Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-22
Laroe FOREIGN Element.

hemisphere. Nearly $1.O00000 a year
is thus spent.
Large Foreign Element.
Sac Paulo, in common with all
South American cities of importance,
has a large foreign business element;
the English and French have a strong
hold in finance, have done u great
deal of construction work, and own
some powerful commercial houses rep
resenting large investments. The
Italians are generally represented by
the Industrial element and smaller
commercial enterprises, although
there are also some great Italian for
tunes here; Germans long ago entered
in commerce, banking and agriculture,
and there has been, especially since
the European war began, an increas
ing commercial interest on the part OF
North Americans in Sac Paulo.
However, it must not be imagined
that as has happened in some parts Of
Latin America, enterprise is in the
hands of foreigners alone; the Paulista
has himself worked to make his state
great, has constructed splendid rail.
ways, built roads and bridged rivers,
developed huge plantations, created
great commercial houses, is operating
fine banks, and altogether is as keen
an International trader as his brother
from Europe.
During my residence here" said
one of the foreigners to the writer at
the beginning of 1916. 81 have twice
seen the population of Sac Paulo iou-
BILE itself. should not be surprised
to see the same thing happen again
in the course of the next ten years,
with the pastoral development of the
huge interior regions to which this
city is the door. The modern Sac
Paulo has been built within the last
quarter of a century, and although the
impetus given by the rise of the coffee
industry was the great moving power,
yet it has been greatly supplemented
by the expansion of manufacturing in
or near the city"
"Do you expect to see this factory
extension continue?"
Certainly. Remember that this is
the greatest manufacturing center OF
all Brazil. and that we can ship oul
goods into every state in the Brazilian
union and cater to a total population
of over 100000 people, even if we
do not take into account the markets
of other South American countries"
i Fine Place to Live in.
sit is a healthy city, a place where
the white man can live and rear big
healthy family" said one business
man. "That is one great point. Ther
take it's extraordinary situation witt
regard to the flow of commerce: Sac
Paulo is the natural outlet not >Cnly
for all the products of the rich interior
J of Sac Paulo state, the coffee, cattle
cereals and forest produce, but ii Il
. the door for the huge expanse of Mat
to Crosse, Goyaz and a great part o
Minas Geraes, even if we do not coun
upon our railway connection with, 'th
: three most southern states.
, 81 see Sac Paulo as the center of
great network of spreading lines al
J of which bring agricultural and min
{ tribution. Within a radius of 20
, miles of Sac Paulo there are S,000,00
I people.
: "We have a great deal to be prou,
{ of in Sac Paulo. l am not speaking
only for our achievements in making
| the city convenient and beautiful, fo
any visitor can see for himself our fin
f colleges, hospitals, government build
4 ings, splendid residences, evergreel
/. parks; he can ride on our 240 kilome
ters of street railway, visit the Mum
2 cipal theater and the museum at Ypi
ranga. go out to beautiful suburbai
: districts and visit over 300 factories
, and he will still miss the spirit tha
: has made Sac Paulo great if he doe
4 not realize in what a short space o
J. time all this has been accomplished
S and in what daring attitude of trus
s for the future. The Paulista ha
/; planned for his children boldly an
t lavishly,"