The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-31
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TREATS ON MANY VITAL SUBJECTS

who is himself one Of the foremost
men Of affairs in South America
Many cities have extended invita-
lions 10 him 10 visit them, and his
stay here will be signalized by hon
ors extended him by the president
and the government OF the United
States. When one realized that Brazil
i5 larger tAan continental United
States, and that it ranks next 10
this country among the nations OF
the western hemisphere in wealth
population, and commercial import
once, possessing constitution mod
eled on that OF the United States,
and having, possibly. natural re-
sources Of greater potentiality, Il
can be seen that We should give
serious attention 10 the tacit invita-.
tion to Brazil to ally ourselves more
closely with it both politically and
commercially
Brazil has naturally taken it's
place in recent years among the
great powers OF the world Il sent
to the Hague conference as a dele
gate senator Ruy Barbosa. who de-
lVered an address so memorable"
as the editor Of the Independent de
clared, that it has a place in his
tory. It was entitled, The Equal
ity of Sovereign States Mr. Bar
bcsa showed that among all Latin
American countries Brazil has been
/ only one to which the great powers
notably the United States--have
] gone in quest of arbitrators. In the
most famous of arbitratlons. the case
| OF the Alabama" between the Unit
| ed States and Great Britain. the
treaty drawn by the two parties at
Washington on the Sth OF May 1871
| designated the Geneva court, one of
the a1bitratCrs chosen being Wis
count ltajnba, a Brazilian diplomat.
A. the Washington Franco-American
court, constituted to settle the claims
OF the two conflicting powers. in
accordance with the convention OF
the l5th Of January. 1880, the presi-
dchcy fell to Brazil Finally, the ar
bItration committees for the decision
o. the claims of England. France.
Germany and Italy against Chill.
were successfully presided over by
three Brazilian counselors. Lopez
Netto Lafayette Pereira and Aiuirar
dAndrade. And it may be added
mere that one reason why Brazilian
diplomacy stands so high, is that its
diplomats are schOolcd for their ca.
reors and have not been appointed
as matters OF political cxpediency or
personal lavoritism
Brazilian Exports
Consul General George Il. Ander.
son of Rio do Janeiro recently re-
ported that Brazil had exported dur.
iEG the first three months of 1910
goods TO the value of $7O956. .375.
The Imports for the same period
exceeded those for any similar pre-.
Fious period in the history of the
country, amounting to $51.374.JG9.
The greatest single item of export
Tor the ilrst quarter of this year
was rubber which was valued at
S4'2ifO5O, thus emphasizing signally
the pre-eminencc of Brazil as a rub.
her producing country. \ large in.
crease is noted IN the exports of
cotton and sugar
For Better insecticides.
When you stop TO consider that
the value of crops in the United
States amounted last year to eigh.
billion dollars and that one-fifth OF
chem had been destroyed by insects
and fungoid growths so that the
crop should have reached a total
OF ten billion dollars, 1t will be see
quite readily that congress did an
] 'HINlldui piece OF WOlk when II
| sought to save the nation a goodly
PORTION of that $1,000 600 by enact.
ing a law for preventing the manu-.
Iacturc, sale or transportation of
/ adulterdted or misbranded Paris
greens, lead arsenates and other in
/ sccticides, and also fungicides. and
for regulating traffic therein. and
/ for other purposes"
The enforcement of the act is laid
on the secretary OF the treasury. the
secretary of agriculture, and the sec
rctary of commerce and labor. In
pursuance Of law, they have appoint
ed a board consisting of r. Il. Ca
bell, commissioner OF internal rev.
enuc; Charles Ear. solicitor of the
department OF commerce and labor
and George p. McCabe, solicitor OF
the department of agriculture, tl
have