The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-02
PLAN BIG CELEBRATION
 FOR DR. LAURO MULLER

The government Is preparing an elaborate welcome for Dr. Lauro Mul- Ter ,the prime minister of Brazil, who will arrive in New York early in June An American navy officer and an ar my officer will be assigned to him as military aides as he. steps from the steamer. These uniformed men will attend him throughout his travels in the United States.
 He is coming here primarily to re- turn the official visit paid to Brazil by Senator Elihu Root when he was Secretary of State, secondarily to se- lect the site in San Francisco for the Brazilian building in the Panama ENz- position. Thus he will travel across the country, visiting many of our cit ies where he will receive formal well come from the local dignitaries.
 The chief celebration in his honor will occur when he goes to Washing ton to pay his formal call. on Presi- dent wilson and Secretary of State Bryan. At this function yards of gold lace will be in evidence. and in off ciaI circles the coming of the visitor will cause fluttering such as is us- uaIIy caused only by the visit of roy alty-
 At the state department the inquir- CT is told that Dr. Muller's visit is the most important since that of Prince Henry. of Prussia a few years ago.
 AS a matter of fact. pr. Muller is a good deal more important than Prince Henry. The prince is important be- cause he happened to be born in royal family Dr. Muller Is a plain citizen of a republic (which as revolution ary soldier fighting against the ty- rannous Portuguese monarchy he helped to create) and his importance is because of his achievements.
 The dar1-slInned man who is to visit l1s is one of the most remarkable of the young men who are making south America great continent. He $ young man. only 4s years old, yet his public life has been crowded with wonderful experiences. We have no public man in this country whose ac- tivfties have been anywhere near so wide as his
 After fighting in the army which won freedom for Brazil, he entered public life first as a member of the lower house of the national legisla- fure. later as a senator. In 1902 he was appointed minister of public works. and during this four year ad- rninistration he accomplished most of the things for which he is now ce1e- brated- After two years of private life. he was again sent to the Brazil ian Senate. and last year President Fonseca named him as premier of the cabinet
 He created the Brazilian Depart ment of Agriculture and founded sew eral institutions for studying the grow ing of Brazilian agricultural products. The Brazilian weather bureau is all most entirely his creation He pro noted successfully the Madeira-Nfa- more and JoinviIIe-Abassu railroads, two of the most difficult pieces of railway construction in the world. He conducted a survey of the mineral re- sources of his vast country, and had made a survey of the navigable rivers of the Amazon valley. He built the vast port works at Rio De Janeiro. Para and other harbors- He estab- Iished a reclamation and dry farm ing service for Brazil.
 These are few of the achievements which make Dr. Muller a more inn portant visitor than Prince Henry. whose best achievement was to be born in a regal hour household. But the tale of Dr. MulIer'n career is not yet told His best known work was to supervise the expenditure of $2Oo,- 0Oo.0OO which converted Rio de Ja- neiro from tropical pesthole into a heaIthful city and the most beautiful En the western hemisphere
 In this work one of his feats was the construction of a boulevard whose nue- It runs squarely through the heart of the business section. Ten years ago its route was a tangle of narrow, evil smelling streets, the property on which was owned by rich landlords who rented it to the poor
 As soon as the landlords found out that Dr. Muller was planning his Cen traI Avenue they promptly boosted their valuations. The total price was staggering, too high to make the con- struction of the street possible.
 Possible from the United States standpoint. that is pr. Muller simply went to the tax books of the city, took S=e low values which the landlords had set on their properties for taxa ton purposes. and appropriated a right of way on that basin. The prop erty owners howled, but Brazilian public opinion backed up Dr. Muller.
 Yes. the visitor is a good deal more important than Prince Henry.