The sun., 1919-03-31
by JOSE cUsTopIo ALvEs DE

LIMA.
Brazil consui-Generat and Inspector o. Bro
rHan consuidtes IN Central America.
North Aptsrica and Asia.
Specially Written for THr Sex
IL commercial reciprocity were estab-
llshed between the United States and
Brazil there are certain States In Brazil
which would feel It's errccts sooner than
Others For instance, the great and un-
paralleled State of Sac Paulo. best
known in the business circles OF this
country by her coffee seaport Santos.
would derive from It an incontestable
Deneht at once. She would become the
main producer, the main coffee exporter
| or tho whole world simply because the
| maturing Of tho bean takes place
throughout that whole section all at
! once. and this section contains more
than 1000, 000, 900 coffee trees
Its gathering even now takes place
virtually at one time every year. In
| the State of Sac Paulo the ripe berry
IS not picked from the tree with the
| fingers. as in most other coffee coun-
| tries, allowing the green bean to vel.
for another picking when II Is ripe. on
/ the contrary, II Is stripped right down
| from the limbs OF the tree with both
| hands In tweuty-tour hours, with mod
ern processes. the Sac Paulo planter can
| have his crop dried, husked. Banged and
| ready to ship to gn mark,ts.
Under such special conditions any
clear headed nnancier in this country
would he willing to enter into negotia-
lions with that unique state for the
| Transformation OF her system OF taxa
| ton in the form OF a loan 10 provide
| against any difficulty which may appear
In the course OF the transformation; and
! because the change will increase the
! public revenue the bargain would be
| good business for the lender.
L. S. Firm Has Big Packing Plant.
The State of Sac Paulo brides itself
! In having already in the suburbs Of her
| capital what is asserted to be the most
modern packing house in the world.
| owned by Thomas A Wilson & Co. One
has just been started also by Armour &
| Co. II goes without saying that Brazil
| will in time be the worlds principal
producer of meat and it's by-products
! owing to her vast territory and the
comparative chespness and fertility Of
her grazing lands.
Another State which would soon par
ttcipatc in the good effects OF such an
agreement would be Para, or the ANA
Eon Valley-that vast and fertile Bra
lillian territory. the nearest TO the United
States. How everything seems to favor
that marvellous stretch OF land Its nu-
merous natural products as yet hardly
taken advantage OF, it's great rivers
mostly navigable by big ocean steam
ships, all entreat the concession Of free
commerce with other countries, knowing
| full well that private enterprise will
thereupon do what Is lacking to make
the great zone useful and prosperous
| After signing the agreement OF COM
mercial reciprocity the first thing the
American capitalist would do In that
| part OF my country would be to estab-
/ lish an intensive and intelligent cultiva-
ton OF rubber Gust as the State OF Sac
Paulo has done with regard to coftee) at
points close to population and with due
regard to transportation facilities. Thus
| the present rubber gatherers would not
have to go into the depths Of our for
ests running the risk OF being attacked
| by fever and subjected to many hard
| ships with the further aggravation OF
being forced almost into slavery. as Is
still the case In the interior of the ANA
zon VallsS.
Chances in Rubber Business.
With lands and climate more appropri.
ate for such cultivation We would be
| in far more advantageous position
than the producers OF plantation rubber
| ia .hdidtCd, oCEHeo, SlnEA-
pore and Ceylon. After nome years the
manufacturers In this country and Flu
rope. tired OF paying high freights and
dealing with bargain hunters at the
shipping ports, would Of their own ac-
| cord stablish themselves In the produc-
ing centres OF raw material.
With the free entry OF indisper ga BILE
! American products for number Of
years the trade In agricultural products,
4 nd h.T-R
| Der. &C.. would make great strides in
Brazil. occupying our energies for a
long time. American gold would flow to
! Brazil. increasing. doubling our present
| modest transactions. Many problems
which. in vain, we are now trying to
solve artiffcially and by appeals to the
| Government. unable to lend its aid In an
emergency. would encounter no more OBJ
stacles, being easily solved by the nat
ural course OF events Most Of our ex-
ternal debt could be transferred to
America at a lower rate OF Interest tina
the European lender now collects
from US
! We would have moro money. therefore
better credit In short. the busine SO
which until now has been transacted in
London would hencetrth be done in
| New York.
AS we study the history of the two
/
dislity and esteem has always prevailed
in the minds OF their great men. It Is
not many years ago that the United
| States gave US proof OF her great con-
| slderation when Brazil's cooperation was
| requested for the settlement OF such I'm
! portant questions as those OF the Ala
| bama and FTanco-American claims. in
which took part two eminent Brazilians,
Viscount Itajuba and Baron Arioros.
| Friendship Between Countries.
! ] have been myself a witness of the
sincere manifestations Of esteem shown
| in this country, at different times, TO
our late Emperor Dom Pedro. and to the
| ENJOYS Joaquin Nabuco and Lauro Mui-
Ter. and in Brazil TO no less dis
| tinguished Americans than Elihu Root,
William McAdoo, and last but not least.
| Theodore Roosevelt, the FIRST eminent
foreigner TO travel through the interior
! of our vast country. from South TO North.
| These visits will always be remem-
hered by the people OF both nations as
representing a bond of friendship which
stood the test OF two regimes without the
least break IN their cordially. Both
countries are friends because both strive
! oward the same purpose. the same ideals.
| ! have endeavored to show with n"
! limited knowledge OF the English Ian
guage that the psychological moment
| has come for better understanding
based on facts that we see daily In the
different walks of life. In ths great
world, individuals agree when they are
making money together. forgetting their
political, religious and racial Affiliations