The Monticellonian., 1916-09-14

didly performed, the city being quite
one of the best kept on the western
hemisphere. Nearly $1,000000 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 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 lbs 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 rs 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, Il have twice
seen the population of Sac PauIo dou-
bic itself. l 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 10 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 continued?
Certainly. Remember that this is
the greatest manufacturing center of
all Brazil, and that We can ship our
goods into every state in the Brazilian
union and cater to total population
Of over 22,000.o00 people, even if we
do not take into account the markets
of other South American countries"
Fine Place to Live in.
at is Il healthy city, place where
the white man can live and rear big,
healthy family said one business
man THAT is one great point. Then
take its extraordinary situation with
regard to the flow of commerce: Sac
Paulo is the natural outlet not only
for all the products of the rich interior
of Sac Paulo state, the coffee. cattle.
cereals and forest produce, but it is
the door for, the huge eXpanse of Mat
to Crosse, Goyaz and a great part of
MinaS Geraes, even if We do not count
upon our railway connection with the
three most southern states.
II see Sac Paulo as the center of
great network of spreading lines all
of which bring agricultural and min
eral products to this great point of dis
tributon. Within a radius of POO
miles of Sac Paulo there are 100000
people.
I'VE have a great deal to be proud
of in Sac Paulo. | am not speaking
only for our achievements in making
the city convenient and beautiful. for
any visitor can see for himself our fine
colleges hospitals, government build
ings, splendid residences, evergreen
parks he can ride on our 240 kilome-
tiers of street railway, visit the NUM-
cipal theater and the museum at Ypi-
ranga, 90 out To beautiful suburban
districts and visit over 300 factories,
and he will still miss the spirit that
has made Sac Paulo great if he does
not realize in what a short space of
time all this has been accomplished,
and in what a daring attitude of trust
for the future The Paulista has
planned for his children boldly and
lavishly."