The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
n 81 MAGELLAN THROUGH SECRETARY

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|gments there amount to something Ike
$50, 900, 900. 81 N 1, Y.
:s8 Germany in Brazil.
oursecretary Of state will find that the
Germans favoB many millions invested in
Brazil Gand that they are by far the
| strongest Of tho foreign nations there
Indeed the lower part OF Brazil is 50
| largcly5 q erman that II ~ often called
West deutschland. IN the st e q itlo
| Grande do Sui alone there are Soo.ooO Ger Ger
mans. tjI Il n Tarnna there are $50, 600, and
In santa Catharina there are 81, 900. In
! santa Cathnrina q number OF German
| gcoonizing corlpa MES are now Q pera TIN T.
lThey buy6large tracts Of land from the
state government and sell them IN sn.lll
Snllotments TO settlers That State has
Isseyyenty-two miles OF rail way5 ana several
new lines are projected. II ha s one CITY
lsB,umenau, which, has 80, coo n apltarts,
which Is almost entirely GERM an, ai,1
another, named - 9 I'm ollrle -
forty miles away. q 3 Z, u
me chief citySof Rio GIande 40 SUI.
Porto Allegro, has about ninety thousand
inhabitants, OF which the controlling IN
fuence Is German. 81 That town Is g great
IN Ia cent ter 4 and the chief commercial
jnolnt for southern Brazil. It has extern
slve factories run by g rn1ans The
Germans own all the stores, all the;
banks and the most valuable Of the plan
tatons q S,5 IL Il "a
That section Of Brazil is as healthful
as any part OF, the United States. The
climate is much like that Of the south
] crn part OF 4 our own country It Is q
Hand ssof corn. and grass and other pro-
] ducts Of the temperate zone, There Is
an abundant rainfall, 8hnnd crops are
| grown without Irrigation. The farmers
raise wheat, coffee, cotton and tobacco.
and8.they have such rich grazing lands
that Rio Grande do Sui exports t~nnti-
/ ties of meat and hides. ID
German Steamship Lines.
The Germans are pushing their steam
ship connections with South America
They have long had an excellent freight
and passenger service from Bremen and
Hamburg to the different Brazilian ports.
and they have recently added SIX steam
ers OF six or eight thousand tons each
for that trade. They have steamers
from Europe to Para and several lines
which go to Uruguay and the Argentine,
rs well rs Through tho Strait OF A1agcl-{
Ian and up the west coast. Indeed, no
nation pushes Its foreign trade so ln-J
telgently 50 vigorously or 50 effectively
Even upon the Amazon, where we have
almost the monopoly Of the rubber bust
ness, great part of the Imports and
exports are handled by the Germans.
During my tour OF South America T
visited almost every country, and found
German importing houses everywhere.
There were German drummers on every
railroad train and ship, and on every
stage line, and the most of them spoke.
Spanish. and wero able to doal d.
rectly with tho people. Such American
commercial travellers as met spoke
only English. and they were at o great
disadvantage In this respect over tho
Germans. Nearly every large German,
exporting house has branches In South
America. to which It sends Its drummers
to learn tho language and tho business
before starting them out on the road
"A similar policy is adopted by the Same
houses in other parts Of tho world,
Italyin Brazil and Argentina, Il
In both Brazil and Argentina Secretary
Root will find a large number Of Ital-
ians. In the latter country there arc far
more Italians than Germans. and In
Buenos Ayres there arc 30 many that
| parts OF the city remind me OF Italy
There are altogether about 10000 sItal-
lana In Argentina, which Is more than
twice as many RS the spaniards, flyo
times us many as tho French, and twen-
ty-flye times as many as the Germans,
Tho Americans there can be counted
by hundreds, and the Same may be said
MS to our people In Brazil.
| Tho Italians do large part or tha
merchandising IN E3uenos lAyros. They 40
] much OF the manufacturing and thoy
constitute big proportion OF the farming
population. ~
In Brazil there arc almost as many
!thllans az Germans. and In tho State of
sac Puulo alone they number Gto,0
Nany q them arc engaged In coffee
raising ana some In general farming.
There Is a large floating italian popula-
ton IN both Brazil and Argentina. This
10 made NJ OF lnborers who cross the
A1'Antlc TWICE eyory year to help har-
vest the wheat and coffee crops and re-
turn homo year after year. The 1ea-
sons are Just reversed south OF the eo,la-
6oF ana this trip gives them winter
} vacation, during which they oan earn
; money and bsrhack In Italy for the sum
msr, A large part OF this immigration
! Is from Lomoardy. which contains abont
the best of the italian population.
: Everywhere our Secretary of State gooa
) he will find American money and Amer
{ lean brains gradually making their way.
J me rupper business at Para is controlled
7 by our rubber trust and the offices NJ
. the company there are managed by Amer
], leans. - -'''N'F
! The street CIR line at Munaos, thou,
: SAND miles further UP the AMAZON. wns
\ put IN by New Workers. aud the same il
Z true OF the electric light plant there. The
], first street car line OF Rio was built by
9 an american, and understand that
electrical interests, Including enormous
. water-powers In the State of Sac Paulo.
\ have been bought by New York capital
: lists. AT Rio the chief ef the coffee ex-