were now sitting In
y the Brazilian pavilion. constructed by Col-
s. onel Asuiar ut cost OF 100000, to be
: his Offices during his stay here.
You people pretend to want our COM
z nlerce, but you will mot go halfway to
get IT, he went on,y = You cannot have
trade without adequate Transportation.
Z and banking facilities, and rs ~ is you
are now relying entirely for these things
upon tho British and Germans. There
u are three lines Of slow steamers plying
} between New York and Brazil, but they
4 are all foreign and they charge you, a
Il big tax for freight and exchange What.
Brazil wants Is direct steamship connec-s
Z tion with the United States, and she is
4 ready to join your governmental sub
Sliding a line of American steamers.
i've will pay half Of the subsidy and you
may 2payEthe other half and take nil the
profits. tWelhaye offered to do this again
and again, but your Congress will not
X consent. If those foreign lines can be
operated without subsidy, an American
line should certainly pay with one, ~
Uncle Sam Brazil's Best Gus
toner.
ii What does our trade with you amount
to- Colonel Aguiar?"I asked.
~ 1T is far greater than that OF any
other nation. but the balance Is altogether
on out side Of the ledger You sell us
twelve or thirteen million dollars worth
1 OF goods a year, but we sell you sixty
million dollars worth Or more. In 1901
7 you spent eighty million dollars upon
Brazilian products. buying about four
Ininths Of all we sold that year Youfare
our best coffee customer and our best
rubber customer. and these two staples
form, our chief EXPORTS
5,''What do your sales OF these products
amount to q
Y I'VE annually export about forty mil
! lion dollars worth OF rubber and about
one hundred million dolarss worth of
coffee, You buy almost sixty million dol
lars worth Of coffee every year, and al
most a of this comes from Brazil. 8
Can We Raise Our Own Coffee
!, 8 d. But this VIII not continue. Colonel
Aguiar,' saicf J, proudly. We now have
colonies and are going TO raise coffee of
our own s sli
Your colonies could not I'll the spoons
With Which YOU stir your cups, much less /
The pots which are now filled With Brazil
Ian Sllqpdi and they never Will, ,fYou
Americans are among the great coffee
drinkers Of the world, and You are drink
Ing more from year to year Your con-
sumption IL 1909 was thirteen pounds for
every man, woman and child In the United
States, or altogether more than one bll-s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02

