Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05

1,67O miles. Inc DOce, or sweet river,
If it could be lifted to our country
would reach from Washington to Cleve-
land.
This world of Brazil is one of enor-
nous resources. and its crops include
almost every product that grows upon
Gods green earth. The highlands are
temperate, and they will raise wheat
and corn. The lowlands are tropical
and fitted for sugar and tobacco. while
between them we have the vast coffee
fields that tickle the stomach and
stiffen the backbone Of the human
race every morning. The coffee planta-
tions cover more than 100000
acres. The cattle number something
like 30,000,000, and the possibilities in
cotton, cacao, sugar and tobacco are
enormous. The country is growing in
manufactures. The capital already in
vested in industrials Is something like
a quarter Of a billion dollars, and of
this the cotton factories alone have a
capital of s9O,OO0.000 and more. There
are 1874 cotton mills now working.
Many of the Brazilian industries are
operated with foreign money, and the
country Is open to Americans as never
before. The amount of foreign capital
already invested is more than eleven
hundred million dollars, and to this
must be added half billion dollars in
Brazilian stocks and bonds. The
amount invested In railroads alone Is
estimated at over 1925, 100000. and more
roads are being surveyed and some are
under construction. AT present the
state of Rio de Janeiro and parts of
Sac Paulo and Minas Geraes only are
well served by rail. and tens of thou
sands of miles of new tracks will be
required to open the country.
In the future 1 shall write as to
the timber lands and mineral re-
sources of Brazil. The country has
some of the greatest forests yet unex-
plotted The woods of the Amazon
alone cover 2,000,O 900 square miles, a
territory as great as two-thirds of the
United States proper. There are pine
forests in southern Brazil, and the
highlands of Matte Crosse have wood
lands intermixed with their pastures.
The mineral regions of the country
are practically unprospected. The re-
public contains everything from gold
and diamonds to iron and graphite. AL
most 100000 pounds of gold have
been taken out OF the mines and gold
is known to exist in nearly every one
of the states. There Is town In Matte
Crosse where the boys look for gold
in the cutters a1IeT Ine TdlHs, ana OH
the highlands of Minas Geraes. the
gold mines are now paying well. Brazil
has enormous deposits Of iron, an OPP
ton on some of which Is now held by
the millionaires of the steel trust. The
Southern Star, one of the fine dia-
monds discovered, weighed 2b4 carats.
1t Is now the property OF an Indian
prince.
Brazil is the baby among the demo-
cratic governments Of the world. It
became republic only thirty-fve
years ago, at about the time that Gar
field was elected. President of the
United States. It's constitution was
made as late as 1891. Shortly after the
organization Of the government fnan-
cial experiments were undertaken.
which caused the people to speculate.
The result was boom which collapsed
in 1892, hating all public works and
setting tho country back for about ten
years. After that came civil war.
The navy revolted and Rio de Janeiro
was in a state Of siege for six months:
The foreign powers interviewed. and
finally in 1894 President Moraes, the
hrst civil ruler. took his seat.
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Since then Brasil has been moving
straight onward. It has been growing
industriaily ana politically, and Il 10
now on a arm financial and industrial