Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-06-06
Our
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Washington June 1.-The govern
ment is preparing an elaborate
welcome for DR. Lauro Muller
the prime minister of Brazil who
will arrive in New York early in
June. An American navy officer
and an army officer will be
assigned to him as military
aide 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
return the official visit paid to Bra
I'll by Senator Elihu Root when he
wal Secretary Of State s~econdarily
to select a site in San Francisco
for the Brazilian building in the
Panama Exposition Thus be will
travel across the country visiting
many of our cities where he will
receive formal welcome from the
local dignitaries.
The chief celebration in his hon.
or will occur when he m to
Washington to pay his formal call
on Presi dent Wilson and Secretary
of State Bryan. At this function
yards IF gold lace will be in evil
dence and in official circles the
coming of the visitor will csuse a
fiuttering such as is usually caused
only By the visit of royalty.
At the state department the in
quirer is told that DR. Muller's
visit is the most important since
that of Prince Henry of Prussia,
few years ago.
As a matter of fact DR.. Muller is
q good deal more important than
Prince Henry. The prince is i'm
portant because he happened to be
born in a royal family DR., Null
Ter is a plain citizen of a republic
(Which as a revolutionary soldier
fighting against the tyrannous
Portuguese monarchy to be helped
to create) and his Importance is
because of his achievements
The dark skinned man who is to
visit US is one of the most remark
able of the young men who are
making South America a great
continent He is a young man, only
40 years old. yet his life has been
crowded with wonderful expert
ences. We have no public man in
this country whose activities 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 legis-
iature, latter as a senator. In 1902
he was appointed minister Of pub
lie works and during this four
years administration he accomplish
ed most of the things for which he
is now celebrated. After two years
Of private life he was again sent to
the Brazilian Senate and last year
President Fonseca named him as
premier Of the cabinet.
He created the Brazilian Depart
ment Of Agricultural products.
The Brazilian weather bureau is
almost entirely his creation. De
promoted successfully the Madeia.
Mamore and and Joinville.Abassu
railroads two of the most difficult
pieces Of railway construction in
theworld. He conducted a survey
of the mineral resources of his vast
country and had made a survey Of
the n~ayigable rivers Of the Amazon
valley. He built the vast port
works at Rio De Janeiro Para and
other harbors. He established a
reclamation and dry farming SER
vice for Brazil.
These are a few Of the achiev-
ments which make DR.. Muller a
more important visitor than Prince
Henry, whose best achievement was
TO be born in q regal hour house.
hold. But the tale Of DR.. Muller's
career is not yet told. His best
known work was to supervise the
expenditure of 5000, 900, 900 which
converted Rio De Janerio from n
tropical %pesthole into a healthful
city and the most beautiful in the
western hemisphere.
In this work one of his fests was
the construction Of a boulevard
Portuguese name means
Central Avenue. 1t runs squarely