4 OF men whose hands are shaping the
1 political future Of Judge Alton 3. Parker
Being very busy men, indeed they arc
/ finding II impossible to see or TO be
! secn by a 1.-THE OF the endless process.
| slons daily vending over the country to-
ward the Century building IN New York
! Hence to the voting country at large
| their personalities and modus operandi In
engineering the Parker campaign are to
a considerable extent woven In mystery.
Charges have been made that Al the
Democratic National Committee has been
mesmerlzed. It is needless to say that
none Of these charges has been preferred
by persons who have visited the Demo-
cratic headquarters. u
Politically as we'll as atmospherically
the Democratic and Republican head
quarters arc as opposite as he poles
In fact. there is nothing OF what artists
call atmosphere at Republican headquar-
ters. Every one there. from the chairman
to the younges t8messenger boy, Is keen
cold courteous, and lcolorless & On the
other hand the Democratic engine rooms
are surcharged with good humor and
atmosphere, t3,
G It was for this reason that a Greater
( New York editor, whose solar&o gan dis
courses musicSto Republican ears in re-
Gently assigning a writer to prepare a
general campaign story. warned him
away from Republican headquarters as
being stale and lunprofltable material for
copy. .,.
Joviality the Keynote.
# One reason for the wider appeal of and
greater interest In the Democratic Ma
5tional Committee is because ii represents
nearly every section of the country. II
you are from the Middle West. and bear
the proper credentials, you will be ushered
into the presence Of Chairman Taggart.
II you are from the East you may be-
seen by August B eImont. Coming from
the South you will be met by Secretary
Trey W oodson. Vice-Chairman De Ian
sceys Nicoll devotcs most OF his time TO
Atlantic seaboardcrs. while Judge Daniel
McConville,. as head OF the spcllbnder5
.bureaucracy. Is at home with visitors
from any section Of the land.$ Herman
.RiddeF IN conclusion. performs the same
office for the German as William f..
Sheehan does for the Irish voteSto be cas-
In November This Is the ensemble OF a
committee which Is nothing If not cos
mopolitan IT touches every side OF the
body poltics& where there Is vote to be
reached.
On the day OF my visit to Democratic
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headquarters the wheels were turning
even more rapidly than usual. This was
accounted for by Chairman Taggart when
he announced that he was preparing TO
visit Indiana and the West and would
remain there for some time feeling the
pulse of that section with regard 10 the
Esopean candidate.
Perhaps The reader, as the writer. has
{ been cajoled into the belief that Chair
man Taggart is fgurehead OF the
Democratic campaign. No greater mis-
take could be made. He Is the main
spoke In the wheel and about his genial
( personality revolvcs all the Intricate ma :
chinery Of the campaign. It was be-
cause his fingers are on all the wires.
because he is familiar with every move
In our, great quadrennial game OF chance,
that he has made his trip to Indiana polls.
Indiana" he said SIS the center Of
the coming battle-ground. BY that i mean
that the success or 5defeat Of the party
sri depend very largelySupon the returns
from those States which lie between the
Allegheny mountains and the Mississippi
river. Reports from there are very
acknowledgements more so 7in5 fact
than at any time since the campaign was
inaugurated. am still confident that
Judge Parker will carry, Indiana, and
there Is reason1to believe that our chances
are steadily Improving IN all the doubtful
States. Our friend, the enemy has dwelt
with exa ggerated emphasis upon the res
suit in Vermont and Maine as indicative
Of the final outcome. All OF which is very
amusing" }s5 81
Chairman Taggart laughed and then
smiled a smile Of confidence and salts
faction. if3s s
In Belrnont's Sanctun.
y 1t would be hard to Imagine and i'm
possible to describe the Kaleidoscope pro-
cession that daily passes before this, ur-
.bane. easy-going and yet tremendously
energetic and time-saving man OF the
moment when he is in New York. Dur
ing the course of fifteen minutes a d oxen
men came and went with missions cover
ing everything from the choice Of a new
campaign novelty to a move on the chess
board which might mean the winning or
losing Of the great game.
81 Only. one in twenty visitors to the Cen
fury building succeeds in seeing Chair
man aggart, and fewer still reach the
inner sanctuary occupied by the dignifled
August Belmont. lyvulile ostensTbly, a
volunteer private IN the ranks. bearing
no title and wearing no superfiuous
badges, August Belmont is undeniably an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02

Land Java colonel? DO you sell your
coffee branded that way?"S
.'Yes, we have mills which sort the
beans into six different varieties. The
beans of certain kind and quality &c
into one box and are labeled Mocha, OF
another kind into another box .and are
labeled Mokina, OF anothersinto a third
box labeled Java, and so on. Tho pur.
chasers understand perfectlytwell Eowsthe
coffee Is graded, and there is no fraud
In this method OF selling. The day ha.,
long past since the name OF coffee de-
noted the actual locality where 1t was
grown. Indeed, We ship Brazilian cot.
fee to Java and the people there drink
1t under the name Of Java coffee,
How much do our Java coffees which
are sold from So or 40 cents pound,
bring In Brazil2' n sg8, ys a
About 10 cents pound. ! should
say i 81, r rs 81
rs your coffee area increasing ~
Not at present, We are trying to re-
strict the production in order to keep
up the prices, Your coffee trust is al
ways cutting us down, but our farmers
are now combining to reduce their outnut
and thus to offset the trust. AZ ia our
coffee lands, we shau develop more as
tho world demands more coffee.''
The Rubber Forests,
How about your rubber product?n
asked docs It show any signs OF giving.
out?' a z
NO. Our6rnbber comes from the wild
trees along the Amazon and Its trlbu-.
taries, embracing altogether g, length OF
about 1000 miles Of Waterways The
forests, there are Of vast extent, and they
producing about 100000. 600 pounds per
year At present We are working only
near the rivers; but when this territory
has been exhausted VIC shall pusl, back
intoMthe Interior, We are finding new
rubber fields every years. One tof the
most profitable exploited In recent times
is the Acre territory, which We have
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him was one concerning the doubtful
States. He preferred not to name them.
Another question concerned the amount
Of money that the Democratic committee
would spend in this campaign. He SAID
1t was little too early to say just how
much would be spent, but that 1t would
be considera ble Most Of the contrbu-
tions, no continued, had been inspired
by patriotism or love oil party. Con-
corning the recent returns from Maine,
he was not surprised, but he did not think
Maine was a good barometer by which
TO gauge the rest of the country-it was
too far North. Briefly, Treasurer Peabody
did not answer any questions at all, and
vet he conveyed the impression that
there was going to be a sweeping Demo-
cratic victory simply because the destined
hour had come for one. His reprcssed
confidence was contagious. Treasurer
Peabody is so courteous that one instlnc-
lively removes his hat when talking witn
him. s4i al
SHED at the Camera.
yice-c Chairman De Lancey Nicoll Isl
more brusque but no less confident OF
the outcome than are the other powers
behind theScalnpnign throne. When he.
planted himself at his desk as the cam
era man retreated in order to get a
better perspective he did SO with the air
of a man who had dined, and whom fate
could not HARM He exhibited surprise
and then amusement. when aske ed Why the
Democratic com nittee had a Vice chair
man when the Republican committee was
worrying along with merely II chairman.
Then, be Whispered, he explained that
Theodore Roosevelt was the real chair
man Of the Republican committee while
former Secretary Cortelyou occupied a
position corresponding, in A many respects
with his own. Vice-C airman Nicoll was
sure that New York would be found in
the Democrat tic column. and he wa 8 equal
" sure that Iowa. Nebraska, and Ore
gan would swell the same column. Hav-
ing made this point clear, the1v ice-ehair-
man pleaded a press of buskless and d.
rected the interviewer toward Secretary
Woodson, who, he 8vouchsaf fed, had more
time than anyone else about headquarters
to discuss politics because the Southern /
vote, for which he was responsible, was t
"a fore gone conclusion . MI
y Secretary yYoodson has brought not only
humor butrwide experience to the aid Of I
Chairman Ia ggert He has been con- I
nected with five campa ign8 committees, /
and proba bly, has more practical know-
edge of the way In which Presidents are
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02

