Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
PRIME MINISTER MULLER OF
BRAZIL TO VISIT THE UNITED
5Tfts STATES.

The governments preparing an elabo
rate welcome forDr. Lauro Muller, the
prime minister Of Brazil. who will ar
rive in New York early in June. An
American navy officer and an army
officers will be assigned him as mili-
tary sides as he steps from the steam q
| er. These uniformed men will attene
throughout his travels in the Un 1
| States. sSss5s II Z Ert2 e: =
He IL coming here primarily to re
turn. the official visit paid to Brazil
BY Senator Elihut Root when he was
secretary OF State secondarily to Sc
lect the site In San Francisco for the
brazilian building in the Panama Ex
position. Thus he will travel across
the COM ~ visiting many Of .oul
cities where he will receive forma
welcome from the local dignitaries.
The chief celebration in his honor
will occur when he comes to Wash
ington to pay his formal call or
President Wilson and Secretary OF
State Bryan. At this function yards
Of gold lace will be in evidence, and
in official circles the coming OF the
visitor will cause q fluttering such al
Is usually caused only by the visit
Of royalty. ss5 q
At the state department the inquir
er is told that DIR. Muller's visit is
the most important since that Of
Prince Henry, Of Prussia, few
years ago. i.;..
AS a matter Of fact, DR.. Muller is
q good deal more important than
Prince Henry. The prince is impor:
tant because he happened to be born
in i royal family. DR.. Muller Is g. 9
plain citizen OF republic (Which as
q revolutionary soldier fighting
against the tyrannous Portuguese
monarchy he helped to create) and
his Importance Is because Of his
achievement. .;... q s,s,s=
The dark skinned man who is to
visit us is one OF the most remark
able OF the young men who are max
ing South America a great continent.
He is a young man, only 49 years Old.
yet his life has been crowded with
wonderful experiences. We have no
public man in this country Whose &C
tivities 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 legSla,
ture, later as a senator. In 1902 he
was appointed minister OF public
works, and during this four years ad-
ministration he accomplished most
of the things for which he is now
celebrated. After two years Of pri-
vate lite The was again sent to the
Brazilian senate, and last year Pres
ident Fonseca named him as prem
Ter Of the cabinet.
He created the Brazilian Depart
ment OF Agriculture and founded sew
e-al institutions for studying the
growing of Brazilian agricultural pro-
ducts. The Brazilian weather bureau
is almost entirely his creation. He
promoted successfully the Madeifa,
Hamor and Joinville-Abassu railroads
two Of the most difficult pieces OF
railway construction in the world.
He conducted q survey Of the min
eral resources of his vast country,
and had made survey OF the navi-
gable rivers OF the Amazon valley.
He built the vast port works at Rio
De Janeiro, Para and other harbors.
He established q reclamation and dry
farming service for Brazil.
There are a few of the achieve
ments which make DR.. Muller a more
important visitor than Prince Henry.
whose best achievement was to bel
born In regal hour household. But
the tale of DR.. Muler's career is not
yet told. His best known work was
10 supervise the expenditure Of $780,,