The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-08-04
NEWS FROM THE
NATIONS CAPITAL
Especial to Silver State.)
Da Fonseca's Visit.

La fonSeca'S Visit.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The press
| is filed with announcements of the
coming visit of the president elect of
/ Brazil, the distinguished soldier and
statesman, Marshal Hermes da Fonse-
ca, who comes of celebrated lineage
and who is himself one of the foremost
men of affairs in South America. Many
cities have extended invitations to him
ITO visit them, and his stay here will be
| lsignalized by honors extended him by
the president and the government of
tne United States. When one realizes
that Brazil is larger than continental
United States, and that it ranks next
to tlis country among the nations Of
the western hemisphere in wealth,
population and commercial Importance
possessing constitution modelled on
that of the United States. and having.
possibly, natural resources of greater
lpotentiality, it can be seen that we
should give serious attention to the
tacit invitation of Brazil to allv our
selves more closely with it both politi-
cally and commercially
Brazil has naturally taken its place
IN recent years among the great powers
conference as a delegate Senator Ruv
Barbosa, who delivered an address ESQ
memorable, as the editor of the Tn
dependent declared, ssthat it has q
place in history Mr.. Barbosa showed
that among all Latin American conn.
tries Brazil has been the only one to
which the great powers-notably the
United States-have gone in quest of
a fba g.,
bltrations, the case of the Alabama
between the United States and Great
Britain, the treaty drawn by the two
parties at Washington on the 9Th of
Nav 1871. designated the Geneva
court. one of the arbitrators chosen be.
ing Viscopnt Itajuba, Brazilian dip
lomat. At the Washington Franco.
American court, constituted to settle
the claims of the two conflicting pow
ers. in accordance with the convention
of the 18th of January, 1880, the presi
dency fell to Brazil. Finally, the arhi
tration committees for the decision Of
the claims of England. France. Ger
many and Italy against Chill. were
successively presided over by three
Brazilian counsellors: Lopez Netto
Lafayette Pereira and Ajuirar dan
drade. And it may be added here tha-
one reason why Brazilian diplomac,
stands so high, is that it's diplomats are
schooled for their careers and have no,
been appointed as matters of political
lexpediency or personal favoritism.
! Brazilian Exports.
Consul ul-General George E. Anderson
/ of Rio de Janeiro, recently reported
that Brazil had exported during the
first three months of 1910 goods To the
value of $70,956,375. The imports for
the same period exceeded those for
any similar previous period in the his
tory of the country, amounting to $751;
4,569. The greatest single item of
export for the first quarter of this year
was rubber, which was valued at $47..
244,050, thus emphasizing signally the
pre-eminence of Brazil as a rubber pro.
ducing country. A large increase 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 eight billion dol
lars, and that one fifth of them had
been destroyed by insects and fun.
gold growths so that the crop values
should have reached a total of ten bill
lion dollars, it will be seen quite readily
that congress did an important piece
of work when it sought to save the ma
tion goodly portion of that $4,000 900,
900 by enacting a law "for preventing
the manufacture, sale, or transportation
of adulterated or misbranded Paris
green's, lead arsenates and other insect
licides, and also fungicides and for regu
llating traffic therein, and for other pur
poses.
The enforcement of the act is lai(
lon the secretary of the treasury, tn,
secretary of agriculture and the secre
Itary of commerce and labor. In pnr
suance of law, they have appointed ,
board consisting of R. E. Cabell, com
missioner of internal revenue; Charlie,
Earl solicitor of the department OF
commerce and labor, and George P
MacCale, solicitor of the department OF
agriculture, to have general supervis
ion over enforcement of the law
Il Millions to Fight Bugs.
The farmers and orchardists of tn,
country spend every year between 500,
100000 and 100000 for insect
cides. 1t has been found by the depart
ment of agriculture that little relianc,
can be placed on the quality of the stuff
sold TO onsumers for fighting insect an.
fungous pests. Some of the stuff sol,
as insecticides contained as much as O.
per cent of inert material which woul
! have no effect on insects. Many insec
" destroyers' are worth but or
cents and are sold under some fame
name for 10 to % cents. Certain in
: secticides contain as much as so pc
cent of road dust. One sample o
, "Paris green' was found which con
, tanned no Paris green at all. Not t.
multiply instances. the secretary of ag
rieulture declared that legislation sucl
as that enacted was badly needed.
The house committee on interstat'
and foreign commerce in its report OF
the bill, estimates that one-third of tn
insects and plant diseases can be sue
cessfully combatted by the use of in
secticides and fungicides. 1t shove
that in a single state, California, tn
ANIMAL yalna of the fruit cron is owe