lOT%E ler N against ne tS1AtnGCland Ira thor
i hoWeyer.-a strong love for Germany,@as as;
/ may be seen sin their commercial rela-5
:, gThe 2 G G. at home
south rn Brazil This trade has been fos-s
tered e, by the 81 excel lent steamship and
/ banking facilities which Germany gives,',s
Give me some idea of that part Sof
BRAZIL s5$ n SSsg n .lf ss S8Ns
III there Is m9eh
with grass. It Isl excellent for sr gyIaa
land n quarter OF d million cattle are an
nualy butchered In Rio Grande do Sui
alone. That part of Brazil has good
towns, some railroads and many fac torles. %
It's people are thrifty. 81 ssYsf
San Paulo the Coffee State.
. "yy e kind Of g state is san Paulo?
Of our country It has tAe best coffee Y
lands. and although mparatively small
II contains aims about one;eighthY Of our whole
one-halt million Inhabitants, which lis y
three times as much as i e had thirty
years ago. Its capital city also named
,han. P aS has two hundred and nifty,
on the continent. It IS a great ed uca-$ss
tion "a, {, center. being noted for its schools
based on the coffee trade The State has
n round numbers 5000 coffee planta-
lions, with more than 900 900 bearing
coffee consumed BY the world. San IL Pa tIo
also raises sugarGand cotton Al
Big American Investments.
How about your street cal system? II
understand you have muny electric roads, b
nish Investments for American capital.i, 3s8
y; americans are already investing i'm
& then replied Colonel Aguar. ,One OF 4
South America, Is that which operates the
san Pauo atranlway. II has a capital of
SSiIy SSeSg IN Wh v, IT rays SIX per GENT
cation probably contains considerable Wa 4
ter. s55s M p, 5g3i 7fsg a w 5t Y
s1,srhlS company is known i.s the san
rs electricity from the oernahyha river. II.
about twenty miles from the city, where
y las one. q the largest electric plants
sne sa4 ghts San paao
to take over the street railroads OF Rio
5ane il, aapd 10 run them with a power n
from Rio. Tho falls are SO strong Inn l
i y believed that they win light The cts
and drive all the cars, Rio has now 500, 600 n
people, and the street car traffic Is enor7
a $45.ooo,ooo Scheme,
"A what figure will they CAPITALIZE their
II Is already capitalized. The stock
amounts to $40. 900 COO. and they expect To
pay dividends upon that. They viii nave +
every street car line In Rio de Janeiro ~
except the botanical Garden line. and
they Viii probably be able 10 sell power
to that line. The Botanical Garden line
was one OF the first built on this hemt-
Sphere, 1t wa constructed bs an Amert-
can named 3Greenough, who made for
tune out Of II and then SOLD II out 10 tho ii
B3azllians Americans have also built r.
the street car lines, Of Manaos. loo miles 3
lpsthe Amazon. but they have sold them.
Indeed, II seems TO me that when sou 4
you always sell out,ssIt Is different With NJ
The English and GermanS-shey held on.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-29
In Labor's Field.
CLERKS GIVE UP
THEIR HOLIDAY
INDORSE EMPLOYERS POSITION
ON LABOR DAY.
This Year 1t Falls on Day Of Big
Trade and Retailers Would Sacrifice
Much If They Closed - Label
League Is Growing.

Owing to the fact that Labor Day
comes on the Monday following the
state fair. the Retail Clerks asso-
citation has been unsuccessful in its
efforts to induce the Retail Mer-
chants association to close the retail
stores on Labor Day. This does not
mean that any rupture has occurred
between the two organizations. On
the contrary, the reasons set forth by
the merchants for declining the re-
quest are recognized as of sufficient
Importance from business stand.
point to warrant the action taken, and
the clerks will cheerfully forego par.
ticipation in the Labor Day celebra-
ton this year in the hope that in
coming years, as now seems probable,
l$bor holiday and the date Of expira-
ton of specia1-rate tickets issued to
outsiders to attend the fair will not
come on the same day.
The communication from the retail
merchants, in advancing their reasons
quest of the clerks, pointed out the
fact that Labor Day was the last day
upon which excursionists visiting the
fair would be able to do their shop
ping, because of the limit on these
tickets expiring that night. The mer-
would be an injustice to their patrons
from abroad to close their stores and
thus deprive them of the privilege of
making their purchases at the most
, convenient time. Experience Of
/ former years has demonstrated that
more business is done by the retail
stores upon the Monday following
the fair than on almost any day of
fair week. The merchants agree to
close in years to come when Labor
Day does not fall on this day, and as
this will be the case for a number of
years, it practically means that by
giving up the holiday next September
the clerks will have an agreement
which will insure the observance Of
the day by all the retailers in the as
sociation. ..a
In former years it has been almost
impossible for the Minneapolis and ST..
Paul clerks to get together on Labor
Day plans, but this year 1t is likely
the merchants association there will
take the same action as the Minne-
apolis retailers.
The communication of the mer-
chants has been referred to the execu-
tive board of the Retail Clerks asso-
citation with plenary power, and the
acceptance Of the proposition is as
sured.
Membership of the clerks associa-
,tion is increasing and a number Of
new members will be added to the
rolls at the meeting next Monday
evening.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-29
LABEL LEAGUE MEETS
New Members Are Initiated and New
Officers Installed.

At the regular meeting of the
Woman's Union Label league,
Wednesday q evening; several new
members were initiated and officers
for the ensuing term were installed
by M. N. Rogers. After the fnstalla-
tion ceremonies ice cream and cake
were served. The Garment Workers
union presented each member of the
league who assisted in serving the re-
freshments with handsome apron.
The officers and some of the men,
bers of the league have been recipi-
ents of an unsigned circular contain
ing an extract from a. New York
paper, quoting President Elliot's rea-
son for refusing to allow his speech
before the Boston Central Labor
Union to be printed under a union,
label. The circular winds up as fol-
lows:
President Eliot gave as his reason for
the refusal, that the label condoned the
closed shop and the closed shop implied
in nutshell the chief and strongest argu-
ment against the union label, and affords
all the justification which President Eliot,
or any other American citizen, needs for
a refusal to sanction practice so foolish
and so inimical to public interests. The
business Of tagging manufactured products
of various kinds with marks or signs de-
signed to cause a discrimination in favor
of one class of workers against another.
is utterly repugnant to the American
sense Of Justice and fair play; silly,
meddlesOme and impertinent practice, be-
meath intelligent and self-respecting men
and women, and quite intolerable in Il
free country.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-29

vention held in ST. Louis, made report, and
officers elected at the last meeting were tn4
stalled.
Following. the action of the Duluth Building
Trades Council. the Superior organization has
elected plasterer to the office of president. He
is Jacob Weir. well known in building g-trada
Building Laborers Union No. IA, has chosen
the following officers: President, d. Nolans
vice-president, E. Ryel corresponding secretary,
S. G. Nelson; recording secretary, G. Dagstroms
C. R. Peterson was reelected business agent.
Ice Wagon Drivers Union, No. 221, will be-
represented at the convention of the 1nterna-
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters, which meets at
Cincinnati, Ohio, on Monday next, by w. La.
Roaderick, business agent of the local union.
Mr.. Roaderick will leave for Cincinnati tonight.
st. Paul Meat Cutters Union will picnic al
Young America Sunday, Aug. IA, when q
return game of ball between the teams represent.
ing the st. Paul and Minneapolis unions will be
played. At the picnic of the local union, at
Jordan, Mimi, two weeks, ago, the st. Paul
meat cutters, team defeated the Minneapolis
team.
A delegation of members from the Minneapolis
Dressmakers' Union visited st. Paul union Mon
day evening and were very pleasantly entertained
by the members of the sanity city organization.
a number OF the st. Paul dressmakers visited
the Minneapolis unions last week. The annual
Joint picnic will be held at Wildwood, Wednes-
day, Aug. 10.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-29
Machinists to Meet.

The governing board Of the twin city
machintsts' unions will meet at the office
of Business Agent Morrissey, in the Sykes
block, on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
New members Of the board are John Hib-
bert. No. l12. st. Paul, chairman; Ed
Britigan, No. All, Minneapolis, secretary
treasurer: f. Schultz, No. 459, st. Paul,
and Thomas Van Lear, No. 81, Mime
apolis, who was elected to fill out an un-
expired term. The board will audit the
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-29
An EnaIneers, nopen. y

Steam Engineers union, No a. is ar
ranging for an open meeting to be held
soon to stir up q greater interest in the
work Of the organization. The following
are the officers for the coming term:
President, p. e. Steele; recording secre-
tary, g. thinner; financial secretary, G..
Fisher; treasurer, R. Beemish; delegates
to Trades and Labor assembly, A. w.
Turner, e. E. Steele, G. Zimlner, T. Moore
and II. Weston; delegates to the Metal
Trades council. M. Mogan and M. Bra
ney; executive board, A. w Turner. M.
Mogan and M Braney. The members Of
the executive board from Hosting and
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-29
The Blue Label LEAGUE.

The e,<ec1t tive board Of the Blue Label
league will meet at Federation hall, ST.
Paul, next Monday evening. The new
board is made up as follows: Max Con-
rad and E. G. Hall of Minneapolis and II.
Feyder, F. Hoffman and G. Butzenhart of
st. Paul. Among other things the board
will consider the question OF advertising
the label for the coming year and will
arrange for an appropriate advertising
display at the state fair this fall.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-29
VAN LEAR Is CHAIRMAN
Minneapolis Man to Preside Over the
Federation Council.

The first meeting of the new Fed
GRAFTON Council was held at Federation
hall, st. Paul, Sunday afternoon.
Thomas Van Lear of Machinists' union
No. 81, Minneapolis, was elected
chairman and G.. w. Douglas Of
Painters union No. 81, st. Paul, was
elected secretary. No business was
transacted outside of organization and
the election of officers. A communi-
cation from Secretary McEwen said
that all matters referred to the council
by the recent convention would be
forwarded at once to the officers, and
these will receive consideration at the
next meeting, which will be held in
Minneapolis early next month. AS has
been the CUSTOM meetings will be held
alternately in Minneapolis and St.
Paul. with an occasional session in
saltwater or other places where work
demands the presence of the members
OF the council
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-29
TYPOS TO NAVIGATE
They'll Sail to the Raging St. CroiA
on Aug, Z.

Minneapolis Typographical union,
No. AZ, will give an excursion down
the Mississippi river and up the st.
Croix on Sunday, Aug. Z. Members
Of the St. Paul union have been in
vited to participate and a goodly num-
ber have signified their intention of
Joining with their Minneapolis brethren
in making the occasion success.
The steamer Cyclone and consort
have been chartered for the occasion
and will leave the Minnehaha Falls
boat landing at 9 am. and st. Paul at
10 am. A good orchestra has been
engaged for the day and dancing will
be feature.
The committee having the affair in
charge consists Of G. T. Winberg, w.
K. Cody, w. J. Rohr, J. w. Hanrahan
and w. H. Rogers. Charles Seymour
will be master Of ceremonies.